ACET Becomes the First College in India to Offer Six Sigma Certified Course for Mechanical Engineering Students

Amritsar College of Engineering and Technology has launched Six Sigma Green Belt certified course for Mechanical Engineering students in association with QCFI (Quality Circle Forum of India), Haridwar. Chief guest Gurpreet Munjral, Chairman of CII (Confederation of Indian Industries), Amritsar Zonal Council and owner Datavision, has inaugurated this course and delivered a keynote speech on this occasion. ACET Chairman Advocate Sh. Amit Sharma, Director finance Mrs. Ragini Sharma, Group Director Dr. Om Kumar Harsh, Principal Dr. V.K. Banga, Head DME Mr. Gaurav Tejpal, along with Deans and Heads of various departments were present during the inaugural ceremony.

Mr. B. Kumar, General Manager, BHEL Haridwar and Secretary QCFI Haridwar Chapter, discussed the essential goals of six sigma methodology in today’s industrial world. The main objective of this course is to train the students regarding the requirement and implementation of six sigma methodology. This course will provide a necessary platform for the students where they can learn this methodology very effectively, and become industry ready.

Chairman and CEO Adv. Amit Sharma said “with the increasing competition in the world, it is important that the students do something out of the box and worthwhile apart from studies”. This certified course on Six Sigma at our college is an attempt by the management of the college to give the necessary boost to the students in this direction. He further congratulates the ME department for launching this certified course and shared the importance of such courses for the future of students.

He also added that ACET is offering this course to all the students of Mechanical Engineering and, this is once in a life time opportunity for the students to be a part of the revolution. After this course students will be readily accepted by the industries. Hence, this course will invite many reputed industries for the campus recruitment of our students.

He also shared that this is the first college not only in Amritsar, but the first in the India to offer this certified course to his students.

Mechanical Engineering @ ACET- Student’s 1st Choice in Engineering after 10+2

Mechanical Engineering remains the first choice among the students during Admissions-2014 at ACET. Students showed a keen interest in the mechanical engineering, well termed as evergreen branch of the engineering.

In 2014 admissions for total 180 Mechanical Engineering seats 573 applications were received. The admission was done on the merit basis. Gaurav Tejpal, Dean Admissions & Head, DME explained the reason for Mechanical Engineering at ACET being 1^st choice of students after 10+2 as, the keen dedication of the institute and department to facilitate the students with the advanced technology being used in the mechanical engineering from time by time.

Now day’s Mechanical Engineering became very advance with the inception of new technology and electronics in this field. Mechanical engineering provides a common platform for many allied branches like Automobile, Robotics, Manufacturing, Solar Energy, Aeronautics and so on.

Keep up with the times is a key element for the survival in this fast growing world. So to meet the global requirements, Department of Mechanical Engineering at ACET has established a number of “Centre of Excellence (COE)”. It is the first department in the north India to have 5 COE’s.

Department has established a COE in Robotics and Industrial Automation, which is a boon for the students making career in this field. It provides practical training to the interested students, besides their classroom teaching.

Automobile is fast growing sector of engineering, which basically depends upon the mechanical engineering. Department also has a COE in Advanced Automotive Technologies, which provides the practical knowledge to the students about the advanced technologies that are being used in this sector, making them industry ready.

Also to touch the sky heights, department has established a COE in Aero-modeling. This will be beneficial for the students dreaming about to be part of aeronautics in the future.

Non- renewable energy resources are depleting at an alarming rate because of the over exploitation by the mankind. Renewable resources like solar and wind energies should be used for the sustainable development. To motivate the students towards the use of solar energy along with research orientation programme, department has established a COE in Solar Energy.

To meet the requirement of the society regarding the Refrigeration and Air-Conditioning, department has established a centre of excellence in Refrigeration and Air- Conditioning.

In these different COE’s students can learn with the practical, for the better understanding.

Quality work is a key to success in every field whether it is industry, education or business world. In this context DME is offering Green Belt certification on Six Sigma to all the students, making them industry ready.

DME is also equipped with smart classes in collaboration with Pearson, where students can learn with presentations and videos, making them better understand.

DME is also associated with IIT- Madras under QEEE scheme. With this scheme students can attend live lectures of the expert professors from IIT’s.

