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NSIT Granted University Status

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After a long period of 2.5 years, the central government finally approved to grant University status to Netaji Subhash Institute of Technology (NSIT). NSIT, located in Dwarka, is one of the premier technical institutes of India and was affiliated with the University of Delhi for its academic programs.

NSIT, now to be known as Netaji Subhash University of Technology, was inaugurated by the Deputy Chief Minister and Education Minister of Delhi, Mr. Manish Sisodia, on 27th September 2018. Now running as a university, NSUT will have the autonomy to revise curriculum, create its own Academic Council, and fast-track administrative decisions. The University will remain answerable to the University Grants Commission.

At the inception of NSIT, in 1983, it was expected that the institute would eventually aim to become a university. It was granted administrative autonomy in 1986 with the direction to keep in mind this long-term goal. In 2013, a Cabinet meeting presided over by then Chief Minister of Delhi, Smt. Sheila Dikshit, gave its approval to upgrade NSIT into a university. In June 2015, the Assembly had passed the NSIT Bill (amendment) tabled by the Aam Aadmi Party government. After passing the Bill, the House had sent it to the President for his approval through the Ministry of Home Affairs. In January 2017, President Pranab Mukherjee returned the Netaji Subhas Institute of Technology Bill, which sought to accord university status to the institute, to the Delhi Assembly asking the House to reconsider and amend the legislation.

Mr. Sisodia was quoted saying, “NSUT will focus on creating job-makers instead of job seekers by including entrepreneurship and skill-based education in the curriculum. Mr. Yogesh Singh the Vice Chancellor of Delhi University added that with the university status, the institute will have the flexibility to start self-regulated courses and have full autonomy in academic and administrative matters. “Now, the government has also made it mandatory for all universities to be part of the NIRF rankings. This means several aspects of the university will need to be upgraded and worked on to score well. The university wouldn’t have been able to do this kind of work on itself if it were under Delhi University,” he said.

The Secretary of the department of technical education and higher education, Devinder Singh, said while autonomy was a good thing, it was the responsibility of the university to use the funds given to them judiciously. “It is on us to take the university forward,” he said.

“Personally it doesn’t really affect me because I, as a fourth-year student, would still receive a degree issued from Delhi University. My course structure was exactly the same as it had been since the last 10 years. My juniors had a new Choice Based Credit System providing flexibility in terms of their subjects. As of now, there’s primarily been the only infrastructural advancement. There’s this legendary fountain which hadn’t been working for decades and it took just two days of efforts to get it working, and as trivial as it may sound, even our alumni were pretty amazed by it. As the seat intake will be increased, the competition might increase in the placement opportunities as they might not increase in proportion to the seats,” Simratpall Singh, a final year student of NSIT said.

After a long trial and court run, only time will tell how this decision pans out for the University and the students.

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NSIT’s Dean of Undergraduate Studies Accused of “Illegally” Reducing Students’ Marks

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A lecturer at Netaji Subhash Institute of  Technology (NSIT) has alleged the Dean of Undergraduate Studies of using “illegal” means to reduce the marks of some of the students in the subject of Environmental Science.

 

Surendra Kumar Yadav, a lecturer of Environmental Science (FE-006) at NSIT, recently wrote a letter to Arvind Kejriwal, the chief minister of Delhi, and Manish Sisodia, the Deputy Chief Minister of Delhi, regarding issues with the marks of students in the subject.

 

The letter, dated 4th September 2018, stated that he had awarded decent marks to all his students, however, the Dean of Undergraduate Studies of the college, Dr Sujata Sengar, reduced the marks of some students through unfair means due to her “biases” against the students.

 

The course is set up for students in their second and fourth semester of BE Undergraduate Programme. At the end of the semesters, after the lecturer’s signature, the final mark sheet needs to be signed by the dean. However, Yadav alleges that she refused to sign it, and the papers evaluated and checked by him were sent for rechecking intentionally, so that the final score of some students could be reduced.

He further says that the Director of the college was also involved in the same, as he is like a “puppet in her hands.” Yadav obtained the two different mark sheets by filing an RTI after some of his students told him that they had not scored well despite their hard work. The two different mark sheets were attached with the letter to the authorities.

 

The letter further requested the authorities to take an action against the dean or she would “spoil the career of many such students due to her biases”. Yadav proposed the formation of an inquiry committee consisting of people not associated with NSIT, under the chairmanship of a retired judge, to look into the matter. Though the authorities have not replied to the letter yet, Yadav hopefully told DU Beat that “they must be doing something”.

 

He has been barred from teaching for the current semester, and says it is due to the dean’s “anarchy”.

 

DU Beat tried contacting Yadav for the names and the contact details of the students who have suffered in the situation, but to no avail.

 

A student in the third year of Electronics and Communication Engineering, on the condition of anonymity, told DU Beat about the general discord and negativity in the institution with respect to the Dean.

