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The second round of campus placements drive in Shoolini University witnessed a host of top companies picking up students for jobs and offering attractive packages.

About 125 students received job offers while 30 others have been shortlisted and would be recruited when vacancies arise.

The muscat-based 150-year old company, Khimji Ramdas, has shortlisted five students with an offer of Rs 18 lakh annual package. Another MNC, Liechtenstein-based manufacturer Hilti has already hired a student with a package of Rs 12 lakh per annum.

Besides the MBA students, those from a pharmacy, food technology, computer science, chemistry and biotechnology have been offered jobs during the current placements season.

Abbott, Nestle, Hindustan Unilever Limited, Hilti, ICICI Bank, Hughes Systique Corporation, Khimji Ramdas, Genpact, Luminous Schneider, Future Generali, Easy Diner, Altruist Technologies, Dr Morepen Laboratories, ICICI Securities, Cremica and Roots Analysis are among the key recruiters who have already visited campus for the placement of the students from different departments. 

Shoolini University Director-General Mr Arvind Nanda said the companies that are expected to visit shortly are Times Of India, Bharti Airtel, HDFC Bank and Magma. Two more rounds of admissions would be conducted in January and March next year.

Since the last 3 years all the eligible and interested MBA students have been placed in top companies, he said and added the placements record of other departments has also been very encouraging.

MANSI GUPTA

‘Shoolini days were like a rollercoaster ride to me’,” recalled Rahul Rana, an alumnus of Shoolini University, who is currently working with the well-known Multi-National Company, KPMG India. He considers the days spent in Shoolini to be the most memorable and great times. Rahul said, ‘If I am asked to sum up my two years at Shoolini it would be like, Induction – SPRINTs – Exams – Education tours cultural events – fun and learning”.’

‘In terms of my career perspective, I would say the SPRINT programme was the most amazing thing I attended in Shoolini, as it surely prepared me for my professional life.”’

He was raised by his mother, who is working with Anand Group Parwanoo, after his father’s sudden demise. He is associated with management consulting under the customers and operations department of KPMG. His job profile is helping the clients get entry into new markets and segments. He also works on introducing new technologies in the market.

Rahul’s interests include sports, dance, interacting with people from different nations and communities. He also loves travelling. When asked about his biggest achievement to date he shared: ‘I still want to achieve much more in my professional life.”’

He said he was made an offer from the CEO of one of the well-known companies to work with him directly while he was doing his MBA. It was then I realised I have the great calibre and the proposal that was kept in front of me, gave me extraordinary and cheerful feeling as it was more than I could ever think of”.

Before he joined the university he admired the famous actor Shah Rukh Khan but the day he heard Pro-VC Atul Khosla’s lecture for the first time and had an interaction with him his ideal changed.

He sees himself as a perfect professional and wants to adapt his way of doing everything in life. He always loved the environment of the university that gave him positive vibes. His message for the current students is, ‘Always aim and dream high, the faculty you are provided with is the best, seek their support and you can achieve anything.”’

YASH CHANDRA

The other day one of my teachers asked me, who am I? At that point of time I blanked out and couldn’t figure out who am I? But today I saw a news that a 26 year old doctor was raped and burnt and that incident led to provoke my mind to raise a question: Who are we?

I’m asking you now and to all the human beings there outside – have you ever thought who you are?

I don’t have the complete answer but all I know is that we are not human beings, definitely we are not. While I’m writing this, my heart is crying out. I don’t know why but may be due to the horrible news that I watched. How can any sane human do this? Rape a girl and burn her or even molest a girl or even think of all this?

On the one side we worship Goddesses and on the other there are these kinds of so called men who indulged in brutal acts such as rape and murder. What’s happening to the society? Who is responsible for such incidents? Surely our society should collectively my hang its head in shame.

Sometimes I think we have no humanity left in ourselves anymore. We have just turned into some kind of robots who are just doing what they have been told to do. I really think what all was going on in their head when they were indulging in such brutality. As far as we are concerned we are just sharing the news on social media. There would be some criticism of the government and that of the judicial system and then all will forget about it.

We need to look closely at our society and what kind of values are being imparted to the children in the schools and in the homes.

It’s our duty to teach not only our sons but our brothers, cousins and sometimes even fathers that this is not right and to how to behave with females. We also must make the society aware of the dangers and raise our voice against sexual harassment. We must tell the youngsters about equality and the need to respect the other gender.

Discussing words like sex and rapes are considered a taboo in the society. Most families do not discuss such issues at home. But why not?

It is important that right values are imparted from home. How men treat their wives and what women have to say about other women. Children get influenced by what they see at home. If their father is not treating their mother with respect they get an idea that it is normal to treat women with disrespect. Similarly mothers and sisters have to inculcate values and respect for other women and sensitise children towards equality and respect for all human beings and particularly for the females.

