Gujarat Biotechnology Universtity, Gandhinagar organized an ideathon on 16th June 2022. The ideathon is a brainstorming activity to solve a biologically/biotechnologically pertinent problem. GBU Ideathon event was organized with the aim of igniting innovative and creative ideas from students to solve a problem of national importance. Teams of 3-4 B.Sc. final year students and faculty members were invited to submit their ideas online. The best submissions were then invited for presentation online for participants outside Gujarat and in person for participants in Gujarat. Off-line The event was therefore be organized in hybrid mode.

Out of the 71 applications that were recieved across India, 28 finalized which included the idea submitted by B.Sc. MLT Semester IV students of ITM Vocational University, Vadodara. Our students of B.Sc. MLT Semester IV, Ms. Angelina George, Ms. Ishu Tiwari and Mr. Manav Shah along with Dr. Parul Shrivastava, Assistant Professor, MLT as mentor submitted the idea of “Lactobacilli in treatment and prevention of Covid-19”. Our students along with the mentor visited GBU, Gandhinagar by the vehicle provided by the ITMVU. Following lamp lightening event, welcome speech and brief key note the competition started. ITM Vocational university was given the first chance to present the topic and set the bar for the following contestants.

Ms. Angelina George expained the topic of “Lactobacilli in treatment and prevention of Covid-19”. She explained the problem and need to lack of effective treatment in Covid-19. Probiotics can have a significant role in affecting the gut lung axis and management of Covid. The novelty of our product is that it is not only one of a kind of probiotic that will be specifically designed for Indian population but it will also have an upper edge in the common probiotics already present in the market as it will specifically be targeted for prevention and an attractive adjunct treatment of Covid. The last two slides of the presentation included the students and faculty members of MLT department and the ITM Vocational University picture with the description of diverse programs available at our university.

Following the presentation the panel had a few questions which were addressed by Ms. Angelina an Dr. Parul Shrivastava who was present at the presentation as a mentor. The panel which included dignitaries from University of Edinburgh, UK wanted to know if Lactobacilli would work for the management of Covid. To which we answered that studies have shown the at that Lactobacilli have worked for the decreasing inflammatory in asthma and other respiratory diseases. Additionally the panel wanted to know what is novel in the product to which we explained that it will be one of a kind of probiotic product specifically designed for Covid prevention and management in Indian population. Thereby the panel wanted to know if we would go for clinical trials to which we answered that assertively that since the probiotics are generally considered as safe with the permission of the ethical committee and the FDA we would definitely do clinical trials on Covid patients.

Our presentation was followed by presentations from IIT Mumbai, IIT Varanasi, Banaras Hindu University, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Pune, IIT Madras, St. Xaviers, Mumbai, Lucknow University, Amity University, Noida etc. With a total of 28 presentations. Although we did not get qualified for top three who received the cash prize. We, on behalf of all the B.Sc. MLT students and faculty members thank ITM Vocational University for giving us an opportunity to represent ITMVU, Vadodara at the National level and put ITMVU on the map.

LITMUS is the annual festival of ITM Vocational University celebrated every year. This year LITMUS 2022 was organized by Event Committee at ITMVU headed by Mr. Abhishek Mina. The event was organized for four days; 04 May 2022-07 May 2022. The prime sponsor of the Event was Kanan and Co. The event was covered by print and digital media such as Spark Today, Visphot news, Sandesh News, Gujarat Samachar to name a few.

Sports activities were organized on 04 May and 05 May where various types of indoor and outdoor games were played by students and faculties. Sac Race, Chess, Carom, Tug of War, Gully Cricket, Football,Volleyball and Badminton were the centres of attractions. More than 300 students participated in these games. Winners and runner ups were awarded with medals and trophys

Technovision is the part of LITMUS of our ITM Vocational University. This event was held on 6/5/2022. It is related to Technical events like:

1. Robo Race

2. Robo War

3. Construo

4. BGMI Tournament

5. Hackathon (Code to Win)

REPORT ON TECHNOVISION

We also arranged workshop on “How to make robot car for competition?” on 28/4/2022 for all students.

The event was successful as more than 100 students from ITMVU and additionally students from other colleges also participted in online and offline mode. Our students secured 1st and 2nd positions in many of the events and got cash prizes. The prize was 1000/- cash for 1st position and 500/- cash for 2nd position with the winning certificate.

All these events were coordinated by the Mechatronics Forum students from Mechatronics department and the judges were allotted as per the events to judge. The judges were of Engineering faculty.

The feedback was absolutely very good from our students of Technovision 2020.

REPORT ON MAGNIF

MAGNIF Event was organized by FMEC Department of ITM Vocational University, FMEC on 6 May 2022 as part of the LITMUS 2022. Event consisted of different management games like “ guess the song”, “Draw & guess the movie”, “ try your luck” to name a few.

The event was inaugurated by HOD Dr. Girish Panoli. All activities were managed and co-ordinated by Management students. Students from different departments participated and played different games. Winners were given gifts. Faculties also participated in games and enjoyed.

MAGNIF event helped students to enjoy as well as to learn different skills like co-ordination , Public speaking,cash management.

REPORT ON CULTURAL NIGHT

The cultural night of LITMUS 2022 was celebrated on 07 May 2022. The chief guest of the Event was Swamiji and Guest of Honour was Mr. Manish Shah from Kanan International Pvt. Ltd. which was the prime sponsor of the LITMUS 2022. Students and faculties participated in various cultural activities such as dancing, singing, instrument playing, fashion show etc. More than 800 students and 200 staff members of ITMVU witnessed the extagavenza and enjoyed the DJ night. Prize distribution was a part of the Cultural Night. Mr. And Mr. ITM for the year 2022 were also declared. It was a night fillled with fun and joy.

Business incubator provides cradle to a business idea and handholds it till it matures and is able to establish itself independently in the market. Savli Technology and Business Incubator (STBI) is a business incubator that supports and promote technology development and its commercialization, through the incubator. Savli Technology and Business Incubator (STBI) aims to create a rich eco-system that encourages synergetic development between scientists, technologists, entrepreneurs, investors as well as science students to spur technology-driven- entrepreneurship,initially in the field of biotechnology, life sciences and related disciplines having socio-economic impact.

A visit to Savli Technology and Business Incubator (STBI) by students of Medical Lab. Technology Department, ITMVU, Vadodara on 25th November, 2021. Total 46 students and 2 faculties went for the visit. The visit commenced with the meeting with Director, STBI, Dr. Anand Bhadalkar and Assistant Manager, STBI, Mr. Bhuvan Vyas. It was followed by a presentation by Mr. Bhuvan Vyas who encouraged the students to innovate and explore various scientific ideas and explained how STBI hand holds the budding entrepreneurs at each step from testing their ideas to development of a successful business by providing funds, labs, office spaces, instruments, mentorship and IPR expertise.

Thereafter, the student visited their plant tissue culture lab. In addition, they visited common instrumentation lab where the students saw various high end instruments including lyophilizer, HPLC, PCR, Real time PCR, Spray drier, Phase contast centrifuge, 2 liter and 5 liter fermentor, SDS-PAGE, Gel-electrophoresis, Gel documentation system etc which were explained to them in detail by Mr. Bhuvan Vyas. They also visited the shared-lab and dedicated lab facilites to know how incubatees work in the incubator.

The Department of Medical Lab. Technology would like to thank Dr. Anand Bhadalkar for giving us an opportunity to visit STBI.

ITMVU celebrated Janmashtami- Dahi Handi on 28 August 2021 in the campus permises. The event was coordinated by event committee along with the marketing team of ITMVU. The celebrations comprised on Dahi Handi competition in which a large number of student Dahi Handi groups participated. The special part of the celebrations was an all women Dahi Handi group. It was a fun filled ocassion where students enjoyed the Dahi Handi breaking competition. Winner of the Dahi Handi competition were given prizes. This was followed by DJ Dance and Garba and drinks (buttermilk) for all. Altogether 100 students and 20 faculty members participated in the event and made it successful. We wish to celebrate similar Dahi Handi programmes in coming years.

ITMVU celebrated Ganesh Chaturthi over a period of 5 days from 10 September 2021 to 14 September 2021. The celebrations commenced on 10 September with Stapana Pooja, Morning and Evening Aarti. Every day for the five days various departments of the University held respeonsibility for Pooja, Morning-Evening Arti and Prasadam which created a feeling of joy and fervour among all departments at ITMVU. Ganesh Katha was also the part of the celebrations. Honourable Provost Sir, Dr. Keshri Nath Tiwari (HOD, FLHAS) and Dr. Sonal Rane (Professor, CSE Dept.) graced the Ganesh Katha by being a part of the Pooja. The special attraction of the five day celebartions was Ganesha Idol making competition in which students created Eco-friendly Ganesha idols using their own resources and Sthapana of these idols was done and these were the idols which were worshipped for the five days. At the end of five days, award was given to best Ganesha Idol by the special committee consitituted to decide the best idol. Ganesh Visarjan was done on 14 September before which Dhol celebrations were witnessed in which students and faculties participated with utmost joy. The event was managed by Event Committee of ITMVU in close coordination with the Admin team. It was a joyous ocsassion and we look forward to many more Ganpati celebrations like this in upcoming years.

ITMVU celebrated Fresher’s party on 18 September 2021 in the campus premises. The event started with welcoming of the Fresher students of all the departments. This was followed by cultural activities by the existing seniors. Freshers also volunteered for various activities like singing, dancing etc.

Ramp walk and Question Answer session was conducted to judge and decide Mr. Freshers 2021 and Miss. Freshers 2021 along with Best Dressed male and female, Best Personality and Best Smile. Special judgement committee was consituted to decide the same. This was followed by snacks for all. The event ended with DJ Dance for all freshers.

This programme was aimed at creating a feeling of relaxation and acceptance among the first year fresher students so that they are ready to witness their upcoming years in the University with lot more confidence and less nervousness. Almost 200 fresher students and 100 staff and faculty members participated in the programme making it a grand sucess.

