DIRECTORATE OF INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS

BULLETIN

Dear all,

Greetings from the Directorate of International Relations!!!

Once again, it gives me immense pleasure to connect with you through this Bulletin,

Issue 5. This bulletin summarises the activities of the Directorate during October 2018

to March 2019.

This Issue features various regular activities such as Student Mobility, Specialised Cour-

ses by International Visiting Faculty, New MoU’s signed, Vel Tech delegations abroad and

Events organized.

Among the events organized, “International Students Meet” was the huge success as it

gathered all International Students of Vel Tech under one roof, This is the ﬁrst of its kind

in Vel Tech history.

We invite you to join us with your inputs for strengthening the processes.

SNEEK PEEK

October 2018

to March 2019

Issue 5

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Rangarajan Dr. Sagunthala

R&D Institute of Science and Technology

Restricted Circulation Only

International Students of Vel Tech with Founder and Foundress President at

Inaugural Edition of International Students Meet at Vel Tech

1. Founder’s Foreign Scholarship

awards for students.

2. Visit to Taiwan.

3. Cultural Events & Particition

4. International Promotion and Awa-

reness Activities

5. International Alumni Meet

6. Specialised Courses by Internatio-

nal Visiting Faculty

7. Memorandum of Understandings

(MoUs) signed

8, International Delegates visit to Vel

Tech

9. Student Mobility [Outgoing &

Incoming]

* International Russian Cultural

Dance Festival

* Chinese New year Celebrations

* Cultural Exploration & Inter-Uni-

versity Chinese Language Com-

petition

* International Students Meet at

Vel Tech

* French Info Day

* Info Session on International

Opportunities

Vel Tech Invites International Visiting

Faculty Members to oer Short Term

courses

The course objective is to expose the students and faculty to new to-

pics / latest technologies in Engineering and also to identify areas

of possible joint Research by interaction with Vel Tech researchers

and we will feel more privileged if you could accept our invitation.

The course may be for the duration of 15 hours to 45 hours. Depen-

ding on the Course Title, awarding of credit may be decided. Mini-

mum 30 hours of teaching expected. Preferably two 15 hours courses.

The course topic may fall under the broad streams of Enginee-

ring such as Mechanical Engineering (including Materials), Aeronau-

tical Engineering, Automobile Engineering, Electrical Engineering,

Electronics & Communication Engineering, Computer Science & Engi-

neering and Civil Engineering. The exact topic may be mutually decided.

Students: From Undergraduate or Masters, based on the topic.

Evaluation: An examination to be conducted at the end and credits

to be evaluated.

Course Material: To be made available to students in English.

Period: At least One week during January – March or July – October

Entitlements:

i. Travel by economy class to Chennai & back

ii. Hospitality at Chennai including stay at Vel Tech Guest

House, food arrangements, and internal travel at Chennai.

iii. Honorarium

Opportunities for Short Term (mi-

nimum of 15 days) / Long Term

(1 or 2 Semesters) Students Mobi-

lity for students from Universities

Abroad to do both course works

and/or Project / Research work.

The Institution regularly hosts

students from Partnering Organi-

sations for their Project Work /

Course Work. Vel Tech has exce-

llent facilities for accommodation.

Chennai is a friendly city with nice

tourist spots nearby for spending

weekends. More than 75 Students

were hosted by the University for

taking up Projects works and / or

courses from UPM Malaysia, INSA

France, University of Orleans Fran-

ce, University of Tours France etc.,

SHORT TERM STUDENT

MOBILITY (INCOMING)

Directorate of International Team

Dr. S. Sivaperumal, Director for International Relations

Mr. G.A. Tamilazhagan, In-Charge – Student Mobility (Outgoing & Incoming)

Mr. T. Rameshkumar, In-Charge – Visiting Faculty Programmes and Collaborations

Mr. V. Sethuram, In-Charge – Student Research Internships

Mr. C. Ashok Kumar, Executive

STUDENTS AWARDED FOUNDER’S FOREIGN

SCHOLARSHIP

VICE PRESIDENT AND DIRECTOR FOR INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS

VISIT TO TAIWAN & SINGAPORE ON NOV, 2018.

1. K Mayan (Mech)

2. Sirigireddy Manjith Kumar Reddy (Auto)

3. Aman Kumar Arya (Auto)

4. Vikash Goyal (Auto)

5. Pagadala Pavansai (Mech)

6. Reggalla Eswar Reddy (ECE)

7. Amit Kumar Gope (Aero)

8. Akash Pandey (Mech)

9. Manshika Vicario D. Sangma (Civil)

10. Gaddipati Poojitha (ECE)

11. Kelper Singh Okram (EEE)

12. Mukesh Kumar Badigineni (ECE)

13. Mohammed Ashique (Civil)

14. Afaroj Ahamad (EEE)

15. Amit Singh (Mech)

16. Pyreddy Kalyan Ashok Kumar Reddy (ECE)

17. Mallu Nagendra Reddy (ECE)

18. Ganji Siva Manikanta (Mech)

19. Kadali Venkata Surya Sairam (Mech)

20. Sahukara Krishna Sai (CSE)

FOUNDER’S FOREIGN SCHOLARSHIP FOR

STUDENT MOBILITY AND HIGHER STUDIES

ABROAD (2018 – 2019)

Mr. K.V.D. Kishore Kumar, Vice-President and Dr.S.Sivaperumal, Director for International Relations visi-

ted Universities in Taiwan towards exploring the possible academic and research cooperation. As part of

Internships & Semester Abroad Programmes

For Higher Studies

1. Manohar Kosaraju (Aero)

2. Anvesh Katta (Aero)

3. Gunti Sai Mounik (Civil)

4. Shikha Kalesh (Auto)

Ms. Shikha Kalesh, VTU 6383, 2014-2018 batch of Automobile Engineering Department receives Founder

Foreign Scholarship for Higher Studies from Dean – School of Mechanical & Construction and Head of the

Department – Automobile Engineering on 26th Mar., 2019. Ms. Shikha kalesh have got admission for Masters

in Automotive Production Engineering at Technical University Ingolstadt, Germany.

