WCE Annual Report WCE Annual Report

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Walchand College of Engineering
Vishrambag, Sangli.
WCE Annual Report
WCE Annual Report
(July 2014– June 2015)
(2014-15)
About Walchand College of Engineering
Walchand College of Engineering, Sangli is one of the oldest and renowned technical ins(cid:415)tutes in southern Maharashtra. This
college is started as a “New Engineering College” in the year 1947 by late Shri. Dhondumama Sathe. The College was renamed
as “Walchand College of Engineering” in 1955, a(cid:332)er a substan(cid:415)al financial support extended by Seth Walchand Hirachand Me-
morial Trust. The management of the college was transferred to Administra(cid:415)ve council with all movable and immovable prop-
er(cid:415)es since 1955. The college now imparts educa(cid:415)on for AICTE recognized / approved diploma, degree, post graduate and
Ph.D. courses in engineering. The college has started func(cid:415)oning as an autonomous ins(cid:415)tute w.e.f. July 2007.
Infrastructure: Walchand College of Engineering is situated between Miraj and Sangli on a sprawling green campus of 90 acres.
The College has spacious and well equipped departments of Civil, Mechanical, Electrical, Electronics, Computer Science and
Engineering, and Informa(cid:415)on Technology branches along with basic laboratories for Physics, Chemistry, Geology, and support
facili(cid:415)es. College is equipped with more than 800 Computers, state of art so(cid:332)ware, 280MBPS fully func(cid:415)onal (24X7) internet
connec(cid:415)vity, intranet with fiber op(cid:415)c backbone, State of art Ajit Gulabchand central library with more than 1,00,000 volumes,
more than 1000 interna(cid:415)onal e-Journals, plus Hard copy journals (na(cid:415)onal and interna(cid:415)onal), etc.
Faculty:
 A qualified faculty with doctorates and post graduate degrees.
 Numerous Publica(cid:415)ons in conferences and research journals.
 Sponsored R and D Projects from DRDO /AICTE / DST etc.
 Major consultancy services to industries and public sectors.
Our Inspira(cid:415)on
Shri. Ajit Gulabchand
Chairman, Administra(cid:415)ve Council
Walchand College of Engineering
Vishrambag, Sangli. 416 415.
Visit us to: www.walchandsangli.ac.in
Office: Phone [phone], Fax: [phone].
E-mail: [email protected]
Walchand College of Engineering
Vishrambag, Sangli.
The ins(cid:415)tute is governed by Administra(cid:415)ve Council and Locally Guided by Local Management Commi(cid:425)ee. The Ad-
ministra(cid:415)ve Council was formed in 1956. Since then the list of Chairmen (cid:415)ll date is given below. Also the names of
present Administra(cid:415)ve Council members are given below:
Chairman, Administra(cid:415)ve Council
Sr. No. Name From To
1 Shri N. Dandekar 1956 1965
2 Seth Lalchand Hirachand 1968 1974
3 Seth Bharat G. Doshi 1974 1975
4 Seth Lalchand Hirachand 1975 1981
5 Shri M.S. Parkhe 1981 1983
6 Seth Vinod L. Doshi 1984 1994
7 Jus(cid:415)ce Shri B. N. Deshmukh 1994 1996
8 Shri Ajit Gulabchand 1996 Onwards
Administra(cid:415)ve Council
Sr. No. Name Representa(cid:415)on
Shri. Ajit Gulabchand
Chairman
1 Chairman and Managing Director,
(Trust Nominee)
Hindustan Construc(cid:415)on Company Ltd.
2 Ms. Shalaka Gulabchand Dhawan Member (Trust Nominee)
3 Dr. V. N. Gupchup Member (Trust Nominee)
4 Shri. C. N. Gandhi Member (Trust Nominee)
5 Shri. R. P. Purohit Member (Trust Nominee)
6 Dr. U. N. Gaitonde Member (AICTE, Nominee)
Member
7 Dr. S. M. Karande
(Shivaji University Nominee)
Member (DTE, Ex Officio, Govt. of Maha-
8 Dr. S. K. Mahajan
rashtra)
Member
9 Shri. R. Unnikrishnan
(AICTE – WRO – Ex Officio)
10 Dr. P. J. Kulkarni Faculty Representa(cid:415)ve
11 Dr. K. S. Wagh Faculty Representa(cid:415)ve
Director & Member Secretary
12 Dr. G. V. Parishwad
(Ex Officio)
Chairman’s Profile
Shri Ajit Gulabchand is Chairman and Managing Director of HCC - one of India’s leading
construc(cid:415)on companies, founded by industrialist Seth Walchand Hirachand in 1926. A
cataly(cid:415)c factor in the infrastructure growth of India, HCC has accomplished various pio-
neering achievements in the engineering and construc(cid:415)on industry under his leadership.

