SEKSARIAN TIMES
May, 2022
President Hon.Secretary
Er. Sandeep Consul Dr.(Er.) Girish Gupta
EDITOR : Er. Sakal Jain
PRESENTED BY:
Alumni Association
SGSITS, Indore
President: Er. Sandeep Consul Hon. Secretary: Dr.(Er.) Girish Gupta
Editor's Desk
Dear Alumni,
Er. Sakal Jain
Greetings!
The frequency of Sakserians making headlines has suddenly shot up. They can be seen
everywhere; in leading newspapers, on TV channels, and on social media. Engineers from
SGSITS are making their mark in every field that can be thought of. Our parents, teachers,
schools and colleges take immense pride from our accomplishments. When we receive awards
or accolades, on the stage, with a huge round of applause, shutterbugs clicking, at that very
moment, with wet eyes, we travel in a flashback. We travel in our childhood, our school, we
remember the pain our parents took in raising and educating us, friends who have been with us,
our teachers and classrooms and corridors of our alma mater.
We are what we got from our family, society and our alma mater. A lot of efforts and resources
of our institutes have gone into crafting our personality, career and achievements at large.
Hence, it becomes our moral responsibility to give back . . . and give back with an open heart
and help toward research, scholarships, building infrastructure (lab improvement, hostel, library,
computer center renovation), adding new facilities and supporting needy students by paying for
their fees, books, etc. It helps increase the stature of the college, creates an environment to
learn, innovate and grow.
‘Giving Back’ Doesn’t Always Mean Money
Giving back most of the time is understood as giving money; we should not forget that our time
is equally important. Human capital is many a time more valuable than the financial. We can
contribute by sharing experience/knowledge, mentoring students, providing Internships to
students, creating job opportunities for students, guiding students in their projects, hand-
holding in the journey of their start-ups etc.
When we give back to our college, a sense of deep contentment creeps in knowing that we’re
furthering the bigger cause of the institution that did so much to educate us and give us a better
life.
We all want to make the world a better place, by sharing our time, talent and money with our
college, we do our bit of good and contribute by building our future generation.
Er. Sakal Jain
Editor
SGSITS Alumni Association
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Secretary's Note
Dr.(Er.) Girish Gupta
Dear Fellow Seksarians,
Greetings!
It gives me immense pleasure to get elected for the position of Hon Secretary of our
esteemed institute’s Alumni Association. I on behalf of all our team members thank
the entire Seksarian fraternity for showing confidence in us and electing us
unopposed in AGM and elections held on 6/3/22.
I am delighted to serve the Institute through Alumni Association and I acknowledge
what the Institute, teachers, seniors, batchmates and juniors have given me in
terms of learning, I will surely try to give back my best during my tenure.
Immediately after taking over, I had an opportunity to conduct the following events
back-to-back with my team in the able guidance of our President Er. Sandeep
Consul, under the aegis of the Alumni Association:
1.” Graffathon” organized by Pratibimb Students Club, a 30-hour-long wall
painting marathon event on 11th & 12th March 2022.
2. Webinar- Episode 14-Wonder Women showing the light -26th March
3. ” Kai Po Che” organized by Students of club Kshitij an event with colors of
culture, tradition, vibrancy and loads of entertainment- 27th March 2022
4. ” Aarambh” organized by students of E-Cell event’s theme was one dollar
venture & ideascape -1st-3rd April 2022.
5. ” Gold Medal Ceremony”- Institute organized prize distribution for students in
various categories. Due to the Covid-19 ceremony was not held for the last couple
of years so prizes were distributed to the overall topper of different branches from
the year 2016-17 to 2020-21 on behalf of the Alumni Association.
6. Webinar -Episode 15-Journey in Public Policy Formulation-23rd April
I look forward to your suggestions and feedback to serve the institute and Alumni
association in a better way.
You can mail those to Alumni Association at [email protected]
Looking forward to your support in the future endeavors of the Alumni Association.
Thanks & regards
Dr.(Er.)Girish Gupta
Hon. Secretary
SGSITS Alumni Association
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Alumni Executive Committee
Annual General Meeting was held on
6/3/22, at Golden Jubilee Hall in
presence of large audience routine
work was conducted and audience
enjoyed delicacies of famous Johnny
Hot Dog. In elections held for New
Team 2022-2024 of (Oldest
Prestigious Engineering Institute of
Central India-SGSITS), SGSITS
Alumni Association; team members
of the new committee were elected
unopposed. Congratulations to the entire team. We are grateful to everyone
for their support.
