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Alumni

Achievements

  • The PhD research work related to Video summary generation of Dr Madhushree Basavarajaiah, AI Lead at Digit Insurance, Bengaluru, and former PhD student at the Institute of Technology, Nirma University, was selected to interact with the Honorable Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi as the beneficiary of Visvesvaraya PhD scheme during the inauguration of Digital India Week 2022 organised by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology on July 4, 2022 in Gandhinagar, Gujarat. The event received the august presence of Shri Ashwini Vaishnaw, Minister of Railways, Communication, Electronics and IT; Shri Rajeev Chandrasekhar, Minister for State to Skills Development and Entrepreneurship and Electronics and IT; and Shri Alkesh Kumar Sharma, Secretary, MeitY; apart from leaders from leading startups, Unicorns and the Indian IT/ITES industry addressing the gathering. The event was a part of the Digital India Programme celebrated by the Ministry of Electronics and IT. To celebrate the unprecedented digital transformation of India, a Digital Mahotsav was scheduled from July 4-9, 2022. Digital India is a flagship programme of the Government of India with a vision to transform India into a digitally empowered society and knowledge economy. Two female PhD scholars including Dr Madhushree under Visvesvaraya PhD Scheme were appreciated for their exceptional research work during this physical event.
  • Mr Arpit Gupta, and Mr Abhisar Bhanu (Batch 2010-2015), alumni of the Institute of Law cleared the Advocate on Record Exam of the Supreme Court on July 28, 2022.
  • Mr Sanjay Prajapati, an alumnus of BTech in Mechanical Engineering, Institute of Technology received an appreciation letter from an IPS officer for leading drone surveillance in Rathyatra in 2022.

Alumni Association Meets

Alumni City Meet of Institute of Management

Alumni City Meet 2022 was organised by the Alumni Relations Committee ?Kaizen? of the Institute of Management on July 16, 2022. Alumni from batches 1998-2000 to 2019-2021 attended this city meet in Delhi, Mumbai, and Hyderabad, respectively. It was an interactive event wherein the faculty members had a discussion with the alumni on the prevalent current trends in the corporate industry.

Alumni Meet of Institute of Law

 

  • Institute of Law organised alumni meet on Aug 28, 2022 in Delhi. The meet saw the participation of 105 alumni along with institute representatives Dr Madhuri Parikh, Director (I/c), Mr Nitesh Chaudhary, Mr Amit Kumar Kashyap, Ms Anviksha Pachori, and Mr Aman Anand.  During the meet, collaborative prospects were discussed with the alumni and expectations of the legal industry were analysed.
  • Institute of Law organised its Ahmedabad Chapter Alumni Meet on Sep 17, 2022 at Umami by Curries, Ahmedabad. The meet was attended by 110 alumni members across all batches along with the faculty members. The alumni members committed to aiding their Alma Mater and actively involve themselves in its curricular and co-curricular events and activities.

Alumni Meet of Institute of Technology

The Department of Electronics & Communication Engineering, Institute of Technology organised an Alumni Meet at eInfochips Ltd, Ahmedabad on June 3, 2022. More than 62 alumni and 11 faculty and staff members participated in the event along with Dr Anup K Singh, Director General, Nirma University. Dr Dhaval Pujara, HoD, EC Department addressed the alumni and briefed them about the alumni activities carried out in the department, especially the Alumni-sponsored Lab set-up in the department.

Alumni on Campus

Alumni Interaction session

An Alumni Interaction session was arranged by the Alumni Relations Committee ?Kaizen? of the Institute of Management on July 16, 2022 where five alumni interacted with the first year students about their journey at IMNU and guided them on how to prepare themselves during these two years for a better career ahead. Alumni included Mr Sapan Oza, Regional Manager, TCS; Mr Chintan Mehta, Director, Technology Advisory Department, KPMG India Pvt; Ms Anoli Shah, Director, Stalwart; Mr Sukhvinder Singh, Director, Singh Sports Ventures Pvt Ltd; and Mr Anay Mashruwala, Partner, Head Marketing and QC, Venus Engineering Works.