A graduate from Mumbai university, he began his career as the Chief Execu(cid:415)ve of Indian
Hume Pipe Co Ltd and subsequently moved on to Ravalgaon Sugar Farm Ltd as Managing
Director, steering the company towards a fast-track growth.

At the helm of affairs in HCC since 1983, Shri. Gulabchand has been credited with a slew
of path-breaking strategic management ini(cid:415)a(cid:415)ves. Today, HCC is an acknowledged lead-
er in the engineering and construc(cid:415)on sector in India. A modern and vibrant construc-
(cid:415)on company, it has kept pace with modern technology, is commi(cid:425)ed to quality and
boasts of a knowledge asset of more 3,000 people. Having laid solid founda(cid:415)ons for
Shri. Ajit Gulabchand growth, Mr Gulabchand strategically grew HCC’s business por(cid:414)olio to include all key in-
frastructure sectors by undertaking challenging mega projects.

With Shri Gulabchand’s endeavours, HCC has executed a majority of India’s land-
mark infrastructure projects, having constructed more than 25% of India’s hydel and
over 50% of India’s nuclear genera(cid:415)on capaci(cid:415)es, 2,300 lane-kms of Roads & Express-
ways and over 170 kms of complex tunneling in addi(cid:415)on to hundreds of Bridges, Dams
and Barrages.

Taking his vision further, Shri Gulabchand con(cid:415)nues to spearhead the transforma(cid:415)on of
HCC into an integrated group spanning Construc(cid:415)on, Real Estate and Infrastructure de-
velopment. The HCC group of companies comprises of HCC Ltd (Engg. & Construc(cid:415)on),
HCC Infrastructure Ltd, HCC Real Estate Ltd (HREL) and Lavasa Corpora(cid:415)on Ltd. The
group specializes in technically complex, new-age construc(cid:415)on in infrastructure projects,
E.P.C.

Recognizing the importance of knowledge assets for building world class infrastructure,
Shri Gulabchand has the taken lead in idea(cid:415)ng new concepts by inves(cid:415)ng in technical
educa(cid:415)on and skills enhancement for HCC’s manpower and other training and technical
ins(cid:415)tu(cid:415)ons in the country such as NICMAR and the Walchand College of Engineering.

Acknowledged for his visionary leadership in the industry, Shri. Gulabchand plays an im-
portant role in key industry bodies in India. He is a member of the Confedera(cid:415)on of Indi-
an Industry (CII) Na(cid:415)onal Council and the Chairman of CII’s Na(cid:415)onal Commi(cid:425)ee on Con-
struc(cid:415)on and Projects. He has also served as a founding permanent member of the
Board of Governors of the Construc(cid:415)on Industry Development Council of India (CIDC).
He ini(cid:415)ated the forma(cid:415)on of the Construc(cid:415)on Federa(cid:415)on of India (CFI) with other con-
struc(cid:415)on companies and is the Founder President since its incep(cid:415)on in 2001.