To my mind education is everything and it must start from home.

BHAVNA

Ahmad Waleed Salehi, an exchange student from Afghanistan, is making the most of his stay on the campus by spending quality time in the Yogananda library.

A student of Computer Science in the Faculty of Engineering and Technology, he has the distinction of spending the most time in the library during the month of November among all students.

Salehi said it was his dream to study abroad, especially in India, and it got fulfilled when he came to Shoolini as an Exchange student. He is so impressed with the University and the campus that he has decided to enrol for his Master’s degree after completion of his 6 months exchange programme.

When asked about his early days here, he said on the first day he felt money and wanted to get back to Afghanistan. Over the days he made several friends and found the people very warm and friendly and now he doesn’t want to leave!

Reading books is his favourite hobby as he loves spending time with books and says the magic of books draws him to the library. His other hobbies are playing football, badminton, pool and swimming. On being asked about his favourite books he replied that his favourite book is ‘The Magic of Big Thinking‘. He said, ”It is the best book I have ever read in my life and I would suggest every student to study this book”.

NIKITA SHAHI

Based on his rich and wide experience in sketching and caricatures, Patna-based eminent artist Sanjay Singh shared tips on how one can excel in the art with students of Shoolini University at a workshop organised on the campus on November23.

While speaking to students, he said that drawing is a language where you transfer your inner self with its consuming thoughts of inspiration and imagination. The art of drawing reflects a depth of expression and thus becomes another form of communication, he added.

He discussed how and why key elements and principles of art is used by artist to create meaning. He said wherever he visits any place, he makes sketches on the spot. He told students how drawing is divided in different partssuch as by measurement, axis, eye and movement, etc.

He then took students to Open Air Theatre and taught them how sketching is done and what skills are required. His work was spontaneous and technically perfect artwork. It was a great experience overall. His advice for budding artist is to work hard and stay inspired.

DEVANSHI SHARMA

The YouWeCan team from Shoolini University organised a cancer screening camp at Air Force station, Kasauli on November 23 to create awareness of common cancer like oral cavity, clinical breast examination, and early detection of cancer of the breast.

The camp was organised for the Air Force personnel and their families. The volunteers, with the help of medical personnel, helped those patients who were diagnosed positive. They informed them about the treatment and follow-ups so that this large-scale morbidity and mortality of cancer can easily be minimised. Air Force personnel were informed that it can be done through well-planned cancer education, time to time screening, and early detection programs.

Volunteers got a wonderful opportunity to work under the guidance of Dean Students Welfare Ms Poonam Nanda. Around 160 Air Force personnel and their family members above 25 years of age were examined in the camp.

All participants underwent OVI for oral cavity cancer, and all women participants underwent CBE for breast cancer screening and for the general checkup which was carried out by the Youwecan doctors’ team.

Volunteers give detailed information to women participants about breast cancer and its symptoms, preventive measures, treatment and self-examination and they would surely pass on this information to their family members and friends.

YouWeCan is a Non-Government Organisation (NGO) backed by cancer survivor and former star Indian cricketer Yuvraj Singh. The organisation aims to spread cancer awareness and organise medical aid for those afflicted with cancer

You may have heard that in order to stay fit you should eat less. Well that would not be the correct way to reduce weight. Proper dieting entails eating food in a regulated way to decrease and maintain body weight. Dieting in a healthy way has always proved to be beneficial but at the same time following a diet without proper guidance leads to a negative impact on one’s health.

A restricted diet is often followed by those who are overweight, sometimes in combination with physical exercise, in order to reduce body weight. Dieting includes the removal of small portions of food or specific kind of food to lose weight, but they often get the bitter end of the stick as research has shown that 90 per cent of the diet plans in the market are either ineffective or potentially unhealthy over a long term period. Some are associated with great expenses, strange techniques, pills and hormones. Healthy diets can also contribute to adequate body weight. Vitamins and minerals in the diet are vital to boost immunity and healthy development.

Some common side effects of dieting include nutritional deficiencies such as deficiency of carbohydrates, minerals like calcium and sodium. Their absence in diet can be the root cause of numerous deficiency diseases. If there is a drastic decrease in calorie intake during dieting, then it can lead to slow metabolism. The body metabolism slows down to conserve energy, body will store fat and use muscle mass energy.

Constipation is another side effect of dieting, it is simply the state of having irregular bowel movements and is very common in severe dieting. There are many ways to lose weight but these may not be healthy and may lead to a lot of complications. Eating a healthy and balanced diet under the guidance of a nutritionist is key for healthy weight loss without any side effects.

