On 24th May 2020 A webinar was organized by the Civil Engineering Department of Dr. S. & S. S. Ghandhy Government Engineering College, Surat under the aegis of ISTE Students’ Chapter. The […]
Town Planning Scheme
UGC revises the list of journals – a selective list from SCOPUS
It is important for an innovator/researcher to prove the novelty of work accomplished. It can be done by any means of which one is to prepare an article and get it published in a reputed journal.
Blogging for building a great product
I received an intimation – invitation to talk about Blogging in an informative session on creating a great product. Unfortunately, the event did not take place with the uncertainty that prevailed. The […]
Webinar – The scope of an Urban planner for the society
Purposefully the event is kept on a ‘Sunday evening‘ for the aspiring students who seek to choose urban planning as a career path hence the discussions will be held accordingly. With […]
Social Infrastructure gap identification
As we all use, there exists a lot of variety of infrastructure and facilities in our surrounding. These facilities can broadly be classified as (1) Physical infrastructure and, (2) Virtual infrastructure. The […]
SCAMPER in Design Thinking and Engineering
Using SCAMPER Tool is so very compelling for carrying out brainstorm – that too, in a structured manner (not restrictive, yet in an organized way)….
Web-based logs by students
It indeed is an achievement by each of the students who could successfully create and maintain an online log of their activities using WordPress website. On a suggestive mode, students were instructed […]
Reverse Engineering
I perceive and define the term as “Reverse engineering is a path of exploration from an end to start point (reverse journey of change) for developing an insightful understanding on each underlying applications of scientific and engineering principle of a product/process”…
Learnings Need Matrix (LNM)
Under the wisdom extended by the then Vice-Chancellor of GTU, Dr Akshai Aggarwal, in the year 2014-15, we developed a format named as Learnings Need Matrix for the use by the students […]
VYP-V: Create a Land use map of a village
What it is? A village is the smallest entity of human settlement after a hamlet. Its population maybe up to 2000 persons and the size of household (family) can vary depending on […]
Pre-event Workshop talk @ Business Model Canvas
I had an opportunity to deliver a talk with an audience, young and aspiring people of Surat. Randomly registered through various online channels and gathered to gain insights about “How to do” on a topic assigned to me – #Business Model Canvas… Read more
Role-Play Canvas Survey Summary
A study was conducted through responses of BE II Civil students of Sarvajanik College of Engineering & Technology, Surat (Gujarat, India) for the Role Play Canvas (RPC) created by Prof. Bhasker V. […]
NPTEL ONLINE COURSES “Introduction to Research”
*NPTEL ONLINE COURSES “Introduction to Research” Start date:23 January 2017* ABOUT THE COURSE Large numbers of students are actively considering and taking up research and associated higher studies. This course aims to […]
Product Development using PDC
PDC stands for Product development canvas. Remember, a canvas comprises of a process that streamlines thought, systematically. Once, an idea is generated, next step is to identify a product/process (in a comprehensive manner) […]
Ideation – Generate Ideas
Generation of ideas is very easy, indeed. We all bring ideas when we think or talk or deliberate or discuss with someone. Even while we are sleeping, we generate ideas. Isn’t it true? […]
Image compression using Shrink O’ Matic – an open source tool
The presentation is about learning of image size and file size of an image. For documents, a very large sized image is not required, however, without compressing an image, inserting it directly […]
Role Play Canvas – Examples
Below is a work on “Role Play Canvas” by some of the students. Learn more about Role playing HERE. Click on the image below to see a larger version. More to be uploaded […]
Report writing (DE 1A)
Unless one can communicate effectively after working on something, the knowledge, and skills one is possessing is of very little use to others. One must be able to collect information, align and […]
Gujarat Population 1960-2001
Kaleidoscope – The Demographics of Gujarat (1960 – 2001) A tool called Kaleidoscope have a large database of Census population for entire of Gujarat from the Census year 1961 till 2001. Most […]
Rate Analysis – Construction item of works
I love this. It empowers a civil engineer from within. Yes, ‘it’ is about Rate Analysis. Initially while studying, students may find it a little difficult initially but, later once getting in […]
Keyboard Shortcut
Most of the users are facing trouble finding certain features while operating a computer having an Operating System (OS) of Windows. Some short-cuts can ease the job and help to boost productivity. […]
Other ways to Say…!
Below are some commonly used words. However, one can use alternative words as appropriate.
Learn Online (Free-of-cost) improve a career
Here is a list of online platforms that will help you learn topics that interest you (with a certificate, of course). The link redirects to a page having information about these courses, […]
Check readability of your text
You have written something interesting. Check its readability and level for which your text belongs to and improve it. Check it at the website based online engine at readability-score. A firsthand check is […]
Self-analysis and Goal Setting
Dear Civil Engineer, Step 1 – Think Step 2 – Think a bit more, structural one Step 3 – Answer a few questions Keep the answers with you, in front of you most […]