He has also recently endowed a new ‘Ajit Gulabchand Chair’ on Indian Business Studies
being set up at Oxford University and is a member of the Oxford Interna(cid:415)onal Advisory
Board for Execu(cid:415)ve Educa(cid:415)on. He is also a signatory member of the United Na(cid:415)ons
Global Compact’s CEO Water Mandate.

Shri Ajit Gulabchand’s other associa(cid:415)ons with industry bodies include:
 Chairman for the Projects Exports Promo(cid:415)on Council (PEPC).
 Past President and Permanent Member of the Governing Council of the Builders Asso-
cia(cid:415)on of India (BAI).
 Chairman of the Board of Governors and Member of the Board of Trustees at the Na-
(cid:415)onal Ins(cid:415)tute of Construc(cid:415)on Management and Research (NICMAR), Pune.
 Chairman of the Administra(cid:415)ve Council of Walchand College of Engineering, Sangli.
Director’s Message…
Walchand College of Engineering (WCE) is one of the oldest engineering colleges in India. It
was established in June 1947 as New Engineering College and renamed as Walchand Col-
lege of Engineering in 1955. Since then, it has bloomed into a full-fledged ins(cid:415)tu(cid:415)on offer-
ing today six undergraduate programs, ten post-graduate programs and Ph. D. programs in
engineering disciplines, affiliated to Shivaji University, Kolhapur. It also offers four diploma
courses affiliated to the Maharashtra State Board of Technical Educa(cid:415)on. Walchand College
prides itself in producing “capable graduate engineers with an ap(cid:415)tude for leadership and
research”, which can be seen from leadership posi(cid:415)ons occupied by its vast alumni in all
walks of life within India and abroad. Dr. G. V. Parishwad

Autonomous Status has been conferred upon the college by Shivaji University and UGC in
the year 2007. A(cid:332)er successful comple(cid:415)on of the first term, the Autonomous status has
been extended by the University and the UGC for the next six-year term ending 2019-20.
Walchand College par(cid:415)cipated in the World Bank funded Government of India scheme,
"TEQIP" (Technical Educa(cid:415)on Quality Improvement Program) Phase I project and we re-
ceived second rank all over India, out of 127 na(cid:415)onal ins(cid:415)tutes, in its program impact as-
sessment survey in 2010. WCE is successfully con(cid:415)nuing its journey in TEQIP phase II in up-
grading the Post graduate and Research infrastructure. WCE has received Rs. 10.50 Crore
(cid:415)ll now and already spent Rs. 9.00 Crore.

The ins(cid:415)tute has strong associa(cid:415)on with industry. John Deere, nVidia, Tata Technologies,
etc. are some of the top companies who have set up specialized labs here. WCE has about
laboratories in various departments. It strives con(cid:415)nuously to modernize these laborato-
ries acquisi(cid:415)on of advanced equipment. The aim is to support its revamped curricula and
focus on faculty and students research. State-of-the-art lab infrastructure provides strong
base to faculty and students for research and robust technical training. It is a ma(cid:425)er of
great sa(cid:415)sfac(cid:415)on that WCE students are well received by diversified industry with place-
ment record matching the best among peers. Our alumni have made the college proud
with their success.

The College is also proud to have a new library building donated by Seth Walchand Hira-
chand Memorial Trust, which has supported this ins(cid:415)tu(cid:415)on ever since 1955. With a state-of
-art Central Library with na(cid:415)onal/interna(cid:415)onal journals and a massive number of reference
books for every subject and specialized books on various topics, our students find it very
easy to develop a research oriented mind-set. We encourage work on research projects
helping them grow professionally and making them systema(cid:415)c and mul(cid:415)discipline orient-
ed.