 

When DU Beat contacted Sengar, she said “I certainly refuse the allegations. However, I am not in a position to comment on this, as of now.”

 

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Students of NSIT 'Strike' the entrepreneurship pins through a solar powered E-rickshaw

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With rising air pollution levels and government’s adoption of desperate measures, it may be well fitting that technology provides the way forward to combat the most existential threat. So, students at NSIT are doing just that, by riding on the successful launch of ‘Strike’ – the solar powered e-rickshaw. It all started when Vikram Pratap Singh entered a competition where he presented this model, with the help of his professor, Mr. Ranjit Singh as his constant source of motivation to work on something that would affect the world on a greater scale. The solar e-rickshaw took him almost 2 years of research, after which, Vikram connected with a junior, Taranpreet Singh, who eventually became his business partner. Abhishek Kumar, a mechanical engineering student, soon, also joined their team. The three then, took it upon themselves to come up with a business model and build a prototype with their own investments. After putting in efforts for 15-16 hours in the factory for days, they finally had their first solar powered e-rickshaw, ready in March 2016. The solar e-rickshaw is fitted with nine solar panels which are placed at the angles where it’s possible to capture the most amount of sunlight in all seasons, producing almost 360w power. It also has four lead acid batteries and both the batteries and solar panels together give the solar e-rickshaw 50 percent more mileage than a normal e-rickshaw. The cost of this solar e-rickshaw is around Rs. 1.2 lacs only, which is the same as a normal rickshaw. Pawan Singh, a solar e-rickshaw driver admits that, “the solar e-rickshaw can carry around 5-6 passengers at a time and is way more efficient than a regular e-rickshaw as it does not require any charging for at least five hours”. He rides it to and fro from college to the nearest metro station everyday. The solar e-rickshaw has had about three months of success now. The only thing that stops the three students from turning this into a business is the lack of funds. However, we at NSIT, believe that the ever-successful trio will overcome this hurdle as smoothly as they did all the previous ones and come out of it like true champions. We wish them all the very best and wait for the day when the solar e-rickshaw becomes a common sight on the streets, ferrying the students of the very college, where its idea was conceived by a few brilliant minds. Guest post for DU Beat by Rashmi Gehi, Student of NSIT]]>

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Students of NSIT ‘Strike’ the entrepreneurship pins through a solar powered E-rickshaw

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With rising air pollution levels and government’s adoption of desperate measures, it may be well fitting that technology provides the way forward to combat the most existential threat. So, students at NSIT are doing just that, by riding on the successful launch of ‘Strike’ – the solar powered e-rickshaw.

It all started when Vikram Pratap Singh entered a competition where he presented this model, with the help of his professor, Mr. Ranjit Singh as his constant source of motivation to work on something that would affect the world on a greater scale. The solar e-rickshaw took him almost 2 years of research, after which, Vikram connected with a junior, Taranpreet Singh, who eventually became his business partner. Abhishek Kumar, a mechanical engineering student, soon, also joined their team. The three then, took it upon themselves to come up with a business model and build a prototype with their own investments. After putting in efforts for 15-16 hours in the factory for days, they finally had their first solar powered e-rickshaw, ready in March 2016.

The solar e-rickshaw is fitted with nine solar panels which are placed at the angles where it’s possible to capture the most amount of sunlight in all seasons, producing almost 360w power. It also has four lead acid batteries and both the batteries and solar panels together give the solar e-rickshaw 50 percent more mileage than a normal e-rickshaw. The cost of this solar e-rickshaw is around Rs. 1.2 lacs only, which is the same as a normal rickshaw.

Pawan Singh, a solar e-rickshaw driver admits that, “the solar e-rickshaw can carry around 5-6 passengers at a time and is way more efficient than a regular e-rickshaw as it does not require any charging for at least five hours”. He rides it to and fro from college to the nearest metro station everyday.

The solar e-rickshaw has had about three months of success now. The only thing that stops the three students from turning this into a business is the lack of funds. However, we at NSIT, believe that the ever-successful trio will overcome this hurdle as smoothly as they did all the previous ones and come out of it like true champions.

We wish them all the very best and wait for the day when the solar e-rickshaw becomes a common sight on the streets, ferrying the students of the very college, where its idea was conceived by a few brilliant minds.

