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Amity University Gurgaon- Next Generation Campus for the generation next

Amity University Gurgaon- Next Generation Campus for the generation next

"Role of Higher Education in Employability Quotient"

Public Lecture on "Role of Higher Education in Employability Quotient" by Honorable Vice Chancellor of Amity University Gurgaon - Prof Dr. P B Sharma, Earlier Founder Vice Chancellor, Delhi Technological University, Delhi.

Amity Gurgaon Showcase 2015 at MGF Metropolitan Mall

Amity Gurgaon Showcase 2015 at MGF Metropolitan Mall 

Students of Engineering, Fashion, Psychology, Arts, Languages showcased their talent in this 2 days event. More than 1000+ audience witness the performance. 

Technology Awareness and Dissemination of Knowledge towards Rural Industrialization for Community by MGIRI

Prof (Dr) P B Kale, Director, and Dr K R Yadav, Deputy Director (Bio-Processing & Herbal) Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Rural Industrialization (MGIRI), MSME, GOI visited the Amity University, Gurgaon campus.

 Prof. Kale delivered a scientific talk on the “Technology Awareness and Dissemination of Knowledge towards Rural Industrialization for Community”. He gave an excellent presentation on the Technology awareness and thought, exposed the new facets of Rural Industrialization. He discussed that Agriculture is the most prime culture on the planet adopted by human civilization. He disclosed the potential of bio processed & herbal products market turbulent by 2020 under “Make in India” mission.
 Prof. Kale’s presentation outlined concerns about the Gandhian ideology and thought process in dramatic rural growth & sustainability towards home grown innovative product production and routine use from cleaner environment systems to organic food, as well as awareness the lacking among  rural and farming community.

The aim and scope of the session was to upgrade and accelerate the process of rural industrialization for social sustainability, attracting talent to facilitate industries, foster creativity and promote innovation with research and development awareness by dissemination of knowledge towards the  skill development in youth  It covered the technical, scientific strengths of both partners and discussed on platform sharing and capacity building among the partners, Prof Kale offered to set up MGIRI’s TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER CENTER at Amity University Haryana.

As the title of his talk suggests, MGIRI group is operational about the growth of solar energy, bio-processing of Agro and Herbal products, rural crafts, khadi textile, which are alternative  to synthetic products, that pose a threat to human health in future. Even though the adverse effects of chemical exposure are known where regulation is minimal in India and the incidence of cancerous disease is on the rise. He discussed about the rural/crafts engineering and also expressed the potential of Solar Charka and Solar Mills usage in industry & upcoming demand of Solar products in rural India. Prof. Kale raised a concern about the workers economic security and community for the development of a systematic approach to self help program and making them individual entrepreneurs, with an aim to unify physical, chemical and biological energies to better understand our duties towards humanity. He complimented Amity by saying it “Almighty” university and lot has to be done to achieve in common platform to prove the potential of research under “Make in India”. Amity could campaign with all the products and processes under the Rural Industrialization Mission. He sincerely advocated the start up of Agriculture as a separate domain or Amity Institute of Agriculture MGIRI will support for the regulatory clearances & regulatory decisions, if required

In his view rural industrialization is a key concept to achieve height in PM’s “Make in India” program its development is need of the hour in different dimensions to run and get grants for in different disciplines. The interdisciplinary efforts among the academicians, scientist and researchers are required to prove our research and innovation potential. He opened the session for debate to discuss the queries from faculty members from Biotechnology, Engineering and Applied Science domain who actively participated to share their view and concepts with himProf. Kale proposed to write a joint proposal, technology evaluation, product development  in collaboration with MGIRI counterpart to be refereed by him. In the end Prof Kale invited all the AUH leaders, VC, Registrar, Deans and Senior faculty to MGIRI and host a 2 days national workshop on rural industrialization, after the few questions and queries, followed by interactive session. Prof Kale offered the young faculty to come to MGIRI for Trainers to Train program on all the areas like Bio processing & Herbal on Soil testing kit, Microbial testing kit, Panchgavya & Solar LED lamp fabrication. Prof. Kale strongly suggested for developing a sound base for product development and skill development for youth and unemployed in rural and weaker section of society. He emphasized on adoption of five villages to develop the relations with farmers and youth community on this issue of rural industrialization and youth employ ability. He also suggested, attracting better talent and network, in making Amity a wheel spinner in this rural industrialization mission of our PM.Prof Kale and Dr Yadav were felicitated  by giving Amity Memento’s by Maj. Gen. B. S. Suhag, DVC and Prof (Dr) S M Paul Khurana, Dean (Science, Engg. & Technology) .