VAISHNAVI SOOD

Depleting levels of fossil fuels and air pollution are a major concern for environmentalists around the world and a lot of emphases is being put on biofuels and renewable resources. Biodiesel seems to be just the right solution for meeting the energy requirements of the future.

In their attempts to find a low cost and eco-friendly process for the production of biodiesel from biowaste, researchers in the School of Biotechnology are working on biodiesel derived from a microalgae species, Chlorella pyrenoidosa utilizing Dairy wastewater as natural feedstock for the algae.

Dr Sourabh Kulshreshtha, Dean, Research and Development said, “A lot of research is going on around the world on biodiesel and utilising waste for biodiesel production and it has been reported as a renewable, green fuel with better engine emission properties.”

He added that biodiesel is expensive as compared to conventional diesel but researchers are working towards reducing its pricing. Microalgae-derived biodiesel has also emerged as a sustainable third-generation biofuel accepted worldwide.

He said, “Microalgae derived biodiesel is a step towards the sustainable supply of liquid fuel to drive the world economies and our research is distinctive because we have obtained better yield utilising dairy wastewater as feedstock.”

He shared that the physicochemical properties of the biodiesel produced were also analysed and compared with the petrodiesel and biodiesel produced from microalgae grown in chemical fog’s medium using standard analytical methods. All the engine parameters were found to be well within the range of international standards.

The results demonstrated that the engine performance parameters and emission parameters of the biodiesel produced were better than the conventional petrodiesel with a significant reduction in emission of Carbon dioxide. Further, it was also found to be consistent with biodiesel produced from microalgae grown in chemical fog’s medium but the formation of Nitrogen oxide (NOx) for B100 biodiesel from microalgae grown in dairy wastewater medium was found to be in line with petrodiesel ~ 356 ppm as per one of the limiting factors of using biodiesel as a fuel.

A provisional patent entitled ‘Low cost and eco-friendly process for the production of biodiesel from biowaste’ was filed by Dr Saurabh Kulshreshtha and Sunny Bindra recently. Dr Kulshreshtha is working as a Professor in the School of Biotechnology while Sunny was one of his PhD students.

Dr Kulshreshtha also shared that the university is planning to set up a pilot-scale plant for biodiesel production and subsequent commercialization. But, he also noted that it is going to take time and they will be filing the complete application for the patent by the end of this month itself.

MANSI GUPTA

“I am not a woman, I am a super woman”. That’s what Mx Dhananjay Chauhan, who is the first ever transgender to get admission in Panjab University, Chandigarh, said while delivering a lecture in the campus.

Mx is a term used before the name of people who don’t want to specify their gender. She talked about her difficult journey after turning into a transgender. She is pursuing PhD from Panjab University and is university topper as well as a researcher. She has been working with different NGOs for transgender welfare.

She said she was just 4 to 5 years old when she found out she wasn’t living in her own body. It was just her soul that was trapped in a wrong body. She was 7 years old when she confessed to her parents that she needs to get her gender changed. Her parents got a shock and tried to talk her out. People started calling her mad and believed that she was possessed by some evil spirit.

There came a phase in her life when Dhananjay was even sexually abused not only by her friends, but even by her own cousins after which she developed suicidal tendencies and even attempted suicide twice. There also came a point when she got confused whether she was attracted more towards girls or boys but finally showed her attraction towards boys.

She said when everyone started avoiding her after she got converted into a transgender that she felt alive. With the help of books, she herself indulged in reading and made books her best friend, because they never laughed back at her as everyone else.

She pointed out that the transgenders had got no identity till 2014. She said: “When we were given equal importance and identity in the society during ancient time, why is it not happening now? Rather transgenders have been reduced to begging. We want back our respect, identity and place”, she added. The talk ended well with Dhananjay’s classical song performance.

SNL NEWS SERVICE

A 6-day workshop on new and innovative techniques in the field of Chemistry was held in Shoolini University campus. The workshop focused on High performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) and Gas Chromatography- Mass Spectrometry (GCMS), techniques with wide applications.

It was inaugurated by Shoolini University Pro Vice Chancellor Prof Atul Khosla. Scientists at the University have created an exciting new way to learn about these two most powerful techniques in the analytical laboratory. The workshop was organised by the School of Chemistry under the Chairmanship of Dr Neeraj Gupta.

About 150 delegates participated in the workshop were exposed to exciting science and innovative skills in the world of liquid phase separation science and analysis. Addressing the participants, Head of Research Dr. Saurabh Kulsherstha said the workshop was of great benefit to the scientific community.

Dr. Neeraj Gupta, Chairman of the workshop, said GC can be used for reaction monitoring and combined with mass spectrometry. The overall goal of the training programme would lead to a multitude of careers in chemistry, pharmaceuticals, life science, food science, forensic science and biotechnology, Dr Gupta added.