Independance day was celebrated on 15 August 2021 at ITMVU campus in physical mode. The celebration was organized and managed by the faculties and students of Faculty of Life, Health and Allied Sciences (Optometry, Industrial Chemistry and Medical Lab Technology Department). The event was graced by the presence of Provost Sir, Registrar Sir, asll staff and faculty members of the University. Around 80 faculty and staff members and 60 students participated in the celebrations. The programme started with flag hoisting ceremony by honourable Provost, Dr. Anil M. Bisen Sir followed by his remarkable speech on the ocassion. This was followed by cultural programe which included singing, dancing, speech and other kinds of activities related to patriotism. The celebrations ended with snacks for all. The event was a memorable day as ITMVU celebrated Independance Day physically after a gap of one year due to COVID 19 pandemic.

Webinar on Machine Learning with Azure

On 6th July 2021, ITM Vocational University organized a webinar on one of the emerging topic Machine Learning. Students and Professional from across the world had the privilege to interact and learn from an exceptionally resourceful person, Mr. Mahesh Yadav Senior Product Manager at Microsoft , having vast experience of developing AI/ ML products and apart from this he holds more than 12 patents to his credit.

The Expert enlightened the participants by elaborating on the future of machine learning and guided them in developing the skills in machine learning The session provided the right kind of a inspiration to all the curious minds to enhance their knowledge and interest in the field of AI and Machine learning.

“During the crisis, learning should not suffer, thus with such initiatives of webinars, ITM Vocational University is making an attempt to help the society learn and grow amidst the pandemic”. said Dr. Anil Bisen, Provost, ITM Vocational University.

ITM Vocational University organized live webinar on “Intellectual Property Rights” on 08th July 2021 from 11:00 am to 01:00 pm.

It was conducted by Dr Kailash N Srivastava who has an experience of 34+ years ranging from top multinational company in Europe to top educational institutions in Europe and Asia.

A total of 100 participants enthusiastically participated in the webinar. The webinar started with focus on main civil lawsuit of IPR - patents, trademark, copyright and trade secret. Wherein an idea about the protection of inventor with government was also given. This was followed by discussions on patentability vs freedom to operate.

The participants were shown the ways to create value out of their IP through create exclusivity, Exchange cross license, Licensing, asset -IP as payment in M&A and insurance to defend against claims and the session concluded with the discussion on combination of protection methods.

“It was an interactive session where faculties and students had great learning in terms of creativity, innovation, research and patent.” said Dr. Anil Bisen, Provost, ITM Vocational University.

The pandemic has taken its toll on the educational industry as well. The process of classroom learning has come to a standstill. During such times, it is important to keep learning and growing. With the same concept ITM Vocational University organized workshop from 15th June to 22nd June 2021 under the guidance of honourable provost Dr. Anil M. Bisen. ITM received an overwhelming response to its initiative with approximately 200 participants who marked their presence in all the sessions. The participants were from 19 states of the country. A wide range of topics were covered during the 8 days workshop.

On day 1: The workshop focused on Lifestyle Management where the importance of emotional intelligence was also discussed.

On day 2: The topic English speaking and Communication was covered where it was discussed how English have so much weightage in our life and why we should never miss the opportunity to speak in English.

On day 3: Attitude and Human Values were the focus of discussion. It was an attempt to spread the message of positivity in such crucial time.

On day 4: A glimpse was given on Relationship and Team Building. Here the participants understood what all things are to be taken care of while working in a team and were also told about many team building activities.

On day 5: With discussion focused on Nutrition & Hygiene the participants were explained the importance and the how of a strong immune system. The participants were also enlightened with an ideal meal plan.

On day 6: Discussion revolved around the need of the hour, Electronic Learning and Information Technology. The spokesperson acknowledged the importance of internet and electronic sensors.

On day 7: Responsibilities and Ethics were discussed. The participants acknowledged that we should be responsible, be fair, be honest, be accurate, be independent, minimize harm and be accurate.

On the final day : A light was thrown upon the importance of Sports and Hobbies. Here the participants were explained about its physical, mental and psychological benefits.

“ITM Vocational university has received a favorable feedback from all the participants and they are excited to participate in upcoming workshops as well.” said Dr. Anil Bisen, Provost, ITM Vocational University.

“Engineering is all about Practical Implication of Theoretical Concepts. In Lieu of this, students are required to have Industrial Visits besides their classes in order to have a thorough understanding of the Industrial Modus- Operand.” said Dr. Anil Bisen, Provost, ITM Vocational University. With this Objective in mind, an Industrial Visit was planned for the students of Mechatronics department on 14th March 2021 at Precise Automation plant located at Makarpura G.I.D.C, Vadodara, Gujarat.

An introduction session was conducted by their Junior Engineer who explained the students about Company Profile, Automation, PLC, HMI, it’s interfacing, How PLC Programming is done in Software and etc. Following this a session was conducted by their Sr. Manager. She explained about Importance of PLC, Electrical Panel connection, Electrical Starters and Motor control and Electric drive.

The industrial visit to Precise Automation was an enriching experience for students in getting live exposure of Automation, PLC and Drives which can help them in their internships and further career enhancements.

The Entrepreneurship Development Cell of ITM Vocational University, providing support to the young mind to explore as much as possible while at campus. Keeping this in mind thanks to Dr. Anil M Bisen to have Mr. Naresh S Warrier for the special guest lecture on Business Planning and Entrepreneurship Development.

The students of MBA first and Second year undergone the Govt of Gujarat Entrepreneurship program for the 15 days. In continuation to the EDP program university is supporting to provide industry expert in the specialized field.

Mr. Naresh is expert in business planning and entrepreneurship development and working in the field from last 32 years. He worked on top management position for more than 20 years.

The students were engaged in various case studies, small case lets and team activities to understand the concept with application.

“All the students participated with full enthusiasm and took the motivation to learn theory and applying it at the same time.” said Dr. Anil Bisen, Provost, ITM Vocational University.

ITM Vocational University organized an industrial visit on 24 February 2021 for students of M.Sc. (Industrial Chemistry) to Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) to get first-hand experience of the operating procedures involved in the industries.

Plant Supervisor Mr. Puneet Saxena guided the whole visit which began with a presentation. The presentation included the working of the plant as well as safety regulations followed by the employees. Students interacted with Plant supervisor to solve their doubts regarding the presentation. Mr. Saxena guided the students during the visit to Extraction plant, Furnace, storage area, Chemistry lab for quality control of the product and control room. Student got the practical knowledge of working of Gas Chromatography instrument from this visit.

“This visit was a good experience for the students as they get to have the practical knowledge of industrial instruments. The students also understood the importance of following safety habits during the work.” said Dr. Anil Bisen, Provost, ITM Vocational University.

The Ministry of MSME announced to conduct National Level Awareness Program (NLAP) on Entrepreneurship during the 17th – 28th February 2021. The awareness program is coordinated and conducted by MSME through KVIC and Selected Universities. The objective of the program is to increase the outreach of its institutions and schemes to the general public.

KVIC selected ITM Vocational University to conduct NLAP. The NLAP program was inaugurated by the Honorable Provost of ITM Vocational University Dr. Anil M Bisen and Assistant Director of KVIC, Mr. Ajaykumar Rajpal.

The KVIC official presented the traditional KVIC wooden Charkha Memento to our honorable provost for continuous cooperation and work in the field of Village development as Technical Agency providing consultancy and capacity building.

Mr. Ajaykumar Rajpal, Assistant Director, addressed the students of various stream to take up entrepreneurship and discussed the financing schemes available for the budding entrepreneur.

Students of the ITM Vocational University of the Vadodara district encouraged by the field offices of the MSME ministry to take up entrepreneurship and educated about the schemes implemented by the ministry through Audio/ Video films / Presentation along with distribution of brochures etc.

They discussed about the importance of Entrepreneurship and various govt schemes. Discuss in detail about Prime Minister Employment Generation Program (PMEGP) and related schemes and explained the benefit and complete process of the schemes.

The program attended by students of all streams with full enthusiasm in large number (145). Students take the informative session positively and interested to proceed for the next level journey as entrepreneurship.

With the closing remark from our honorable Provost Dr. Anil Bisen, to take up the activities for more students and thanks the officers with ITM Vocational University souvenir.

ITM Vocational University, Vadodara organized an expert talk on “Python” on February 12, 2021 for 4th semester B.Tech. CSE and 2nd semester B.Tech. CSE students to aid them explore the power and simplicity of python language.

The session was facilitated by Mr. Jay Dave who has completed M.Tech. from IIT Kanpur and currently working with Oracle India PVT LTD.

The talk included an “Introduction to Python” and why Python is better from other languages. With this the session proceeded with simple message printing “HELLO WORLD” followed by other programming concepts such as "variables", "loops", “functions” and also the object oriented concepts.The session was a mix of theory and practical knowledge.

“All the students who attended the session were satisfied and inspired by the speaker and were interested and motivated to learn more.” said Dr. Anil Bisen, Provost, ITM Vocational University.

A blood Group Check-up camp was organized by ITM Vocational University, Vadodara on 17t August 2021 for villagers of Sakariya, Vadodara. A team of 30 including Students and Faculties of ITM Vocational University tested and gave Blood Group cards to a total of 72 villagers. The blood sample was collected, tested and a blood group card was issued to everyone who gave the blood sample at the camp.

“Often when blood transfusion is required, the villagers have no idea what blood group they have and over and above sometimes blood donor may be near at hand but since the data is not available donors are not available at the right time.” said Dr. Anil Bisen, Provost, ITM Vocational University, throwing a light on the importance of knowledge of one’s blood group.

CED has been working relentlessly to spread its efforts across all regions of Gujarat. Through its various Skill Development Schemes & Entrepreneurship Programs, CED has carved a niche of its own amongst those who have a vision but lacks guidance.

Inauguration of EDP Module II conducted on 14th Feb 2021 to initiate programmes supporting Entrepreneurship Development at ITM Vocational University. Such entrepreneurship programs guide the entrepreneurial aspirants thereby serving as a path for their future course of action.

General EDP Module II focuses more on the local opportunities available and how individuals can capitalize on these opportunities. This program was inaugurated by CED officer - Mr Pradip Shelat on 14th Feb 2021.

On 11 February 2021, ITM Vocational University organized an expert talk on “How Digital Transformation is impacting various Businesses” which was facilitated by Mr. Sandeep Raut. Mr. Raut has over 33 years of IT strategy, consulting and delivery experience.