He assured all possible support on agricultural activities and horticultural inputs. He discussed in detail about Net House for the Vegetable crops. He proposed to support farmers’ training, workshop and seminar at Amity Orchards and Agriculture division. Prof Kale and Dr Yadav discussed about the Agri-inputs in the farms related to bio-treatment and fertigation.

Prof Kale also suggested a centre for Soya Milk, Herbal Tea, Solar Energy Lamp, Rural Craft, Solar Garment Unit as Haryana is one of the cotton growing state, Dogra Metal Craft, Bamboo Craft can also be set up under PMEGP (Prime Minister Employment Guarantee Program) through KVIC & KVIB. This centre will be established with a technical collaboration of MGIRI Wardha and will be the model in this area to enrich the village economy component of rural masses.
In the late evening they stayed back at AUH Guest house and next morning on May 13th they followed their scheduled visit to the Udyog Bhawan at Ministry of MSME GOI, New Delhi and were accompanied by Dr Machiavelli to the Ministry office, at farewell on behalf of Amity family we thanked his maiden visit to AUH and looking forward to fruitful collaboration in future.

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AMIFEST 2015 at Amity University Gurgaon

In keeping with tradition at Amity University Gurgaon, the colorful and vibrant annual student’s festival – Amifest 2015 – was held on 20 March 2015. The day-long intra-university festival showcased the myriad talents possessed by the students of AUG, be it in the field of art and culture or in the sphere of technology and engineering. While on the one hand, the festival witnessed excellent performances on the dance stage, supremely talented students regaled the audiences with brilliant singing on the other.

Amifest has been part of the AUG folklore since its inception as a university in 2010. The student’s festival is an extremely important part of the academic calendar as each student looks forward to the events with enthusiasm and interest. The 2015 version of Amifest was a grand success with student’s participation being above expectations in all events convened as part of the festival, including Techfest 2015 organized by the Amity School of Engineering and Technology.

A major highlight of Amifest 2015 was the spectacular fashion fiesta which captured the imagination of the audience like never before. Students of fashion design and technology showcased their creations on the ramp cheered by a massive show of strength from the students. The glittering fashion event was preceded by DJ War which drew tremendous applause from the audience as the multi-faceted character of our students came to the fore. The auditoria rang out with the beats of the bhangra as well as popular Bollywood numbers as the solo and group dance competitions were held enthralling the students and faculty alike.

Technical skills of the students were on full display as they participated with gusto and vigour in the several technical events organized as part of Techfest 2015 including technical paper presentation, circuit designing, LAN gaming, MATLAB and MCAD, as well as paper plane flying. The day-long technical fest engaged the students as previous year’s winners jostled for space with new aspirants. The Tech Gallery with innovative technical and scientific models prepared by the students and faculty was a major highlight of Techfest 2015. The events were well attended and successfully completed.

The field of literature and social issues received a special boost as Poetica 2015 and The Big Debate 2015 were held as part of Amifest. The debate competition saw a fantastic response from the students as eight teams and two individual participants matched their wits on a topic of great relevance, “Freedom of expression with conditions is no freedom”. Close to twenty students recited their self-composed poems and drew tremendous applause from the audience as well as the judges.

A high point of Amifest 2015 was the Nukkad Natak competition which drew on social issues such as women’s safety to engage the audiences with their superlative performances. Live painting sessions with prominent artists from around the country was organized along with an art and sculpture exhibition.

Amifest 2015 ended with the students feeling one with the ethos of Amity University Gurgaon where talent and spirit is celebrated and promoted. The infectious enthusiasm matched the efforts of all faculty coordinators involved in the festival.

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Talk on German Energy Transition by Dr Axel Harneit-Sievers of Boell Foundation India

The MAE dept  of Amity Gurgaon organised a talk on German Energy Transition By Dr Axel Harneit-Sievers of Boell Foundation India. He discussed the transition of German energy from nuclear to renewables. German Govt is scarpping its nuclear power programme in favour of renewables.

The Heinrich Böll Stiftung / Foundation (HBF) is the Green Political Foundation from Germany. Headquartered in Berlin and with about 28 international offices, HBF conducts and supports civic educational activities and projects world-wide.

HBF poses as a green think-tank and international policy network, working with governmental and non-governmental actors and focusing on gender equity, sustainable development, and democracy and human rights.