In accordance with our Vision and Mission, we devote ourselves to create graduates with
inquisi(cid:415)ve minds who have a perpetual desire for knowledge. We believe in all-round
growth of our students. Our graduates should not only be technically competent but also
be good human beings. Hence we nurture our students to make them ethical, moral and
virtuous so that they serve make society and country a be(cid:425)er place to live. For this we sup-
port technical, cultural, social and sports ac(cid:415)vi(cid:415)es. These help them become strong team
players, to boost their confidence and to inculcate in them the quali(cid:415)es to achieve their
goals and become world class leaders.
Future Plan

Create Centers of excellence in the areas:
 CAD/CAM and PLM  Developing of Infrastructure/Equipment for cre-
 MEMS a(cid:415)ng Video facility.
 Mechatronics  Networking through Video Conferencing.
 Embedded Systems  Enterprise Resource Planning.
 VLSI
 Knowledge sharing with other ins(cid:415)tutes.
 Computa(cid:415)onal Fluid Dynamics
 High speed Internet facility.
 Construc(cid:415)on Materials and Machinery
 Global Recogni(cid:415)on.
 Structural Health Audit and Disaster Manage-
ment  Deemed University.
 Energy Studies (Non conven(cid:415)onal)  Interac(cid:415)on with industries for academic excel-
lence.
DIRECTOR’S ADDRESS TO OUTGOING STUDENTS
Overview of 2014-15
5th Gradua(cid:415)on Ceremony on 29th May 2015
Respected Chief Guest of today’s func(cid:415)on, Minister of Road Transport Highways and Shipping Shri Ni(cid:415)n Gadkari; In
-charge Vice Chancellor Shivaji University, Kolhapur Dr. A. S. Bhoite; Minister for Co-opera(cid:415)on, Marke(cid:415)ng and Tex-
(cid:415)les, Public Works; and Guardian Minister of Sangli, Shri Chandrakant dada Pa(cid:415)l; Chairman of Administra(cid:415)ve
Council of Walchand College, Sangli and Chairman and Managing Director, HCC, Shri Ajit Gulabchand; members of
Administra(cid:415)ve and Academic Council, invited dignitaries and guests, media persons, all gradua(cid:415)ng students and
their family members, members of Faculty, Staff, ladies and gentleman; It gives me immense pleasure in welcom-
ing you all to this historic ins(cid:415)tu(cid:415)on, on this auspicious occasion of gradua(cid:415)on ceremony of the fi(cid:332)h batch of engi-
neers of autonomous Walchand College of Engineering, Sangli. A very good morning to all of you.
Today a total of 582 students will be awarded their cer(cid:415)ficates of which 445 are B. Tech. and 137 are M. Tech. who
graduated this year. On behalf of the en(cid:415)re Walchand Community, I congratulate all of them for the successful
comple(cid:415)on of their gradua(cid:415)on programs and for making their parents proud.
About Ins(cid:415)tute
Walchand College of Engineering, one of the oldest in the country, has a solid standing of about 68 years and is
one of the most sought a(cid:332)er colleges in Maharashtra. As of now, Walchand College of Engineering has 4 Diploma,
6 UG Programmes, and 10 PG Programmes, we also run Ph.D. Programmes in all the six disciplines.
The Ins(cid:415)tute spread over 90 acres area is blessed with a state of art-Library, known as Shri Ajit Gulabchand Central
Library. It has a total space of about 5000 square meters. It has got a good collec(cid:415)on of more than one lakh print-
ed volumes of books, journals and periodicals. The Library also has more than 1000 e-Books and 1500 online e-
journals to support the work of research by students and faculty. In this academic year library has purchased
Books of Rs. 12.50 Lakhs, subscribed to e-journal cos(cid:415)ng Rs. 26.36 lakhs and purchased Book scanner, SLIM So(cid:332)-
ware, English Interview Simulator and GATE so(cid:332)ware for Rs.8.75 Lakhs. All electronic resources are available
through Ins(cid:415)tute Intranet and are accessible from student hostels and departments as well.
The Central Compu(cid:415)ng Facility (CCF) takes care of maintaining the Ins(cid:415)tute LAN and provides compu(cid:415)ng resources
–both hardware and so(cid:332)ware–to students and faculty. The overall Internet bandwidth available to the ins(cid:415)tute
users is 280 Mbps. Out of this 80 Mbps is specially allocated to the Student Hostels. The library and the CCF facili-
(cid:415)es are kept open to students for 24 hours.
I am proud to have taken up the responsibility as the Director of this college from last one year. Walchand College
of Engineering, Sangli experienced renaissance, especially a(cid:332)er becoming autonomous ins(cid:415)tute since 2007 under