The session began with the discussion on "Disruption in Digital" followed by discussion on “How to simplify the four technology pillars for an organization's digital transformation.” ​Mr. Raut shared that the first and most important pillar is Digital Customer Experience covering Web Portals, Mobile Apps, User Experience, Virtual Assistants & Social Media engagements. ​The second pillar is Digital Foresight that brings the personalization required via Business Intelligence, Big Data, Analytics & Visualizations.

​The above two pillars will work only when you have the third pillar of Digital Integration in place integrating all the organization's internal and external data via APIs, Micro services, BPM & Cloud platforms and lastly, the fourth pillar of Emerging Technologies is all about covering Chat bots, Artificial Intelligence, Block chain, Internet of Things, Augmented Reality & Virtual Reality. Following this he threw more light on various factors related to the four pillars. ​

“Digital Marketing is extremely important in this digital age. Making your presence felt via Search Engine Optimization (SEO), Search Engine Marketing (SEM), Social Media Marketing, Content Marketing, Email Marketing & Mobile Marketing is a must for all types of businesses. It was an interactive session where students had great learning in terms of Digital Transformation.” said Dr. Anil Bisen, Provost, ITM Vocational University.

A special camp was organized at ITM Vocational University, Vadodara in association with Indian Red Cross Society on 12 February 2021 for Thalassemia Screening for the students of the University. The token rate of 150/- Rs. was charged from the students for the screening test. The team from Indian Red-Cross Society was specially invited for collection of blood samples for testing. Prior to the organization of Thalassemia camp, All the students were made aware about Thalassemia, its type and the effect of this blood disorder in our life. The importance of Thalassemia testing was also elaborated as it is the only measure of preventing spreading of this disorder. A large number of students were present during the camp for getting their blood tested. In total around 100 members including students and faculty provided their blood sample for testing. “The camp was another evidence of the remarkable efforts done by the University for all round development of their students and staffs and taking up regular measures of social cause.” said Dr. Anil Bisen, Provost, ITM Vocational University.

ITM Vocational University organized an industrial visit on 01st February 2021 for 28 students of M.Sc. (Industrial Chemistry) 2ndsemester at Emcure Pharmaceuticals Limited, Gandhinagar to understand, experience and visualize the working environment in industry.

During this visit, students got an exposure on granulation plant where they experienced and got to know about all the equipment and procedures used in the granulations. The unit mainly based on formulation of different dry and wet drug in form of tablets, capsules and syrups. Students had also gained knowledge about the different packaging zone and understood the procedures of tablet coating.

This visit was a good experience which provided them exposure to the industrial life linking theoretical knowledge and practical. This visit improved student’s knowledge of various instruments presently being used and the hygienic conditions that are essential for a Pharmaceutical Industry.

“Students from this visit got an experience about the working environment in industry and were able to visualize all the departments in the industry. Also, this type of visits would helpful for the students in selection of carrier path in different departments of industry.” Said Dr. Anil Bisen, Provost, ITM Vocational University.

Culminating the grand fest, Litmus - Let ITMVU Unite the Students, at ITM Vocational University, Kalakriti, the cultural event, like every year, added luster to the annual celebrations.

With over a month’s preparation, the exuberant students, faculty members and staff of the university held hands to put up an entertaining show on 7th February 2021. More than a hundred students from the Department of Engineering, Health Science, Management and Nursing participated in events namely Dancellenium, Curtain-up, Sound at Sight, Unplugged and Fashion Fusion. Dr. Mayur D. Khunt, Vice President - ZCL Chemicals Limited graced the event as the Chief Guest. Nilesh Gehlot - Mr. India Fashion Icon 1st Runner up 2019, Ms. Tejal Ahir - 2nd Runners up of Mrs. Popular Gujarat 2019 and some others, with their support and participation, added glamour to Kalakriti. On this occasion, Dr. Anil Bisen, Provost, ITM Vocational University said, “Such events give the students a platform to showcase their talents in the domain of management, team-work and leadership as well.”

On 04th February 2021 ITM Vocational University organized “National Level Awareness Program (NLAP)” in collaboration with "Ministry of MSME - A Government of India initiative". The awareness program was conducted by KVIC State office, the objective of the program is to increase the outreach of its institutions and schemes to the general public.

Under NLAP 2021, students from various districts are encouraged by the field officers of the “Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises- MSME” to take up entrepreneurship and are educated about the schemes implemented by the Ministry through Audio/ Video films / Presentation along with distribution of brochures etc.

“Our university actively promotes entrepreneurship program and culture.” Said Dr. Anil Bisen, Provost, ITM Vocational University. The NLAP program was conducted at our campus by officers from KVIC Mr. Ajay Kumar Rajpal - State Office, KVIC, Ahmedabad and Prof. Manohar Lal - ITMVU.

Brain storming was done on importance of Entrepreneurship and various Government Schemes including "Prime Minister Employment Generation Program (PMEGP)" the benefit and complete process of the schemes were discussed. Prof. Manohar Lal discussed about the MSME SFURTI scheme in details and the projects ITM Vocational University is currently promoting. The program was attended by students of all streams with enthusiasm which boosted their journey in becoming future entrepreneurs.

The awaited LITMUS 2021 Chakravyuh events were held between 3rd – 4th February 2021, with great zeal, excitement and frolicsome atmosphere. An energizing equestrian display set the tone for the rest of the events. The students displayed a true sportsmanship which mesmerizing the audience with their energetic performances in each sports. Once the event began, the air was filled with cheering and tons of encouragement for the players on fields. This Event shall enable the students and staff to have fun, learn new sports, enhance social interaction and tests one’s physical capability. These competitions also offer a break from the daily routine tasks and recreate or re-energetic them. Emphasizing the importance of sports in life, Dr. Anil Bisen, Provost, ITM Vocational university, said “Physical Education is an integral part of the total education system. It helps in the attainment of the aim of education i.e. the achievement of holistic development. Games and Sports play a vital role in the student’s life.”

A National conference on digital India and entrepreneurship - "World of opportunity" was organized by the ITM Vocational University on 5 February 2021. ITM Vocational University organized the conference in collaboration with SSIP. Students, innovators and academician were invited to attend the conference covering the following sub-themes: prominent technologies for innovators and entrepreneurs, growing industries with digitalization, captivating innovators and entrepreneurs, digital infrastructure, utility to every citizen recommendation suggestion for better e-governance digitalization in learning approaches.

The keynote speakers of the conference were Dr. Kailash N Shrivastav who is a power system professional turned academician with 35 years of experience from top MNC in Europe and top educational institutions in Europe, he dedicated to skilling India through his accumulated experience and out of box ideas. His area of interest includes research, technology disruption, strategic planning, consulting. Mr. Kshitij Banker who is a VO artist, anchor, theater artist and a musician. And Mr. Kumash S Shah who is a young entrepreneur. He undertakes research activities and engages with youth to encourage them to become entrepreneurs. The keynote speakers gave an insight about the theme to the participants of the conference with real life examples pertaining to their careers. In total, 10 paper were presented at the National Conference and attended by a huge mass of ITM Vocational University.

“ITM Vocational University encourages youth research activities by organizing various national conferences where young minds and expert's opinions meet at a single platform.” Said Dr. Anil Bisen, Provost, ITM Vocational University.

On 1st February 2021 ITM Vocational University organized two parallel sessions for the B.Tech. students on awareness of CAD software along with its current and prospects.

The informative session was delivered by well acclaimed German expert Mr. Harsh Patel, not only the students got insights but a practical hand on experience on Auto CAD Software.

In another session the students got brushed up by Mr. Jignesh Patel on technical skills as well as industrial approach for design aspects of Auto CAD, by the support of Administration Department the sessions went smooth and were well received by the students as a result they demanded for more sessions like these.

The Provost - Dr. Anil M. Bisen, shared his thoughts " Sessions were not just theoretical but practical and interactive and at ITM Vocational University as we prepare our students with not only theory but all aspects of respective industry, these sessions were easy to understand and were in-sync with latest technology thus boosted the knowledge of students".

ITM Vocational University organized its second HNOP(Horn Not OK Please) drive on 2 nd February 2021 with the Mission of Spreading Awareness of “NO HONKING”. The special event graced by DCP Traffic Vadodara - Shri Andrew Macwan, Dr. Gautam Patel - HOD, Faculty of Life Health and Allied Sciences and Prof. Manohar Lal - HOD, Faculty of Management Economics and Commerce.

DCP Macwan said that Noise Pollution is least addressed cause and was glad ITM Vocational University and The Provost Dr. Anil Bisen was actively taking matters in hands and with the students participating in higher numbers the youth was connected and responded well to the campaign as the future lies in there hands and will help us in nearby future to reduce noise pollution.

The Drive was supported by Vadodara Traffic Police, 98.3 Radio Mirchi, Hero Century Bikes and Ridding Sultans, RJ Puja was also seen promoting Traffic Rules and Safety Measures in front of 500 plus individuals.

Participants used Decrypt application (developed by our university students) on their mobile phones to get clues and reach the winning point.

The winning team was awarded the option of choosing the Trip to Goa or Phuket and Runners up got the Cash Prize of Rs 2000 which was decided by Spinning Wheel.

Few Words from Dr. Anil Bisen - The Provost, ITM Vocational University " At ITM Vocational University we have always promoted the youth engaging not only in academics but Social Awareness as they are the future of this nation, As a result Decrypt was the brain child of the ITM family collaberatively the efforts were visible at the event and the awareness was delivered to local citizens, lastly as they say with power comes the resposibilities this was our way of giving back to the Society".

ITM Vocational University, Vadodara organized campus recruitment drive of Next Education on 23 and 24 January 2021 for final year students. Next Education is India’s leading technologically powered company founded in 2007.

Next Education has consistently innovated and has come up with award-winning solutions for all K-12 stakeholders with portfolio of products including TeachNext, LearnNext, NextGurukul, NextERP, NextDeeksha, NextLabs, NextCurriculum, NextPlay and Next Learning Platform. Mr. Gaurav Divolia and Mr. Avinash Singh from Next Education visited ITM Vocational University for conducting the recruitment process. The recruitment process included an online test, a pre- placement talk followed by Technical and Personal interviews. Dr. Anil Bisen, Provost, ITM Vocational University welcomed the recruitment team on behalf of University.

