1st May,2013,JRE Campus: In addition to the Management, Faculty and Support Staff we have a diligent workforce that rarely receives much attention, but is of great importance in managing and taking care of our working and living environment. Each member plays a significant part in our life on campus and is valued by all of us.

To acknowledge and salute these individuals who work so hard for all of us, JRE Group of Institutions organized a range of sports competitions with a special focus on those who help us from ‘behind the curtains’ including housekeeping, security personnel, pantry boys and hostel and mess attendants.



The activities included running, tug of war, kabaddi and spoon race took place on 1st May, 2013 and the participants were cheered by one and all. The happiness and enthusiasm was clear to all as they ran and struggled to take a winning position encouraged by students, administration and teaching staff.

Prizes were distributed by Dr. K. Rao, Campus Director, Capt. S. Sharma, Head-Admin, Prof. G. Sinha, Head-ECE, Mr. Shishodia and Mr. S. Yadav. The commentary was done by Mr. Vijay Kumar, Supervisor-Housekeeping, and Dr. Rao thanked everyone for helping to take JRE forward in this way.

The event was coordinated by Mr. Manu Aggarwal, Mr. Satish Yadav and Mr. Rajesh Govindan.

2nd May,2013,JRE Campus:One of the greatest gifts to human beings from nature is ‘good health’. What does this mean? Clear eyes to appreciate nature; healthy taste buds to enjoy food; strong circulation to feed our bodies; a complex and automatic digestive system to distribute nutrition and an unmatchable brain to manage a vast array of tasks are a few wonderful gifts bestowed upon us. It is our duty to protect this body from possible maladies when we can: hence the quote, “Health is Wealth”, has real meaning.

JRE Group of Institutions, promoted by Educomp Solutions Ltd. and Raffles Education Corporation Ltd., understands its responsibilities towards its employees and residents and believes in spreading awareness regarding issues of personal importance. In continuation to its Social Corporate Responsibilities, a medical camp was held in its campus on 2nd May, 2013.

In this camp, routine checkups including Blood Pressure, Blood Sugar and specialized checkups including Eye care and Dental care were covered. Some preventive measures were also suggested all the participants who came from across all sections of the JRE community.

Dr. Amit Tyagi and Dr. Sudha Goyal, from Yatharth Wellness Hospital, for Dental advice and Dr. Prabhat Gupta, from Titan Eye Hospital, were the esteemed doctors invited for the purpose. Mr. Manu Aggarwal coordinated the camp.

JRE Group of Institutions is an AICTE approved institute offering PGDM & B.Tech courses.

27th April, 2013, JRE Campus: DRDO comprises of many leading laboratories in defense and related technologies. They carry out research in Cutting Edge technologies which have capabilities of making our country self reliant in future. Exposure to such environment can make students bold and ready to take future challenges. Some of the well known projects of DRDO are ‘Tejas’ Light Combat Aircraft, ‘Arjun’ Tank, ‘Arihant’ etc.

A presentation cum lecture session on the topic “Career, Research and Internship Opportunities in Aeronautical Development Agency, Bangalore” was delivered by Mr. Aishwarjya Gogoi, Scientist F, ADA, Bangalore in SOE, JRE Group of Institutions on 27thApril, Saturday, 2013. Students from first and second year which included all the branches were the enthusiastic participants in the event. The lecture was followed by an interactive session between the students and the resource person. Apart from career options in various DRDO organizations, the exam of DRDO; summer internship related questions were put up by our students. Overall the students showed a keen interest in the event and similar events can be organized in future for charging our students to take up the challenges of future.

This certainly will help students in their career. A well designed progress path is the hallmark of JRE Group of Institutions and the focus of this lecture was the same. The lecture was coordinated by Mr. Pankaj Medhi and Mr. Rahul Verma.

23rd April, 2013, JRE Campus: JRE Group of institutions is running a Professional Development & Personal Development Programme (PDP) under the leadership of Academic President Prof.  Stephen Rawlinson. The PDP is a significant step to update and upgrade the professional and personal skills of everyone on the campus to promote collective growth. Over the last few days PDP has gained tremendous momentum and a large number of activities have been introduced to benefit the employees in varied ways. 

One of these activities is a communication training programme for Security Guards and Pantry Boys.  This program started on 23rd April, 2013 and is being conducted by the Department of English.  A similar training was successfully conducted earlier in the year for Lab assistants.

Communication expert Wyatt Watson observed that “Communication is no longer a soft function. It drives business performance and is a key contributor to organizational success,” Effective Communication is the backbone of any organization, and is a far-reaching function that has impacts throughout the organization. A well-defined communication strategy for all employees ensures that the messages shared with the employees are clear and comprehensible to all. JRE Group of Institutions believes in building a strong foundation of formal communication for all team members. The training aims at imparting basic knowledge of English language and communication etiquettes to the participants to help them face the challenges of everyday communication.

