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December - 2014

Campus LIVE
Leading US universities offer
Dual Degree program to CU
students

Higher Education and research

option for CU students at UK
universities

128 Multi-Nationals selects Engineering students

Top Foreign Universities inks
MoU with Chandigarh University US based MNCs offers record package of Rs. 24 lakh
Prabhdeep Singh

LONDON, DECEMBER

In its continuous pursuit of

developing international
perspective in its students,
Chandigarh University has
taken the task of
collaborating with top
notch universities of world
towards different domain,
adding a lot new
dimensions to such
associations. Under its
flagship program,
International Academic
Alliance (IAA),
Chandigarh University has
signed MoU's with 16
Universities from USA,
UK, Europe, Canada and
Middle East. Stressing on
the major benefits of the
International Alliance
program to the University
students, Dr. R.S.Bawa,
Vice-Chancellor said that
C U students would be
entitled for Semester
Abroad Program,

Campus Brief
UK MP applauds CU
Research Projects

undertaking Summer
Internship at foreign
universities, Joint Research
Projects, Student & Faculty

James P. Dressel, President, Youngstown University,

USA exchanging MoU with Dr. R.S.Bawa

Benefits to Students
Semester Abroad
Summer Internship
International
Placements
Credit Transfer
Exchange, preference in
admission for higher
studies, credit transfer,

Amit Verma

MOHALI, DECEMBER

CHANDIGARH, DECEMBER

University Institute of
Hotel Management,
Gharuan has signed MoU
with Intercontinental and
Taj Group of Hotels. Under
the signed Memorandum,
Intercontinental and Taj
Group will setup Training
Academy in which experts
from 5 star hotels of IHG
and Taj Hotels will train
students at UIHM Gharuan
campus covering various
aspects of Hospitality
Industry like Front Office
Management, preparation
of International cuisines,
House Keeping and F&B
services. Eminent
personalities from
Hospitality Industry would
visit UIHM Gharuan for
Guest Lectures, Training
sessions and professional
workshops to help the

campus of Chandigarh
University, Gharuan on his
recent visit to India. The
UK MP took keen interest
in the Research projects
developed by students of
Chandigarh University like
Moon-buggy, Asia's winner
of Annual NASA Race and
National award winner
Human Power Vehicle
(HPV). The British MP
applauded the efforts of
students who have made
Punjab proud of their
achievement by winning
the NASA competition.

Students selected for

Robotic Championship
in USA
4 teams comprising of
Rampal, Ramit Goel,
Pardeep Kumar Rathod and
Jagnoor Singh all
Engineering students of
Chandigarh University
Gharuan have been selected
to represent India at
International Robotic
Championship to be held at
MIT, USA later this year.
The teams were selected
during the National Level
League competition held at
Chandigarh University by
Robo-Varsity Kanpur in
which more than 20 teams
from various Engineering
colleges of Punjab,
Chandigarh and Haryana
participating in the Robot
Challenge Competition.

France welcomes
students for Research
& higher education
France has offered students
of Chandigarh University a
unique education package
that comprises of higher
education option bundled
with Research. Under the
agreement signed with
French authorities,
university students would
get opportunity to visit
universities in France and
continue there education.
For this the French
Government has come up
with a new 5 year student
visa program that will allow
students from Chandigarh
University to stay in France
along with their families till
their studies are not
completed.

Preference for Admission

Dual degree programs
Eligible for Education
Scholarships
Joint Research Initiative
placements. The
Universities who have
joined hands with C U

i n c l u d e Yo u n g s t o w n
University, University of
District Columbia, Schiller
International University
from USA, Royals Roads
U n i v e r s i t y, K i n g s
U n i v e r s i t y, C a m o s u n
College from Canada,
Glasgow Caledonian
University, Middlesex
University, University of
C h e s t e r, B i r m i n g h a m
U n i v e r s i t y, C a r d i f f
Metropolitan University
Northumbria University
from UK, University of
Business and International
Studies, Switzerland and
University of Lodz, Poland.
It is for the 1st time that top
US Universities recognized
from International
Accrediting Agencies like
ABET and AACSB have
joined hands with any
Indian University to offer
Dual Degree and Internship
programs to Indian
students.