On 20 January 2021 ITM Vocational University organized a Workshop on Hemoglobinopathies: Screening and Awareness. The screening and awareness session were facilitated by Ms. Minal Thakkar, In-charge Principle, Shree P.M. Patel college of paramedical science, Sardar Patel University, Anand. The session included interesting presentation on Hemoglobinopathies. She also explained methodologies for screening of hemoglobinopathies. This session was followed by an awareness speech given by Mr. Upendra Bhoi, member of Indian Red cross society, Gujarat state branch, Ahemdabad. He showed short films on Sickle cell disease and Thalassemia disease. He explained the importance of screening of such disease to the students.

There was a total of 40 participants of Department of Medical Lab. Technology in this program. “As these are severe and life-threatening diseases the knowledge and the screening of such diseases becomes very much important. The awareness regarding this is necessary for reducing or eliminating the risk of hemoglobinopathies.” Said Dr. Anil Bisen, Provost, ITM Vocational University. This program helped students in getting awareness about their social responsibility. It provided individuals a feeling of empowerment and better confidence level.

ITM Vocational University, Vadodara in association with Community Health Centre, Dabhoi organized a free super speciality eye check-up camp for the residents of Kundhela village on 21 January 2021. In total 120 patients were examined for cataract and refractive errors by the team. Also, Door to Door visits were carried out to identify patients dealing with cataract.

The objective of this general Eye check-up camp was to facilitate the detection of eye disorders and Refractive errors among the residents of the village and also provide guidelines on the general eye-care precautionary measures. An attempt was made my the ITM team to spread awareness about Eye health. Highlighting the prosocial behaviour of ITM Vocational University, Dr. Anil Bisen, Provost, said “Many such camps have been organized in rural areas in the past and more of them will be organized in the future. ITM believes in giving back to the society and also tries to inculcate the same value in its students.”

ITM Vocational University organized Kite Flying Party on 10th January 2021. The day when the beautiful blue sky was full of kites flying around and the laughter of the people rang in the wind. The university celebrated the day by flying kites and dancing to the contemporary party songs. Customized Kites with ITM logo were distributed to everyone. And the day was ended with refreshments “Festivals are like glue in our life. That keeps us attached to relationships in society and so celebrating festivals is very important.” said Dr. Anil Bisen, Provost, ITM Vocational University.

Two days Faculty development program (FDP-2019) was organized by ITM Vocational University, on 20 – 21 December 2019. The FDP received an overwhelming response with 90 participants of ITM Vocational University. The program was honored by the prestigious presence of Dr. Anil Bisen (Provost, ITM Vocational University), and Ms. Lakshmi Murthy (Chief People Office, ITM Group of institution)

One of the sessions was facilitated by Dr. Anil M Bisen who started his discussion with the basic idea of concept of outcome-based education, learning and teaching. He shared important aspect to be considered while teaching-learning process. He highlighted the importance of learning and gave idea about domains of learning i.e. cognitive, affective, psychomotor and interactive. The knowledge shared by Dr. Bisen was really interesting and was highly appreciated by the participants.

The other session was facilitated by Ms. Lakshmi Murthy who highlighted the importance of communication and information process in the teaching field. She discussed about faculty etiquette and how to create interest among the students. She gave idea about instructional design process and institution mission, program and course. All her inputs added value to the knowledge bank of the participants.

Overall, the FDP was an enlightening experience for the participants. Everyone took back home a new lesson for life and profession.

A Faculty development program (FDP-2021) was organized by ITM Vocational University on 8 January 2021. The FDP received an enormous appreciation from its 90 participants of various departments of ITM Vocational University. The session was facilitated by Dr. Firdos Shroff (Professor, Motivational Coach;s enate member Pune University: Fellow IIBF) and witnessed by dignitaries of ITM group, Prof. R S S Mani (Vice President Institutional Development at ITM Group of Institutions),and Dr. Anil M Bisen (Provost, ITM Vocational University).

Dr.Firdos Shroff enlightened the audience with the concept of Manoranjan to Manomanthan, learning and teaching. He shared the importance of Positivity. He helped the participants get a different perspective towards life. His pearls of wisdom ‘Good thoughts, good words, good deeds’ left an ever-lasting impression on the candidates and aided in realizing the value of selflessness, charity and perseverance.

“The young Engineers-in-making of ITMVU are made to visit industries frequently with the objective to help them get a first-hand experience of how industries function.” Said Dr. Anil Bisen, Provost, ITM Vocational University. Students of first year B.Tech. took a trip to Amul Dairy, Anand on the 28th of November 2019. The industrial visit helped the learners perceive how manufacturing units in big industries function.

ITM Vocational University organized a technical tour for a day for Civil Engineering students on 17 December 2019 with the support of honourable provost Dr. Anil Bisen and Er. Girish Sanghai (L&T, Ahmadabad) to L&T Construction Skills & Training Institute, Ahmedabad.

The students were given a brief introduction about the courses that L&T offers. Basic training is imparted in the following trades,

Formwork Carpentry

Bar Bending and Steel Fixing

Masonry (Brick Work & Block Work)

Plumbing and Sanitary

Electrical

Scaffolding

General Assistants

Welding (Pipe Welding) & (Structural Welding)

Tiling

Concrete laboratory and field testing

Pre-Stressing

Transmission Line Tower Erection

Railway Electrification

Solar Electricians & Solar Non - Technical

Site Enabling Service Technician (Plant & Machinery)

Also, practical demonstration of all possible activities was given and explained with great enthusiasm. “Practical knowledge is very important to understand how things actually work.” said Dr. Anil Bisen, Provost, ITM Vocational University.

ITM Vocational University, Vadodara organized campus recruitment drive of Trapasia Construction on 22nd November 2019 for the seventh semester Civil Engineering students.The Trapasia Construction Established in Vadodara in the year 1983 and Engaged in Providing all kind of Civil Construction Service. Mr.Krunal Trapasia, Mr.Anand Patel and Mr.Ajay Patel were visited ITM Vocational university for the campus recruitment drive. The recruitment process included a pre- placement talk followed by Technical and personal interviews. Dr. Anil Bisen, Provost welcomed the recruitment team on behalf of University.

ITM Vocational University, Vadodara organized campus recruitment drive of Sunrise Engineering Solutions Pvt. Ltd on 3rd November 2019 for the seventh semester Civil Engineering students.

Sunrise Engineering Solutions was established in 2002 with the aim of providing best possible engineering solution to the array of industries all around the world. Mr. Nitin Pawar, Business Head, visited ITM Vocational University for conducting recruitment process. The recruitment process included a pre- placement talk followed by Technical and personal interviews. Dr. Anil Bisen, Provost, welcomed the recruitment team on behalf of University.

ITM Vocational University celebrated ‘International Men’s day’ to shine a spotlight on men who are making a positive difference and to raise awareness of issues that men face on a global scale. “International Men’s Day encourages men to lead by example” said Dr. Anil Bisen, Provost ITM Vocational University.

ITM Vocational University, Vadodara organized campus recruitment drive of Evox Sysytems Pvt. Ltd. on 18th November 2019 for the seventh semester computer sciences engineering students.The Evox Systems is one of the renowned companies in Gujarat in the field of product development. Mr. Agni Chatergi (Co-founder), Mr. Rustam (Tech Lead) and Mr. Deep Panchal (HR) visited ITM Vocational university for the drive.The recruitment process included a pre- placement talk followed by Technical and Personal interviews. Dr. Anil Bisen, Provost, ITM Vocational University welcomed the recruitment team on behalf of University.

Recently, Students of ITM Vocational University took one more step for the betterment of society. This time 14 students of the university worked for one day to promote Khadi at Khadi Gramodyog, Raopura. They showcased all designer clothes which were used in Fashion Show to promote Khadi for Nation, Khadi for Fashion.

“The aim of the activity was to boost the sale of Khadi and to promote Khadi as a zero-carbon footprint fabric that is perfectly suitable for the Indian Climate.” Said Dr. Anil Bisen, Provost, ITM Vocational University. It was a great experience for students also who got the guidance about the fabric and handicrafts. Around 300 walk ins were there through ITM Vocational University’s invitation.

Students of first year Engineering of ITM Vocational University exhibited some interesting and innovative projects based on the concepts and principles of Physics on 6th November 2019.

The projects showcased the diligence and enthusiasm of the students and earned a lot of appreciation. Dr. Anil Bisen, Provost, ITM Vocational University visited the exhibition and interacted with the students which proved to be highly motivating.

ITM Vocational University organized an industrial visit for students of Engineering. Mechatronics Engineering at Royal Electricals, Anand. Mr. Pinakin Patel, Owner, Royal Electricals addressed the students and introduced about the Transformer’s Ba& Working. He explained about the Manufacturing of Transformer.

During the interactive session, students exchanged their views with the Owner’s vision effectively. After the interactive session, students were exposed to various divisions of the institute in two batches. The institutional experts briefed up about the Design, Working and Manufacturing of Transformer and about the parts of Transformer, need of transformer in various industrial aspects. The theoretical knowledge was imparted through experiential learning skills in the institute. Students expressed their heartfelt regards to the officials of Royal Electricals for the opportunity given to them.

In Royal Electricals Students have Visited Core,Winding, Assembling testing sector, and Manufacturing of transformer. This trip was highly useful for the students in gaining practical knowledge and to explore training/job avenues in the field of Machining sector. Dr. Anil Bisen, Provost, ITM Vocational University said, “The industrial visit to Royal Electricals was an enriching experience for students in getting live exposure of Transformer Manufacturing which can help them in their internships and further career enhancements.”

1. Transformer Core Section and Assembly section

2.Transformer Core Section

3.Transformer Assembly Section

Plastic Pollution is large and giving adverse effect to environment and health of living organisms. ITM Vocational University visited Raval village’s primary school (adopted village under UBA) to aware primary students about above subject. Engineering Students performed a Drama to highlight the issue and taught unity through games. Optometry students collected name of students, who felt difficulty in far or near vision. Mr. Jaiminkumar Bhatt talked to school students about plastic alternatives like Leaf cutlery and plates out of tetra pack wastes & milk pouches made by ITMVU, Metal straw and cotton carry bag. Addressing the growing issue of plastic, Dr. Anil Bisen, Provost, ITM Vocational University said, “Plastics and their by-products are littering our cities, oceans, and waterways, and contributing to health problems in humans and animals.”

