Six prodigies from Amity School of Engineering receives Italian Machine Tool Technology Awards at Italy

Six prodigies from Amity School of Engineering brought laurels to their institution and nation by receiving Italian Machine Tool Technology Awards (IMTTA) by Italian Trade Agency, Delhi (ITA) in Italy. Amity University is the only University from India that has been selected to be a part of IMTTA 2014.

The proud recipients -  Ankit Sahu, B.Tech – Aero; Aayushi Rachana, B.Tech – ECE; Deeksha Macchral, B.Tech – ECE; Rakshti Ratan, B.Tech MAE; Tushar Dwivedi, B.Tech – IT and Suvidha Senson, B.Tech – ECE were awarded on the basis of  best Research Paper/Thesis written on topics related to Machine Tools and Their Applications, such as, Mechatronics and the Role of Mechanical Engineers, The use of Geometric Dimensioning & Telebanking (GD&T) to lower manufacturing costs, Robotics: Research & Development focuses on autonomy, automation, and dynamic/ kinematics programming and Additive technologies in high precision metallic parts manufacturing.

Italian Trade Agency also invited the students for a tour of the most significant companies in the Sector to know the reality of production and technological levels of the machinery produced in Italy. The students had the opportunity to visit 8 Italian Machinery Manufacturers which provided them with a platform to gain knowledge on Italian machine tool machinery and the vanguard technologies.

ITA - Italian Trade Agency (Delhi), Trade Promotion Office of the Italian Embassy is a government agency that promotes, facilitates and develops trade between Italy and India, offering support and consultation to Italian companies in Indian markets. Italy is one of the world's main producers of advanced manufacturing machinery systems for a wide variety of sectors and has been providing companies around the globe with innovative technologies, ideas and solutions.

Students of Amity University attending Italian Machine Tool Technology Awards, Italy

Aayushi Rachna Receiving Certifcate of Honor

Ankit Sahu Receiving Certifcate of Honor

Deeksha Machhral Receiving Certifcate of Honor

Rakshit Ratan Receiving Certifcate of Honor

Suvidha Senson, Student, Amity University Receiving Certifcate of Honor

Tushar Dwivedi Receiving Certifcate of Honor

Amity University Gwalior organized a Seminar on Trends in Construction Technology : Green Building

Amity School of Engineering and Technology & Amity School of Architecture & Planning of Amity University Gwalior organized a seminar on “Trends in Construction Technology: Green Building” on 25 July2014. The seminar started with traditional lighting of lamp and Saraswati Vandana. Inaugurating the seminar, the Hon'ble Vice Chancellor Lt. Gen. V. K. Sharma , AVSM (Retd) delivered his opening remarks on the theme by focusing on current Scenarios and Perspectives of Architecture and Construction Technology. He presented numerous examples on the applications of Architecture and Construction Technology. Ar. Sudhanshu D.R. Mandlik, Principal Architect/Founder, (Scientist) Architect, Gwalior was the Chief Guest of the seminar. He delivered the keynote address to the participants of the seminar on the Trends in Construction Technology & how he implemented them in his projects.

 The students of Second year B.Arch & Second year B.Tech. (Civil) of Amity University Gwalior delivered a number of well- researched presentations on the focus area with sub-themes in Concept of Green Buildings, Energy & Water Management, Indoor Environmental Quality Control, Structural Design Efficiency Enhancement & Materials for green buildings.

