MacBook Versus Ultrabook

With every new gadget being introduced in the market, a new dilemma is born. Suddenly our phones, laptops and other gadgets that constantly find a way to invade our lives, seem ancient. Blackberry users start rooting for team Apple over night and BBM is replaced with Whatsapp. PC users dump their sturdy machines for a Mac and inform the world about their new buy by updating their status messages to things like, ‘once you go Mac, you don’t go back.’ Tsk. There really is no loyalty when it comes to technology. The once faithful user decides to cheat the minute something shinier with built- in apps comes along.

Of course there are some who know technology better than they know themselves. They don’t fall for marketing gimmicks or an app that talks back to them. They want to know, plain and simple, how the machine can serve them better. They make mental checklists and will only invest energy and precious money once every box is neatly ticked.

So with a little help from our technology gurus, we’d like to answer the question that is on the tip of every almost- college- going- student’s tongue.  Should I buy the MacBook or an Ultrabook?

Now you can finally decide.

http://blog.laptopmag.com/ultrabooks-vs-macbook-air-what-should-you-buy

FMS at Manav Rachna International University

Faculty of Management Studies at Manav Rachna International University was established  to meet the needs of the corporate in the booming Indian economy. FMS vows to stay committed to produce managers who are front runners in the global business world and are connected to their cultural roots at the same time.

The vision of the institute is:

• Total  Quality Education by focusing on five fundamental orientations:
• Self Enhancement  and Inculcation of Ethics and Values
• Maximizing Potential and Leadership Skills
• Conscious Participation in Larger Systems through Corporate
• Social Responsibility
• Empowerment through Participatory Power
• Transparent and Good Governance

Strategic Tie-Up with KPMG

The Faculty of Management Studies at Manav Rachna has a strategic tie-up with KPMG a renowned consulting MNC for providing advanced curricula and academic support for MBA (Finance Students).

FMS at Manav Rachna ranked among top 10 in India

World class Infrastructure, high levels of International exposure combined with highly dedicated faculty members have resulted in FMS being in the top 10 B Schools in the country. In the Mail Today B School Survey, B School of Manav Rachna was ranked among the top 5 colleges for Infrastructure and was ranked 11 in terms of Faculty and International Exposure.

Top-campus Placements

A dedicated Corporate Resource Centre at Manav Rachna ensures excellent placements for all the students. Students of FMS have been placed with leading Indian and global conglomerates like Standard Chartered, Citibank, Aviva, Indiabulls, Yes Bank, TCS, KOtak, ING, Radico, Religare  to name a few.

Pedagogy: Experiential Learning

• Our pedagogy stems from our belief in Multiple Intelligence and so we use Diverse teaching methods.  We aim to minimize rote learning. 
• Students learn through experiential methods like live field projects, workshops, action research, simulations, prototyping, role-playing scenarios, socio-drama/psychodrama, drama, dance, meditation, global immersions, and case studies,  seminars,  industry interface and guest lectures, mentoring, etc.
• The students studies 46 courses, attends 1500 hours of class room instructions.
• The students do two major projects and writes two management theses.
• The student undergoes two months of Summer Internship in the Industry.
• S/he completes at least 60 projects, discusses 200 varied case studies, writes 80 internal tests and finally writes 46 end term papers. 
• Attends more than 70 guest lectures by eminent and distinguished faculty from the Corporate and other spheres of life.

Psychometric Profiling

• Each student in the I Semester has to undergo a battery of psychological tests that are standardized and have a high reliability and validity index like Raven’s Progressive Matrices, Firo-B, MBTI, Neo Personality Questionnaire, Stress, Anxiety etc.
• For each student a dossier is prepared which contains his scores and description of his complete Personality, Intelligence, Emotional Intelligence, Spiritual Intelligence, Adjustment, Stress Levels etc. 

Live Projects, Some Projects:

• Students implement a business plan where they have to earn a profit of Rs.2000 per day. For two days the students translate a business plan into reality eg. they open stalls of food items within the campus.
• Students do a restructuring of Manav Rachna and make models and reports of the restructuring.
• Students have opened a Mutual Fund account ‘Vidyantriksha’ which they will run to learn wealth Management.
• Students devise marketing strategies for FMS and undertake Action Research and execute their strategies.

Corporate Social Responsibility

• Each student puts in more than 120 hours of Community Service. 
• In partnership with the Faridabad Police the students one day in a week have been assigned to the various police stations of Faridabad. They go and help the SHO and do the duties assigned to them be it the challan or investigating cases, solving disputes etc. ( an eg. of Public Private Partnership PPP).
• ‘Shramdaan’ on May Day where they substitute the blue collar workers of MR for half day etc
• Students also go to the village, create awareness drives etc.
• They maintain a file/journal documenting every week’s work and their learning for which they are evaluated.