National Cheng-Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan National Kaohsiung Normal University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Southern Taiwan University of Science & Technology, Tainan, Taiwan

National Chung Cheng University, Minhsiung, Taiwan

National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan National Formosa University, Huwei, Taiwan

National Chiao Tung University, HsinChu, Taiwan

Feng Chia University, Taichung, Taiwan

National United University, Miaoli, Taiwan National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taipei, Taiwan

National Yang Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan Tamkang University, Taipei, Taiwan

Cultural Events & Participation

Directorate of International Relations, Vel Tech has organized the 2nd

edition of “Russian Cultural Festival” on 28th Jan., 2019 with the support

of “Russian Cultural Centre in Chennai” and “Indo Russian Chamber of

Commerce and Industries”. A group of 14 Russian Artists from “Orchid”

group led by choreographer Ms. Elena Plyukhina performed 28 Perfor-

mances in 100 Minutes. More than 2500 students and faculty members

attended this festival.

Vel Tech has long standing partnerships with Taiwan Universities and

their professors. Many successful stories of Vel Tech students started

with Exchanges between Taiwan counterparts. Directorate of Internatio-

nal Relations, Vel Tech has decided to celebrate the 2019 Chinese New

Year (Year of the Pig) as a goodwill gesture at International Relations

oce on 05th Feb., 2019. Prof. L. J. Yang with 4 Intern Students from

Tamkang University, Prof. Yu-Wen Shou and Ms. Ling Ling Wu - Mandarin

Tutor of Vel Tech had a surprise celebration and expressed that they

felt like at their home country and thanked Directorate of International

Relations for the warm surprise.

International Russian Cultural Dance Festival at Vel Tech

Chinese New year Celebrations at Vel Tech

International Students Meet

Directorate of International Relations at Vel

Tech has organized an “International Students

Meet” on 11th Feb., 2019. A rst of its kind in

the history of Vel Tech. e meet was inaugu-

rated by Our Founder and Foundress President

and special address by Vice-President Mr. K.V.D

Kishore Kumar. e meet was organized with an

objective to break the cultural barriers and build

a strong friendly relationship among all the In-

ternational students. All 158 International Stu-

dents from 8 countries had attended the meet.

Students from Nepal, Ethiopia, Nigeria and Ban-

gladesh had performed their traditional cultural dances and

our Founder President awarded all participants of cultural

events with the cash prize and also had a good time with the

International Students.

International Promotion and Awareness Activities

French Info Day

International Info Session

Awareness Programme on “Opportunities at France” (French Info Day) was organized & conducted together

by Embassy of France in India & Directorate of International Relations, Vel Tech on 28th Jan., 2019. Ms. Krusha

Kakhar, Manager – Campus France, Bangalore Embassy of France in India invited as the resource person and she

made elaborate presentation about various opportunities at France. More than 140 students and faculty mem-

bers got beneﬁtted from this session.

Awareness Programme on “Opportunities at

France” (French Info Day) was organized & con-

ducted together by Embassy of France in India &

Directorate of International Relations, Vel Tech

on 28th Jan., 2019. Ms. Krusha Kakhar, Manager

– Campus France, Bangalore Embassy of Fran-

ce in India invited as the resource person and

she made elaborate presentation about various

opportunities at France. More than 140 students

and faculty members got beneﬁtted from this

session.

Alumni Meet

Taiwan Alumni Meet

France Alumni Meet

Alumni Oce at Vel Tech organized an “International Alumni Meet” at Taiwan on 24th Nov., 2018. The event was

preceded by Mr. K.V.D Kishore Kumar, Vice-President and Dr.S.Sivaperumal, Director for International Relations.

Students who are currently doing their Masters and PhD from various Taiwan universities gathered at Taichung,

Taiwan. All 38 Alumni’s had a brief interaction and good time with Vel Tech delegates.

Alumni Oce at Vel Tech organized an “International Alumni Meet” at Paris, France on 31st Mar., 2019. The

event was honored by Mr. K.V.D Kishore Kumar, Vice-President and Dr.S.Sivaperumal, Director for Interna-

tional Relations Students who are currently doing their Exchange Semesters, Masters and PhD from various

French & German Universities gathered at Paris, France and had a brief interaction and good time with Vel Tech

delegates. The meet was attended by around 28 Alumni from France and Germany.

Prof. Andrejs Romanovs, Associate

Professor, Senior Researcher, Institu-

te of Information Technology, Head

of the Department of Modelling and

Simulation and Prof. Jurijs Merkurje-

vs, Professor - Institute of Informa-

tion Technology, Dept. of Modelling

and Simulation, Full Member of the

Latvian Academy of Sciences from

Riga Technical University, Latvia visi-

ted Vel Tech during 4th – 8th Dec.,

2018 to deliver a Lecture Series on

“Logistics and Supply Chain Mana-

gement 4.0” under Erasmus funding.

The lecture was attended by 48 stu-

dents of 1st year Master of Business

Administration.

Prof. Dr. R. Logeswaran, Professor in Computing & Engineering,

Asia Paciﬁc University of Technology & Innovation, Malaysia visited

Vel Tech during 26th - 31st Dec., 2018 to deliver a short course

on “Concepts & Future Trends in Big Data & Data Science” to

2nd, 3rd & ﬁnal year Computer Science & Engineering Students.

The course was oered with credits to the students and around

41 students attended the course.

Prof. Dr. R. Logeswaran, Professor in Computing & Engineering,

Asia Paciﬁc University of Technology & Innovation, Malaysia visited

Vel Tech during 26th - 31st Dec., 2018 to deliver a short Course on

“Data Compression Strategies” to 2nd, 3rd & ﬁnal year Computer

Science & Engineering Students. The course was oered with cre-

Prof. Dr. Naveen Chilamkurti, Associate Professor - De-

partment of Computer Science and Information Technology,

School of Engineering and Mathematical Sciences, La Trobe

University, Australia visited Vel Tech during 27th Dec., 2018

– 2nd Jan., 2019 to deliver a short Course on “Ethical Hac-

king and Pen Testing” to 2nd, 3rd year Undergraduate & Post-

graduate students of Computer Science & Engineering. The

course was oered with credits to the students and around

40 students attended the course.

Specialised Courses

by International

Visiting Faculty

Students were generally good and well behaved. They appear to be satisﬁed with

my course delivering. Very good experience at Vel Tech & enjoyed the weekend

sightseeing that was kindly organized. I am happy with the way I have been trea-

ted at Vel Tech. It is always a pleasure to visit Vel Tech again and conduct course

here. I am impressed by

the emphasis given for students to gain international exposure.