HBF is present in India since 2002, with the HBF India office in New Delhi coordinating the interaction with local project partners. HBF India’s programme activities are focused on three areas: Climate and Resources; Gender & Socio-Economic Policies; and Democracy & Dialogue.

Industrial Visit to Hero Motocorp Ltd. Dharuhera

Purpose of Visit

The visit  of Amity University Gurgaonstudents was intended to help students understand various aspects of manufacturing namely manufacturing operations and assembly lines by providing shop floor experience and interaction with the Engineers, supervisors and operators ofHero Motocorp Ltd. The shop floor experience also enriched the knowledge of the students about industrial safety and various safety practices.

The students were briefed about the various manufacturing operations taking place inside the company from the raw material to the complete manufacturing of the products like casting, welding, machining, painting etc. The students were very enthusiastic to see the full assembly of the bike in front of their eyes. Hero Motocorp is using JIT as a quality improvement technique and students have seen this as their practical experience. The students were also briefed about the job opportunities for graduate engineers within Hero Motocorp. After completion of the visit, lunch was provided within and by the company.

Benefits

1. Developing better understanding amongst the students of the manufacturing Processes and assembly of products.
2. Understanding CNC Machines working and production rates.
3. Sequencing of operations on assembly lines leading to a higher production rate.
4. Use of quality improvement techniques.

Participation

A total of 38 students (33 MAE + 5 AE) joined the visit and gained experience and industrial exposure.

In 2001, the company achieved the coveted position of being the largest two-wheeler manufacturing company in India and also, the ‘World No.1′ two-wheeler company in terms of unit volume sales in a calendar year. Hero MotoCorp Ltd. continues to maintain this position till date. Hero MotoCorp two wheelers are manufactured across 4 globally benchmarked manufacturing facilities. Two of these are based at Gurgaon and Dharuhera which are located in the state of Haryana in northern India. The third and the latest manufacturing plant is based at Haridwar, in the hill state of Uttrakhand.

Faculty Coordinators

Mr. LOKESH SINGH, Mr. TAUFEEQUE HASAN, Mr. MANISH KUMAR BHARTI

Art of write up Scientist papers- FDP for Engineering & Science Department, Amity University, Gurgaon

Department of Computer Science and Engineering has organized an expert lecture by Dr. Sanjay Sen Gupta, Principal Scientist (CSIR) and Editor (JSIR) on “ Roles and activities of CSIR –NISCAIR and art of writing Scientific papers” on dated 15.04.2015. About 60 faculty members from engineering and Sciences department were present to attend this Guest Lecture. The lecture includes different activities of CSIR-NISCAIR such as publications and disseminations of science and technology through different journals and magazines. Dr Sen also address audience about JSIR (Journal of Scientific Industrial Research), the oldest journals of CSIR-NISCAIR which deals in diverse areas of science and technology. He also brings in front the important skills that are required for writing a technical paper. He also pointed out the importance of impact factor, Web of sciences, citations etc. He also gives guidelines how to select suitable journals and how to write good technical research papers. He also motivated the faculty members to pursue quality research in science and Technology.

Amity University Gurgaon organised a seminar on Computational Materials Modelling

The MAE dept of Amity University Gurgaon organised a seminar on Computational Materials Modelling usingBIOVIA Materials Studio. The seminar was delivered by Dr Abhijit Chatterjee of Dassault Systems. Dr Abhijit is currently based at Japan. Mr Suresh Kumar, Country Manager BIOVIA and Dr Anand also accompanied Dr Abhijit.

Materials Studio is a complete modeling and simulation environment designed to allow researchers in materials science and chemistry to predict and understand the relationships of a material’s atomic and molecular structure with its properties and behavior. Using Materials Studio, researchers in many industries are engineering better performing materials of all types, including pharmaceuticals, catalysts, polymers and composites, metals and alloys, batteries and fuel cells, and more.

It was also discussed that the student can go for training in Delhi-NCR where some organisations have already procured Materials Studio.

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“Best Higher Education University of the Year”-Amity University Gurgaon

Dr Ram Shankar Katheria, Hon’ble State Minister of HRD, Government of India, Honorable Prof PB Sharma, Vice Chancellor AUG, Prof. Padmakali Banerjee, Honorable Pro-Vice Chancellor AUG

At the National Education Summit organized by ASSOCHA  (Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry in  India),on Saturday, 18th April 2015 Amity University Gurgaon has been conferred with the National Education Excellence Award 2015 for being the “Best Higher Education University of the Year”. The award was presented by Dr Ram Shankar Katheria, Hon’ble State Minister of HRD, Government of India in presence of Shri Ravi Wig. Shri Anil Aggarwal, outgoing President ASSOCHAM was also present among the galaxy of industry experts and education leaders from the various Institutes of higher learning and Universities from all over India.