Navneet Singh

MOHALI, DECEMBER

Engineering students of
University Institute of
Engineering (U I E) at
Chandigarh University,
Gharuan have created
history as US based IT
Multi-National Trilogy
Software offering record
salary package of Rs. 24
lakh. The placement record
for 2014 passing-out batch
itself got impressive with
world's leading IT
company Microsoft
offering a whopping pay
package of Rs. 16 lakh to
Engineering students,
while India's leading ecommerce Company
Flipkart offering salary of
Rs. 12.5 lakh during
campus placements. Out of
the total 128 Engineering
sector companies visiting
Chandigarh University for

campus placements for

2014 passing out batch, 16
M N C's offered paypackage of more than Rs. 5
lakh per annum. The
average salary package for

all Engineering core sectors

like Microsoft, Google,
Filpkart, IBM, SAP Labs,
Emerson, Capgemini,
Hewlett-Packard, Wipro,
Infogain, ITC Infotech,

Engineering students in jubilant

mood with offer letters
Engineering students of
2014 passing-out batch has
touched Rs. 3.25 lakh.
Top notch companies from

L&T Infotech from I T

sector while Adobe,
Deloitte, Samsung
E n g i n e e r i n g , Tr i d e n t ,

Motorola from Electronics

& Communication sector
conducted campus
placements for Engineering
students. Companies like
JSW Steel, Agilent
Technologies, Zomato
Media, Godrej, FMC
Te c h n o l o g i e s , I S M T,
TA F E, A I S, K E C
International, ERA
I n f r a s t r u c t u r e s , AT S
Infrastructure from
Mechanical & Civil
Engineering core sector
selected Engineering
students of 2014 batch. It is
noteworthy that companies
like H ewlett-Packard,
Filpkart, SAP Labs have
visited Punjab to conduct
campus placements for the
1st time and hence
Chandigarh University
students of 2014 batch got
an opportunity to sit-in for
recruitments in their dream
companies.

Intercontinental & Taj to train Hotel Management Students CU students beat IIT Hyderabad at
Top 5 star hotels sets up Training Academy at Chandigarh University campus
National level Championship

Indian origin British MP

Verinder Sharma visited the

Virender Sharma UK MP
at CU Campus

Participation in
International conferences
& seminars, scholarships
and international

students of Hotel
Management the
requirements &
expectations of Hotel
Industry.
Signing MoU on behalf of
Intercontinental Group, Mr.
L a k h a n i Te j a s , H R
Manager, Holiday Inn said
that Intercontinental
Group would be offering
on-campus training at their
various Hotels in India.
After the completion of
training, the students would
be given priority for
campus placements by the
I H G Hotels at U I H M
Gharuan, added Mr. Tejas.
There is already a batch of
U I H M students being
trained at Hotel Holiday
Inn, Amritsar and we are
satisfied with the
performance of students
and after visiting the
facilities at UIHM

VC Chandigarh University exchanging

MoU with Intercontinental Hotels Group
Gharuan, we have selected
to setup IHG Academy at
Chandigarh University
Campus, added Lakhani
Tejas.
Signing MoU on behalf of
H o t e l Ta j G r o u p , M r.
Surinder Ahlawat, HR &
Training Manager, said that
the agreement would

mutually benefit both the

parties as the selected
students would be trained
as per the International
standards After the
completion of training, the
students would be given
priority for campus
placements by the Taj
Hotels worldwide.