the valuable guidance of our visionary Chairman, Shri Ajit Gulabchand and other dis(cid:415)nguished members of Admin-
istra(cid:415)ve Councils. I am glad to present before you the Annual Report for the academic year 2014-15. This academic
year has been year of fulfillment, both for academic and non academic achievements.
Academic Reforms and Ins(cid:415)tute Development
This year we have started with many academic and examina(cid:415)on reforms. We brought more flexibility in the curric-
ulum by the introduc(cid:415)on of Interdisciplinary Elec(cid:415)ves in the Third and Fourth Year. Students from one branch can
now take subject from other branches. In order to provide industrial exposure during the gradua(cid:415)on we made a
provision of one-semester project work during 8th Semester. This year 67 students went to different Industries for
their final year project. To have exposure to select students to different learning environments we have made the
Provision of op(cid:415)on for one-semester credit Transfer through Academic Linkage with other pres(cid:415)gious Ins(cid:415)tutes.
Now third year students can be exchanged with other colleges like IIT, VJTI, SP College Mumbai, COE, Pune, SGG-
SIT, Nanded, DBATU, Lonere, other IITs and NITs for one semester. We have restructured academic year in to Two
Major Semesters and One small Summer Term. In June and July now students can go to industries for Internship,
or they can take online courses from IITs, NPTEL, or MOOCs, etc. or they can take Mini Projects. Students with
backlog will be re-taught those subjects and then they will appear for Make-up examina(cid:415)on.
We have also increased our associa(cid:415)on with Industries by signing MOU with Industries like, John Deere, Danfoss,
Tata Technologies, SandRiver Technologies, Mentor Graphics, NASSCOM, etc. from India and Agile Developer,
USA. With Tata Technologies, Pune we are running courses in 3D PLM for students. John Deere from Pune has
supported in developing ‘Advanced Research Centre in Embedded Design’ to assign live industrial projects for stu-
dents. Danfoss, Chennai has donated 32 Cut sec(cid:415)ons of various RAC products in the Mechanical Engineering De-
partment.
Walchand College is Selected for TIFAC grant from Maharashtra Government for students from 2015-16 wherein
30 UG students will get scholarship of Rs. 10000/- pm for doing their final year project in Small Scale or Medium
Scale industries near Sangli.
IIT Bombay has selected WCE Sangli as Nodal Centre for Virtual Lab for MHRD Ini(cid:415)a(cid:415)ve under the Na(cid:415)onal Mis-
sion on Educa(cid:415)on through ICT.
UGC granted extension of autonomous status to Walchand College for the second term of 6 years from 2014-15 to
2019-20 based on the recommenda(cid:415)ons of an Expert Commi(cid:425)ee of UGC, which visited our college in November
2014. Accredita(cid:415)on of Most of the UG and PG programs has taken place in previous three cycles by NBA. The Ins(cid:415)-
tute has again applied for 5 UG and 5 PG programs for new Accredita(cid:415)on Term.
Result Analysis and Academic Achievements
Out of the total 445 B. Tech. students have completed their Examina(cid:415)on in first a(cid:425)empt 161 are the girl students.
384 students (i.e. 86.3%) have secured first class and above. Percentage of securing First class is 83.81% among
boys and 90.70% for girls. For M.Tech. all 137 (100%) students have successfully completed their post gradua(cid:415)on
in their first a(cid:425)empt and passed with First Class.
In this Academic Year many of Walchand students have excelled in different Compe(cid:415)(cid:415)ve exams. Mr. Abhaysingh
Mohite from CSE-2010 Batch from WCE has Top Ranked in Maharashtra in MPSC-2015 Examina(cid:415)on. This year
more than 60 students qualified in all India GATE-2015 examina(cid:415)on in different disciplines. Out of these 22 stu-
dents secured AIR of less than 1000.Harshwardhan Ronge with (AIR 151) and Aditya Shivshankar (AIR 371) from
Mechanical Engineering while Rohit Sarode with (AIR 267) from Civil Engineering topped the list. Graduate Stu-
dents give GRE exam go for higher educa(cid:415)on in reputed universi(cid:415)es abroad. Vijaysinh Jadhav from Civil scored
331; Aditya Shivshankar from Mechanical 328; Suraj Shah from CSE 321; and Saurabh Gandhi from IT scored 315
out of 340 maximum. Thirteen students from Last year have taken admissions at IIM, Bangalore, Kozhikode, Luck-
now, Indore, Ahmadabad, Raipur, etc. Hearty Congratula(cid:415)ons to these students for their excellent achievements.