Alumni Interactive Series @ Institute of Law

  • Mr Siddhant Pandey, Legal Manager, Torrent Pharmaceuticals; and an alumnus of the Institute of Law delivered a talk on ?Legal Career in the Pharmaceutical Industry? on Sep 17, 2022. Mr Pandey discussed on experience as a professional working with Torrent Pharmaceuticals and his past experiences with the law firms, such as Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas, HSA advocates and others.
  • Mr Vishwas Chittwar, an alumnus of the Institute of Law, and currently a legal executive at Online PSB Loans Ltd discussed the role of an in-house counsel and the basic work that entails in an in-house corporation.

Alumni as Guest Speakers

The following alumni members from the Electronics & Instrumentation Engineering Department, Institute of Technology, Nirma University were guest speakers at the Orientation Programme organised by the International Society of Automation (ISA) Students’ Chapter, Nirma University from Aug 5-8, 2022. The event was attended by more than 150 students across all branches of the Institute of Technology.

  • Mr Harsh Satyapanthi, an alumnus of Nirma University, Stanford University, and the University of Southern California, currently Sr Manager, Operations at NVIDIA in the San Francisco Bay Area, USA interacted with students regarding how to continue their studies both in India and overseas.
  • Mr Boni Satani, currently the Marketing Head and Partner at Zestard Technologies and the Co-Founder of Flickstime shared his experiences and also talked about the origin of his start-up concept.
  • Mr Shivam Patel, currently a software engineer for machine learning at Google, California, USA talked about his journey from Nirma University in Ahmedabad to Google in California, and what it’s like to work there. He also gave the students a road map to assist them in reaching their objectives.
  • Mr Puneet Ghanshani, currently a Project Architect at Microsoft provided insight into his career accomplishment. He has published a book on C programming and over two dozen whitepapers in international journals.
  • Mr Kartik Gajera, an alumnus of Nirma University, and IISC Bangalore, currently working as a Scientist in SO-C Bhabha Atomic Research Center in Mumbai guided students to appear in GATE.
  • Besides the above alumni, Ms Nisha Ganapathy, alumna of Computer Engineering, Institute of Technology, Nirma University, and PGDM in Marketing from IIM Ahmedabad, currently Product Manager, Dabur International Skincare, Dubai discussed preparation for higher studies with the students.

The following alumni members from the Civil Engineering Department, Institute of Technology, Nirma University delivered expert lectures at the Orientation Programme organised for the MTech (Computer Aided Structural Analysis and Design) students during Aug 1-12, 2022.

  • Mr Krunal Mehta, Senior Design Engineer, SID Consultants, Ahmedabad delivered an expert lecture on ?Experience sharing and Team Building Activities?.
  • Mr Bhavesh Patel, Director, Techlution (India) Private Ltd, Ahmedabad delivered an expert lecture on ?Role of Structural Engineers and Experience Sharing?.
  • Mr Raja Bagga, Principal Engineer, Neilsoft Pvt Ltd, Ahmedabad delivered an expert lecture on ?Opportunities for Budding Structural Engineers and Experience Sharing?.
  • Mr Murtaza Jambughodawala, Structural Engineers, Mumbai delivered an expert lecture on ?Learnings from the failures of the structures?.

Expert talks on the occasion of Youth Day

The Association of Computer Engineering Students (ACES) celebrated Youth Day on Aug 12, 2022 by organising expert talks conducted by alumni of the CSE Department, Institute of Technology, Nirma University.

  • Mr Shivam Patel, Software Engineer-Machine Learning, Google gave a talk on ?Computer Science, Youth and Future scope in computer science from research perspective?.
  • Mr Piyush Bhan, Senior Vice President, International Business, Salucro Health Care Solutions gave a talk on ?Technology and youth?.