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Campus Buzz
Graffathon
Students of Club Pratibimb organized their annual event Graffathon; a 2-
day, 30-hour-long event from 11th March 2022, in association with Alumni
Association. Er. Vinod Agrawal arranged the snacks for the organizing
team and participants whereas Er. Chitragupt Bhatnagar, batch 1986
chipped in with a Rs 5,000 contribution. In a very festive atmosphere at the
Institute after the Covid times, more than 2000 students were present.
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Patron Dr. Rakesh Saxena, President Er. Sandeep Consul, Hon.
Secretary Dr.(Er.) Girish Gupta, Finance Secretary. Jayesh Jha , EC
member Er. Manish Jajoo, Er. Vinod Agrawal and Er. Ashotosh
Kutumbale were present with the students.
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Kai Po Che
Students of Club Kshitij in association with the Alumni Association
organized the event "Kai Po Che" - A Colourful Utopia'! to celebrate
festivities on 27th March 2022; an event with colors of culture, tradition,
vibrancy and loads of entertainment.
Event Highlights :
• Kite-flying competition
• Open Mic
• Soulful performances by guest bands
• Food and Game stalls
• DJ Night
President Er. Sandeep Consul and Hon. Secretary Dr.(Er.) Girish Gupta
were present with the members of Club Kshitij.
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AARAMBH - The Journey Commences
E-Cell organized the event 'Aarambh' from 1st-3rd April 2022, in
association with the Alumni Association. In “One Dollar Venture” students
had to explore ways to earn maximum profits through minimum
investment wherein developing their sales, marketing and financial
prowess.
“Ideascape” encouraged students to come out with creative solutions to
existing challenges with an opportunity to get pre-incubation from CIDI
along with cash prizes. Students presented all aspects of their business
model before a panel on the provided themes -
1) Food and Agro Tech
2) Sustainability and circular environment management.
3) Product and services for armed forces
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Dr. Neeraj Jain, Dr. Apurva Gaiwak, Dr.(Er.) Girish Gupta, Er. Tapan
Mukherjee, Er. Sandeep Consul, Director Dr. Rakesh Saxena were
present with E-Cell Team during the event.
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Gold Medal Ceremony
The Gold medal ceremony was held on 2nd April’22. Gold medals were
distributed to the overall toppers of different branches by Alumni
Association And other prizes were distributed in the presence of Er. Ashok
Sojatia, Padamshree Er Sushil Doshi, Director Dr. Rakesh Saxena, Dr.
Rakesh Khare and others. The winners included:
Urvashi Saboo of Information Technology branch, batch 2016-17.
Dhairya Kulshreshtha of BioMedical branch, batch 2017-18.
Aayushi Sahni of E&TC branch, batch 2018-19.
Gyanek Singh of Electrical branch, batch 2019-20.
Shreyansh Sharma of Mechanical branch, batch 2020-21.
In presence of Dr.(Er.) Girish Gupta, Er. Sandeep Consul, Patron Dr. Rakesh
Saxena, Padamshree Er. Sushil Doshi, Er. Ajit Sojatia & Dr. Rakesh Khare.
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Alumni Engagement Activities
Continuing with insightful episodes of “Meet the Alumni” presented by the
SGSITS Alumni Association, two sessions have been conducted since the
previous edition of the newsletter. Both the series were held on Zoom Meet
and live-streamed on SGSITS Alumni Association Youtube Channel. On the
occasion of women’s day, Er. Saroj Pathak of batch 1969, President and
CEO of 'Explorabox' Los Altos, in USA, Er. Namita Rawat, batch 1989, E&TC,
Sr. manager Cisco Systems Bangalore, India, Er. Mushik Mundiwala, batch
1993, E&I, Director, The Hartford Simsbury, USA, Er. Nikita Kumrawat of
batch 2009, E&TC, MD Brandworks Tech, Co-Founder 'Ekmatra' Mumbai,
India, and Er. Medha Krishnan, batch 2010 Civil, and Co-Founder of 'Tan90'
Bangalore, India were invited to share their experiences under the topic,
showing the light. In the 15th Episode of Meet the Alumni Er. Ashish
Chandorkar, an alumnus of the 1998 batch spoke about his journey in the
formulation of public policy.
EPISODE - 14
Wonder Women : Showing the Light
EPISODE - 15
Journey in Public Policy Formulation
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Alumni Achievements
Er. Devendra Kumar Sharma, an
alumnus of batch 1981, chairman,
Himachal Pradesh Electricity
Regulatory Commission, has been
nominated as a specialist member of
the National Committee on Dam
Safety by the Ministry of Jal Shakti,
Government of India for a period of
three years.