Placements
A(cid:332)er gradua(cid:415)on there is always great anxiety among the students and their parents about placement of these
students in reputed companies. As compared to last two years, Placements have further improved this year, par-
(cid:415)cularly for PG students. This year (cid:415)ll last week, 74 companies have visited the campus for placement. Till now
total 405 UG students are placed out of 461 Registered (87.5%). Total 83 PG students are placed out of 147
(56.5%). Average salary is about 4 LPA. This year Maximum salary of 16 LPA was offered by a So(cid:332)ware company
Amazon, While Zelemma offered 12 LPA. Wipro, Accenture and Infosys were the top recruiters.
Hearty Congratula(cid:415)ons to all students who are placed through campus placement. The placement is s(cid:415)ll going on
so best of luck to the remaining students.
Other Achievements of the students
Students are encouraged to par(cid:415)cipate in various sports and cultural ac(cid:415)vi(cid:415)es with the aim of a holis(cid:415)c personali-
ty development. The Ins(cid:415)tute has successfully organized its annual na(cid:415)onal level technical symposium VISION-
2015 and Annual Social Gathering ASG-2015 in Feb. 2015. This year a Na(cid:415)onal player in diving team, Mr. Prem
Po(cid:425)aba(cid:427) from B.Tech. (Mech.) received the N.D. Pa(cid:415)l Award of ‘Best Player in Aqua(cid:415)cs’ from Shivaji University,
Kolhapur.
120 WCE students par(cid:415)cipated in various Zonal and Inter-zonal sports organized by Shivaji University Kolhapur in
games like Cricket, Basketball, Football, Chess, Volleyball, Badminton, Table Tennis, So(cid:332)ball etc. 40 students quali-
fied for Inter Zonal Tournaments. 3 students: Shreyas Lohiya (T.Y. Electrical - Table Tennis); Tannvee Joshi
(F.Y. Mechanical-Badminton) and Tejaswini Nangare (S.Y. Electronics - Chess) were selected for Inter-University
Tournaments. WCE Badminton team (Boys) won the Inter-zonal event for the first (cid:415)me. Both Boys and Girls team
have won the Badminton Zonal matches. Similarly in Table Tennis Boys and Girls have won the Zonal Tournaments.
In Boys Cricket team was 3rd at Zonal level.
Swaroop Waykole (S.Y. Civil) and Tanvee Joshi (F.Y. Mechanical) won the Gold Medal in Mixed Doubles Badminton
Matches at Zest-2015 at COE, Pune. WCE Diploma Boys Cricket Team and Chess Team have won the zonal match-
es. Students also organized blood dona(cid:415)on camp twice in a year in August 2014 and Jan. 2015. About 600 students
donated blood.
Faculty Ac(cid:415)vi(cid:415)es and Achievements
The Ins(cid:415)tute has highly qualified and dedicated faculty. At WCE, Sangli there are 80 regular and 48 contractual
teaching facul(cid:415)es for degree out of which 31 are Ph.D.; while there are 26 regular and 10 contractual facul(cid:415)es for
Diploma side. In Diploma also there are 5 Ph.D. Facul(cid:415)es and one more has submi(cid:425)ed.
The faculty of the Ins(cid:415)tute is encouraged to undertake sponsored research and industrial consultancy. In last three
years the ins(cid:415)tute has received research projects worth Total Rs. 3.5 Crore through various funding proposals. This
year we have also submi(cid:425)ed a proposal of Rs. 1.5 Crore to DST under FIST. Various departments have gener-
ated total of Rs. 70 Lakh through Tes(cid:415)ng and Consultancy during 2014-15. In this year Wal-
chand Facul(cid:415)es have published more than 100 Research Papers in the Interna(cid:415)onal Journals and Conference. Four-
teen faculty members visited different countries. Five more facul(cid:415)es are planning to go abroad in next few months
for conferences and training. Two patents are obtained and nine patents are filed by WCE facul(cid:415)es.
This year Prof. S. B. Joshi from Mathema(cid:415)cs has got the Invita(cid:415)on Hokkaido University Japan for 15 days in June
2015 for carrying research work. This year we have successfully conducted the German Language Course for the
students in associa(cid:415)on with MaxMullar Bhavan Pune and Goethe Ins(cid:415)tute. 12 students have got the A level Cer-
1
(cid:415)ficate from MaxMullar Bhavan Pune. Prof. Dabir is now invited to a(cid:425)end the training programme for German Lan-
guage teachers offered by Goethe Ins(cid:415)tute in Germany for One Month in July 2015.