Department is also offering NPTEL service to all the students for better teaching and learning experience.

In today’s industrial and business world practical demonstration is must for the students to make them ready for the future challenges in the industry. For this purpose major thrust is given on the Six-Month industrial training and major projects.

Department also offers central facility for the 1^st year Workshop Training.

If we talk about the placements, these are the best in the DME from the last couple of years. This is due to dedication of the Placement Committee of the department. Students are placed in reputed companies like Hero, Daikin, Modi Group, ITL, Minda Group, Aarti Steels and so on. DME is offering best placements in the Punjab for Mechanical Engineering students.

This is all due to the Excellent Placements and Advanced Facilities provided by the DME at ACET, which makes the department evergreen and first choice in the region for students.

Pioneer in FDP for Non-Conventional Machining, DME- ACET

Lamp Lightening Ceremony by Dignitaries during inauguration of FDP 

We are living in an era wherein markets are led by customers. Today’s customer is more knowledgeable, sophisticated than past. Rightly termed as king of the market, customer has diverging needs. These diverging needs especially the low cost with more features are putting a lot of thrust on companies and creating a competitive environment. With fixed cost of raw material, power, machining and other resources, companies are left with only manufacturing technologies to experiment with.

Manufacturing is one of the fields which have been changed drastically within a decade. Now days, we are adopting some advanced manufacturing methods to meet the customer and market requirements. Researchers, faculty and students should be prepared according to the market needs, due to this rapid development in the technology. Faculty should be aware of the different trends that are being used by the industry along with the research trends in this area.

To keep the knowledge of researchers, faculty and students up to date DME has organized 3-FDP’s recently. Faculty development programme is one of the techniques which provide a common platform to share and exchange the research ideas between the individuals. Mechanical engineering is a very vast field having allied branches like production, automobile, CAD/CAM and so on. Every mechanical engineer should have the knowledge about all the allied branches, because all the branches are interlinked and interdependent. In this context department of mechanical engineering organized a Faculty Development Programme (FDP) on “Emerging Trends in Mechanical Engineering and Research”. The main objective of this FDP was to share the ideas and research of experts from different fields between the faculty members. Research about the composite materials, micro-machining and other emerging trends were discussed during this FDP. Also the expertise about different modeling techniques and research methodology was shared with the faculty members.

After this another programme was conducted on “Numerical and Computational Techniques in engineering”. The scope of this faculty development programme was to introduce the researchers with the different numerical techniques, which are being used in the design of experiments. Also some optimization techniques were discussed with the faculty members and research scholars, which would help them to optimize their experiment results. Being a research scholar in the manufacturing field, one should know about, how to perform the experiments in an optimized way. Thus, this programme helps in providing a basic knowledge about the optimization tools used by the researchers. These tools will be very helpful to the faculty members of mechanical engineering department who are engaged in the research work.

Many of the faculty members of the department are working on non-conventional machining processes like EDM. They are also known as advanced manufacturing processes. Some of the faculty members are pursuing their research work in the field of composites, which are known as the materials of future. The continuous development in the material science, give rise to the new materials which are difficult to machine with conventional machining processes. Now days advanced manufacturing processes are taking over the conventional processes. Also these advanced manufacturing processes give rise to some future challenges for the researchers. So as to share and exchange the ideas regarding advances in the manufacturing processes, mechanical engineering department conducted a faculty development programme on “Advanced Manufacturing Processes: Future Challenges”. The experts from various fields shared their ideas with faculty members about the current issues in the field of advanced manufacturing methods. Also some future challenges were discussed, which gives a gateway to new research ideas to the young researchers. Machining of composites is a big challenge in the industry. So that research work in this area will be very useful to the manufacturing industry. It will enhance the use of composites in the modern industry. Experts shared their ideas regarding the machining of composites along with future challenges with the faculty members.

These types of FDP’s play vital role to keep the knowledge of faculty members up to date. All FDP’s concluded in grand success. DME of ACET has become a hub for such programmes. All programmes organized were sponsored by Punjab Technical University or ISTE. These programmes have laid the strong foundation for research oriented work in the region.

Dr. Inderdeep Singh while sharing his research with participants during FDP

Dr. V K Banga (Principal ACET), Addressing during Inaugural Ceremony of FDP

Dr. Sushil Kumar while sharing his research experience with participants during FDP-2

Dr. Tejeet Singh while sharing his research with participants during FDP-2

Participants in a memorable moment after having their certificates

Participants in a memorable moment after having their certificates

PTU Sponsored National Conference Organized by Department of Mechanical Engineering

Lamp lightening ceremony by Dignitaries    

                                                    

A two-day PTU sponsored National Conference on “Latest Developments in Science, Engineering and Management” (LDSEM-2014) was organized by the Department of Mechanical Engineering.

The National Conference aims to serve as platform for researchers and practitioners interested in the latest advances in the various areas of Science, Engineering and Management. The Global scenario in Science, Engineering and Management witness a swift technological transformation.

It demands innovative minds to explore wide spectrum of frontiers of knowledge. Intrinsic behavior of Science is to fortify individual, institutional and social facet. More than 111 Researchers participated in this conference and a total of 137 entries were received, of which 111 were selected. Dr. R K Garg, Professor NIT Jalandhar, presided over the proceedings of the first day, while Dr.Naveen Aggarwal, Professor, Panjab University, was the chief guest of the valedictory event.

The National Conference LDSEM-2014 concluded successfully.

Dr. Naveen Aggarwal (Chief Guest) addressing the participants during Valedictory  Function

Unveil of the LDSEM-2014 Proceedings by the Dignitaries

Delegates Presenting their Research papers

Dr. R K Garg (Chief Guest) during Keynote Speech

Dr. V K Banga (Principal ACET), Addressing during Inaugural Ceremony

Dr. V K Banga (Principal ACET), during Keynote Speech

Mr. Gaurav Tejpal (Organizing Secretary of the National Conference & Head, DME) Addressing during Inaugural Ceremony

A sneak-peek of the FDP Programme organized by Applied Science Deptt.

Department of Applied Sciences, ACET has organized a PTU sponsored 5 days Faculty Development Programme (FDP) on "Numerical Techniques for Engineers" from June 30 – July 4, 2014.

This FDP is intended to introduce different solutions and modeling techniques for engineering problems in various disciplines. Eminent Academicians from Premier Institutes have graced the occasion to share their knowledge and expertise with the participants of the FDP.

Chief Guest Dr. Dilbagh Singh being welcomed by the Group  Director, Principal, HOD Applied Sciences and other dignitaries

Ms Varinder Kaur, Co-ordinator for the FDP briefing the audience about the objectives of the FDP

Dignitaries and participants

Er. Ajay Sharma, Organizing Secretary for the FDP giving his Welcome Address

Lighting of the sacred lamp and invocation of blessings of the almighty.

Lighting of the sacred lamp and invocation of blessings of the almighty.

Lighting of the sacred lamp and invocation of blessings of the almighty.

Launching of the “The Insight”, Newsletter of the Applied Sciences Department

Dr Dilbagh Singh addressing the audience

Below given is a snapshot of the various sessions covered during the first 3 days by the Academic Experts:

Day 1:

Session 1 (30-06-2014)

Topic: Research Methodology: Algorithms for choosing research problem, delivered by Dr Dilbagh Singh, Head, Department of Instrumentation Engineering, NIT, Jalandhar.

Session 2 (30-06-2014)

Topic: Fuzzy logic – A Technique Computing with words  and its applications, delivered by Dr Jagdev Singh, Department of Mechanical Engineering. Beant College of Engineering and Technology, Gurdaspur.

Day 2:

Session 1 (01-07-2014)

Topic: Introduction to Finite Element Method and its applications, delivered by Dr Gurinder Singh Brar, Department of Mechanical Engineering. Guru Nanak Dev Engineering,  Ludhiana.

Session 2 (01-07-2014)

Topic: Genetic Algorithm: Introduction and its applications, delivered by Dr. V.K. Banga, Principal, ACET, Amritsar.

Day 3:

Session 1 (02-07-2014)

Topic: Mathematical Modeling: Introduction and its applications, delivered by Dr Kulbhushan Agnihotri, Head, Department of Mathematics, SBSCET, Ferozepur.

Session 2 (02-07-2014)

Topic: Statistical Inferences & testing of hypothesis: Introduction and its applications, delivered by Dr. H.S. Gill, Principal, ACHMT, Amritsar.

ACET’s becomes the 1st Institute in Northern India to get Autonomous status along with NBA & NAAC Accreditations

Advocate Amit Sharma along with Chief Guest Hon'ble Dr. Rajneesh Arora (VC PTU) and Guest of Honors Dr. R.S. Bawa (VC Chandigarh University), Dr. R.K Garg ( Dean Placements NIT Jalandhar), Dr. Ravi (Principal Beant College of Engg & Tech) accompanied by Dr. Vijay Banga (Principal ACET) and  Dr. Om Kumar Harsh (Director ACET)

ACET recently held a Press Conference to commemorate the conferment of Autonomous Status by UGC, which has made landmark progress in the field of Technical education and placement.

Dr. Rajneesh Arora Hon’ble Vice Chancellor PTU, Chief Guest on the occasion said “I am elated with pride and happiness to share that Amritsar College of Engineering & Technology has become the only college in the country to have achieved the Autonomous status, NBA and NAAC accreditation.” While congratulating Advocate Amit Sharma, CEO and Chairman ACET, he added that there are about 3588 Engineering Colleges and only 54 have been given an Autonomous status by UGC. . He further enhanced the importance of this status and how it will impact the learning and career of the students since they are the prime focus of the College. He said that the students will be greatly benefitted by the Industry oriented syllabus and it will help the college to have a practical learning approach.

At this occasion, Dr. R.S. Bawa, Vice Chancellor, Chandigarh University, Dr. R. K Garg, Placement Head, NIT Jallandhar and Dr. Ravi, Principal Beant College of Engg. & Technology graced the event as Guest of Honors.

During the conference, Advocate Amit Sharma, Chairman and CEO, ACET said that since our college is also NBA and NAAC accredited, it will give added benefit to the students who aspire to study or work abroad since these accreditations are deemed valid by more than 17 top countries in the world. 

CEO & Chairman ACET Advocate Amit Sharma receiving Hon'ble VC PTU Dr. Rajneesh Arora

Advocate Amit Sharma CEO ACET felicitating Hon'ble VC PTU Dr. Arora

CEO & Chairman ACET Advocate Amit Sharma  Honoring VC Chandigarh University Dr. R. S Bawa

ACET Principal Dr. Vijay Banga felicitating Dr. Ravi Principal Beant College of Engg. & Tech.

Hon'ble VC PTU Dr. Rajneesh Arora addressing the press

Advocate Amit Sharma along with delegates during the press conference held to officially announce ACET's Autonomous Status

ACET family in Jubilant mood after being declared the 1st Institute in Northern India to get Autonomous Status along with NBA & NAAC Accreditations

ACET Celebrated 13th Foundation Day with Great Fervor!

13th foundation day of ACET was celebrated with great enthusiasm in the college campus on 27th May. Celebration began with tree plantation by Chairman and CEO Sh. Amit Sharma-Chief Guest for the day, Director Finance Madam Ragini Sharma, Principal Dr. V. K Banga and Dr. H.S. Gill Principal ACHMT, in the campus.

On this occasion the college’s new logo, vision, mission, core value and corporate video was also released. Also a documentary of various social activities carried out by college NSS wing and NGO Jagriti were also showcased.

Sh. Amit Sharma shared his views on successful journey of last twelve years and felt proud and happy that the seed which he planted 12 years ago has turned into a vast tree. He remembered his grandfather Late Yograj Sharma who has always been a source of inspiration for him.

Dr. V.K. Banga Congratulated the staff members of ACET for successful completion of 12 years of this Institute.  He appreciated the untiring efforts put in by the ACET family to elevate this institution to its present height and glory.

The faculty members shared their views of their journey with the college. Fun games were played also played among the staff and faculty on this occasion.

Two days workshop held at ACET!

A Glimpse of Two days workshop on “A Graphical Programming Language - LabVIEW and its Real Time Applications in Wireless Engineering using USRP”, organized by Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering at ACET, Amritsar on 19th and 20th May.