Guest post for DU Beat by Rashmi Gehi, Student of NSIT

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TEDxNSIT: India at a Crossroads

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educart.com. Mr Gupta spoke about the importance of an entrepreneurial culture in India and how it would help achieve the nation’s vision of becoming a super-power! TEDxNSIT Following Mr Gupta, we had another NSIT alumnus, Mr Abhay Pruthi, the co-founder of Reach, who spoke about how being a hustler helped him achieve success. He urged all students to start finding their passion and fighting very hard for it just like a hustler. The next talk was given by Abi Aryan, the Chief Business Development officer at Coinsecure. She shared her experience and passion for block-chain technology and artificial intelligence and how capitalization on this front would be pivotal to the advancement in technology across the globe. The last speaker was Dr Ravi Mehrotra, director National Institute of Cancer Prevention and Medical research, Indian council of medical research. He spoke about how a healthy lifestyle can prevent cancer and told the audience about the new drugs that will help contain cancer and extend life of patients. Inputs from Team Crosslinks, NSIT. ]]>

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NSIT organises literary and debate festival Colloquium'16

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Wolf of Dalal Street was a test to the participants, of the wit, marketing expertise as well as tackling socio-economic issues. The Delhi Poetry Slam was also organised wherein slam poets namely Akhil Saxena, Rei Bantawa, ARN, Neeti Prakash and Deveena Verma spoke about socials issues concerning the LGBT community and Section 377.

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The second day of colloquium commenced with the opening ceremony while the NSITMUN saw huge participation from participants from all over the Delhi MUN circuit. The following committees were part of the two day conference: General Assembly, Historic Security Council, C34 Special Committee on Peacekeeping operations and UN Review Meeting on Sanctions. IP (International Press) was eventful with guest of honour and judge Mr. Ashish Shukla.

IPC (Indian Parliamentary Colloquium) included committees like All India Political Parties Meet, National Security Council and Special Historic Committee. It was followed by a panel discussion on “Expense of free expression” with Mr. Anuj Gosalia and Ms. Suchismita Chattopadhyay as panelists.

The interactive session with Ms. Shilpa Gupta, author of Ananya – A bittersweet journey was also organised, with a variety of questions put forward by the audience.

The MUN and IPC conferences ended on the third day with the closing ceremony being held in the main auditorium. The chairs and vice chairs were present and the participants were rewarded with trophies and certificates.

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Moksha, NSIT ends on a high with Shaan and Abish Mathew

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Day 3 of Moksha kicked off with Dhwani, the umbrella of music-based events, which was judged by Mohit Dobhal, a Hindustani vocalist, and Ms. Roli, a proficient classical singer.

In Tarang, the Indian classical group competition, the first position was shared by Dhwani, the music society of Lady Shri Ram College For Women and Tarkaas, the music society of Institute of Home Economics. The second position was also a tie, between Gargi College’s music society Samranjini and Miranda House’s, Geentanjali. This was followed by the instrumental duo event, Symphony. Nalin Vinayak and Aditya who played a romanticizing combination of guitar and keyboards were awarded the first position and the second place was shared by the teams of Rishi and Saurabh, and of Anirudh and Mitesh.

Street Dance was another exciting event that took place on Day 3. It was judged by Digant Kar, a dancer and choreographer, along with Benjamin Jacob, a Senior Member at the Academy of Danceworx, Delhi. The team from Trinity Institute of Professional Studies was declared the winner.

Oorja, the western dance competition, was another highlight of Day 3, and saw Misba, the western dance society of Sri Guru Gobind Singh College of Commerce, winning the first position. Afroza, Indraprastha College for Women, and V-Defyn from IIT Delhi ranked second and third respectively.

Abish Mathew’s performance as a part of the Humour Fest drew crowds as he made the appreciative audience crack up with references to engineering in his jokes amongst other things.

Moksha ended on a high with Shaan’s performance as he crooned his biggest hits and crowd-pleasers like ‘Chaar Kadam’, ‘Bhool Jaa’ and ‘Partner’.

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The Viral Fever, Choreography mark Day 1 of Moksha; EDM Night on Day 2

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‘Moksha’, the annual cultural fest of Netaji Subhash Institute of Technology, kicked off on 10th March 2016 with a number of events.

Day 1 commenced with Soch, the Street Play event, organised by Ashwamedh, the Dramatics Society of NSIT. It witnessed participation from college teams from all over India. Indira Gandhi Delhi Technical University for Women bagged the first position and Dyal Singh College (evening) came second. The play by Shivaji College earned a special mention.

Dhwani, the music competition, saw Isha Chakraborty from Gargi College and accompanist Anirban Divakera from St. Stephens’ College bagging the first position. The second position was shared by Shruti Dhasmana from Gargi College and Gurpreet from Jesus and Mary College. In the A Capella event, Zephyr, from Kamala Nehru College, and Western Music Society, Lady Shri Ram College for Women shared the first position.

The first dance competition on Day 1 was the Folk Dance competition, Kalakriti, where Natraj, the dance society of Maharaja Agrasen College, and the Bhagra team of SGND Khalsa College tied for the first position. The second position was bagged by Maitreyi College, and the third by Delhi Technological University.

Later in the evening, Mudra, the choreography competition saw Srijya, the Choreography society of Hindu College winning the first position, followed by Terpsi-Chorean, from Hans Raj College at the second position, and Lady Shri Ram College at the third position.

