NUiCONE 2019

Nirma University International Conference on Engineering (NUiCONE) is a flagship event of the Institute of Technology, Nirma University. The conference followed the successful organization of four national conferences and six international conferences in previous years. This year the main theme of the conference was ‘Technologies for Sustainable Development”. NUiCONE 2019 was a multidisciplinary event encompassing 21 themes related to various disciplines of Engineering & Technology. The objective of the conference was to bring professional engineers working relentlessly for the sustainable development technologies from industry, academics, research organizations, and research scholars of matching interests on a common platform to share new ideas, experiences and knowledge in various fields of Engineering and Technology. NUiCONE 2019 was organized in association with the stalwart of publication house CRC Press, Taylor & Francis. Selected papers will be published with CRC Press, Taylor & Francis. The technical program consisted of peer-reviewed paper presentations in parallel technical sessions, common invited lectures, panel discussions, session-wise expert talks.

Inauguration of NUiCONE 2019 on 21/11/2019 at 10:00 am at NIM Auditorium
Chief Guest – Padmashri Shri A S Kiran Kumar, Vikram Sarabhai Professor at Indian Space Research Organisation (Former Chairman, ISRO)
Guest of Honour – Padmashri Shri Amitava Roy, Former Distinguished Scientist & Chief Executive of Nuclear Recycle Board, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (Mumbai) and also agreed to deliver key note address
President of the Function – Padmashri Dr Karsanbhai Patel, President, Nirma University
Director General – Dr Anup K Singh

Paper Presentation Details
Total Technical paper received – 177
Paper selected for presentation after double blind review – 77
CRC received and presented in different technical sessions – 62

Common Invited Lectures on 21/11/2019 during 12 to 1

1. Dr. Abhijit Pandya, Professor, FAU, USA
2. Dr. Javed Hashemi, Professor, FAU, USA

1. Prof. D.P.Agrawal, Ex Chairman , Union Public Service Commission of India

1. Dr. Deepak Garg, Prof and Head, Computer Science Engineering Department, Bennett University, Noida
2. Mr. Vipul Gupta, Sr Manager Mitsubishi Electric India
3. V.K. Singh, Thermal Engineering Division, Space Applications Centre, Ahmedabad
4. Dr. Radhakrishna G Pillai, Associate Professor, Building Technology and Construction Management Division, Department of Civil Engineering, IIT Madras.
5. Mr. Ashitkumar D Shah, Cut and Cover Station and Tunnel Expert, Japan International Consultants Consortium (JICA)
6. Mr. Manish Mokal, Assistant General Manager – Quality Excellence Cell, Afcons Infrastructure Limited, Mumbai
7. Dr. Rishi Gupta, Associate Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
8. Mr. Pranav Desai, Vice President- R&D, Head – Construction Development & Innovation Centre, Nuvoco Vistas Corp. Ltd. Mumbai

1. Mr Govinda Nallur, Technical Manager, Ruminate, Bangalore
2. Mr Unnikrishnan, NVIDIA, Business Development Director, South Asia Pacific, Bangalore
3. Mr Niraj Shah, GCCI Committee Member – Startup Committee, Robotics Automation and IoT, Ahmedabad
4. Dr. Abhijit Pandya, professor, School of Engineering FAU, USA
5. Mr Ketan Parikh, Co-Founder and CEO of EroNkan Technologies, Ahmedabad
6. Dr.Alka Mahajan

1. Shri Sunil Parekh, Group Strategy & Corporate Affairs Head, Zydus Cadila
2. Prof. D.P. Agrawal, Ex. Chairman, Union Public Service Commission of India
3. Shri Kartikeya Sarabhai, Founder Director of Centre for Environmental Education
4. Shri SANJEEV SHROFF, Deputy General Manager, JK Lakshmi Cement Limited
5. Mr. Suresh Shahdadpuri, Managing Director at EnerComp Solutions Pvt. Ltd., Ex-UGVCL
6. Javed Hashemi, Professor, FAU, USA