Er. Ashutosh Gokhale, an alumnus of
batch 1982, Director of Oilmax Systems
Pvt. Ltd. had received the Winner Trophy
at the 9th Edition of India SME 100
Awards 2022 at the hands of Shri Bhanu
Pratap Singh Verma Ji, Hon'ble MOS,
MSME and Shri B B Swain, IAS,
Secretary Ministry of MSMEs, on 13th
April 2022.
Er. Avinash Verma, an alumnus of
batch 1982, has joined Reliance as
President Operations - Petrochem.
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Er. Sandeep Govil, an alumnus of
batch 1986, has been appointed as
the Director (Consumer Mobility) of
Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited
(BSNL), a PSU under the Department
of Telecommunications (DoT).
Er. Vivek Banzal, an alumnus of batch
1986, Director (Consumer Fixed Access),
BSNL, has been chosen for the post of
Chairman-cum-Managing Director, ITI
Limited at a Public Enterprises Selection
Board (PESB) meeting held on April 13,
2022.
Er. Hitendra Mehta, an alumnus of
batch 1987, of Mehta & Associates,
was honored with the IBC Presidential
Award for his contribution to the
Indian construction industry on the
occasion in the auspicious presence of
Chief Guest Shri Kaushal Kishor,
Minister of State, Ministry of Urban
Development, Government of India.
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Er. Hari Ranjan Rao, an alumnus of
batch 1990, IAS, has been appointed
as Additional Secretary, Prime
Minister’s Office, New Delhi, India.
Er. Sandeep Acharya, an alumnus of
batch 2004, the co-founder of
AyuRythm has raised 75 lakhs in
exchange for 2% equity of their
company from Shark Tank India.
Alumni Award Announcement
Er. Manoj Shrivastava, an alumnus of
1986, Civil batch, currently working as
Incharge PHE wing, Chief Technical
Officer (Vigilance) in Bhopal.
He announced the ‘Humanity Award’, in
remembrance of his Late father, Shri
Suresh Kumar Shrivastava, former
principal of Padmakar School, Sagar, to
encourage the human values in children
apart from academic values. Under the
award, a cash prize of rupees 5,100,
certificate and momento will also be
provided.
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SGSITS in
in NEWS
NEWS
1) Amazon India gave a package of 44 lakhs to 3 students, making SGSITS
the first engineering college where Post Corona has the highest placement
in M.P. As per the placement report for the academic session 2021-22, more
than 140 companies reached the college for campus placement and gave
placement to 800 students.
2) SGSITS is preparing the campus forest and Miyawaki forest at no cost.
The forest will be made of 2.9 acres with 10 thousand trees in the college.
College's campus and media in-charge Alex Kutty said that about 10
thousand new trees and saplings will be planted in the process.
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SGSITS in NEWS
3) With the successful implementation of the new education policy, now the
students of SGSITS will get the opportunity to study their curriculum in Hindi
from the next year. 25 - 50% seats will also be increased in every branch for
the same.
4) The team of SGSITS, Indore has been selected in the Supra Formula Car
Racing Competition to be held in Noida from 22nd August. The team's
formula racing car is ready. Special technology has been used in the car, due
to which there will be no air pollution due to smoke. For this, a catalytic
converter has been used in the engine.
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SGSITS Stall at Auto Show
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Down the Memory Lane
The year was 1983 and the name Chitragupt Bhatnagar. Against the
established tradition, a third-year student at SGSITS (it was a five-year
degree course then) was elected the Vice President of the SGSITS Student
Union and went on to create history by becoming the only Sekserian to have
ever become the President of Devi Ahilya Vishwavidyalaya Student Union. It
was undoubtedly the biggest victory procession by the Sekserians in the city
of Indore.
From the days of being an Iconic Firebrand Student Leader Er. Chitragupt
Bhatnagar has gone on to become a much Respected Dynamic Professional
and is currently the Managing Director of a German Multinational and is one
of the most Popular Sekserian around the Globe.
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Rendezvous
Dear Alumni,
Greetings from ALUMNI ASSOCIATION.
We are honored to inform you that we have created a broadcast channel on
telegram where all alumni can stay connected on a common platform instead of
multiple groups on WhatsApp.
The motive of the channel is to broadcast the initiatives and programs by the
Alumni Association as well as other various important events at the Institute and
achievements of alumni.
We hereby request you to subscribe to this channel by clicking the link below and
keep yourself updated.
With warm regards,
President - Alumni Association.
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Nandini Mehta (Batch 2022, EI)
Amrita Singh (Batch 2024, IT)
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Designed & edited by- Swayam Gaba (Batch 2024, EE)
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