1. Awareness drama by 1st year B.Tech Students.

2. Unity Game with Primary School Students.

3. Plastic Alternatives products by Prof. Jaiminkumar Bhatt.

4. 2nd Year B.Tech Optometry Students collects Vision problem of School Students.

5. Village Visit done by ITMVU students and verify Problems like toilets, sewage, street lights and water logging.

ITM Vocational University had hosted a fashion show based on the theme ‘Rise of Khadi 2019’ in association with Khadi Gram Udhyog Vadodara on 18 October 2019 to promote ‘Khadi for Nation, Khadi for Fashion.’ To celebrate the 150th Birth Anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi. The event was graced by the presence of Ms. Anarben Patel, Chairperson of Khadi and Handicraft promotion committee of Businesswomen’s Wing of Gujarat Chamber of Commerce and Shri Achal Tyagi, Deputy Commissioner, Vadodara City. On this occasion, Dr. Anil Bisen, Provost, ITM Vocational University, addressed the audience and said, “Your presence today, reaffirms ‘the universal relevance of the principle of non-violence’ and the desire to secure a culture of peace, tolerance, understanding and non-violence.” In the event, there was a representation of every age category who gloriously wore designer Khadi clothes and walked on the ramp. Here one could see a glimpse of the past, present and future clothes of Khadi.

ITM Vocational University organized an Industrial Visit for all mechanical engineering students to “Akshar Engineering Works” GIDC, Makarpura, Vadodara on 11 October 2019. “Overall, the aim of all these visits is to trains the students to adapting to changing scenario of technology. After visit, students can identify their own efficiency and performance which important for their career, improving work efficiency and confidence.” said Dr. Anil Bisen, Provost, ITM Vocational University.

Industry is dedicated towards manufacturing and supplying a remarkable array of Laboratory Furniture, Sheet Metal Components, Press Components and Electric Panel Enclosure. There are various departments in the industry. Generally in this industry, processes are done by CNC programming and machines on mild steel {MS} , stainless steel {SS} sheets. Processes like cutting, bending, punching, blanking, etc are being programmed on CNC machines. These processes were been done by machines like CNC press brake machine, CNC punch machine, CNC fibre laser machine, Compressor unit, Shearing machine, Lathe machine, etc. Basic function of this industry is that, they take the order from other industrial market for accomplishing the work on demanded products by using several engineering processes as above mentioned.

From this visit, Students got the information and practical knowledge about many engineering techniques such as bending, forging, welding, slotting performed on sheet metal.

Machines used in industry are:

1. CNC operated Laser Beam machine

2. CNC punch machine

3. CNC operated bending machine

4. CNC Press brake machine

5. Shearing machine

6. Lathe machine

ITM Vocational University organized an Industrial Visit for all mechanical engineering students to “Flowtech Measuring Instruments Pvt. Ltd.”, GIDC, Makarpura, Vadodara on 11 October 2019.

“Visit is especially important in the field of engineering as the practice of engineering has an inherent impact on society” said Dr. Anil Bisen, Provost, ITM Vocational University.

This industry is engaged as a manufacturer, domestic supplier and exporter of a wide range of measuring instrument. These specially designed products are based on precise manufacturing techniques and are known for their superior features and accurate performance. This industry offer all the products at very reasonable prices.

Students were learned about various measuring instruments and their uses. Instruments are such as lectro -magnetic flow meters, Magnetic flow meters, Float and Level type level indicators, Glass tube rotameter, slight flow indicator etc.

These instruments were basically related to hydraulic pressure measuring. These devices were made up of MS, SS depending upon their use in different mediums. These instruments are also useful for fluid level measuring application.

From this visit, Students got the information and practical knowledge about many instruments which are useful in engineering applications.

Following instruments manufactured by industry:

1. Battery Operated Digital Flow Meter

2. Glass Tube Rotameters

3. Sight Flow Indicators

4. Reflex Level Gauges

An Expert talk on the topic “Improvement of Quality Management in Engineering” was organized by ITM Vocational University on 15 October 2019. The session was conducted by Dr. Jigar Doshi; who is currently working as a head-consulting at 4C Consulting Pvt. Ltd., Ahmedabad and has more than 13 years of experience in industry. Around 100 students and faculties of Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering Department attended the session.

The following points were included in the session.

Dr. Anil Bisen, Provost ITM Vocational University, expressed his gratitude and said, “It was a very interesting session where students learnt and expanded their knowledge horizons in terms of understanding about Quality tools.”

On 14 October 2019, ITM Vocational university organized an Expert lecture on the topic “Energy Efficiency Improvement for Charging E-Vehicles on Indian Power Grid.” The session was conducted by Prof Kashyap Mokariya, who is working as Head of Electrical Department at Government Engineering College, Valsad and has more than 15 years of experience in academics. The session was attended by Electrical and Electronics engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Mechatronics Engineering students. The session started with the introduction about renewable energy sources, and why it is considered important in present world, after this the expert explained about Solar energy and its significant role in every field and details steps of PV cells. Moreover, they gave practical knowledge of the connection of induction motor, contactor and starter.

On this occasion, Dr. Anil Bisen, Provost, ITM Vocational University said “It was an insightful experience for the students. They felt motivated to explore the area of E-vehicles.”

ITM Vocational University celebrated the 28th Foundation day of ITM Group of Institutions on 8 October 2019. This marks the establishment of ITM group of institutions on 8 October, 1991 by our founder and chairman Dr. P.V.Ramana.

A wave of eagerness was felt among all the faculty and staff members. The hall was filled with faculties brimming with enthusiasm to showcase their talent. The faculties participated in various competitions like dance, singing, sports like Cricket and Volleyball and some fun games too. On this occasion, Dr. Anil Bisen, Provost, ITM Vocational University, said “Foundation Day celebrates our past, who we are and where we are going. We are proud of our past and present students, faculties, staff and our community.” Dr. K.S.Murthy also graced the occasion and inspired everyone to give their best for the betterment of the institution.

Gujarat council on science and technology (department of science and technology) organised State level Robofest in the month of August 2019,In order to explore more in this emerging field and to provide a skill set among students, GUJCOST organised Robot Making Competition (ROBOFEST, GUJARAT) among students in STEM institutions in the state.For that applications were invited from colleges and students. The competition has three rounds.

Round I is the submission of Design, development of idea and concept.

Round II is the making of prototype and development of proof of the concept.

Round III is the submission of prototype.

Students of ITM Vocational University participated in the said competition. Out of the four teams that participated, one of the teams qualified for the 2nd round and have won Rs. 50,000 for the same.

The following students who presented the design and idea f development of a Four leg robot with quadrupedal motion have qualified for the next round.

On this occasion, Dr. Anil Bisen, Provost, ITM Vocational University congratulated the students and their mentors Mr. Yogesh Patil and Mr. Ravindra Prajapati and added “These are skills that help prepare students for the workplace later in life.”

ITM Vocational University organized an expert lecture on Corporate governance for the students of Faculty of Management, Economics and Commerce on 10 October 2019. The session was conducted by Dr. Ashish Joshi, which was attended by around 100 participants including the students and faculties. The session included an introduction to corporate governance , and why it is considered important in corporate affairs following which a case study of various frauds were distributed to the students and to know their understanding about these frauds, total 7 case studies where done including (PNB, ILFS, Videocon ICICI, Rotomac, IMA,PMC HDIL, Sterling).

It was an interactive session where students had great learning opportunity in terms of understanding about corporate governance along with reasons of various frauds and what steps can be taken by corporate in order to reduce these frauds.

Expressing his gratitude towards the speaker and addressing the crowd, Dr. Anil Bisensaid “A guest speaker offers a new perspective to specific topics and exposes students to teachings drawn from real-life experiences. Students get to link classroom teaching with the guest lecture, which in turn helps them better retain what is taught.”

Under the guidance and coaching of Ms. Pujita Bhatt, Six teams from ITM Vocational University participated in TECH-TATVA at Anand Agriculture University on 14 September 2019, where there was a ROBO RACE. One of the teams have bagged 1st price in the said competition. 

Dr. Anil Bisen congratulated the winners and encouraged all the students to participate in more competitions.

The memorandum of understanding is made and entered into on the 13 September 2019 between ITM Vocational University, Vadodara, Gujarat and Confederation of Indian Industry, Young Indians in the presence of Provost, ITM Vocational University, Dr. K.S. Murthy; Provost Incharge, Dr. Anil M Bisen, Mr Prashant, Chair, YUVA, Yi Vadodara; Mr. Hamza Adenwala, Executive Member CII Yi; faculty members, Yi will work with ITM Vocational University by forming a Yi Yuva.

The CII-Yi Yuva platform is one of the most active focus areas within Young Indians by which Yi members engage students from across the country in various initiatives that the students conceptualize, plan and execute. The objective is to create a bridge, a platform for the students to work in cross functional teams with a broad objective of enhancing their leadership skills and giving back to the nation. In the process, the students work in leadership roles while operationalizing projects that are based on self-development, skill building, community service and nation building.

Through the CII Yi Yuva, Yi intends to provide an opportunity to start thinking and work for India, Sowing the seeds of thinking about India and its growth at schools, colleges and University, an invaluable motivation for young minds to see how other young achievers are making a difference, bridging potential with achievement, a unique networking opportunity with peers across the country, developing leaders for tomorrow, an experience on leadership and team building and an opportunity to volunteer / participate in Yi events at the chapter and national level.

ITM Vocational University, Vadodara organized campus recruitment drive of Jaro education on 27th September 2019. This drive was conducted for the final year and pre-final year students of the University for final placement and internship. Total 58 students participated in this campus drive. The package offered by the Jaro Education was competitive to the market trends.

