Education Diary: Lecture on nature conservation organised

Modern College wins SaeIndia Efficycle 2011

Team Pegasus of PES Modern College of Engineering Pune stood first at the all-India level SaeIndia Efficycle 2011 and won prize money of Rs 1,00,000 along with best design,best marketing strategy and cost evaluation worth Rs 50,000 from Punjab University. The event was held at University Institute of Engineering and Technology,Punjab University,Chandigarh recently. About 90 teams participated in the competition from across the country and the theme was to design and manufacture a three wheeled human powered electric hybrid vehicle. The vehicle was completely manufactured in the college workshop of PES Modern College of Engineering,Pune. Pegasus team members included Rohan Shinde Team leader student of BE,(Mech),Sohan Sontakke,Rohit Kavade,Sourabh Shinde,Sanskar Bapat,Yogeshwar Hagawane,Sourabh Dharangaonkar,Chetan Zambare.

IEIBS Akademia launches new courses

IEIBS Akademia,the academic branch of India-Europe International Business School – an MBA Solutions Company,announced the launch of three new programmes – MBA Prof,AKademia Formal Education Programme (AFEP) and B2B Programmes for MBA aspirants and B-schools. These programmes are designed to provide unconventional solutions to B-schools and MBA aspirants,which helps the institutes to train their students better and serves as a support system for candidates applying for MBA in India and internationally. Commenting on the launch,Nilesh Sarawate,chief executive officer,IEIBS Akademia said,”We provide support in form of advisory services and application assistance to students that they do not receive at most Test Prep companies who only focus on preparation for competitive exams.”

Cryptographer Diffie delivers speech at CoEP

Renowned American cryptographer,Whitfield Diffie delivered a speech at the College of Engineering,Pune (CoEP) as a part of the Uniken Innovation lecture series 2011. “The only technology that gives control over your information is cryptography. I am more concerned about individual privacy and cryptography is going to be the mainstay of any communication technology.” he said. He has joined Uniken as the scientific advisor. The Diffie-Hellman algorithm key,published in 1976 made the e-commerce possible,ensuring transactions are secure. The lecture series was organised by Uniken in association with Shantanurao Kirloskar Chair (University of Pune),College of Engineering Pune (COEP) and Centre for Innovation,Incubation and Entrepreneurship (CIIE) IIM-Ahmedabad,at COEP campus recently.

(Compiled by Pupul Chatterjee)