The participants displayed great eagerness and enthusiasm to learn effective communication and are enjoying using their newly developing skills. Captain Sharma, the Administrative Head is to be thanked for encouraging the presence and participation of security staff and pantry boys. The programme is being co-ordinated by Mr. Manu Aggarwal and the training is being imparted by Dr. Garima Jha and Mr. Savya Sachi.

23rd April 2013, JRE Campus:‘Healthy mind resides in a Healthy body and vise versa, which leads us to success.’ We have heard this proverb a number of times but seldom have we tried to follow this. An old man who can give a run for the money to the young ones with his everlasting cheerfulness and display of sheer energy, a man of actions than mere words, Prof. P. P. Agarwal, FIE, Chief Coordinator, IEI Student Chapter, personifies a child’s enthusiasm when on a roll. He personifies the proverb of ‘Healthy Mind’ and ‘Healthy Body’.

  
A mesmerizing lecture on ‘Healthy Mind and Healthy Body and Personality’ was taken by Prof. Agarwal for first year engineering students of JRE Group of Institutions, one of the premier engineering colleges in Delhi-NCR. During his lecture, he explained the need of Stress elimination, Nutrition, Being Happy and relaxed and the Success cycle. The major factor that slows our success rate is stress and nutrition. He emphasized upon ‘say no to junk food as that junks our IQ and health’ and hence the current generation is falling short on innovation. He also dealt with certain aspects of exercises in three categories namely a) Traditional (Yoga and Meditation), b) Modern (Gym and Aerobics) and c) Running (Walking and Jogging) to improve our health and developing stamina. Majority of current generation, according to him, fall short on this aspect and pay the price after some years in 40s.

In the end, Prof. Agarwal gave students some insights into the functioning of Institution of Engineers (India) (IEI) (JRE Group of Institution-School of Engineering is a valued member of IEI). He asked the students to be ready for numerous activities in coming days like paper presentation, paper publication, group discussions, industrial visits, summer internships, live projects and many more. The lecture was coordinated by Mr. Bikash Kumar Behera and Mr. Savya Sachi who thanked Prof. P. P. Agarwal for his invaluable time and words for the students. In return he thanked the Dean-SOE, Dr. Krishna Rao, for giving him opportunity to talk to the students.

JRE School of Engineering located in Greater Noida is one of the top engineering colleges in Delhi-NCR and is promoted by India'a top education company named Educomp. JRE offers B.tech in five specializations.

An intra-hostel Volleyball Tournament was organized by Department of Sports at JRE Group of Institutions,one of the top Management & Engineeering colleges in India between 16th and 19th April, 2013. Four teams participated in this fantastic tournament with all competitors showing strong team spirit, coordination and enthusiasm.  All the students played very well and motivated others to participate in the overall program that includes football, cricket, basketball and others competitions.

Games and sports promote unity and friendship between participants at local, national and international levels and they generate a positive attitude that helps students develop physically, emotionally and spiritually and supports good learning in academics.

Prof.Steve Rawlinson-Academic President,JRE Group of Institutions and Dr.Rao-Dean,JRE School of Engineering came for final match and supported our students, providing motivation through their presence and thoughts and the participants and viewers were grateful.On behalf of the Sports Department I would like to thank all the students and faculties without whose hearty support these events could not be successful.

Results:
League Matches:
Sr. No        Match                Result(WON)
1             CS v/s AE          CS(2-1)
2             CS v/s EC          EC(2-1)
3             EC v/s EE           EC(2-1)
4             EE v/s AE           EE(2-1)
5             EC v/s AE           EC(2-0)
6             EE v/s CS           CS(2-0)


Final Match: CS v/s EC
EC won the tournament by 3-1.

Satish Yadav

April 22, 2013, JRE Campus: On 14th April, 1944, a major fire in Mumbai took 66 lives. Many of those lives could have been saved if the people knew about the correct ways to deal with fires and this prompted the government to support fire safety awareness programs. The UP Fire Department holds a ‘Fire Fighting Awareness Week’ from 14-20 April during which personnel from the Fire Brigade visit public forums to create an environment of awareness. As part of this process, a one day workshop on Fire Fighting was held in the JRE School of Management and JRE School of Engineering Campus on 18th April, 2013.

Dr. Garima Jha started the proceedings of the day by introducing the topic and Dr. Manoj Tyagi introduced the esteemed speaker for the event: Dr. Matloob Hussain, Fire Station Officer, Greater Noida. Dr. Hussain then outlined the nature, causes and preventive measures of fire for the audience. 