Prof. Munavalli from Civil department received S.V. Patwardhan Prize for best paper published in Journal of Indian
Water Works Associa(cid:415)on. Prof. Dharmadhikari Head of Electronics department has placed his webinar on ‘Modern
Teaching Tools’ on IUCEE portal which was a(cid:425)ended by facul(cid:415)es from more than 100 colleges and this webinar
was viewed by more than one lakh viewers on YouTube channel.
WCE is successfully con(cid:415)nuing its journey in TEQIP phase II in upgrading the Post graduate and Research infrastruc-
ture. WCE has received Rs. 10.50 Crore (cid:415)ll now and already spent Rs. 9.00 Crore.
Many eminent experts visited WCE Sangli during the academic year 2014-15. Prof. Lueny Morell, USA; Prof. Dick
Morling Head of Electronics department from University of Westminster, UK; Prof. P. Chandrashekhar, Professor of
Civil Engineering, California State University, Fullerton; Padma Vibhushan Dr. Anil Kakodkar and Dr. A. V. Sapre,
from Rajiv Gandhi Science & Technology Commission; Dr. G. D. Yadav, Vice Chancellor of ICT University, Mumbai
visited our ins(cid:415)tute this year and interacted with Facul(cid:415)es, students and staff. IT and Mathema(cid:415)cs departments
jointly organized Interna(cid:415)onal Workshop on “Algorithmic Game Theory” in December 2014. The resource persons
were from USA, Germany and IITs. The workshop was sponsored by Max Plank University Germany.
With 68 years of history in producing quality engineers, WCE has a rich Alumni base that has significantly contribut-
ed in the na(cid:415)on building process. The Ins(cid:415)tute takes pride in their achievements and organizes the Alumni Meet
every year during the second week of January. I urge every outgoing graduate to register with us as alumni, keep in
touch and share your experiences with us from (cid:415)me to (cid:415)me.
With this brief overview, I once again congratulate all the successful graduates and post graduates and wish you all
a memorable, meaningful and rewarding career. May you emerge as world-class engineers, scien(cid:415)sts or entrepre-
neurs! Prove yourselves as good human beings and worthy ci(cid:415)zens of this great country. I also compliment your
parents and guardians, who have come to see you on this auspicious occasion of your life.
Thank you all. Good luck and happy (cid:415)me to all young friends. Jai Hind!!!
INDEX
Sr. No. Title Page
1 ABOUT INSTITUTE AND DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES 10
1.1 Organiza(cid:415)onal Chart and Various Commi(cid:425)ees 10
1.2 Academic Programs and Admissions Details of AY 2014-15 17
1.3 Ins(cid:415)tute Faculty, Staff Strength and List 19
1.4 Important Events and Eminent Visitors in 2014-15 26
1.5 Infrastructural Development 28
1.6 MoU’s Signed with Industries and Ins(cid:415)tutes 29
1.7 Academic Revamping and Examina(cid:415)on Reforms 30