The Workshop was inaugurated by Honorable Chief Guest –Advocate Sh. Amit Sharma Chairman, ACET Amritsar and Madam Ragini Sharma Director (Finance) and was attended by large number faculty members and post graduate students from various PTU affiliated Institutes.

On 2^nd day, a practical demonstration was also carried out on Building Communicatio n Systems with USRP, USRP as a SDR – Software Defined Radio 4G/5G Mobile Communications.

Students performed practical in the lab, which was set up by National Instruments Pvt. Limited, Texas, USA with sole purpose to promote research activities. This is the first lab of its kind in the state of Punjab and has facilities as per the industry standards. 

 

FranConnect India Software Joint Campus Placement Drive @ACET

A golden chance for B.Tech. (CSE & IT) 2014 Batch students to get placed by FranConnect India Software Pvt. Ltd., no. 1 provider of Franchise Management Systems with the most comprehensive franchising solution on the Planet.

Don’t miss this chance to give a great start to your career and be there at the ACET Campus on 21st April 2014 by 9:00 am sharp.

FranConnect’s integrated suite of software applications allow franchise organizations to manage all aspects of their operations including Sales, Marketing, Financial Data Collection and Analysis, Royalty Invoicing and Automated Funds Transfer, Contract and Legal Document Management, Customer Relationship Management, Help Desk, Franchisee Support, Online Training, Supply Management, Automated Ad-Builder, E-mail Marketing, Franchisee Web-sites, ZIP Code Locator Service, QuickBooks, Peachtree and POS Integration.

Eligibility: 70% and above in 10th, 12th & B.Tech

Job Profile: Trainee/Fresher and after three months of training Software Developer (J2EE)

Job Location: Noida

Selection Process: Aptitude Test + Technical Test, Programming Test and Oral interviews

For details, kindly visit: www.acetamritsar.org

National Conference held at ACET Amritsar, Punjab!

Department of Applied Sciences (Physics Group) recently hosted #National #Conference on the Topic “Advances in Material Science (AMS)” at ACET. It was a very enlightening session delivered by prestigious guests and more than 100 researchers participated in this conference.

Dr Arvinder Singh (Professor NIT, Jalandhar) was the Chief Guest for the opening ceremony. Dr. Ravi Chand Singh (HOD – Dept. of Physics, GNDU) delivered the keynote address. He laid emphasis on the role of modern materials in today’s world and discussed about carbon tubes and nano materials. Dr. V.K. Banga (Principal, ACET), Dr. H. S. Gill (Principal, ACHMT), Dr. S. K. Aggarwal (Dean, Academic Affairs) and Dr. Amit Sarin - Convener of the Conference along with Deans and Head of various departments and staff were also present in the opening ceremony.

Adv. Amit Sharma (Chairman, ACET) said that such kinds of conferences are helpful in promoting research activities as academicians and researchers from various domains are exchanging their expertise under one roof. Also the college students are getting aquainted with the latest research activities in the field of engineering and technology.

Dr. V. K. Banga (Principal) also shared his views on the topic of the conference and congratulated the Head of Applied Sciences Dr. Amit Sarin and his team for organizing this event. He said that the objective of such kind of conferences is the gateway of learning through discussions and also an inspiration for others as researchers & academicians in their specific field put across their thoughts and views. Realizing and understanding the quality of research, the presented research papers are published in hard bound ISBN conference proceeding.

Dr. V.K. Banga (Principal) and Dr. O. K. Harsh (Group Director) distributed certificates to all the participants.

Election Awareness Drive by Jagriti NGO!

Jagriti NGO recently conducted an Election Awareness Drive, in view of Lok Sabha Elections 2014. Their objective was to encourage maximum people to vote this year along with creating awareness about their voting rights.

 Mrs. Ragini Sharma, Ms. Renu Banga, Ms. Dipti Malhotra, Ms. Priyanka Goyal and Mr. Munish Sharma along with other members of Jagriti were also part of this noble cause.

Jagriti NGO carried out this rally in village Chetekala along with ACET students, who carried out Street plays to create awareness among the villagers regarding their vote power. They also pledged them to cast their vote in free and fair manner. With their plays they demonstrated that free and fair elections are fundamental rights of a healthy democracy.

Members of Jagriti also visited from home to home, spreading awareness among people that how their vote is so important and it can bring a change in the country.