Business communication/Foreign Language

• In each Semester the student is taught Business Communication. This is a credit course.
• The student is taught how to make presentations, the preferred business way of communication, etiquette, etc. His/her presentations are video recorded for individual feedback.
• Each student also has to choose a Foreign Language which he learns through the 4 Semesters.
• Some of the languages that have been offered are French, German and Japanese S.T.E.P.P.E.S

STEPPES is the acronym for our Structured Training for Enhancing Personal Professional and Employability Skills.

THE FUTURE AT MRCE

The 21st century presents a new set of challenges to the tertiary sector of technical education. The last century ended with much interest in building a knowledge society and advances in biotechnology. The new century will see emphasis on pollution control, environmental issues, and sustainable development. Indeed, companies like ITC and associations like CII already consider this a reality.

The scientific and engineering community at Manav Rachna College of Engineering is in the process of putting together a curriculum that shall produce environmentally sensitive engineers so as to be able to develop environment friendly and self sustaining technologies, products and services. Our engineering students shall be educated and skilled in areas like Green Chemistry, environment modeling, recycling technologies, efficient burning techniques, minimizing waste, ecofriendly electronics etc. built on the base of mechanical, electronics & communication, and computing technologies.

We shall carry forward the capacity of our students to do problem solving. The signal feature of the new curriculum is its emphasis on laboratory work for every course including mathematics.  Thus, not only shall our graduates be relevant to the new century but they shall also meet the urgent requirement of being skilled in problem solving. Practical skills of students are honed in laboratories and workshops, projects, summer training sessions. Starting from elementary interactions students carry out relatively complex projects in laboratories and workshops, individually and in groups.

Faculty members have already initiated the process of involving students in their R&D work.  Exposure to advanced technology is thus imparted to students outside the framework of their curriculum. This makes students ready to face challenges in new product/services and technology.

Co-curricular activity is further encouraged through the student branches of IEEE and SAE India, operational for the last two years in the campus. Under the auspices of these, lectures by experts, quizzes, competitions and courses of companies like Microsoft and Infosys are organized. Workshops are organized in areas such as cloud computing, robotics, engine assembling, transmission system assembly for cars. No wonder then that we have been conferred the Excellence award for our IEEE branch and our students have won the J. K. Pal awards in both, 2011 and 2012.

Extra curricular activities at Manav Rachna College of Engineering are organized in four broad areas, social, literary, cultural, and sports. These are organized by students for students under the guidance of faculty members of the College. Students learn event management and develop finer human qualities through these activities.

In summary, the College is committed to producing modern, up to date engineers, who can solve contemporary problems, are future ready, and imbued with the finest qualities cherished by human kind.

FULL THROTTLE

Team AHAN participated in the Techfest 2012 at IIT Bombay in the FULL THROTTLE NITROX event, where they exhibited their RC Nitrox car. This car also became a centre of attraction at the Science Exhibition at MRIU. Their first project, a mere 4.6 cc engine with a massive 2.4 Bhp of power. “This is just the beginning and there is much more to come,” says a very confident Tanmay and Navneet.

What is a RC Nitro car?  RC Nitro car specification

• Radio controlled cars are self-powered model cars that can be controlled from a distance using a specialized transmitter.
• These cars are powered by non conventional fuel (Nitro methane and additives like castor oil).
• Dual stage air cleaner.
• All wheel drive by 3 small lightened gear differential with constant  shaft driven design.
• Dual metal disc brakes.
• Lightened and small size flywheel.
• Hand fabricated all Aluminum alloy chassis.
• Easily adjustable front pivot ball suspension.
• Dual stepper motor for (a) braking and acceleration (b) steering mechanism.
• 2.4 GHZ 3 CH receiver and transmitter.
• PRO 28 pull start 4.6cc engine.

The competition FULL THROTTLE NITROX took place at Asia’s Largest Science and Technology Festival at IIT Bombay Techfest 2012 between 6-8 January 2012“. Full Throttle required the nerves of steel, the brain of an engineer and the pedigree of a champion at the same time,” say the members who participated in the competition.  “The roar of IC Engines with the smell of the nitromethane everywhere on your track. When the car control is in your hands as you set it at the starting grid, your heart thumping at a rate greater than the revolution of the engine. It was a mesmerizing experience,” say the members in unison. The competition involved remote controlled cars, making laps at the shortest possible time. The cars were judged by their ability to cross hurdles and be agile at sharp turns.

E-CELL: UDYAM

Faculty of Management Studies (FMS) undertakes training for aspiring managers, and includes academic as well as practical knowledge. In collaboration with the National Entrepreneurship Network (NEN), Udyam celebrated the E- week from Feb. 11- 18, 2012. The entire event was conceptualized, organized and coordinated by students of FMS, under the guidance of E- Cell facilitators, Mr. Mukesh Malik and Ms. Stuti Sahni. The Udyam E- Week celebrations were inaugurated by Director (FMS), Dr. Chavi Bhargav Sharma. She inspired the students to spend time on introspection of self and discover one’s hidden potential.