Mr Kartikay Kochhar, Ms Khyati Pasi, Mr Amit Kumar Roy, Mr.Agnijit Das, Ms Aishwarya Ram, Mr Mohd. Ahmed,Mr. Sai Nikhil Udiga, Mr Haseeb-ur-Rehman from B. Arch.presented a paper on Concept of Green Buildings.Ms Palak Sharma,Mr Rishabh Bhadouria, Ms Ch. Naga Mallika, Mr Prithvi Sharma,Mr Navneet Mishra, Ms Aishwarya Mahna, Ms Pratiksha Arjariya, Ms Anubha Jain from B. Arch.presented a paper on Energy & Water Management . Ms Shraddha Dutta, Ms Ruchitha Peruri, Mr Vishal Singh Rajput, Mr Arjun Panicker, Mr Jasmeet Singh Bagga, Mr Akhil Samala, Mr Mohit Shivhare, Mr Manish Kushwaha, Mr Hemant Kumar Vermafrom B.Arch. presented a paper on Indoor Environmental Quality Control. Mr Amit Upadhyay, Mr M.Pavan Sai, Mr Shubham Shama, Mr Shailesh Kukreja from ASET presented a paper on Structural Design Efficiency Enhancement. Mr Neeraj Yadav, Mr Mayank Goswami, Mr Anil Kumar, Mr Ravi Pratap Singh Chauhan from ASET presented a paper on Materials for green buildings.
Architect Antara Nandy, Ms Sudipta Nandy, Mrs. Shravani Nandy and Mr. Utpal Kumar Nandy from B.U. Builders & Consultants were the guest participants in the seminar.

 The student presentations were formalized under the active guidance of Prof. Siddharth.S.Jadon (ASAP), Prof.Monika S.Gupta (ASAP), Prof. Shivendu S. Singh and Prof. Mohan Kanthariya (ASET). The programme was hosted by Ms. Aishwarya Mahna, Mr Prithvi Sharma (B.Arch) and Shubham Shrivastava , Rahul Chaudhary (ASET).  Participation certificates were distributed to all the speakers and outside participants of the seminar by the Hon’ble Vice Chancellor, AUMP and the Chief Guest. The Dean (Academics), Registrar, Director (Administration), Heads of Schools, faculty members, staff members and students were present on this occasion. The programme was convened by Prof (Dr.) Bikram K. Bahinipati, Deputy Director and Head of Amity School of Engineering and Technology and Prof.Y.P.Singh, Director & Head of Amity School of Architecture & Planning of Amity University Madhya Pradesh. A vote of thanks was proposed by Prof. Y.P.Singh, HOI-ASAP. The event was highlighted by overwhelming participation by students and faculties of Amity University and other institutes in Gwalior, which was organized in the packed-house auditorium of the university. The seminar ended with a standing ovation to the Chief Guest by the student presenters and the organizers.

Students hosting the seminar

The Chief Guest Ar. Sudhanshu D.R. Mandlik delivering his keynote address

Participants during the seminar

Presentation by the Participant

Presentation by the Participant

Presentation by the Participant

Dignitaries on the dais

Amity University launches India's first online paralegal programme

Signalling a paradigm shift in the process of learning, Amity University and Indian Academy of Law and Management (IALM) have inked an MoU to jointly introduce a course on professional paralegal certification for the first time in India".

The Amity-IALM course will systematically and professionally help corporate departments such as legal, finance, human resource, insurance, real estate, PR and Media, intellectual property, government affairs and compliance," said Major General (retired) Nilendra Kumar of the Amity Law School in Noida.

A paralegal expert understands, strategizes and executes modern day corporate functions and understands the business as well as the "right" way to do the business legally.

"While lawyers are always good at drafting policies and meeting escalations, the management and execution of policies are left to Paralegals in any organizational function," said Dr.Pinaki Ghosh, Associate Vice President-IP, Reliance Industries.

While western countries and developed economies already have organized institutions, certifications and well defined career paths for paralegals, India always lacked such an educational stream with highly lucrative career paths.

India with its huge educated youth population needs to nurture and provide alternative income streams and recognition to its well deserved student community.

"Amity University's pioneering initiative of launching the Online course in Paralegal will enable the candidates to learn professional paralegal skills anytime, anywhere through interactive teaching and learning process. The program is fully online and digital, comprising interactive sessions from renowned legal exponents. The course offers 15 days guaranteed internship with leading law firms and interviews using IALM and partner law firms, post its completion" says Dr Manoj Sharma, Director, Amity University Online.

The current paralegal certification course is multifaceted and offers to train students in IT-tools and software management, litigation in courts, real estate transactions, intellectual property management, corporate contract handling, managing litigations, doing IPR filings, debt recovery categorization, E-Discovery, legal process outsourcing (LPOs), banking, finance and insurance-related process.