Prof. Dr. R. Logeswaran

Prof. Keshav Dahal, Chair in Intelligent Systems and Research

Lead of AVCN Research Centre, School of Engineering and Com-

puting, University of the West Scotland, Scotland, UK visited Vel

Tech during 8th – 10th Jan., 2019 to deliver a short course on

“Applied Artiﬁcial Intelligence and Intelligence Systems” to 2nd &

3rd year Computer Science & Engineering Students. The course

was oered with credits to the students and around 27 students

attended the course.

Prof. Saad Mekhilef, Power Electronics and Renewable

Energy Research Laboratory (PEARL), Dept. of Electrical

Engineering, University of Malaya, Malaysia visited Vel Tech

during 9th – 11th Jan., 2019 to deliver a short course on

“Power Electronics Applications” to 2nd year Electrical and

Electronics Engineering students. The course was oered

with credits to the students and around 12 students atten-

ded the course.

It was great to teach cutting edge emerging technologies (AI) to students.

The students understood the current impact the AI technologies are having

on real world. The students were enthusiastic and motivated with the topics

and were interactive. The teaching arrangements and coordination were per-

fect.

I am very impressed with the Vel Tech for providing a wide international

exposure to its students in its premises. I have had good time at Vel Tech in-

teracting with motivational students, stas in the international oce. Thanks

for the great hospitality at International Guest House. Some of students

are very talented and I would love to be in touch with them for their future

carrier progression.

I like to come back to Vel Tech again as I Enjoyed teaching students, which

provides a learning experience for me too in a dierent environment. Some of

students are very good and would be happy to supervise their research work

in future. Vel Tech International oce director and I also had a discussion on

collaborating opportunities between two universities.

Vel Tech is doing well in educating diverse group of students. I like to develop

research collaboration with faculties.

Prof. Keshav Dahal

Excellent coordination, Students are rea-

lly interested in the course and Faculty

are encouraging student to participa-

te. Lab facilities are good and lab Sta

are also very helpful, All in all very good

arrangement & coordination.

Excellent experience at Vel Tech. Stu-

dents is participating well in all activities

and transportation is well coordinated.

Almost all of them did well in the sub-

ject. I am really satisﬁed with their per-

formance.

I would like to visit Vel Tech again. Ex-

cellent coordination and well organized.

Prof. Dr. Naveen Chilamkurti

Prof. Dr. Naveen Chilamkurti, As-

sociate Professor - Department of

Computer Science and Information

Technology, School of Engineering and

Mathematical Sciences, La Trobe Uni-

versity, Australia visited Vel Tech du-

ring 7th Jan., 2019 – 10th Jan., 2019

to deliver a short Course on “Block

Chain and Smart Contract” to 2nd,

3rd & ﬁnal year Computer Science &

Engineering Students. The course was

oered with credits to the students

and around 30 students attended the

course.

The students actively participated in the class by observing and

answering questions. The arrangements were very good by EEE

dept and the International oce. I really enjoyed teaching the

students. It was excellent experience for me to visit Vel Tech.

I have enjoyed my stay and had the experience to attend the Pon-

gal celebrations with students and sta. Also visited research labs

to discuss possible collaborations with researchers from Vel Tech. I

would love to visit Vel Tech again because I would like to share any

knowledge with faculty to discuss possible collaboration.

Prof. Saad Mekhilef

Prof. Dr. Suzanne Kieer, Associate Professor, Usability & UX Practitioner, Strategic

Usability, Usability Engineering Services, Université Catholique de Louvain, Belgium

visited Vel Tech during 21st – 29th Jan., 2019 to deliver a short course on “Rapid

Contextual Design: A First Hands-On Experience” to 2nd year Computer Science and

Engineering students. The course was oered with credits to the students and around

20 students attended the course.

Prof. Lung-Jieh Yang, Professor - Depart-

ment of Mechanical Engineering, Editor in

Chief - Journal of Applied Sciences and En-

gineering, Tamkang University, Taiwan visited

Vel Tech during 28th Jan., – 1st Feb., 2019 to

deliver a short course on “Fundamentals of

Sensors and Actuators” to 2nd, 3rd & ﬁnal

year Electronics and Communication Engi-

neering students. The course was oered

with credits to the students and around 35

students attended the course.

Prof. Lenka Svecova, Assistant Pro-

fessor, Director - MIAS School of

Business & Interdisciplinary Studies,

Czech Technical University in Prague,

Czech Republic visited Vel Tech during

4th – 8th Feb., 2019 to deliver a certi-

ﬁcate course on “Managerial Decision

Making” to 1year MBA students. The

course was oered with credits to the

students and around 49 students at-

tended the course.

Prof. Goran Dambic, Head of the Software Engineering Department,

System Architect, Lead Software Engineer, Algebra University College,

Croatia visited Vel Tech during 4th – 8th Feb., 2019 to deliver a short

course on “New game development paradigm with Unity ECS” to 2nd,

3rd & ﬁnal year Computer Science and Engineering students. The course

was oered with credits to the students and around 55 students attended

Prof. Israel Koren, Professor - Dept. of Electrical and

Computer Engineering, University of Massachusetts,

Amherst, USA visited Vel Tech during 6th – 8th Feb.,

2019 to deliver a short course on “Fault Tolerant Com-

puting” to 2nd, 3rd & ﬁnal year Electronics and Communi-

cation Engineering students. The course was oered with

credits to the students and around 49 students attended

the course.

The Level of the students was dierent. There were several active stu-

dents who communicated with me. Communication with school of ma-

nagement was perfect including their assurance & support for me. The

students with previous lectorial education were more motivated & active.

Cooperation with International oce was perfect. With 4 visiting pro-

fessors along with me had to be very dicult for them and they managed

(made it) everything. Accommodation services were pretty good. The

head of guest house sta is very ecient and careful. It was a very inte-

resting experience and I would like to visit Vel Tech again.

Prof. Lenka Svecova

Students: Overall good level, strong motivation and active participation

Arrangements: Good schedule, good infrastructure

Coordination: Good and ecient interaction with International Oce sta. A temporary access to V-learn would

be a plus to communicate with students, to post slides, to create assignments, to use peer-to-peer evaluation, etc.