The HR from Jaro Education visited ITM Vocational university for the campus recruitment process. The recruitment process included a pre- placement talk followed by Group discussion and personal interviews. On behalf of ITM University Dr. Anil Bisen, Provost welcomed the guests and briefed about the university. The whole placement and administration team was present to assist the drive.

Our university ITM Vocational University, Vadodara signed articulation agreement in Dec 2014 with Herzing University, USA. With this agreement students of ITM Vocational University are allowed to transfer their credits earned at ITM University, Vadodara, to Herzing University USA for MBA and BBA program. Every year students show their interest and apply for the transfer to study in USA.

Congratulating the student, Dr. Anil Bisen, Provost, ITM Vocational University said, “This year also our MBA students show their interest for the credit transfer program. Mr. Priyank joined MBA Data Analytics at Herzing University from 4 Sep 2019. Some more students will be joining from Jan 2021 intake.” “Students are exempted from English Test and other admission test formalities with the existing arrangement for smooth and hassle-free transfer to study at USA University.” added Prof. Manoharlal.

ITM Vocational University organized industrial Visit on 17th September, 2019 for 44 students of B.Sc. (IC) 1st semester at Amul Dairy, Anand and AMUL Chocolate plant, Mogar to understand, and experience the working environment in industry.

AMUL’s unique invention and rapid expansion across Gujarat inspired political leaders to replicate the successful business model in other parts of India. Thus, Amul Dairy became instrumental in bringing about the White Revolution in India, also called the Operation Flood. The visit began with an enlightening presentation which gave a glimpse of Amul dairy from its beginning at Anand district at auditorium of dairy memorial.

It also gave introduction of company profile and its present functioning in dairy industry for different milk products. The technical team explained automation of dairy through presentation containing many functional block diagrams and existing computerized controlled machineries.

The students visited 4 different sections of AMUL Dairy Plant. First was the Butter plant, where the students were informed of butter production in AMUL. Another one was the Milk powder plant, where the students visited manufacturing as well as packing and dispatching functions of AMUL. Then the visit continued to the Refrigeration Unit, where students got knowledge about refrigeration system. And last the students visited the Milk process unit, where the students were informed of pasteurized milk production Process.

After completing the visit at AMUL Factory, the students went to the AMUL Chocolate Plant which is at Mogar. This new chocolate plant of the Gujarat Co-operative Milk Marketing Federation (GCMMF) was inaugurated by Prime Minister Shri. Narendra Modi. On reaching the plant the students directed to their chocolate manufacturing unit. The pleasant and salubrious aroma of chocolates followed them throughout the visit. Firstly, they were briefed about the entire plant following which they proceeded towards the main manufacturing unit in which they observed the range of ingredients involved in the making of chocolates. Being the fully automatic chocolate manufacturing plant in India it was worth a visit for the students.

Commenting on the huge number of industrial visits conducted for the students of ITM Vocational University, Dr. Anil Bisen said “Industrial visit has its own significance for career of the students pursuing a professional degree. With an aim to go beyond academics, industrial visit provides student a practical perspective on the world of work.”

On 11th September 2019, ITM Vocational University organized an expert session on one of the emerging topics of the Computer Science field, Blockchain, the digital revolution. students of the Department of Computer Science Engineering had the privilege to interact and learn from an exceptionally resourceful person, Dr. Ashok Bhansali, an entrepreneur with a vast experience in industry as well as academia. Dr. Anil Bisen, Provost, ITM Vocational University, warmly welcomed Dr. Bhansali.

The Expert motivated the students by elaborating on the future of CSE students, the essence of blockchain technologies and important contextual considerations. The session provided the right kind of an inspiration to all the curious minds to focus on development of skills.

The Department of Mechatronics Engineering, ITM Vocational University, Vadodara organized an expert lecture of Mr. Ankit Chaurasia on 20th September 2019 from 11:00 am to 1:00 pm for pre-final, final UG & Diploma students. The faculty of the department also had an opportunity to be a part of the lecture.

Mr. Ankit Chaurasia is currently working as a DGM in Servilink Systems Limited. Mr. Ankit Chaurasia shared his view on Industry 4.0 and explained different opportunities in Automation. Students were made aware about the importance of subjects like Industrial Automation, few of the topics covered are mentioned below.

Recent Trends & Opportunities in Industrial Automation

“Expert lectures help the students gain a vision of the practical world” said Dr. Anil Bisen, Provost, ITM Vocational University while addressing the students and Ms. Pujita Bhatt concluded the event with a vote of thanks.

ITM Vocational University witnessed a celebration of its 4th Convocation Ceremony with all its glory and grandeur at the Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyay Town Hall, Vadodara. 206 students of ITM Vocational University successfully graduated and were awarded the certificate of the completion of their course.

The program was graced with the presence of chief guest Dr. Prince Augustin, Executive Vice President, Group Human Capital & Leadership Development, Mahindra & Mahindra Limited, Dr. Anil Bisen, In-charge Provost, Dr. K S Murthy, Provost, Prof RSS Mani VP Institutional Development  ITM Group of Institutions, and  Dr. P. V. Ramana, Chairman, ITM Group of Institutions.

Dr. K S Murthy, Provost highlighted ITM Vocational University’s endeavours towards promoting quality higher education. He presented a report on the progress made by the university during the year 2018-19. He informed that the university established Centre for Student Innovation and Incubation, Entrepreneur Development in 2019 to nurture entrepreneurial qualities among students. He also highlighted the achievements of various departments and students in the University.

The event ended with the Vote of thanks proposed by Dr Anil Bisen, Incharge Provost, ITM Vocational University. He addressed students by saying that “The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.’ While addressing the students he said ‘I request the outgoing students to pass on a good message to their juniors and keep in touch with the university and hold the flag high as they are the ambassadors of the university now.”

It was an exhilarating affair of graduation of yet another dynamic and vibrant batch of the university, who would be taking new steps towards becoming industry leaders, global professionals and game-changers for societal and transformation. ITM Vocational University is always conscious about the future of their students and hence is always ready to build a better tomorrow in an ever-changing world.

Vadodara – Students of ITM Vocational University participated in 4 X 100 Metre Relay race in Reliance Foundation youth sports athletics tournament organized at Manjalpur Sports complex on October 5,2019. Four students namely Ms. Arwa Kachwala, Ms. Nidhi Singh, Ms. Divya Uthman, Ms. Vishwa Desai won a Silver medal in the same. On this occasion Dr. Anil Bisen congratulated the students and said “Sports are a crucial part of a student's growth and development. Through participation in sports and games, a student gains various skills, experience and confidence that are helpful for developing their personality.” He further added that all the students of the university are encouraged to participate in various sports.

ITM Vocational University earlier signed agreement with CII Yi to promote young minds. On 04 Oct 2019 a seminar was conducted on “College View to Office View” by Mr. Neeraj Nanda, a motivational speaker. The CII-Yi Yuva platform is one of the most active focus areas within Young Indians by which Yi members engage students from across the country in various initiatives that the students conceptualize, plan and execute.

The seminar covered the topics like “Self-Analysis and Vision” and Body Language (Handshakes, eye and facial reading tips and much more). “The objective is to create a bridge, a platform for the students to work in cross functional teams with a broad objective of enhancing their leadership skills and giving back to the nation.” said Dr. Anil Bisen, Provost, ITM Vocational University. The seminar attended by engineering, applied science and Management students was well appreciated.

Vadodara - This Ganesh Chaturthi, Lord Ganesha visited ITM Vocational University and stayed on for 5 days. On the first day, Ganesh Sthapana took place on campus in the presence of Dr. Anil Bisen, Honourable Provost Incharge, enthusiastic members of faculty and fun-loving students. The departments at the university joined hands for aarti and prashad on all the five days. The finale commenced with maha aarti of 108 diya and 56 bhog. All the six eco-friendly idols of Lord Ganesha, beautifully sculpted by the students, were bid adieu amidst great celebrations. For the first time, the idols were immersed in campus, making it a great experience altogether.

Vadodara - All About Pets, a one of its kind event, was organized by ITM Vocational University on 8th of September 2019. A number of pet parents flocked in with some adorable angels making the campus the most happening place in Vadodara. For this event, our judges and Guests of Honour were the young stars and sources of inspiration to many, Bhargsetu Sharma and Bidhan Shrestha, the real life heroes of the well known TV show ‘Roadies’. RJ Pooja from Radio Mirchi rocked the event with her charming presence.

For all the three rounds of competition, ‘Best Selfie with Owner’, ‘Dressing of Pets’ and ‘Obey or not’ winner pets were identified and awarded. The audience had a great time watching the adorable pets in action.

The event was organised with the sole mission to spread awareness about reduction of open defecation by pets. All the pet parents were distributed with recycled plastic bags and gloves for the idea to sink in.

A one day workshop was held on, Tuesday, 10th Sept 2019, at ITMVU campus, For the Mechanical and Mechatronics students. Khodiyar Cad Center Pvt.Ltd, has extended their support for making this workshop successful.

The motive behind this workshop was to aware the students for New design Software FUSION 360. This software will help them in future for design and simulation point of view.

In this Workshop program following speakers were present. Mr. Krinav Makwana Technical Expert

Mr. Krinav Makwana Technical Expert Mr. Renish Ghodasara Technical Expert

All speakers’ share knowledge on different topics on like, sketch, geometry command, and hoe to draw an object and convert into 3D model in software.

We have planned workshop in two sessions.

We had a good discussion with the KCPL team regarding the Auto cad Workshop and inventor workshop. This Workshop will helpful to the students for Hackathon purpose.

I am very much thankful to Mr. Kalpesh Parekh for support and co-ordination.

PROJECT EXHIBITION was organized by the Department of Engineering, on 16th September 2019.

All engineering students are participation of this exhibition.

Major objective of organizing this exhibition was to provide the platform and unleash the potential of the students by showcasing their innovative projects developed in the Final Year either as Industry Defined Problem or User Defined Problem and provide an opportunity for the students to demonstrate their learning experience.

The outcome of the PROJECT EXHIBITION was that students were able to show their project at higher level and the process boosted their confidence.

Simultaneously, Inspirational videos were shown for 1st year students of their upcoming career.

The event started with full fledge with more than 185+ students and 40+ Project teams. Our college experienced a lot of professionalism in presentation, communication skills and ideology toward better solution of different problem.