In this session he took all questions raised by the participants and he followed up on all concerns. After the session all the participants went to the ground to practice and they were trained in the practical use of various fire extinguishers.

The sessions were attended by a capacity crowd of students, faculty as well non teaching staff. Dr. Matloob Hussain was presented with a memento by Dr. Krishna Rao, and the session concluded with a vote of thanks by Mr. Savya Sachi. The workshop was coordinated by Dr. Manoj Tyagi

JRE CAMPUS, 16th April, 2013:Embedded system is one of the emerging fields of engineering today. It is the computer system designed for specific control functions within the large system. Embedded systems are employed in a growing range of function-specific computers and communication systems. PDAs, cell phones, consumer electronics, networking equipment, industrial controllers and military electronics are few of the devices used in everyday life. Consequently, there are vast career and business opportunities in this field.

To facilitate better understanding of embedded system, a second workshop was organized by the Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, JRE Group of Institutions on Tuesday, 16th April, 2013. The first workshop was held on 8Th April, 2013. Professionals from SOFCON INDIA Pvt. Ltd. were once again, invited to the campus, based on the positive response and tremendous success of the first workshop. The event was graced by the inspiring presence of Academic President Prof. Steven Rawlinson and Campus Director Dr. Krishna Rao.

The embedded systems and the hardware techniques were taught by the programming method i.e. embedded in C. The resource persons also showed the various projects made by them on the concept of wireless transmission and receiver system. The workshop enabled the students to master the technologies related to embedded systems, including "hands-on" experience developing and testing real systems, and dealing with specific application environments.

The workshop was held for B. Tech second year ECE and AEI branches. All students attended the workshop with great enthusiasm. The workshop was successfully conducted under the co-ordination of Mr. Gaurav Sinha (HOD, ECE) with complete support from all team members. After the completion of the workshop certificates of participation were distributed to the students by Prof. Steven Rawlinson (Academic President) and Dr. Krishna Rao (Campus Director-JRE Group).

JRE Campus, 12th April 2013
Software testing is an effective method to detect software failures. The scope of software testing often includes examination of code as well as execution of that code in various environments and conditions. Information derived from software testing helps to correct the process by which software is developed. To generate awareness among the students on software testing tools, the Department of Computer Science Engineering and Information Technology, JRE Group of Institutions organized a one day workshop on “Software Testing Tools and its related Issues” in association with MICRO FOCUS. MICRO SOFT an industry standard and a market leader, deals in COBOL, MAINFRAME & BORLAND.

Mr. Pinkush Mittal, Regional Sales Manager and Ms. Pooja Sharma, Senior Pre Sales Consultant from MICRO FOCUS INDIA PVT LTD. were the invited resource persons.
Mr. Pinkush spoke about the importance and scope of software testing. He discussed some of the new software automation tools available in the market to test various range of application soft wares. He also discussed various possibilities in the market in terms of job for engineering students on automation testing. He gave various examples of company product on which different types of testing are applied and its associated advantages.
Ms. Pooja threw light on the different type of automation tools:  Silk Test Manager, Silk Performer and Silk Mobile Tester. She informed the students about the Agile Methodologies used by companies to develop the software. She further added that for the fast delivery of the product, the use of testing automation tools is a prerequisite. She highlighted the fact that there is immense job opportunity for students in this field.  She demonstrated the Silk Mobile Tester with the help of android mobile which generated great excitement among the students.

At the end a vote of thanks was given by workshop convener, Prof. Sanjeev Pippal, HOD-CSE.
The workshop was well coordinated by Mr. Pradeep Kumar and Mr. Rohit Rathi. The enthusiastic participation from other faculty members Mr. Balak Ram & Mr. Anand Srivastava, and all students of CSE & IT department made the workshop a grand  success.

9th April,JRE Campus:Every day new and exciting technologies are coming to the market, and they play an increasingly important role for all of us in every aspect of our personal and professional life.  With this in mind the JRE IT department recently conducted introductory training sessions for the JRE Laboratory Assistants.  The basic goal was to upgrade their skills in the latest IT trends and help them to manage the many day to day challenges faced when they assist other campus users.

JRE has an exemplary IT infrastructure ranging from Branded Desktops to Blade Centre and Firewalls and it is important that we learn to make the best use possible of the opportunities that these, and other technologies present.  

In the first PDP sessions the basic foundation of knowledge was laid for all lab assistants:
1. Knowledge of Hardware and Software;
2. Lesson on day-to-day Troubleshooting;
3. The use of Interactive White Boards i.e. Cybernetyx Interactive Touch Boards.

The IT department has planned more advanced personal development programs for lab assistants and other support staff.