Shri Ravi Wig, Chairman ASSOCHAM India – SAARC Committee in his opening remarks emphasised the need for focusing on employ ability and new business development as part of the University’s preparation of its graduates for the world of industries and the corporates. Shri Wig advocated for a strong academia- industry cooperation in the universities across the countries to nurture the vital industry relevant skills and corporate values in the university campuses. Dr Ram Shankar Katheria, Hon’ble State Minister of HRD, GOI informed the august gathering that the mission of the Hon’ble Prime Minister “Make in India” requires skilled manpower in abundance for its success. As such the government is paying serious attention to promoting National Skills Mission to meet the challenge of providing industry ready professionals for the industries in India. He invited the University leaders to be partners in progress with the Government’s Skill Mission to empower India with the skilled manpower at all levels.

Expressing his delight on receiving the “Best Higher Education University of the Year” award for Amity University Gurgaon, Prof PB Sharma, Vice Chancellor AUG informed that at AUG we pay a greater emphasis to the tripod of curriculum innovation, industry integration and internationalization for our education and research programs. We have a strong industry connect at AUG and have succeeded in nurturing the culture of research and innovation from under graduation level upwards. AUG curriculum offers the vital flexibility to integrate industry relevant skill courses along side with domain specific subjects ensuring high employability.

Amity Education Group is India’s largest education group currently enrolling over 1,25,000 students in Amity Universities in different states in addition to its global campuses in US, UK, Singapore, China, Mauritius and Dubai is driven by the visionary leadership of its Founder President, Dr Ashok K Chauhan and is inspired to achieve excellence by the innovative leadership of Shri Aseem Chauhan, Chancellor AUG.

Invited talk on “CYBER SECURITY” by Dr. Cameraon Ahmed

An Invited talk on “CYBER SECURITY” by Dr. Cameraon Ahmed was organized on 20th April 2015 in Amity University Gurgaon. Director ASET along with senior faculty members of ASET attended the talk and the subsequent interaction.

The objective of the talk was to bring in awareness amongst the faculty members on the cyber security in today’s digital environment. Dr. Cameraon talked at length on the subject supporting with number of examples. He also highlighted the ill effects of breaches in the security of information.

Consequent to the above talk an informal interaction was held with the members of senior faculty on the need for incorporating “Cyber Security” issues as a part of the curriculum and for conduct of suitable seminars and workshops.

The interaction closed with a vote of thanks from Maj. Gen. V. K Narang (Retd), Director ASET.

Amity University Gurgaon Organized Industry Talk

The Dept of MAE at Amity University Gurgaon organized an industry talk on R&D activities of Elofic Industries Ltd. Elofic manufactures oil filters, coolant, lubricants, gaskets etc. Mr Kamlesh Koul, Manager R&D elaborated upon the R&D activities. The company has latest software platforms like PRO E and MDT2 for cost-effective designs and world class filters. As a true customer-centric company, Elofic has on offer a wide range of media like 100% cellulose filter papers to Synthetic blended filter papers, Wire mesh, Cloth, Non-Wovens etc.

The R&D department at Elofic is recognized by Department of Science & Technology, Government of India has a perfect blend of latest in CAD technology and highly qualified design engineers to develop superlative new products and constantly improve the performance of the existing one.

Amity University Gurgaon Students visited National Brain Research Centre (NBRC), Manesar

The industrial visit of Amity University Gurgaon students  to National Brain Research Centre (NBRC), Manesar was held on 17th March, 2015 and it was headed by Dr. S.K.Ray, Mr. Yashil Handa, Ms. Sakshi Sethi and Ms. Apoorva Chaudhary. Firstly, an overview about all the ongoing projects and research work in NBRC was given. After which research fellows briefly explain about specific ongoing projects which includes:

1. Research on permanent and temporary memory leading to stimulation of specific nerve cells or chemicals to alter the working and storage capacity of brain.

2. Research on AIDS virus and its further effects on human brain leading to short term memory loss i.e. Dementia.

3. Specimens of human brain were shown.

4. The working of MRI machine was shown and briefly explained. They briefed about different angles, color codes, 3D view and frequency variation of the final image.