The E- Week began with screening of the movie ‘October Sky’, which portrays the journey of a commoner who strives hard to take- up rocketry as a profession. The debate competition unfolded as a challenge for academicians, with varying views on the topic “Entrepreneurship cannot be taught”. The Ad Mad Show and Extempore competitions kindled the creative instincts of participants. The audience thoroughly enjoyed the show and ‘slice of life’ performances by participants established a ‘connection’ with the spectators. Mr. Sanjay Kapoor from National Entrepreneurship Network shared his views and encouraged students for entrepreneurship, spelling out the support which NEN provides to aspirants. A salient feature of the FMS E- week was the food stalls, which students had put- up on all days of the event.

A Grade NAAC Accreditation for MRCE

Manav Rachna College of Engineering (MRCE), has been Accredited as 'A' Grade college by NAAC (Autonomous Institution of UGC) from 16th September' 2011 to 15th September' 2016. NAAC accreditation will be a benchmark to exercise adequate ICT resources by the institution. This will expedite the use of library stock and services and will promote readership and also track the extent to which library resources are used by the faculty and the students. This will create necessary database on certain parameters that we never emphasized earlier like capacity of the department and utilization of the capacity, students’ Horizontal and Vertical Progression, Teachers’ Complacency [which determines the threats] and ompetency [which determines the opportunities]. This will also help in placement activities of the college.

Congratulating the entire team of MRCE and all the others who made this accreditation possible, Dr O.P. Bhalla said, “It is like a dream coming true. I am really proud that the team has been able to maintain such high standards so as to achievea ‘A’ level accreditation. I am confident that with the dedication and hardwork that the team is putting in, we will be able to achieve success in the future as well. ”

The Vice Chancellor, Dr N.C Wadhwa said, “The team has put in hours of hard work and the result is in front of us. My heartiest congratulations to the entire team. It is a proud moment for everyone who is attached to Manav Rachna.” Dr M.M. Kathuria also extended his heartfelt congratulations to the entire team of MRCE. “But this is no time for being complacent. This accreditation only increases the standards we have to maintain and our milestones become bigger and bigger,” says Mr Naveen Prakash, Director Principal, MRCE.

Manav Rachna College of Engineering (MRCE), Faridabad is a flagship Institution of Manav Rachna Educational Institutions (MREI) promoted by Uthan Educational Society, a Society registered under the Registration of Societies Act 1860. The College was established in the year 2004 and has been conducting 4-year B.Tech. courses in various fields of Engineering & Technology apart from M.Tech., MBA & MCA.

The world a better place - target 2030

Sachi Bansal, team leader of the second highest scorer team in the world will be competing for the highest prize and 20,000 Euros (Rs.14 lacs) in Slovenia from 16 March to 22 March, 2012. Wish her all the best!

The team called DiA: Desire Innovate and Achieve got together under their team leader Sachi Bansal to present their idea on an international level. Challenge future global youth competition is the leading worldwide web-based contest built on the principles of radical inclusiveness and open innovation. The main competition is complemented with a range of quick challenges - focused and daring contest run in partnership with pioneering organizations around the globe. The team led by Sachi is the second highest scorer team in the world. The top 5 teams will be competing for 20,000 Euros (14 lacs) in Slovenia from 16 March to 22 March, 2012.

The world wide competition in Europe which had the theme “The world a better place-target 2030” was the idea which team members of DiA worked on. Besides Sachi, there were two other students from different universities who were part of the group. Another member of the team, Apoorva Jain from Lingaya’s Institute of Management and Technology, Faridabad says, “We found the idea very challenging and put our thoughts together.” All three members of the team will have their passage and accommodation funded for the competition in Bled and Ljubljana, Solvenia. “We are looking forward to presenting our idea,” says Anuraag Gupta from IIT, Delhi, another member of the team.

The three youngsters put forward a project which would use a three dimensional interactive platform to impart knowledge using 3D sensing platform and audio-visual methods to teach underprivileged kids. This would solve the problem of availability of teacher and physical resources to an extent. “This project would prove to be a vital breakthrough for all sections of the society as it will benefit small school kids, physically handicapped and even blind children,” says Sachi Bansal. “This has been the main motive behind the idea which we presented,” say the youngsters who are in the age group of 22 and 23 years. “This idea involves the usage of an interactive platform and digital media to impart education as used these days in online games and recently launched 3D platform based Kinect Gaming Technology.” This technology can be used to impart soft skills training to unskilled labour or create a virtual school in any remote area of the earth. “We have worked in the direction by teaching 250 small children by using audio-visual inputs, by imparting lectures to blinds by audio media and by teaching physically handicapped with flash games and videos,” says the student from Manav Rachna International University.

Sachi Bansal, FET, MRIU