Naveen Kasturia and Arunabh Kumar of the very popular The Viral Fever Web series, Pitchers, left the audience in splits with their spontaneous humor and also encouraged students to follow their entrepreneurial calling. Proving to be one of the major crowd pullers of the evening, an exclusive preview of TVFs’ forthcoming video was also shown.

Day 1 concluded with the very energetic VH1 Supersonic where artists such as DJ Zayden enthralled the crowd with their music.

11th March 2016, day 2 of Moksha saw Stage Play, Battle of Bands, and the EDM night as the main attractions. Visitors were also kept involved with various informal events like Mini Militia and Banging Pyramids.

The Stage play competition saw participation of a total of six teams, including those from Shivaji College, Shaheed Bhagat Singh College and others. The event was judged by Prince Nagpal and Naveen Mallik from the Asmita Theatre Group. Vayam, Shivaji College, won the first position for their production ‘Jeevita Chellave’, while Mukhauta from Lady Irwin College took the second spot for ‘Khalid ka Khala’.

Rains played spoilsport in the evening as several events couldn’t take place, one of them being the finals of Rogue, the fashion show. The day soon picked up again with the DJ Wars, where Akshit Bhagat emerged victorious from amongst a host of contenders.

Day 2 ended on a high with the EDM night. The female DJ duo Elektrovertz pumped up the crowd and were soon followed by DJ Makasi from Tomorrowland who had the crowd dancing to his beats.

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Moksha at NSIT concludes with Advaita and DJ Lloyd

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replaced Amit Trivedi for the star night. Advaita, a Delhi based rock and fusion band took on the stage at 7:45 PM. The band was a team of seven members and they performed eight songs from their own albums. The band was welcomed by team Moksha with bursting fireworks up in the sky. Advaita fused in Indian classical with western rock music. Their songs were accompanied by beats of the tabla and notes of a sarangi, along with the usual acoustic guitar and keyboard. The Hindustani vocals with variation in the notes created euphony for the listeners. [caption id="attachment_21531" align="aligncenter" width="640"]DSC_0178 Image Credit: Ishaan Gambhir for DU Beat[/caption] The highlight songs by them for the evening were Miliha which means ‘extremely beautiful’ and Durga. Another song that left the audience almost silent was WHY which questiones the happenings in the world on account of time and age. The lead western vocalist engaged the crowd well by saying out the lyrics slowly for them and then asking the audience to sing and join him. During one hour of their performance, all hands were seen up in the air, dancing or waving to the band. [caption id="attachment_21530" align="aligncenter" width="640"]DSC_0244 DJ Lloyd with the dancing crowd. | Image Credit: Iresh Gupta for DU Beat[/caption] Five minutes after Advaita’s exit, Bollywood’s DJ Lloyd started with his dance numbers changing the Sufi mood of band’s last two songs into the party mode. People were seen up on the chairs and some on shoulders. DJ Lloyd who came all over from Mumbai to play at NSIT, mixed up the tracks according to the changing environment within the dancing groups. “Baby Doll and Party All Night were the craziest numbers for the evening. DJ made up well for Amit’s absence”, said Kartik Rishi who was there to attend the musical evening. The last day of Moksha also witnessed Oorja, the western dance competition. Team from Sri Venkateshwara College, Verve was declared the winner. Jesus and Mary College’s Mudra and Indraprastha College for Women’s Afroza bagged the second and third positions respectively. Featured Image Credit: Ishaan Gambhir for DU Beat]]>

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Akcent ends NSIT performance with Delhi’s biggest selfie

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Moksha, the cultural festival of Netaji Subhas Institute of Technology, recently hosted the international Romanian dance pop act Akcent, whose dance tracks brought an exciting end to the second day of the festival. The evening, which started off as a presumable No-show, culminated in what was probably one of the biggest ‘selfies’ of 2014.

With clusters of people flocking in and around the main arena, many Akcent fans were soon disappointed to hear the news of the Romanian singer’s late arrival. The evening however did not seem to wait on him, and soon burst into energy as another DJ took to the impatiently waiting crowd. Courtesy of DJ Monty, along with his collection of Bollywood and Bhangra numbers, Akcent suddenly did not seem to matter that much. However, the above statement could probably also be termed as a misjudgement. The hoots and whistles with which Akcent was later greeted on, definitely took the event to a whole another level.

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The non-stop hoots, cheers, and roars were well received as the international DJ played to the requests of the students. The concert was also kept engaging and interactive as the Romanian sensation would often urge the crowd to complete the chorus for him. For some of his better known international hits such as That’s My Name, Stay With me, Kylie, the crowd would occasionally sing along with the DJ. The 1 hour riveting performance finally ended with what Akcent termed as ‘Delhi’s biggest selfie performance ever’.

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