The overall experience of the visit helped in increasing practical knowledge.

Seminar on Die Casting Technology Organized By: ASET- MAE

The Dept of MAE , Amity University Gurgaon in collaboration with India Lead Zinc Development Association organised a seminar on Die Casting Technology on 13th of March 2015. Key-note address on Die Casting Technology and Markets was delivered by Mr L Pugazhenthy, Executive Director, ILZDA.

Mr Sanjeev Verma of Associated Technocrats delivered lecture on Hot and Cold Chamber Die casting.

During discussion with the Hon. VC Mr Pugazhenthy suggested that the students and faculty members should be taken to nearby die casting units. Mr Pugazhenthy promised to facilitate the visit. Hon VC expressed that 3D printing technology could pose a potential threat to die casting industry. Mr Pugazhenthy also handed over important literature related to die casting to Prof Ashok K Raghav, Head MAE Dept.

During the lectures Prof Raghav found that certain topics such as cooling of the dies using water possess immense research potential.

Mr Sanjeev Sharma proposed the vote of thanks after the end of the session.

Art of write up Scientist papers- FDP for Engineering & Science Department, Amity University, Gurgaon

 Department of Computer Science and Engineering has organized an expert lecture by Dr. Sanjay Sen Gupta, Principal Scientist (CSIR) and Editor (JSIR) on “ Roles and activities of CSIR –NISCAIR and art of writing Scientific papers” . About 60 faculty members from engineering and Sciences department were present to attend this Guest Lecture. The lecture includes different activities of CSIR-NISCAIR such as publications and disseminations of science and technology through different journals and magazines. Dr Sen also address audience about JSIR (Journal of Scientific Industrial Research), the oldest journals of CSIR-NISCAIR which deals in diverse areas of science and technology. He also brings in front the important skills that are required for writing a technical paper. He also pointed out the importance of impact factor, Web of sciences, citations etc. He also gives guidelines how to select suitable journals and how to write good technical research papers. He also motivated the faculty members to pursue quality research in science and Technology. 

Charles Correa Foundation conducted Architectural Conference "The Z Axis”

Organized by Charles Correa Foundation ‘The Z-Axis’ is an annual conference held on the 20th, 21st and 22nd of March 2015 at Kala Academy, Goa. A group of 10 students attended the conference and had one to one discussion with world renowned architects.

Guest Lecture on University of Northampton

About 300 Students of from ABS, ASET, ASFDT and ACON attended the brief presentation given by Mr.Puneet Malhotra on the various new programs being initiated by Amity in partnership with University of Northampton. After an interactive session by Mr. Marut, Mr. Puneet apprised the students of the possibility of getting a degree from the University of Northampton while they were pursuing a major duration of their Course here at Amity Campus Gurgaon and an year abroad at Northampton.

Brochures for various courses were shared with the students.

Google Fare 2015

28 Degree North is a Corporate Fest specially targeting Corporates in Gurgaon. It was held on 13th, 14th and 15th March 2015.

Students from ASCO, ACC and BBA were invited on the inaugural day. Amity University Gurgaon was the only University that was representing a student body. There were special sessions with Mr.Rajan Anandan, CEO, Google India, Mr. Sanjeev Bikhchandani, Founder and EX. Vice Chairman, Naukri.com. There was an interesting session “careers with a twist” and the panelists were Elephant design founder and musician Mr. Shouvik Roy,Reckitt Benckiser CEO Nitish Kapoor, and Ad man Swapan Seth. The students interacted with all the panelists.

Also the morning session saw participation of corporate in Quiz, Music competition, Photography exhibition, gaming and open house.

Inaugural Lecture of Webinar Series

The inaugural speech was given by Dr. Mohit Soni

The inaugural lecture of Webinar Series organized by Department of Chemistry, ASAS, AUH, was held on 27th March 2015 at A-Block 2nd floor seminar hall. The students from different streams of Applied Science & B.Tech (Computer Science) attended the lecture along with the faculty members from Applied Science (about 150 students & 30 faculty members were present). Among the dignitaries present were Professor SMP Khurana (Director, AIB), Professor J.K. Mehta (ASCO, AUH), Dr SeemaPathak (HOD, Department of Chemistry, ASAS, AUH). The inaugural speech was given by Dr. Mohit Soni (Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry/Biochemistry/Forensic Science, ASAS, AUH).