Overall Experience at Vel Tech was beyond my expectations, ranging from pragmatic aspects (accommodation,

food, transfers, etc.) to interaction with people (students, faculty members, sta on campus/ at guest house).

Would like to visit Vel Tech again seeking for sustainable funding solutions to support exchange students ﬁnancia-

lly, scientiﬁc collaborations: seeking for funding, publications and short course.

Prof. Dr. Suzanne

Student’s participated with high heart desire and

learned very hard. The facility of classroom (lecture

hall) is also good.

Vel Tech in recent years endeavors on international

cooperation with many partners in dierent coun-

tries. I believe the globalization will keep promoting

the ranking of Vel Tech.

Everything here got improving all the time and we

can keep cooperation about the research and facul-

ty/student exchange.

Prof. Lung-Jieh Yang

As far as delivering my course is concer-

ned, I am satisﬁed with every aspect.

Students were eager to learn, most of

them participated during the lectures.

Coordination between International O-

ce and other parties was excellent.

My experience at Vel Tech was great. I

really enjoyed working with great profes-

sors and employees. I would like to visit

Vel Tech again because it was good expe-

rience in my ﬁrst visit.

Prof. Goran Dambic

Prof. Xavier Brunetaud, Associate Professor - Civil En-

gineering, Université d’Orléans, France visited Vel Tech

during 11th – 18th Feb., 2019 to deliver a short course

on “Techniques of Building Construction” to 2nd & 3rd

year Civil Engineering students. The course was oered

with credits to the students and around 32 students at-

tended the course.

Prof. Ahmed Abdelgawad,

Associate Professor - Com-

puter Engineering, School of

Engineering & Technology,

Central Michigan University,

Prof. Dawit Almaw Mengistu, Assistant Professor - Department of Design

and Computer Science, Kristianstad University, Sweden visited Vel Tech

during 25th Feb., - 1st Mar., 2019 to deliver a Short course on “Service

Prof. Shubiao Wu, Associate Professor, AIAS - COFUND Junior Fellow, Aar-

hus University, Denmark visited Vel Tech during 25th Feb., - 2nd Mar., 2019

to deliver a short course on “Bioremediation and Biowaste Management” to

2nd year Bio-Technology Engineering Students. The course was oered with

credits to the students and around 34 students attended the course.

Prof. Dawit Almaw Mengistu, Assistant Professor - Department of Design and Com-

puter Science, Kristianstad University, Sweden visited Vel Tech during 18th - 22nd

Feb., 2019 to deliver a Short course on “Algorithms, Tools and Platforms for Data

Mining” to 2nd, 3rd year, ﬁnal year Undergrad & Postgrad Students of Computer

Science Engineering. The course was oered with credits to the students and around

56 students attended the course.

Vel Tech does its best to make visiting professors feel safe and comfortable. I

am very thankful for that. Some students worth it and I wish I could welcome

some of these students in France. Coming again in Vel Tech would be necessary to

strengthen this promising relationship.

Prof. Xavier Brunetaud

Student Participation was good and labs were also good.

Some students have already good background in the sub-

ject.

Excellent experience at Vel Tech, everything went very

well from the accommodation Practicalities to academic

Models and Applications in Cloud Compu-

ting” to 2nd, 3rd year, ﬁnal year Undergrad

& Postgrad Students of Computer Science

Engineering. The course was oered with

credits to the students and around 35 stu-

dents attended the course.

activities.

I would like to visit Vel Tech again. I have quite positive experience and I can see that there are possibilities for part-

nership in education and research.

Prof. Dawit Almaw Mengistu

The course was coordinated very well. The students

participated in the course are very active and perfor-

med well. Beside, the teaching room facilities are well

prepared.

Vel Tech takes good care us, including travelling, food

accommodation in the guest house. Vel Tech is a nice

University and I have a good experience here.

Absolutely I would like to visit Vel Tech again.

Prof. Shubiao Wu

USA visited Vel Tech during 4th – 6th Mar.,

2019 to deliver a short course on “Internet

of Things” to 2nd, 3rd & ﬁnal year Electro-

nics and Communication Engineering stu-

dents. The course was oered with credits

to the students and around 54 students at-

tended the course.

The student’s level was good. I had a very useful discussion

with most of the students. My overall experience was good

and I had great experience with students.

Prof. Ahmed Abdelgawad

Prof. Dr. Selwyn Piramuthu,

Professor - Information Sys-

tems and Operations Mana-

gement (ISOM), University of

Florida, USA visited Vel Tech

during 6th – 8th Mar., 2019 to

deliver a short course on “In-

troduction to Machine Lear-

ning” to 2nd, 3rd & ﬁnal year

students of Computer Science

engineering. The course was

oered with credits to the stu-

dents and around 30 students

attended the course.

Prof. Pavel Zahradnik, Professor - Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Dept.

of Telecommunication Engineering, Czech Technical University in Prague,

Czech Republic visited Vel Tech during 11th – 15th, 2019 to deliver a short

course on “Video Signal Processing” to 2nd, 3rd & ﬁnal year Electronics

and Communication Engineering students. The course was oered with

credits to the students and around 44 students attended the course.

Prof. Dr. -Ing. Andreas Gebhardt, Faculty of Mechanical Engi-

neering and Mechatronics, Advanced Fabrication Technologies,

FH Aachen University of Applied Sciences, Germany visited Vel

Tech during 21st – 27th Mar., 2019 to deliver a short course

on “Industry 4.0 and Digital Production” to 2nd & 3rd year

Mechanical Engineering Students and the course was oered

with credits to the students and around 29 students attended

the course. Professor also delivered a keynote address in “In-

ternational Conference on Design, Materials, Cryogenics and

Constructions (ICDMC’19)” on 28th & 29th April, 2019.

This is my second time teaching course(s) at Vel

Tech. I enjoyed the process both times, thanks

to the seamless way in which these courses are

coordinated and the motivated students. I am

quite sure that a lot of work goes on behind

the scene to make all of this happen. I am

very thankful to everyone at the International

Programmes oce for all their help with my

visits. They went out of their way to ensure that

everything went OK. Thank you!

I’d love to visit again because I enjoy the pro-

cess at Vel Tech. Please keep up the good work!

Prof. Dr. Selwyn Piramuthu

The arrangements and coordination of all activities at the Vel Tech were perfect! My stu-

dents were interested in the lecturers.