Projects exhibited were mainly explored in the broad areas of Robotics, Application of renewable energy, Wireless power transfer, Sensors, Micro-controllers, embedded systems, IOT and many more. The project exhibition showcased many interesting concepts and ideas which can be further developed to give better solution for engineering problems and can be developed further as a product.

Projects made by students. They were excited to show their skills, interest and projects to judges and faculties.

The objectives of Project Exhibition 2019:

Outcomes:
On successful completion of the Project exhibition, the students will be able to:

• Extend their learning experience by designing projects and providing them with opportunities to enhance their CV and employability. • Demonstrate a sound technical knowledge of their selected project topic. • Undertake problem identification, formulation and solution. • Design engineering solutions for complex problems utilizing a systems approach. • Communicate with engineers and the community at large in written and oral forms. • Demonstrate the knowledge skills and attitude of a professional engineers.

We also thank all faculty and staff of respective department for their active involvement and support.

A one more industrial visit was carried out at Axalta Coatng System., Manjusar GIDC, Savali, Vadodara, Gujarat on September 13, 2019 between 10:30 am to 3:00 pm of M.Sc. IC students (Batch 2018-20). The main objective behind the visit was to make student aware about how paint formulation and it products are manufacture along with safety aspects in the working industry.

A batch of 21 students (17 Present) and Dr. Kushan Parikh along with Ms. Unnati Mehta (T&P) as coordinators visited the Axalta. These types of visit enhance the basic knowledge and information about the theory of paint industry and their uses in day to day life from the expert of the industry people.

Our university ITM Vocational University, Vadodara being CII member, participated in CII EDUCON 2019 “Conference on Higher Education: Quality and Innovation”. Shri Bhupendrasinh Chudasama, Hon'ble Minister of Education and Ms. Anju Sharma, Principal Secretary – Education Department, GOG address the gathering and shared their views during the conference.

CII GUJARAT EDUCON 2019 bring together the Government, Academia and Corporates from across Gujarat and outside Gujarat to discuss and deliberate on key challenges and emerging trends, to create an enabling environment to cater to future needs of education sector.

The objective of the Conference is to a. Deliberation on key issues and challenges in education sectors and means to overcome it, b. Creating conducive environment for innovation and life-long learning, c. Adopting the best practises in education from across the world, d. Understand the gap between Industry and Academia, develop means to bridge the gap and create sustainable partnership between the two, e. Skill based learning to enhance Employability and Entrepreneurship.

Dr. K.S. Murthy, Provost, ITM Vocational University, was invited as panel member and discussed on Skill based learning to enhance Employability and Entrepreneurship. Dr. Murthy highlighted the major challenges faced by higher educational institution to map the skill based learning in higher education and guide the path ahead.

The training and placement cell of the ITM Vocational University, Vadodara organized campus recruitment drive of The Webmob Technologies on 31st August 2019 for final year computer sciences engineering students.

The Webmob Technologies is one of the renowned companies in Gujarat in the field of Web and Mobile app development. Mr.Vivek (Managing Director ), Mr.Prashant (HR), Mr. Pranav (Team IT) Mr. Maulik (Technical Expert ) and Mr. Vipul (Business Executive) visited ITM Vocational university for the campus recruitment drive.

The recruitment process includes a pre- placement talk followed by pen paper test , Technical and personal interviews.

Dr. Anil Bisen, Provost Incharge welcomed the recruitment team on be half of University.

Training and placement department took effort to organize the campus drive.

Recruitment team appreciated effort taken by the ITM Vocational University, for the proper and smooth conduction of the entire process.

It’s a matter of immense pleasure for the Department of Optometry to demonstrate the success of yet another Eye camp organized at Shree C. D. Patel School At. Thuvavi, Dabhoi as impressive steps were taken towards our mission to provide good eyesight to the society at large. For this purpose, the Department of Optometry, ITM Vocational University, in order to organize an Eye screening camp on August 30, 2019 for the students of Shree C. D. Patel School At. Thuvavi, Dabhoi. The objective of this general Eye screening camp was to facilitate the detection of eye disorders and Refractive errors among the Students and also provide the general eye-care precautions for the eye related issues. Eye Check-Up: 650 registered Students were screened for eye diseases and refractive errors.

Team:
Students of Department of Optometry, ITM Vocational University Faculty Member of Department of Optometry, ITM Vocational University

Acknowledgment:
The Department of Optometry of ITM Vocational University, is extremely grateful to Dr. Murthy, Provost and Dr. Anil Bisen, In charge Provost, ITM Vocational University for always being supportive in taking ahead every initiative; Members of our team for providing their undying support and effort to make the event a great success.

On 23rd August 2019, the students of ITM Vocational University celebrated a full day of events. Starting off with Talent Hunt Competition, the event had an overwhelming 31 participants in Singing, Dancing, Acting and Mimicry.

With Janmashtami round the corner, Dahi Handi Competition was the second event organized on the same day. 4 teams participated in the event. The audience had a great time witnessing formations of the team.

The day-long celebrations at the campus ended with the refreshing Freshers’ Party, DJ and Awards to all winner of Talent Hunt & Dhai Handi.

We Start With Bang & Ended On High Note Too.

Few Photographs of Blood Donation Camp:

With great fervour Independence Day was celebrated at the campus of ITM Vocational University. The staff and students of the University turned up in good number on this occasion keeping the spirit of Independence Day high. The event began with a formal gathering near the National Flag. At 9:00 am, the Chief Guest of the event, Dr. K. S. Murthy, Provost, ITM Vocational University hoisted the Indian National Flag and the gathering sang the National Anthem. Then the honourable Provost delivered a speech wherein he brought the major concerns for the young generation of the country to look after. He also showed the pathway to progress for the University. The event was winded up with refreshments served to everyone.

Few Photographs of Blood Donation Camp:

Theme: Blood Donation Camp and NABL/NABH Training

Report: Blood Donation camp for students and faculties of ITMVU, Vadodara and NABH/NABL Training session for students of MLT, Optometry and Nursing

Date: August 7, 2019 (Wednesday)

A blood donation camp was organized by Department of Medical Lab. Technology, FLHAS, ITM vocational University, Vadodara in association with SSG Hospital, Vadodara on 7th August 2019 followed by training session of NABL/NABH for the students of B.Sc. MLT, B. Optometry and Nursing.

A team of 4 doctors and 8 assistants of SSG Hospital came for collection of Blood. These activity of blood donation was started by ITMVU staff members and students. There was an overwhelming response from students and faculties. A total of 61 blood units were collected from 71 registered donors in the camp. Some of the donors who could not donate this time were assured for donation in the next camp. A certificate of appreciation, Blood group Card, refreshment was given to each donor as a token of gratitude.

Along with Blood Donation camp, NABH/NABL (National Accreditation Board of Hospitals and Healthcare Providers / National Accreditation Board of Testing & Calibration Laboratories) Training Session was also organized. It was a great experience to organize the NABL/NABH training in ITMVU campus, Vadodara. The training session helped the faculty member and 120 students of Department of Medical Lab. Technology, B. Optometry and Nursing to understand various aspects of accreditation for Hospitals and Laboratories.

The training session was with interesting presentation and discussions on NABH/NABL. The session delivered by Dr. Jaimin Pandya, a certified QCI member, an expert of NABH/NABL program was very informative and insightful. It provided us with a valuable learning experience.

Dr. Jaimin Pandya included various topics like QCI, NABH, NABL etc. in his session. He also discussed importance of NABH and NABL in upcoming future by providing information about current scenario. He also gave an information about good clinical practices, clinical audits and risk management, nursing excellence.

The Department of Medical Lab. Technology would like to thank Dr. K. S. Murthy, Provost, ITM Vocational University, Dr. Anil Bisen, In-charge Provost, ITM Vocational University and Dr. Gautam Patel, Head, Faculty of Life, Health & Allied Sciences for giving us an opportunity to organize Blood Donation Camp and helpful & informative Training session of NABH/NABL.

Few Photographs of Blood Donation Camp:

Inauguration of New Academic Year 2019-20 ITM Vocational University, Vadodara

Day1 (15th July, 2019)
ITM Vocational University, like every year, organized an Inaugural and Induction Program for the newly admitted students of all programs including B.Tech., B.Sc./ M.Sc. Industrial Chemistry, B.Sc. Medical Laboratory Technology, Bachelors of Optometry, BCA, BBA and MBA.

Presence of eminent personalities like Prof. RSS Mani, Vice President–Institutional Development and Chief Mentor ITM MBA programmes, ITM Group of Institutes and Vice President, Bombay Management Association, Shri. R. V. Balasubramaniam Iyer, Vice President, Reliance Jio graced the event. Dr. K. S. Murthy, Provost, ITM Vocational University and Dr. Anil Bisen, Incharge Provost, ITM Vocational University marked their esteemed presence in the event. Principals of Faculty of Engineering and Technology, Faculty of Management, Economics and Commerce, and Faculty of Life, Health & Allied Sciences added value to the event. Approximately 300 students attended the event along with a number of enthusiastic parents and guardians.

The Program started with a beautiful prayer and lamp lighting. Dr. K. S. Murthy delivered the welcome speech, followed by Dr. Anil Bisen who delivered the inaugural speech. Prof. RSS Mani welcomed the students and shared his words of wisdom. Shri. Balasubramaniam Iyer encouraged the young learners to be future-ready through his inspiring words.

The dignitaries then got involved in tree plantation marking a pious and noble beginning of the year. Meanwhile the students were shared information about how to avail the bus transportation facility and the documents to be submitted to the Registrar office.

The gathering was then served lunch and the bus departured by 2:00 pm.

ITM Vocational University, organized campus recruitment drive of Deepak Nitrite on 29 th of July, 2019.This drive was conducted for the passed out students of Computer Science & Engineering.With the objective to make the students aware of their prospective opportunities and to show them the path they have adopted in order to become successful people.

Dr. Anil Bisen, Provost Incharge welcomed the guests, the recruitment team and the students, advised them with his words of wisdom.Sir briefed about the university. Presence of eminent personalities like from Deepak Nitrite, Mr. Rajesh Palkar (Head HR), Mr. Hemant Parikh (Head IT), Mr. Keval Shah (Team IT) and Mr. Praveen Ujagiri (T A Manager ) visited ITM Vocational university for the campus recruitment. The recruitment process included a pre- placement talk followed by pen paper test, group discussion and personal interviews.