WEBINAR SERIES INAUGURAL LECTURE

BAUSCH + LOMB mastermind programme at Amity University

Bausch +Lomb, the category leader in eye care and contact lens segment in India has taken industry initiatives to upgrade the contact lens related skills of optometry students in India. Bausch+ Lomb training program is to equip the optometry students with contact lens expertise and soft skills and make them market ready. The training programme called MASTER MIND in campus program is conducted at 4 universities only in the country .It consists of 30 hours of lectures and hands on sessions which is distributed in form of six modules.

Experts from Bausch Lomb conducted lectures and tutorial session for each module. After completation of each module student had to appear for online examination. The Professional services team leader of Bausch Lomb was Mr. Pushpendra Rana.

Final certification examination of mastermind training program held on 26th of March 2015 at Department Of Optometry and Vision Science at Amity University, Gurgaon. External examiner a senior practitioner was invited for the conduction of the exam.

12 undergraduate and 3 post graduate optometry students appeared to final examination of Bausch+Lomb contact lens certification course. 3 students did not appear as they were out of town for their internship.

Post- training student feedbacks

Session was well organized and well executed. Manuals handouts helped the students to understand the issue being discussed. Facilitator from Bausch+Lomb cleared all the doubts that arouse.

HOD feedback

The training is a prestigious certificate which helps improves skills in contact lens fitting and student are prepared well for the market.

Students of Amity school of Engineering & Computer Science Visited Network Bulls

The department of Computer Science and Engineering organized a one day industrial visit to Network Bulls, B-11, old DLF, Sector -14, Gurgaon-122001 on 12th March, 2015 for B.Sc(IT), MCA and M.Sc(NTM) students. Total 33 students along with 4 faculty members visited the company.
Network Bulls being a pioneer in the networking training industry believes in imparting high end technological training which helps students in gaining practical exposure via real Cisco devices and live equipments promoting innovative ideas leading to elevated professional growth. Their winning idea is to train student on latest technologies. Network Bulls has been winner of many back to back education excellence awards.

Company offers all new CCIE Security Version 4, CCIE R&S Version 5 and CCIE Collaboration training on real Cisco devices. They are first choice of Indian and overseas students for CCIE Training in India.

TAI Quiz competition_ASFDT

In ASFDT department, a quiz was organized by TAI (Textile Association of India) on 27th March

2015.

Mrs. Shweta Bhargava and Mr Vikas Bhargava (Director, Ichiban Manufacturing Company Pvt Limited) were the judges for this event on behalf of TAI at Amity University, Gurgaon

Total 23 students participated in the quiz and the winner was Ms Meenu from 2nd year

Students later on gave feedback that such events help them to judge themselves and helps in creating more competitive environment among themselves. The event brought students from different years on same platform and was a nice learning experience.

Exciting Excursion to Taj Mahal, Agra

Office of International Affairs organized excursion trip to Taj Mahal, Agra on 28th March 2015. The trip was organized with a focus to promote Internationalization at Amity University Gurgaon and enriching the experience of International students.

The one day excursion trip to Taj Mahal, presented an opportunity to all foreign students to learn and explore more about Indian culture and Indian traditions. Students from various countries like Afghanistan, Congo, and Nepal registered for the excursion.

Students felt amazed by the purity of the tombs white marble, the exquisite ornamentation, precious gemstones used and its picturesque location. Students were quite motivated after knowing the history of Taj Mahal and felt privileged to visit one of the Seven Wonders of the World.

Students also interacted with localities at Taj Mahal and felt an instant connect with India.

Health Education Programme conducted by Amity University Gurgaon

Health education programme conducted by Department of Pediatric Nursing, Amity College of Nursing, Gurgoan

Amity College of Nursing conducted health education programmes under the pediatric nursing department at pediatric wards at ESIC Hospital Manesar and Gurgaon, Haryana in the month of February 2015.The health education was given to the parents of the children those admitted in Pediatric ward on various topics:
1. valueof play
2. oral rehydration
3. immunization
4. worm infestation
5. weaning

The selected students of B.Sc. Nursing VIth Sem. were involved to deliver the selected topics in order to give awareness and knowledge to the parents regarding the above mentioned topics.

The students delivered the health education under the guidance of Mr. Surendra Sharma and Mr. Girish H., Assist. Professor,Amity College of Nursing

The post presentation discussion sessions were conducted and all the questions or queries were answered. The participants expressed that the health educations were very informative and beneficial to them. They also remarked that these sessions had strengthened their knowledge and reduced their stress and anxiety in taking care of their children’s.

They are looking forward for many more health education programmes like this in near future.