Nikon trains Animation Students

HYDERABAD, DECEMBER
included teams from all
More than 2000 students
Proving their mettle
IIT's.
from 50 Engineering
among the teams from
Applauding the efforts
IIT's and NIT's, the
o f s t u d e n t s , D r.
engineering students
R.S.Bawa said that
of Chandigarh
Research oriented
University Gharuan
practical training
won top honors at Nwhich leads to
Vision 2014, national
innovation is the
level tech-fest of IITteaching pedagogy
Hyderbad in various
that is being
technical events. Team
implemented and laid
comprising of Nitish
thrust upon at
and Nishant,
C h a n d i g a r h
E l e c t r o n i c s
University as
Engineering students
Innovation is
from C U-Gharuan
increasingly being
brought laurels to their
seen as the currency of
Campus by wining 1st
21st century.
Prize in Robo Soccer
C h a n d i g a r h
beating the host team,
University always
IIT Hyderbad in the
encourages the
finals. In yet another
students to take part in
technical event,
such International and
D T M F , t e a m o f Students from Chandigarh University National competitions
s t u d e n t s , V i v e k , at n-Vision 2014 in IIT Hyderabad
that adds selfAbhinandan & Monica
confidence and
institutions and
won top position, while
competition spirit in them,
Universities participated in
Atul & Shalini bagged 2nd
Dr. Bawa added.
N-Vision 2014 which
prize in Robo Arcade Race.

Workshop on Film & Cinematography at Chandigarh University campus

Google selects Garima as Ambassador

Deepak Gupta

GS Shergill

CHANDIGARH, DECEMBER

World's leading technology

brand in the field of Digital
P h o t o g r a p h y, N i k o n
o rg a n i z e d a p r a c t i c a l
workshop on film and
cinematography in
association with UIAM for
the students of Animation.
Subash Sapru, Nikon
Corporation enlightened
about the various aspects of
Digital Cinematography
and film making. Bright

Subash Sapru, Nikon Corporation training Animation

students at CU campus

future awaits for young

animators in India as

International brands in the

field of Animation and
Multimedia have already
opened their studios in
India, added Subash. He
added that Nikon would
like to join hands with
Chandigarh University to
impart training so that
students can be prepared as
per the Industry demands.
Industry requires 1 lakh
professionals every year to
cater the ever growing
Animation industry in
India.

Job spinner courses in collaboration with IBM

BIG DEMAND FOR CLOUD COMPUTING, BIG-DATA,

CYBER SECURITY ENGINEERS IN INDUSTRY
Prabhdeep Singh
MOHALI, DECEMBER

Engineering has been a

popular career for students
after 10+2 but with the
changing job scenario, the
demand for specialized
engineers who can meet
Industry needs has increased
manifold. When the demand
for such specialists
Engineers rose, universities
held brain storming with the
Industry to develop such
specialized courses that can
prepare HR directly for
MNCs to cater their need.
With collaboration of IBM,
CU has designed
specialized courses in
Engineering. Besides
offering the courses in
Engineering like
Mechanical, Computer
Science, Civil, Electronics
& Comm, CU-Gharuan has
introduced 1st time in
Punjab the in-demand
futuristic Engineering
programs.

PUNE, DECEMBER
G Garima Bhandari, a
computer science
engineering student of
Chandigarh University
Gharuan has been selected
by Google as Student
Ambassador under the
innovative Google Student
Ambassador Program.
Google launched the
flagship Google Student
Ambassador Program with
a mission to make future
engineers updated about the
various technology
advances made in the field
of Information Technology
and Internet.
Garima attained this fete
after passing through

rigorous selection process

that was held at Infosys
campus, Pune that
c o m p r i s e d
o f
brainstorming sessions,

like IIT's, NIT's, BITS

Pilani and other
Universities and
Engineering institutions
all-over India participated

The selected 177 Google student ambassadors

pre-summit tasks, making
video resume and finding
references for her
candidature. A total of 2000
students from 168 colleges

in the Google Ambassador

Program selection process
and only 177 students were
finally selected, said
Garima.

CLOUD COMPUTING

Cloud Computing is a
specialized branch of
Computer Science that
deals with Client Server
Technology and Internet
Resources. It is the latest
technology that deals with
huge amounts of data and
information.

Big data is handling large

data. A Big Data Scientist is
a business employee who is
responsible for handling
and statistically evaluating
large amounts of data.
Large Data created in last 3
yrs. has led to development
of Big Data Technologies.

Cyber security is
information security as
applied to computing
devices such as computers
and smart phones, as well as
computer networks such as
private and public
networks, including the
whole Internet.

Future Prospects
Cloud computing jobs are on
the rise. According to a recent
analysis, the international
cloud computing market is
expected to rise to $72 billion
by 2015, and around 3 lakh
job opportunities in India are
expected in the same period.

Future Prospects
Information is more
abundant than ever. Day after
day, the flood of data is
growing at exponential rates.
To manage this huge amount
of data, India would require
at least 2.5 lakh Big Data
professionals by 2017.

Future Prospects
Cyber security experts are
desired in banks, hotels,
airlines, healthcare, telecom,
transportation, defence,
emergency response systems
and ITES companies. India
requires 5 lakh cyber security
professionals by 2017.

Pay Packet
Entry-level professional with
5-6 years of experience, can
earn around 12-19 lakh;
while a mid-level executive
will get around 20 lakh.
People with 10-15 years exp.
can get 30 lakh or more.

Pay Packet
Entry level pay for data
analytics professional is Rs.
6-9 lakh while its Rs. 5-8 lakh
for big data professionals. A
chief data scientist, with
about 10-15 years of exp. can
earn about Rs 50 lakh pa.

Pay Packet
A beginner can expect a pay
package between Rs.3-6
lakhs per annum. Candidates
with higher academic
qualifications and work
experience draw up to Rs.30
lakhs based on the job role.

Punjab CM awards Chandigarh University

India Today Business Wizard 2014 awards
Kamal Jeet Singh
CHANDIGARH, DECEMBER

Chief Minister Punjab,

Parkash Singh Badal
honoured Chandigarh
University Chancellor,
Satnam Singh Sandhu with
I n d i a To d a y B u s i n e s s
Wizard 2014 Award for his
remarkable contribution in
the field of Education. In a
bid to salute remarkable
industrialists and
entrepreneurs for their
commitment to excellence
and leadership in various
fields of Industry and
Business, Country's
leading media house, India
Today has constituted
Business Wizard Awards.
Satnam Sandhu received

this award for his long term

vision and far-sightedness
that has helped 55,000
students of Northern region
to get placements in top

undertaken by Chandigarh
University.
Recently Chandigarh
University has been also
honoured with Asia Fastest

Punjab CM Parkash Singh Badal giving India Today Business

Wizard Award 2014 to University Chancellor Satnam Sandhu

notch Multi-National
Companies through Joint
Placement Program, an
unique initiative

Growing University title

for its remarkable and
exponential growth with in
a short span of time.

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University of District Columbia joins Top Academicians join CU

hand with CU for product design
55 Ph.D's forms the University core faculty team
MOHALI, DECEMBER

Chandigarh University in
association with University
of District Columbia, USA
organized International
Wo r k s h o p o n P r o d u c t
Design. Presiding over the
inaugural ceremony, Mr.
Seto Eiichi, MD, SML
Isuzu Ltd although Indian
Engineers are excelling in

Technology University,
USA said the workshop
cherishes Prime Minister
Modi's vision of Make In
India.
Innovation and Growth
goes hand-in-hand as
Manufacturing Industry
alone cannot meet the evergrowing demand for jobs
said Prof. Prof. Devdas

Seto Eiichi, MD SML-ISUZU addressing CU

students during Workshop on Product Design
the field of Engineering but
there is lot more to be done
in context to Creative
Product Designing and
Product Engineering.
Terming the workshop on
Product Design organized
by Chandigarh University
as a trendsetter step in
Engineering Education in
India Prof. Donald M.
Reimer, Lawrence

S h e t t y, U n i v e r s i t y o f
District Columbia, USA.
Graduates passing-out
from Universities and
professional colleges
should be encouraged to
setup their own Industrial
units which are capable to
producing technology
products and helps in
improving the job scenario
for their country, he added.

Diploma Engineering Students

design compressed Air Vehicle
Exhibitio-2014.
MOHALI, DECEMBER
Team Electronics & Comm.
Yo u n g a n d b u d d i n g
Engineering bagged 1st
Engineers of Chandigarh
prize in the Project
University while adopting
Development contest by
the theme selected this year
developing a Thar Robot
for Engineers Day Making
that is capable to work and
Indian Engineering World
run on any kind of surface
Class actively participated
terrain, while team
in the Technology Project
Petroleum Engineers won
Exhibition-2014 on the
the 2nd place
occasion of
in the event
Engineers
w
h
o
D
a
y
developed
celebrations
the model on
a
t
Land Rig
Chandigarh
which is a
University.
machine that
Innovative
p r o j e c t s Diploma Students of Chandigarh University creates holes
w h i c h with their creation Compressed Air Vehicle in the ground
used to drill
included
water wells, oil wells, or
prototype model of
natural gas extraction wells.
Compressed Air Vehicle
Water Purification project
( C AV ) d e v e l o p e d b y
by Chemical Engg. and
Diploma Engineering
Stenography project
students of Chandigarh
developed by CSE students
Polytechnic College that
that will be helpful in
will run on compressed air
tackling the menace of
and no fuel became the main
C y b e r- c r i m e w e r e t h e
centre of attraction during
attraction of the show.
the Technology Project

MOHALI, DECEMBER

Faculty from prestigious

institutions like IIT's, IIM's
and NIT's with vast
Research & Industry
experience forms the core
faculty team at Chandigarh
University. With the current
strength of 50 Ph.D.
research scholars in diverse
field of Engineering,
Applied Sciences,
Architecture, BioTe c h n o l o g y, B u s i n e s s
Management and
Pharmacy, CU has truly
become centre for
excellence in professional
education for the region.
The University is led by Dr.
R.S.Bawa, ViceChancellor, an expert in
Business Statistics with 39
years of rich academic &
administration experience,
w h i l e a s P r o - Vi c e
Chancellor, Dr. B.S.Sohi,
former Director U I E T,
P u n j a b U n i v e r s i t y,
Chandigarh an expert in
E l e c t r o n i c s
&
Communications having 35
years of academics and 4
years of Research
experience as scientist, at
Defense Labs, CSIO is
handling academic affairs
o f U n i v e r s i t y. D r.
D.S.Cheema working as
Registrar, CU is having rich
30 years research
background from

University of Agriculture
Sciences.
Team of 30 Ph.D. holders
from renowned institutes
like IIT Roorkee, Thapar
University, PEC, UIET,
Punjabi University, GNDU
headed by Directors Dr.
Gurdip Singh forms the
backbone of Engineering
faculty, while another team
of 15 research and industry
experts in the field of
Management and
Commerce headed by Dr.
SPS Bedi, forms the core
team for University School
of Business.

Business Incubator setup at CU

To promote Entrepreneurship
University has established
Business Incubator at its
campus to provide
comprehensive training in
the
field
of
Entrepreneurship. Setup in
association with National
Small Industries
Corporation, the incubator
will educate students
through the steps that are
involved to setup new
business start-ups and will
guide them through the
process that includes
necessary Government
approvals, drafting
business proposals to get
loan from Government
agencies and Banks.

EUPHORIA AT CU-FEST

MOHALI, DECEMBER
Achieving yet another
milestone in placements of
Diploma Engineering
students, 14 students have
been selected by India's top
IT Giant, Wipro during a
joint campus placement
drive organized by
Chandigarh Polytechnic
College at the campus of
Chandigarh University,
Gharuan. Diploma
Engineering Computer

Euphoria, Indian Rock Band performs live

at CU-Fest 2014 at University Campus Gharuan

Engineering students for the

1st time in India and we have
got good response said
Wipro company official,
while interacting with the

Wipro selected students of Chandigarh Polytechnic Gharuan

to participate in the campus

placement process.
The unique platform Earn
While you Learn have been
offered to Diploma

Amandeep Singh
MOHALI, DECEMBER

S2014 passing-out batch of

MBA Students at
University School of
Business at Chandigarh
University, Gharuan have
set a new record of campus
placements with 158 MBA
students getting 305 offer
letters from Multi-National
companies. The top
achiever of 2014 passing
out batch, Anjali Sharma
who has been picked by
International Travel &
Tourism Company at a pay
package of Rs. 7.31 lakh
has managed to get 3 offers.
With 9 students getting
more than 3 offer letters and
32 getting placement in
more than 2 companies, the
average pay package of
MBA students at
Chandigarh University,
Gharuan as a whole has
touched Rs. 3.30 lakh.

students. Highlighting the

features of the Earn while
you Learn program, Wipro
team said that the selected
students would be trained at

Gurgaon facility and would

be given an initial package
of Rs. 1.25 lakh which will
be further enhanced to Rs. 3
lacs. While the student
would be working at Wipro,
they would be given
opportunity to undergo
Graduation (B.Sc.
Computer Science) and
Post-Graduation (M.Sc.
Computer Science) from
B I T S-Pilani and Wipro
would sponsor the entire
course fee added Wipro
team.

Numbers of companies this

year offering pay package
of Rs. 4 lakh or more have
increased, with 14 such
companies thronging the
campus of Chandigarh
University to conduct their
campus placements for
2014 passing out MBA

Naukari.com, Laurent &

Benon, Satguru Travels,
S R F, Just Dial, Extra
Marks have selected MBA
students of Chandigarh
University.
Anju Bala,
Deepak Puri, Hitesh,
Swaajith Mahajan and
Karamdeep Kaur all 5

Selected MBA students of University School

of Business after placement drive
students.
Top notch companies like
IBM, Federal Bank, Canara
Bank, Axis Bank, Zomato
Media, Grail Research,
Royal Bank of Scotland,
HDFC Bank, ITC Ltd,
I C I C I , T A T A ,

students of USB at
Chandigarh University and
among the 9 students who
have more than 3 offer
letters in hand said the
requirements of Indian
companies and MultiNationals are quite

different.
D r. R . S . B a w a , Vi c e Chancellor, Chandigarh
University said over 82 top
Multi-National Companies
visited University School
of Business at CU-Gharuan
for MBA placements this
year. Companies from
Banking, Insurance, Retail,
Manufacturing &
Distribution, Marketing
and HR sector conducted
campus interviews. The
placement scenario for
MBA 2014 passing out
batch has been so
overwhelming that not only
158 MBA students of CUGharuan with Finance,
Marketing & HR
specializations have been
placed before completion
of their degree, but the
University has managed to
attract much better salary
packages for its students,
Dr. Bawa added.

st

Team Chandigarh University bags 1 Rank in Asia

during HPV challenge 2014 in USA
GS Shergill

Engineering (ASME). The

Chandigarh University,

CALIFORNIA, DECEMBER

Reclaiming excellence in
the field of Research in
International and National
Innovative Research
C o m p e t i t i o n s , Te a m
Chandigarh University,
Gharuan comprising of 7
budding Engineering
students has once again
made India proud through
their performance in 2014
HPVC (Human Powered
Ve h i c l e C h a l l e n g e )
organized by American
Society for Mechanical

Google Student
Club at CU

BITS Pilani to offer Graduation degree for selected students

Science, IT, Electronics,
Electrical students of 2014
passing-out batch with more
60% in their academic
performance were eligible

USB
Placements
hit
an
all-time
high
Highest pay package offered to MBA students touches Rs.7.31 lakh

UNIVERSITY NOTES

Wipro selects Students from Chandigarh Polytechnic

Kamaljit Singh

December - 2014

As an endeavour to train
students for future driven
technologies, Google
launched Student Club at
Chandigarh University.
Pankaj Bharti, Google
Business Group,
Chandigarh discussed the
importance of Digital
Marketing as the promising
technology tool for future
in the field of Internet.
Students would be
imparted training and
hands-on practical
exposure in the emerging
field of Android application
development, cloud
computing and on-line
space management. Guest
lectures would be delivered
by Industry experts.

IIT Experts train

CU Students
Experts and founder
members of Robo-Varsity,

Team Fateh after winning ASME Human Power Vehicle Challenge 2014 at USA

1st in Asia and 1st amongst

the Indian teams with 5th
Wo r l d R a n k i n B e s t
Innovation category during
the HPVC-2014 held at
University of Central
Florida, Florida and Santa
Clara Valley, California,
USA.
Team Fateh is the same
team of Engineers which
won the National edition of
HPVC 2014 held at Delhi
Technical University in
January 2014 by bagging
Best Design Award for their
innovative design.

7-member team from

Gharuan has been adjudged

an organization founded by
student alumni of I I T
Kanpur to promote
innovations in the field of
Engineering led by Mr.
Gopal conducted a training
session in association with
Department of Electrical &
Electronics Engineering.
The practical training
imparted by experts
focused on Job & Industry
skills required while
working on Industrial
Projects on Solar Panels.

and student mentor of the

region, Dr. Anand Sharma
inaugurated the function.
Vivek Thakur won the title
of Best Photographer while
Shubh Sandhu won the 2nd
prize in the competition in
which more than 150
students participated showcasing their photography
skills. Dr. Anand presented

(AIU). AIU serves the

representation of Indian
Universities at
International level has
accorded membership to
Chandigarh University.
AIU serves as the
representative of
universities in India and
undertakes various
programs as would help to

certificates of merit along

with cash prize of Rs.
10,000 to the winners.

improve standards of
instruction, examination,
research, textbooks,
scholarly publications,
cultural exchange and such
other programs which may
contribute to the growth
and propagation of
knowledge among students
and faculty.

International
Photography Day
at UIAM Gharuan
Chandigarh University
Gharuan celebrated the day
to mark the 175th
a n n i v e r s a r y o f
Photography with the
hosting of International
Photography Day 2014 in
which various competitions
were organized by
University Institute of
Animation & Multimedia.
Renowned photographer

CU gets AIU
Membership
Chandigarh University is
recognized by Association
of Indian Universities

Microsoft, IBM, Oracle and Tech-Mahindra establishes

R&D Labs at Chandigarh University Campus
CHANDIGARH, DECEMBER

Beginning of new era

dawns for engineering
students, with world's topnotch companies joining
hands with Asia's Fastest
G r o w i n g U n i v e r s i t y,
Chandigarh University
Gharuan for imparting
Industry oriented R&D
training in future driven
technologies. Chandigarh
University has fit into the
role of bridging this shortfall of skilled HR for MultiNationals through their
Industry-Academia tie-up
program. World's leading
IT giants Microsoft IBM,
Oracle and Tech-Mahindra
have joined hands with CUGharuan to establish a
Centre-of-Excellence that
can train the students and
shape their skills as per
Industry expectations.
IBM-Lab for Emerging
Technologies
Wo r l d ' s l e a d i n g I T
C o m p a n y, I B M h a s
established India's 1st IBM
Lab for Emerging

Technologies at the campus

of Chandigarh University.
After George Washington

Singapore Chandigarh
University has become the
only University in India to

Oracle has setup Oracle

Academy at Chandigarh
University that will help the

North India's 1st Microsoft Innovation Centre at CU

North North India's 1st Microsoft top-notch R&D facility, Microsoft Innovation Centre
(MIC) was inaugurated by, Microsoft, General Manager, India, Mr. Joseph Landes. The
innovation centre MIC-Chandigarh University will act as central hub for collaboration on
innovative research, technology or software solutions, involving a combination of
government, academic and industry participants.

Joseph Landes, GM India, Microsoft inaugurating

Microsoft Innovation Centre at Chandigarh University
The professional training imparted by Microsoft under MIC, would tend the students to
enhance their technical knowledge that will be value-addition to their career prospects, said
Joseph Landes. The students would be trained by the expert faculty from Microsoft,
through MIC platform added GM, Microsoft.
University, Dublin City
University, University of
Missouri, NorthWestern
University in USA and
National University of

have such a world-class

Research Technology Lab.
Oracle Academy
Multi-National Company

students to gain industryrelevant skills prior to

entering the IT workforce.
Besides providing
Technology in the form of

establishing R&D Labs and

Oracle Hosted Lab
Environments, open source
technology, Oracle will
arrange Guest Lectures by
eminent Industry experts,
faculty development
programs, access to Oracle
E-learning resources,
active participation in
developing course
curriculum of Chandigarh
University.
Tech-Mahindra IMS Lab
India's leading IT MultiNational Tech-Mahindra
has established North
India's 1st Advanced Stateof-the-art Infrastructure
Management Services
(IMS) Lab at the campus of
Chandigarh University,
Gharuan. Tech-Mahindra
has selected the 1st batch of
30 students that will undergo IMS training program
which aims at creating a
pool of HR to meet the
demand of IT Industry.
IMS Lab at CU would be
responsible for training of
Engineering, Diploma
Engineering and Computer
Application students.

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