First, I had no information about Vel Tech prior starting our communication last year. I was

very well surprised by Vel Tech and its activities including the thrust to improve its interna-

tional positioning as well. In summary, a very nice and unexpected surprise and will be a

pleasure to visit Vel Tech again.

In my view, it would be ﬁne to oer the best Post graduates from Vel Tech a Ph.D. study at

the CTU Prague. We can speak about this in Prague vas well.

It was a good experience at Vel Tech. A lot of very interested stu-

dents and would like to come again.

Prof. Dr. -Ing. Andreas Gebhardt

Dr. -Ing. Julia Kessler, Ma-

naging Director, Institute

for Tool-less Production

(IwF), Germany visited

Vel Tech during 21st –

27th Mar., 2019 to deliver

a short course on “Metal

and Ceramic 3D Printing

for Industrial Applica-

tions” to 2nd & 3rd year

Mechanical Engineering

Students and the cour-

se was oered with cre-

dits to the students and

around 40 students attended the course. Dr. Elena also attended “Inter-

national Conference on Design, Materials, Cryogenics and Constructions

(ICDMC’19)” on 28th & 29th April, 2019.

I think the level of the students was good. They seemed to be very interested into the topic

and were open – minded. The support from dept helped everything run according to the

plan. Also the coordination was well prepared. The room, the beamer for the presentation

and the air condition were perfectly arranged.

No words to describe my experience at Vel Tech. I felt very welcome (from professors,

Research Assistants and Students) at Vel Tech. Good organization in Combination with

very friendly and warm people. I also like the 5-Days programme.

I would love to come back to Vel Tech. I’m looking forward to a fruitful cooperation be-

tween IWF and Vel Tech.

Dr. -Ing. Julia Kessler

Prof. Dr. –Ing. Nicolas Gascoin, Head of Pyrolysis & Propulsion Group, INSA

Centre Val de Loire, France visited Vel Tech during 25th – 28th Mar., 2019 to

deliver a short course on “Introduction to Multiphysics” to 2nd & 3rd year Ae-

ronautical Engineering Students. The course was oered with credits to the stu-

dents and around 63 students attended the course. Prof. Gascoin also delivered

a keynote address in “International Conference on Design, Materials, Cryogenics

and Constructions (ICDMC’19)” on 28th & 29th April, 2019.

Assoc Prof. Po-Ming Lee, Associate Professor - Electrical Engineering,

Southern Taiwan University of Science and Technology (STUST), Taiwan

visited Vel Tech during 28th – 30th Mar., 2019 to deliver a short course on

“Introduction to Animation and Video Editing” to 2nd & 3rd year Compu-

ter Science Engineering Students. The course was oered with credits to

the students and around 34 students attended the course. Prof. Lee will

also deliver a keynote address in International Conference on “Frontiers in

Prof. Chua-Chin Wang, Chair & Distinguished Pro-

fessor - Dept. of Electrical Engineering, VLSI Design

Lab, IET Fellow, National Sun Yat-sen University, Tai-

wan visited Vel Tech during 28th Mar., - 2nd Apr., 2019

to deliver a short course on “Integrated Circuit De-

sign using CMOS Technology” to 2nd & 3rd year Elec-

tronics & Communication Engineering Students. The

course was oered with credits to the students and

around 63 students attended the course. Prof. Wang

will also deliver a keynote address in International

Conference on “Frontiers in Smart System Technolo-

Students looked interesting and it was important to have this kind of lectures to open their mind and invite

them to think global. A good opportunity to share experience

Experience at Vel Tech is incredibly good, extremely warm welcome at Vel Tech & Guest house, spirit of

The level of students is very good. They are very active and achieve the practice I gave

them. In the end, most of the students can ﬁnish ﬁnal exam. I hope the subject I lectured

in the class can beneﬁt them.

I like the students here. They are very active in the class. Vel Tech provides a strong support

to help the class run smooth. My overall experience is I like this school and deﬁnitely I will

return again. I also enjoy Indian food.

Assoc Prof. Po-Ming Lee

The arrangement and coordination of the course is great.

Students are really enthusiastic in the course.

It was a fantastic experience at Vel Tech. I would like to visit

Vel Tech again. I think the Vel Tech team is awesome regar-

ding the arrangement.

Prof. Chua-Chin Wang

friendship. All sta from top director to cooker were all very helpful and careful. The conditions of welcoming in organization are of top world leading Universities. The

food is delicious. The sanitary conditions are excellent. The technical level of installation is really good, the help for understanding Chennai and managing side-life (Visits,

Sim card, etc) are on top.

It would be a pleasure to come again to Vel Tech and improve my talk based on student comments. Coming back should be an opportunity to dedicate operational time

for not only teaching but joint research. I could serve also to link with Indonesian experts so that we can meet at the same time in India and work at 3 nationalities to

contribute to Vel Tech research. I hope faculty members can also beneﬁt from the visits and further exchange can be developed.

Prof. Dr. –Ing. Nicolas Gascoin

Memorandum of Understandings (MoUs) Signed

Polonia University, Po-

land [September’ 18]

Polonia University, Es-

tablished in 1992 is a

private higher education

institution located in the

urban setting of the sma-

ll city of Czestochowa in

Poland. MoU is signed for

the period of 5 years to

cooperate in Student Ex-

change; Academic and ad-

ministrative sta exchan-

ge; Exchange of scientiﬁc

and didactic materials, ex-

perience and ideas; Joint

research and educational

activities; Cooperation

within the framework of

the Europian Union and

institution programmes;

Realization of the “Dual

Degree” programme;

Realization of “Joint Stu-

dies” programme; Joint

publications in the scien-

tiﬁc journal of Polonia

University (PNAP) as well

as in the scientiﬁc journal

of Vel Tech.

Muhammadiyah Uni-

versity of Tasikmalaya,

Indonesia [December’

18]

Muhammadiyah Univer-

sity of Tasikmalaya, Esta-

blished in 2014 is a private

higher education institu-

tion located in West Java,

Indonesia. MoU is signed

National Yang-Ming Uni-

versity, Taiwan [January’

19]

National Yang-Ming Uni-

versity, Established in 1975

is a research university

located in Taipei, Taiwan.

NYMU has seven schools

with 11 undergraduate

programs, 34 master pro-

grams and 28 PhD pro-

grams. In addition, NYMU

has more than 20 research

centers with emphasis on

cancer and immunology,

brain research, biopho-

tonics, aging and health,

and biomedical enginee-

ring. MoU is signed for

the period of 5 years for

Exchange of sta and re-

searchers; Exchange of

students;Conducting colla-

borativeresearch projects;

Conducting lectures and

organizing symposia; Ex-

change of academic infor-

mation and materials and

Promoting other academic

cooperation as mutually

agreed.

for the period of 5 years

to cooperate in Student &

Faculty Mobility; Teaching

and Learning; Research and

Development; Joint Con-

ference Organizing and

Any areas of co-operation

which may mutually agreed.

Feng Chia University,

Taiwan [January’ 19]

Feng Chia University,

Established in 1961 is re-

cognized as one of the

leading private research

universities and only

CDIO member in Taiwan.

FCU oers 57 degree

programs of Bachelor,

76 degree programs of

Master, and 14 doctoral

degree programs and 37

specialized research cen-

ters von campus. MoU

is signed for the period

of 10 years for Coopera-

tion in Faculty members

of both universities, upon

invitation, will lecture &

conduct seminars or re-

search in the host insti-

tution; Student exchange

in advanced studies and

research; Exchange of

publications, academic

thesis and information in

the ﬁeld of interest. Feng

Chia University is ranked

at QS WR: #801-1000;

QS Asia: #178, THE WR:

#1000+, THE Asia: #201-

250.

University of Notre

Dame, Indiana, USA

[January’ 19]

University of Notre

Dame du Lac, established

in 1842 is a private re-

search university in Notre

Dame, Indiana, USA. No-

tre Dame is consistently

recognized as one of the

top universities in the Uni-

ted States, in particular for

its undergraduate educa-

tion. The aerodynamics

of glider ﬂight, the trans-

mission of wireless mes-

sages, and the formulae

for synthetic rubber were

pioneered at the Universi-

ty and about 70 percent of

the teaching and research

faculty in science and en-

gineering are principal in-

vestigators on sponsored

research projects. MoU is

one of the outcomes of

NAFSA 2018 and is signed

for the period of 3 years

for Study Abroad oppor-

tunities at Notre Dame

for full-time undergradua-

te students of Vel Tech

in “American Semester

Abroad Program” (ASAP)

in Engineering and Archi-

tecture ﬁelds. University

of Notre Dame is ranked

at QS WR: #212, THE

WR: #173; THE Country

#26.

Duy Tan University,

Vietnam [March’ 19]

Duy Tân University is

the ﬁrst and largest pri-

vate university in Central

Vietnam, was established

in 1994. Duy Tan Univer-

sity oers a wide range

of academic programs

in undergraduate & gra-

duate studies. Duy Tan

University has expanded

partnerships with many

well-known universities

around the world by la-

ying a sound foundation

for DTU students to gain

more impressive achieve-

ments in education and

research. MoU is signed

for the period of 5 years

for Exchange of Students;

Visiting Professor/Expert;

Joint R&D Proposals in

academic areas of mutual

interest.

Dalian Neusoft Universi-

ty of Information, China

[March’ 19]

Dalian Neusoft University

of Information, established

in 2000 is a private univer-

sity institution in China,

specializing on information

technology. Currently the-

re are more than 14,000 fu-

ll-time students and nearly

800 full-time teaching and

administrative sta, with

13 teaching institutions,

ﬁve disciplines of enginee-

ring, science, management,

arts and literature, and 28

undergraduate programs.

DNUI is in the core area of

Dalian Software Park. MoU

is signed for the period of

5 years for Exchange of

undergraduate and/or gra-

duate students, Exchange of

faculty members and/or re-

search scholars, Conduct of

joint research, publication

and symposia, Exchange of

information for education

and research purposes, sha-

ring of other activities and

programs in areas of mutual

interest.panies in the Hsin-

chu Science Park - Taiwan’s

‘Silicon Valley’ are NCTU

alumni. MoU is signed for

the period of 5 years for es-

tablishing reciprocal student

exchange in Department of

Mechanical Engineering at

NCTU and School of Me-

chanical and Construction

at Vel Tech.

National Cheng Kung

University, Dept. of Elec-

trical Engineering (NC-

KU-EE) [January’ 19]

National Cheng Kung

University, Established in

1931 is a public research

intensive university lo-

cated in Tainan, Taiwan.

NCKU considered as one

of the top ranked univer-

sities in Asia comprises 9

colleges, 43 departments,

and 39 institutes. The uni-

versity is best known for

its engineering, computer

science, medicine, and

planning and design. MoU

is signed between Depart-

ment of Electrical Engi-

neering for the period of 3

years for Exchange of stu-

dents, faculty, scholars and

stas; Development of

Joint Curriculum, including

dual degree programmes;

Research collaborations in

the ﬁelds of mutual inte-

rest; Exchange and sharing

of teaching and academic

materials, publications,

reference and other per-

tinent information; Co-ad-

visor lecturers and stu-

dents, share the research

output results for both si-

des. NCKU is ranked at QS

WR: #234, QS Asia: #37,

THE WR: #501-600, THE

Asia: #58.

Vice-Chancellorand

Chairperson & Managing

Trustee of Vel Tech re-

cieves QS I-GUAGE [Dia-

mond] Rating certiﬁcate

from Founder and CEO of

QS - Quacquarelli Symonds.

International Delegates to the University

Mr. Suresh Ponraj, Technical Sales Manager - Asia Paciﬁc, Mol-

dex3D, India / Taiwan visited Vel Tech on 4th Oct., 2018 for

discussions related to software speciﬁc training and placements

for Vel Tech Students.

Mr. Matthias Burger, Director of studies, German as a foreign

language program Dusseldorf, Institute for International Com-

munication E.V., Germany Visited Vel Tech on 22nd Oct., 2018

regarding summer language programme to IGCHE students.

Mr. Allen Peng, Managing Director - Asia Paciﬁc and Mr. Nick

Chang, Country Manager - Asia Paciﬁc of Moldex3D, Taiwan vi-

sited Vel Tech on 23rd Oct., 2018 for initial level discussions

regarding Training, Internships and Placements for Vel Tech Stu-

dents at Taiwan Industries and met university higher ocials for

further discussions.