Amity University celebrates World Environment Day

In a bid to raise awareness about the protection of environment, Amity Institute of Environmental Toxicology, Safety and Management (AIETSM) and Amity Institute of Environmental Science (AIES) in association with National Environmental Science Academy (NESA) celebrated "World Environment Day" at the University Campus.

Welcoming the august gathering, Professor (Dr.) Tanu Jindal- Director, Amity Institute for Environmental Toxicology, Safety and Management thanked the guests for taking out time from their busy schedule and joining Amity in disseminating the importance of environment conservation on World Environment Day.

Dr. Jindal stressed that man has been recklessly undertaking the developmental activities at the cost of environment but the fall outs of disturbing the eco-system have started becoming prominent and manifested in climate change, erratic pattern of rainfall, global warming, raising sea-levels etc.

She opined that man needs to be prudent to discern the difference between a necessity and indulgence and act accordingly for the benefit of humanity.

Addressing the gathering, Dr. V.P. Upadhyay, Director, Ministry of Environment and Forest said that environment is important for everyone. Global warming is not a complex issue that cannot be dealt with.

Of all the harmful gasses present in the environment, Carbon Dioxide gas creates the maximum problem and it could be efficiently combated by planting more and more trees. He shared that a mature leafy tree produces as much oxygen in a season as 10 people inhale in a year. Trees have the potential to improve the micro- climate near the house and even reduce wind velocity.

He advised that the problem has to be handled globally rather than locally. He shared that the net built up of harmful Carbon in the environment globally could be taken care of by converting over 329 million hectare land into plantains globally.

He opined that sustainability concept has to be brought in Indian way of culture; small efforts at individual houses could bring big results. Ecological affluence is more important than economic affluence. It is important for ecosystem to be intact since, species once lost cannot be created by man made capital.

He said that it is important to raise the voice against environment degradation rather than raising the sea level.

Sharing his views, Prof. A. Arunachalam- General Secretary, National Environmental Science Academy (NESA) stressed that it is very important to take care of the environment since it has wide scale repercussions.

He shared that there are over 52 developing nation islands which are low lying and run the risk of submersing, if water level continues to rise in our water bodies due to melting of polar ice. He averred that climate change could be a real threat to the existence of a country/nation. Agriculture, as currently practiced in the country, is the chief cause of destruction of valuable habitats.

He stated that earth has enough resources to meet the needs of people but certainly not their greed.

During the occasion, Guests planted saplings spreading the message of bringing down the Carbon Dioxide levels through planting more and more trees.

The officials of Amity took a pledge on behalf of University to contribute towards sustainable development and taking lead in environmental education. The pledge outlined Amity's commitment to developing patents in green technology with GLP studies by faculty and students participation adopting green practices at Amity campuses, thereby leading to the well- being of the humanity.

International Council of Jurists confers Ashok Chauhan of Amity with International Jurists Award

The International Council of Jurists has honored Dr. Ashok K Chauhan, Founder President of Amity, with the prestigious "International Jurists Award-2014" in London for his unique contribution in the field of legal education of the country

Amity University Chancellor Atul Chauhan received the award on behalf of Dr. Ashok K Chauhan.

The award was presented by Mr. Justice Peter Tomka, President, International Court of Justice, in the presence of chief justices, ministers, judges, members of parliament, writers, authors, ambassadors and bar leaders from various countries.

Receiving the award, Mr. Atul Chauhan thanked the jury members for acknowledging and honoring the hard work and contribution of the Founder President in the legal profession of the country.

He opined, "Dr. Chauhan firmly believes in the brilliance and excellence of Indian lawyers and has been resolute to provide budding lawyers every possible opportunity and facility to brush their skills so that when they join the profession, they bring laurels to their Institution, to their country and to the Indian legal fraternity."

Amity Universities, under the vision and guidance of Dr. Ashok K Chauhan, are known worldwide for their innovative pedagogy, state of the art Infrastructure, globally benchmarked curriculum, erudite faculty members, breakthrough R and D and filing of over 550 patents in last three years.

Dr. Chauhan- a philanthropist and educationist, has a mission and vision to contribute to make India a "Super Power by 2030" by education and beyond