2 FACULTY ACTIVITIES AND ACHIEVEMENTS 31
2.1 Summary and Details of Research Papers, Patents and Books Publica(cid:415)ons 31
2.2 Tes(cid:415)ng, Consultancy and Research Projects by Facul(cid:415)es 41
2.3 Guest Lectures by Eminent Persons Organized by Faculty 42
2.4 Workshops/Seminar/FDP etc. Organized and A(cid:425)ended by Faculty and Staff 44

3 STUDENT ACTIVITIES AND ACHIEVEMENTS 55
3.1 A Few Main Achievements of the students 55
3.2 Achievements in Compe(cid:415)(cid:415)ve Examina(cid:415)ons 55
3.3 Co-Curricular/Extra Curricular Ac(cid:415)vi(cid:415)es 56
3.4 Result of 2013-14 and 2014-15 57
3.5 WCE Placement of AY 2014-15 58
3.6 Industrial Visits 61
3.7 Students-Internship under RGSTC-TIFAC Grant 63

4 TEQIP II PROGRESS AND REPORT FOR 2014-15 65
4.1 Status of TEQIP-II Up-to June 2015 65
4.2 Facul(cid:415)es funded under TEQIP-II for Ph.D and for Foreign Travel 65
4.3 TEQIP-II Audits 66
4.4 Sta(cid:415)s(cid:415)cal informa(cid:415)on of Last 3 Years Ac(cid:415)vi(cid:415)es Sponsored Under TEQIP-II 67

5 DIPLOMA WING ANNUAL ACTIVITIES 69
5.1 Admission Details 2014-15 69
5.2 Board Rank-holders in 2014 MSBTE Exam 69
5.3 Co-Curricular Ac(cid:415)vi(cid:415)es of the Students 69
5.4 Faculty Ac(cid:415)vi(cid:415)es 70
5.5 Industry Ins(cid:415)tute Interac(cid:415)ons and Placements 2014-15 70
1. ABOUT INSTITUTE AND DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES
1.1 Organiza(cid:415)onal Chart and Various Commi(cid:425)ees
Policies Approved by the Administra(cid:415)ve Council are implemented by the Director and his team at the Ins(cid:415)tute
level. The Organiza(cid:415)onal Chart of the Ins(cid:415)tute is given below:
Various Commi(cid:425)ees:
Various commi(cid:425)ees are formed for the purpose of decentraliza(cid:415)on of power and for smooth func(cid:415)oning
of various ac(cid:415)vi(cid:415)es and implementa(cid:415)on of policies.

Local Management Commi(cid:425)ee: support and guide the Ins(cid:415)tute locally. Six members of the commi(cid:425)ee are nomi-
nated by Administra(cid:415)ve Council, while 3 members are elected from Faculty and one from support staff. The names
of present Local Management Commi(cid:425)ee is given below:
Local Managing Commi(cid:425)ee
Sr. No. Name Designa(cid:415)on
1 Shri. Shishir Shirgaonkar Chairman
2 Smt. Prabhatai Kulkarni Member
3 Shri. R. P. Purohit Member
4 Shri. Ashok Sawant Member
5 Shri. Makarand Deshpande Member
6 Shri. Shrinivas Pa(cid:415)l Member
7 Dr. M. M. Waware Member
8 Shri. A. U. Paranjape Member
9 Dr. K. V. Madhale Member
10 Shri. S. S. Kulkarni Member
11 Dr. G. V. Parishwad Secretary
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