AKS University was conferred with the “Best University in ICT” award at a function named “Higher Education Summit”, organized in capital New Delhi on Friday. Er. Anant Soni (Chairman, AKSU) and S.K. Soni (IT Head, AKSU), received the prestigious award at the hands of A.K.Mittal, Member secretary of AICTE, and Arun Kumar, Member of Parliament.

 Every year “Center for Education Growth and Research” organizes the function like this to felicitate educationists, individuals and educational institutions, if their performances remain exceptionally well. Notably, AKS University met all the standards fixed by the higher education, which resulted into this prestigious award.

 “AKS University has been awarded for its innovative approach in imparting higher education, and for the optimum utilization of its resources related to information and communication technology”, University sources said.  As it is well known, AKS University, in past as well, has been bestowed with similar awards like  “Best Innovative University-2017”,”Most Innovative University in MP-2017”,”Best University in Rural Area-2016”.

 On this achievement of University, MP: Ganesh Singh, Chancellor: B.P.Soni, VC: PK Banik, Pro VC: Dr. Harshvardhan, Dr. RS Tripathi, Faculty Members and distinguish citizens of Satna district have congratulated Er. Anant Soni for his endeavors.

 Students of AKS University are being provided the better opportunity to get exposure and brush up their core competency. Extending the sequence, this time, Mining students are set to get the vocational training in Thailand. Informing about it, Dr. GK Pradhan (Engineering Dean, AKSU) told Egat, an electricity generation company of Thailand, has selected four students named: Shubham Saraswat, Abhishek Kumar, Saurabh Kumar Pandey and Sardar Singh Bagri (all from Mining Branch,AKSU)  for the vocational training to be held there between 2^nd of June to 13^th of June, 2018. Students, who will be accompanied by Dr. BK Mishra, (Faculty Member, AKSU), will receive ten days training on mining,production,design reclamation, ultramodern museum and environment protection.

 Probably, first time in India, Mining students are going to visit Thailand for the vocational training. It is no denying the fact that the training thus received by students, will turn out to be a milestone to their career. Chairman: Er Anant Soni, VC: Paritosh K Banik, Pro VC: Dr. Harshvardhan, Pro VC: Dr. and RS Tripathi have wished “all the best” to students with expectation that they will share the received knowledge with rest of the students as well.

Best Koki Automotive Limited, one of the leading companies, known for manufacturing of “transmission shifting system”, arrived in AKS University on Friday. Informing about it, MK Pandey (Head, T&P) told that the final year students of Diploma Electrical and Mechanical participated in Drive, and 14 students were finally selected by the company. Selected students will be working in Bilaspur and Haryana region on a salary package of 2.16 Lacks/annum.

 Names of selected  students are: Pratibha Sharma,NeerajPandey,Anurag Shukla,Dinesh,Kushwaha,ShivrajChaturvedi,ShashankKushwaha,SachinTiwari,AnandDwivedi,Pankaj Singh, Deepak Puri,Vipin Kumar,Akshat Kumar and Gagan Pathak.

           Notably, students of AKS University have been getting the opportunity to serve the reputed companies of both national and international level, and it reflects the existence of high quality education system, and the functioning of transparent evaluation system of AKS University, and therefore, students in large number take the admission here, enhance their knowledge and skills, and achieve the success in campus drives organized here in regular intervals.

  On this achievement of students, Chairman: Er. Anant Soni, VC: Paritosh Banik, Pro VC: Dr. Harshvardhan and Pro VC: RS Tripathi congratulated the students and wished “all the best” for their bright future.

AKS University, joining the hands with Indian Mining and Engineering Journals, Bhubaneswar, organized a “National Workshop” on the topic “Sustainable Development of Mineral Resources”. The Workshop was organized in Hotel Clarks, Khajuraho between 7^th to 8^th of April with an objective to convey the message on Environmental protection, and enriching the Mining sector.

 The function was attended by the officials of top industries, who discussed extensively on the intricacies of Mining Engineering. The industrial representatives, present on the occasion, also lauded the efforts of AKS University in setting up a high standard for the education of students.  

Felicitation and Prize Distribution: During the programme, Ranjan Sahay, Professor V.V.Dhar, and Professor Gopal Krishnan were conferred with the Life Time Achievement Award for their contribution to Mining Sector. On this occasion, a book written by Dr. G.K. Pradhan (Engineering Dean, AKSU) titled “Explosives and Blasting Techniques” was also released by the Chief Guest of the programme.

Students made Paper Presentation:  Twenty students of AKS University, who were selected for the PPT presentation, delivered their lectures in front of the top officials of companies like Prism Cement, Maihar Cement, Reliance Cement, Vikram Cement, Ultratech Cement, J P Cement, NMDC, Peetambara Lignite, Tata Spange, Khajuraho Minerals, Prankar, and SB Grainite. At the end of function, all the guests were distributed mementoes by AKS University and “Indian Mining and Engineering Journal.

Harshita Singh and Roshan Chakravathi (both are final year students of MBA) have been selected for the Vocational Training from IIM Ahmadabad after a certain selection process. Notably, both the students are currently pursuing MBA from AKS University, and will receive one week “Vocational Training” from one of the prestigious institutions of India.

Students were selected for training, after a “Test” recently conducted by IIM Ahmadabad. During the training, students will be trained by renowned Professors of Harvard School of Business, on the topics like Latest Business, Applications of Research, Marketing Entrepreneurship and Micro Finance Business. It is noteworthy; the Vocational Training thus received by students will assist them in career enhancement as well as help them to get better job opportunities in future.

 During the training, students will be provided the high class study materials as well. Students have given the credit of their success to quality education being given by AKS University, and to the Faculty Members.

Dr. Vivek Kumar Singh, Faculty Member from Agriculture department of AKS University, participated in an international conference held recently in Dhanbad, Jharkhand. The conference had been organized between 29^th to 31^st of March, by the name “ICFA-2018, Outstanding Achievement Award”, where Dr Vivek Kumar Singh was awarded for his valuable contribution to agriculture field. Dr. Singh was also awarded with Best Presenter Award for presenting the Research Paper of Gayatri Sahu, one of the students of AKS University.

 Two more Faculty Members named Mr. Nag and Akhilesh Jagre (both from AKS University, Satna) were also felicitated with Young Scientist Award in the same forum. On this occasion, Dr. Vinayak Sadekar, and Mrs. Asmita from Ohiya University were also present, while the function was chaired by Dr. Esmail Ducate, Prof. from Nebraska University.

With an objective to carry out the economical upliftment of the farmers of Satna region, the Training and Placement Cell of AKS University organized a seminar on Wednesday. During the seminar, Sanjeev Masaliya shared the various schemes initiated by Atulya group for the benefits of the farmers. The seminar was attended by the top officials of AKS University, along with the 200 farmers, specially invited for this purpose.

 One of the other objectives of seminar was to provide the farmers a fair price of their harvest. The Atulya Group, which has been directing various schemes of agriculture in countries like India and Africa, had the interaction with the farmers. Detailing Atulya Group activities, Mr. