Mr. Aryan Kalariya, a student of Sem-IV, B.Tech in Mechanical Engineering, presented a research paper titled “Thermal and Structural Analysis of Barium Hexaferrite Synthesized by Simple Heat Treatment Method” and was awarded as the best poster presentation at the conference – Recent Advancements in Materials Science and Nanotechnology, from 4 to 5 Feb 2022, organized by Electronics and Communication Engineering Department, Nirma University.
Mr Akshat Hetal Patel, a final year student of B.Tech in Mechanical Engineering was awarded NPTEL Discipline Star in online course certification by National Programme on Technology Enhanced Learning (NPTEL), MHRD, New Delhi. He was also topper for the Course titled “Finite Element Method: Variational Methods to Computer Programming” and in 1% Topper for the course “Basics of Finite Element Method-I”.
Prasad Doshi, a student of the department, topped Ahmedabad in CAT 2020 with 99.97 percentile. A mechanical engineer from Nirma University, Prasad is hoping to get through Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad. This news has delighted everyone in the Department. Congratulations on his well-deserved success. Department wishes him every success in his life.
The best paper presentation was awarded in Future Learning Aspects of Mechanical Engineering (FLAME 2020), an international peer-reviewed academic conference at Amity University.
QUIZO-2020 – a technical quiz competition among student teams from premier engineering institutes like IIT RAM, MS University, ITNU, PDPU, CEPT, SOCET, ASOIT was organized by ASHRAE Western India Chapter (The American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers – Western India Chapter) on 07/03/2020.
Nirma University Team – Darshan Makwana (19MMET03) and Nikunj Sharma (16BME107) won a second prize (Rs. 15000/-) in this competition.
Congratulations
Congratulations to our Alumni, Mr. Bhargav Patel (17MMED04) for receiving FIRST PRIZE – ISTE-GSFC National Award 2020 for Best M.Tech. Thesis in Mechanical Engineering titled ?Design and Development of a Manually Operated Vegetable Transplanter?.
The Thesis was guided by Dr. S.J. Joshi, Professor, Mechanical Engineering.
The National Award consists of cash prize, a medallion and a citation. The presentation of ISTE Awards will be made during the 22nd Annual Student Convention of ISTE on 27th March, 2020 at Goa (Maharashtra).
Mr Krunal Panchal (16MMET11), MTech(Thermal) received the ISTE-GSFC National Award (FIRST PRIZE) for Best M Tech Thesis in Mechanical Engineering instituted by Gujarat State Fertilizers Co. Ltd., Baroda for his work titled ?Effect of Steam and Catalyst with Lignite Feedstock on the Performance of Downdraft Gasifier? in 2019
Team Stallions won the BAJA SAE INDIA Durability E-Baja (1st Prize), Acceleration(1st Prize), Marketing presentation(1st Prize), Skill Baja(1st Prize), CAE (1st Prize) and Overall 1st E-BAJA at the ATV Competition organised by SAEINDIA in 2019. The earlier awards include National level ATV Championship such as Go-Green Award, First in Endurance Race, Sledge-pull Award, Maneuverability Award, Raftar Award.
Mr Kathit Shah (18MMET11), Mr Shreejit Nair (15BME075) and Ms Dhruvi Patel (18MMET06), secured First rank and Cash Prize in the QUIZO 2019 Competition (State Level Technical Quiz) organised by ASHRAE Western India Chapter during March 2019.
Mr Aakin Desai of BTech Sem VIII (2018-19) secured admission to the MS Program in Mechanical Engineering at Northwestern University, USA.
Mr. Aditya Kundal, student of BTech Mechanical Engineering, Semester-VI won 2nd prize in the national level MATLAB Hackathon hosted by the Electronics and Communication Department of Nirma University. He was team leader along with two more team members, Mr. Akshat Jain and Mr. Barun Debnath, students of BTech Electronics and Communication Engineering, Semester-VI. It was 48 hours long live Hackathon from 1st January to 3rd January 2022.
The ASEAN-India Hackathon was organized by the Ministry of Education in collaboration with the Ministry of External Affairs from 1-4 February 2021. For 36 hrs, 330 students and 110 mentors from the 10 ASEAN countries and India worked together online and competed as 55 teams to come up with innovative solutions to 11 problem statements. The Problem Statements covered two major themes ? Blue Economy and Education. The Prize Distribution Ceremony from the ASEAN side was attended on 04/02/2021 by Senior Ministers from Brunei, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Cambodia, Lao PDR, and Vietnam. Winners in all 11 problem statements were announced on the occasion.
Team Stallions (SAE Nirma Collegiate Club) representing the Institute of Technology Nirma University participated in Asia?s biggest solar vehicle championship ESVC 2021 (Electric Solar Vehicle Championship) organised by ISIE India in Chandigarh from 24th December to 28th December 2021 at the well-equipped campus of Chandigarh Group of Colleges, Jhanjeri. Honorable Chief Guests Sh. Navjot Singh Randhawa, IAS, CEO PEDA, Dr. Vikar Chawla, Dean Academics-PTU and Mr. Raj Kumar Verka, Cabinet Minister, enlightened the event with his presence. Team Stallions with their electric solar vehicle ?Mercury? won the ESVC championship 8.0 and brought immense glory to the University and the state as well. They earned a total cash prize of more than Rs 1.5 lakh.
Robocon is an International Robotic Contest organized by ABU(Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union) every year since 2002 and hosted by various countries of the Asia-Pacific region. The winner of the national competition represents the respective country at the international event. Team Nirma Robocon has been consistently participating in the event since its inception and won the national championship 9 times so far. The national competition of 2021 was organized by Doordarshan in association with IIT Delhi through online mode in three stages. Getting through all the stages, Team Nirma Robocon reached to Final competition, held online on 18 August 2021, and won the National Championship title 9th time. A total of 63 teams from various engineering institutes of India participated in the event and Team Nirma stood first amongst all. Nirma is the only team in India that completed the Theme and that too in just 54 seconds of time.
Mr. Vashishtha Nayak, Mr. Yash Bhutwala and Mr. Dhruv Borda third-year students in B.Tech Mechanical Engineering won the First Runner-up prize in Thermax STORM – 2021. STORM is an Online Case Challenge for second and third-year students; to provide a platform to bright young minds to solve real-world engineering problems & to use their ideas and concepts to come up with unique perspectives and creative solutions.
Mr. Shah Tirth Bhavinkumar, student of M.Tech in Mechanical Engineering won third prize in technical quiz competition in the domain area of Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning and Refrigeration (HVAC&R) organized by the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE), Western India Chapter held on 8th May-2021. He was qualified for ASHRAE Region at Large (RAL) international level quiz competition.
Mr. Ashish Majithiya, Ph.D. scholar of the Mechanical Engineering Department, is working as the additional member of the Governing Council of The Robotics Society (TRS). TRS is a national-level society, formed by robotic researchers from various IITs, for promoting research and training in the field of robotics. Currently, the society has 1300+ active members and is being governed by IIT Madras. (www.rs-india.org/office-bearers).
E-Poster Competition has been organized for celebrating Engineer’s Day on 15th September 2020 by ASHRAE WIC. In this competition, many entries have been received from different colleges. On the basis of the evaluation of jury members of ASHRAE WIC, all the three prizes won by Nirma University Students. Jamin Modi (19MMET05) and Parth Patel (19MMET07) of M.Tech Thermal Engineering – IIIrd Sem. won 1st and 3rd prize respectively and Shreesh Shah (17BME097) of B.Tech – VIIth Sem. won 2nd prize in the E-Poster Competition.
Mr Shail Patel of BTech Sem VIII secured admission to the MBA Program in Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta.
DWEEP SABAPARA – B.Tech Mechanical, June 2017 passout student stood Gujarat State topper in the Mechanical Engineering stream at IES (Indian Engineering Services) UPSC Examination 2019. His All India Rank is 9.
Many Congratulations..
GITANJ SHETH – B.Tech Mechanical, June 2017 passout student scored 99.97 percentile in CAT 2018 and got 72nd rank in India and 1st rank in Gujarat.