Mr. Allen Peng, Managing Director - Asia Paciﬁc and Mr.

Nick Chang, Country Manager - Asia Paciﬁc of Mol-

dex3D, Taiwan visited Vel Tech on 23rd Oct., 2018 for

initial level discussions regarding Training, Internships

and Placements for Vel Tech Students at Taiwan Indus-

tries and met university higher ocials for further dis-

cussions.

Mr. Joy Jyoti Nandi, Director, MBIEN Consultants,

UK visited Vel Tech on Jan., 04, 2019 for discussions

regarding collaborations with Coventry University,

UK.

Dr. Muthukumaran Packirisamy, Professor & Con-

cordia Research Chair, Optical-Bio Microsystems

Laboratory & ConSiM (Concordia Silicon Microfa-

brication facility) of Concordia University, Canada

visited Vel Tech on 5th Jan., 2019 for collaborations

and research discussions. He addressed the re-

search faculty members about the possible research

cooperation in the area of MEMS. He shared the

details of projects for students.

Prof. Yvan Labiche, Associate Professor & Department Chair - Systems

and Computer Engineering and Dr. Sreeraman Rajan, Associate Profes-

sor, Systems and Computer Engineering of Carleton University, Canada

visited Vel Tech on 26th Oct., 2018 to discuss possible areas for colla-

boration and to explore the possibilities of student mobility and also to

discuss the pathway programmes for Vel Tech UG students for doing mas-

ters at Carleton University. Delegates also met university higher ocials

for further discussions.

Dr. Subramaniam Balakrishnan, Professor, Univer-

sity of Manitoba, Canada visited Vel Tech on 5th

Jan., 2019 for discussing the possibility of oering

course during the next semester under Program-

me Elective – Integrated Course. He also came for

GIAN course to two institutions.

Prof. Shouyin (Ian) Yang, Dean - Oce of Inter-

national Aairs, Professor - Dept. of Power Me-

chanical Engineering & Ms. Jiang, Pei-Rong, Project

Coordinator, Division of Academic Relations, O-

ce of International Aairs from National Formo-

sa University, Taiwan visited Vel Tech during 15th

Feb., 2019 for strengthening the ties and to dis-

cuss the exchanges of students in the upcoming

semester

Prof. Richard Dahwood, Deputy Vice Chancellor - Research, Professor - Engi-

neering Materials and Prof. Carl Perrin, CEO - Institute for Future Transport &

Cities (FTC), Director - Institute for Advanced Manufacturing and Engineering

(AME) from Coventry University, UK visited Vel Tech on 14th Mar., 2019 for

explore the potential possibilities in research and academic exchanges. They

also met university higher ocials for further discussions.

Prof. Dr. Phil. Susanne MaaB-Sagolla, Intercultural Communication & Counselling, Institute for Business Administration & Engineering,

Muenster Centre for Interdisciplinarity (MCI) and Prof. Ruth Kühn, Scientiﬁc Assistant, Institute of Technical Business Administration

from FH Münster University of Applied Sciences, Germany visited Vel Tech during 21st & 22nd Mar., 2019 to discuss the possibilities

of collaborations and further areas to be discussed during Vel Tech visit to FH Münster in April, 2019.

Dr. Eric Bullard, Associate Vice President of International Programs and Global Engagement,

Dean of thve College of Professional and Global Education and Mr. Lawrence Aldava, Director of Marketing & Communications Colle-

ge of Professional & Global Education from California State University, Los Angeles visited Vel Tech on 29th Mar., 2019 to discuss the

possibilities of collaborations and further discussion on strengthening the ties in areas of mutual interest.

Prof. Chung-Tzer Liu - Associate Dean - School of Business, Professor of

Business Administration, Dr. Fu-Sheng Shih - Director - International Aairs

Center, Assistant Professor - Dept. of Sociology, Prof. Shih-Ho Wang - Dean

- Professor of Japanese Language and Culture, Oce of International & Cross-

Strait Academic Exchange, Prof. Rhein Li - Chinese Overseas & International

Students Coordinator of Soochow University, Taiwan visited Vel Tech on 8th

Jan., 2019 to discuss the possibilities of collaboration in the areas of student

& faculty mobility and also research collaborations in mutual areas. Soochow

delegates also met university higher ocials for further discussions.

Three students from Vel Tech are

doing their ﬁnal semester project

work at National Chung Hsing

University, Taiwan with partial fun-

Mr. Mohammed Abid (Mech) from Vel Tech is doing his ﬁnal

semester project at National University of Singapore, Singa-

pore under the guidance of Prof. Manoj Gupta in the Project

Titled “Investigation on interfacial shear strength with low

dilution for the hard facing of Ni alloy on austenitic stainless

steel component in nuclear reactor” with partial funding su-

pport provided by Vel Tech.

National University of Singapore, Singapore

Polytech Orleans, France

National Chung Hsing University, Taiwan

National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan

Three students from Vel Tech are currently doing their

Final semester projectwork at Polytech Orleans, France

with partial funding support from Vel Tech under Exchan-

ge.

Mr. Vikash Goyal (Auto), Mr. Manjith Kumar Reddy Si-

rigireddy (Auto) and Mr. Aman Kumar Arya (Auto) are

working on the project Titled “Numerical Approaches

for Spray Propagation and Thermodynamic Study” under

the guidance of Professor Camille.

Mr. Amit Kumar Gope (Aero) from Vel Tech

is doing his ﬁnal semester project at National

Cheng Kung University, Taiwan under the gui-

dance of Professor Wei-Hsiang, Lai in the Project

Titled “Performance Analysis of Francis Turbine”

with partial funding support provided by Vel Tech

under exchange.

Mr. Mohammed Abid received partial funding support

from Vel Tech

28 students are currently at universities in abroad for their ﬁnal semester project.

Three Students received partial funding support from Vel Tech

Mr. Amit Kumar Gope received partial funding support from Vel Tech

ding support from Vel Tech and NCHU (4000 NTD/9000

INR per Month) under Exchange.

Mr. Sunil Patel (M.Tech - CSE, Big data Analytics) is working

on the project Titled “Feature Extraction from Satellite Ima-

ge” under the guidance of Professor I-En Liao.

Ms. Poojitha Gaddipati (ECE) is working on the project Tit-

led “Agricultural products quality detection using hyperspec-

tral image processing” under the guidance of Professor Yen

cheigh-ouyang.