The team of Training and placement, has taken an efforts to organize the campus drive. Recruitment team appreciated efforts taken by the ITM Vocational University, for the proper and smooth conduction of the entire process.At the end of the programme the students were positive about their future en-devours.

In this era where networks are everywhere including mobile communication network, computer networks, ad hoc networks etc. upcoming technology like Internet of Things is completely dependent on internet. Hence, in order to keep up with the trends and technology ITM Vocational University organizes a workshop on Computer Networks. The workshop is on Design and Simulation which will provide comprehensive learning experience in order to enhance skills in computer networking design for better career opportunities. The workshop aims to provide participants with a comprehensive understanding of Network Simulation Techniques for Next Generation Networks & Mobile Communication to make students industry ready. At the end of the workshop, participants will be able to design, simulate and configure the network devices along with network trou- bleshooting. Not only that, Participants will also be able to do the projects on networking. The workshop will cover topics including Hands-on practice on simulator, Networking device configuration VLAN in-depth set up Routing protocols and loT - Internet of Things.

Date: 5th - 7th August 2019
Last Date of Registration: 25th July 2019
Time: 9:30 am - 5:00 pm
Venue: ITM Vocational University, Computer Science and Engineering Dept., Plot No. 6512, Ajwa Nimeta Road, Raval Village, Taluka Waghodiya, Vadodara, Gujarat 391760
Register at: www.itm.ac.in
Entry fee: 100/-

14th June, 2019

Our university ITM Vocational University, Vadodara receives Confederation of Indian Industries (CII) membership to have the industry academia connect at national level.

The CII Membership will help the members to access a world of opportunities, from networking with the corporate majors of Indian and global industry to assisting in framing economic and industrial policies, through close linkage with the Government.

Two teams from ITM Vocational University secured 1st and 4th Position in Vadict Innovathon 2019.

The CII membership services includes as follows:

Business: Get in touch with the who's who of the business world. A platform for MNCs and SMEs alike for B2B opportunities with users from various sectors of the industry, to discuss trends in the market, upcoming business initiatives and interact with peers.

Knowledge: Enables industries to derive value by getting access to vast knowledge resource base on Competitiveness, Industry Sectors, Economic Outlook, Policy, Market Intelligence etc.

Info Tracker: Helps industries to keep updated with the latest Government notifications from State and Central Government, Policy, Investment and Parliament Tracker Schemes for SMEs etc.

Communities: Online communities enables representative from the industry to be a part of various sectoral and functional communities for peer to peer network as well as to seek advice and guidance form experts.

Special Services: Access various special services offered to members.

The membership will help the University and students to receive the latest industry information and opportunities.

23rd May, 2019

VadictInnovathon 2019 was a IOT and computer programming competition which involved all engineering colleges with a reach to approximately 10-15 teams with 3-5 members in each team. It was a plan to challenge the students to think out-of-box and offer innovative solutions for smarter applications which will help address major real time problems in our Vadodara city.

This was first effort by Vadict to involve young students in proposing solutions for problems faced in day-to-day functioning. This led the students to think out-of-box and provide innovative, disruptive and sustainable solutions, which could be pursued after the Hackathon for further refining of solutions.

Two teams from ITM Vocational University secured 1st and 4th Position in Vadict Innovathon 2019.

Following students were awarded prize and certificate in the Innovation by Hackathon Vadict:

Problem Statement (Team: Default):

Write a program/algorithm for object detection in office.

Idea/Solution and Prototype:

The basic idea for Embedded based Application.

We used Beaglebone on our hardware side developed by Texas Instrument.

We used Python, OpenCV, Retina Datasets on our software side.

1 May 2019

Genius Begins Great Works, Labour Alone Finishes Them.

Twinkling Stars-Student Community of ITM Vocational University conducted third cloths collection drive from 15th April to 27th April-2019. Every year on 1st May the student community along with faculty coordinator organize various activities.

1st May is observed as International Labour Day, on the day student community of our university mark the day by donating 1800 clothes, 600 packets of Biscuits and Bananas to approximately 400 daily wage workers. The reusable clothes were collected from different societies of Vadodara.

The donation program was commenced from 7:30 am at Vrundavan Char Rasta,Waghodia Road,Vadodara.

It is a hand of Favor by student community to the most important part of our society even an imagination of perfect society is not possible without them.

“LITMUS - 2019” the annual fest of ITM Vocational University held in the University premises from 4th Feb to 8th Feb 2019. All the days have been exciting and competitive. The fest develop in the students a sporting spirit, a venue to display their physical prowess, improving their capabilities to work as a team, raising their level of self-confidence in interacting with fellow students and peer, and gain hands on experience of organizing a fest at the University level in future. The pulse and vivacious vibes of which can be seen and felt across the campus. Multiple activities are being conducted and our students and faculties have participated with enthusiasm. The week long fest celebrated in three parts Chakravyuh (Sports event -4th & 5th Feb), Technovision, Scifiesta, Scifun, Magnif (Technical events - 6th & 7th Feb) and Kalakriti (Cultural event - 8th Feb).

Glimpse of Chakravyuh: “Victory is in the quality of competition and not in the final score”

The event began with the faculty cricket match on 4th February 2019. An energizing equestrian display set the tone for the rest of the events. The students displayed a true sportsmanship which mesmerizing the audience with their energetic performances in each sports. Once the event began, the air filled with cheering and tons of encouragement for the players on fields.

Glimpse of Technovision, Scifiesta, Scifun, Magnif:

The two days activities experienced the sheer wonder of the hybrid combination of technology and creativity with a lot of fun. The outcome of each event turned out to be great and cheerful.

Glimpse of Kalakriti: “Youth the Inception”

Known to attract the best student talent and dedicated to the celebration of creativity, with theme “Youth the Inception”. With over a month’s preparation, the exuberant students, faculty members and staff of the university held hands to put up an entertaining show. More than hundred students from the departments participated in events namely Dancellenium, Curtain-up, Sound at Sight, Unplugged and Fashion Fusion.

Mr. Karan Goswami (Professional Model), Anmol Upadhyay (Director JD institute of fashion technology) and Kshitij (Radio Mirchi, RJ, Model) grace the event as guest of honour of the evening.

Our special thanks to Powered Sponsor Nayalkaran Group, Sponsor - ESPI, Hungry Birds, Sasshi Copy Centre and Co. Sponsor - Spice House, Pooja Electronics, Pancake Story, Timeless Shots, Bistro Cafe and Eggitarian Cafe.

“We Began with a Bang and Ended on High Note too”

Our ITM Vocational University flagged off an Eye Donation Campaign on 1st February 2019 in the presence of esteemed dignitaries and more than 200 students.

With the slogan "Let your eyes live even after you leave", the Department of Optometry, Faculty of Life, Health & Allied Sciences embarked on a journey of empathy and responsibility. Eminent personalities working in the area of eye donation and eye transplantation like Dr. Priya Desai, MD, Opthalmoligist, Desai Eye Hospital, Vadodara and Mr. Kamlesh Ghadge, Administrator, Eye Bank, Kashiba Children’s Hospital validated the campaign with their inspiring words and experience.

Honourable Provost Dr. K.S. Murthy, ITM Vocational University, Mr. Jaikumar, Registrar General, ITM Group of Institutions, Dr. Mukesh Parashar, Registrar, ITM Vocational University, Dr. Gautam Patel, Head, Faculty of Life, Health & Allied Sciences grace the event.

A take away from the event was that each one of us has the ability to completely transform someone's life.

Our ITM Vocational University -”#Decrypt-4.0” Horn NOT OK Please drive, an event in the form of treasure hunt to encourage reduction of noise pollution caused by vehicle horns. The Special event graced by DCP Traffic Vadodara -Shri Yashpal D Jaganiya and Vice Chancellor of our university Dr. K.S. Murthy on 3rd February 2019 at Karelibaug,Vadodara.

The drive of Horn NOT OK Please supported by Vadodara traffic police and coordinated supported for the day.

The event promoted usage of helmets and ensured that all participants driving with helmet.

The drive Flagged off by Honorable DCP -Vadodara police and our Honorable VC Sir.

More than 500 individuals participated in the event. Participants used Decrypt application (developed by our university students) on their mobile phones to get clues and reach the winning point

The winning team awarded with trip to Goa sponsored by ESPI Tours and Travels

Runners up got gifts sponsored by Shashi copy center

The whole event appreciated by the Vadodara Traffic Police authority local municipal authority and received request to conduct regularly these kind of program in the city.

The Centre for Entrepreneurship Development (CED) is the pioneer organization of Gujarat is in the field of Skill & Entrepreneurship. As a part of its major activities CED regularly organizes Entrepreneurship Development program for first and second generation aspirants/entrepreneurs, sector specific and soft skill development training programs, workshop/seminar on related topics. CED is acting as a one stop shop for the budding entrepreneur of the state and provides them continuous handhold support till he/she starts any new enterprise.

In view of the above CED partner with our university mutually collaborated to give a boost to synergize further in the area of skill & entrepreneurship.

In view of the above CED organised a one day HRD program for the students of ITM Vocational University based on soft skill training program on Achievement, Motivation as well as motivational games. The program undertaken by Ms. Ashu Manchanda and Mr. Sumit Arora.

The Students of BBA, BCom and MBA attended the seminar and workshop and participated enthusiastically. The students and faculty member appreciated the seminar and workshop.

The 70th Republic Day was celebrated in all its solemnity and grandeur at ITM Vocational University on 26th January 2019. The flag hosted by Honorable Provost Dr. K.S. Murthy.

The Staff, faculty member and students saluted the National Flag and pledged themselves to upholding the honour and integrity, diversity and uniqueness of the country. The flag hosting was followed by National Anthem.

On this occasion of 70th Republic day 1st year GNM students of Nursing, ITM Vocational University, conducted awareness program on "SAVE THE GIRL CHILD". The awareness program conducted at Sokhda PCH under the supervision of Ms.Nidhi Patel(Nursing Tutor).