Ms. Manshika Vicario Dibra Sangma (Civil) is working on

the project Titled “Frequency measurement for ambient

vibrations of simply supported reinforced concrete (RC)

beam” under the guidance of Professor Yu Chih Peng.

Students Mobility – Outgoing & Incoming

Five students from Vel Tech are

doing their ﬁnal semester project

work at Southern Taiwan University

of Science and Technology, Taiwan

with partial funding support from

Vel Tech

Southern Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taiwan

Tamkang University, Taiwan

University Sains Malaysia, Malaysia

Mr. Dinesh Kuraba (Mech) & Mr. Ramchandra Sharma Bholana-

th Sharma (Mech) are working on the project Titled “Energy

Management Strategy for Light Weight NIMH Battery Car Ra-

cing in Suzuka Circuit” under the guidance of Professor Wei-

Chin Chang.

Mr. Pavan Sai Pagadala (Mech) & Mr. Yaswanth Gantyada (Mech)

are working on the project Titled “Optimization of motor cycle

intake system” under the guidance of Professor Cho-yu-lee.

Mr. Eswar Reddy Regalla (ECE) is working on the project Titled

“Blood Vessel Segmentation in Angiograms using Fuzzy Inferen-

ce System and Morphological operations” under the guidance

of Professor Dr. Lih-Yang Wang.

All 5 students received partial funding support from Vel Tech

Three Students from Vel Tech are doing their Fi-

nal Semester Project at Tamkang University, Taiwan

with funding support of NTD 13000 / INR 29000

per month and also two students doing their Final

Semester Project under exchange with Partial Su-

pport from Vel Tech.

Mr. Hitesh Kumar Rana (Mech) and Mr. Arindam

Dutta (Mech) are working on the project Titled

“Design of a variable angular mechanism for ﬂapping

wings” under the guidance of Professor Dr. Lung-

Jieh Yang.

Mr. Mukesh Kumar Badigineni (ECE) is working

on the project Titled “Smart Wearable Learning

Device for Visually Disabled persons Using IOT

& AI techniques” under the guidance of Professor

Chih-Yung Chang.

Mr. Kelper Singh Okram (EEE) is working on the

project Titled “Digital-LDO” under the guidance

of Professor Yang wei bin.

Mr. Mukesh Kumar Badigineni (ECE) is working on the project Titled

“Smart Wearable Learning Device for Visually Disabled persons Using

IOT & AI techniques” under the guidance of Professor Chih-Yung Chang.

Mr. Kelper Singh Okram (EEE) is working on the project Titled “Digi-

tal-LDO” under the guidance of Professor Yang wei bin.

3 students were sponsored by Tamkang Uni-

versity and 2 received partial funding support

from Vel Tech.

Mr. Mohammed Ashique received partial funding support from Vel

Tech

Three students from Vel Tech are doing their ﬁnal

semester project work at National United Univer-

sity, Taiwan with partial funding support from Vel

Tech

Mr. Tarun Kumar (Mech), Mr. Kushal Kumar Sarkar

(Mech) and Mr. Vikas Yadav (Mech) are working

on the project Titled “Study of Aluminium Surface

treatment using Anodisation for Aerospace Applica-

tions” under the guidance of Professor Chien-Chon

Chen.

Six students from Vel Tech are currently doing their Final

Semester Project at National Formosa University, Taiwan

with support of Free Flight Ticket, Accommodation and

stipend of NTD 3000/ INR 6800 per Month and partial

funding support from Vel Tech.

Mr. Siva Manikanta Ganji (Mech) and Mr. Venkata Sur-

ya Sairam Kadali (Mech) are working on Project Titled

“Spray Combustion characteristics of Diesel Blended

with water” under the guidance of Professor Shouyin Ian

Yang.

Mr. Kalyan Ashok Kumar Reddy Pyreddy (ECE) and Mr.

Nagendra Reddy Mallu (ECE) are working on Project Tit-

led “Indoor Positioning System in Hospital Instrument

management” under the guidance of Professor Hui-Kai-

Mr. Amit Singh (Mech) is working on Project Titled “Ma-

nufacturing and Synthesis of a Hard Ceramic Coating on

Metallic Tools” under the guidance of Professor Yin-Yu

Chang

Mr. Afaroj Ahamad (M.Tech - EEE, Measurement and

Control) is working on the project Titled “Machine Lear-

ning of FPGA” under the guidance of Professor Dr. –Ing.

Chi-Chia Sun.

National United University, Taiwan

National Formosa University, Taiwan

IGCHE- IIK, Dusseldorf, Germany

All 3 students Received partial funding support from Vel Tech

All 6 received partial funding support from Vel Tech and National

Formosa University

Mr. Krishna Sai Sahukara (CSE) currently undertaking Intensive Lan-

guage Training as part of IGCHE programme to clear Test DAF Le-

vels at IIK, Dusseldorf, Germany. On his clearance with Test DAF le-

vels, the student will continue ﬁnal year at IIK, Dusseldorf, Germany.

INCOMING MOBILITY

4 Student (Mr. Tsai I.I., Mr. Hsu Kuang-Chun, Mr. Lin Wei-

Han, Mr. Chen Cheng-Bin) from Tamkang University,

Taiwan has successfully completed project work titled

“Flight Power Calculation and Image Processing of Micro

Air Vehicles (MAVs)” under the guidance of Dr. E. Bala-

subramanian as well as short term mobility at Vel Tech

during 21.01.2019 to 11.02.2019.

HOW TO APPLY ?

Submit the detailed Proﬁle / CV

to dint@veltech.edu.in

No.42, Avadi - Vel Tech

Road, Avadi,

Chennai - 600 062 ,

Tamil Nadu, India.

Toll Free

1800 3070 6949

Website:

www.veltech.edu.in

October 2018 to

March 2019

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For any queries / clariﬁcations, you may contact

Dr.S.Sivaperumal

Directorate of International Relations

Vel Tech Rangarajan Dr. Sagunthala R&D Institute of Science and

Technology, Avadi, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.

Mobile: +91 96000 40255 (WhatsApp also)

Email: dint@veltech.edu.in

ech

(Deemed to be University Estd. u/s 3 of UGC Act, 1956)

Rangarajan Dr. Sagunthala

R&D Institute of Science and Technology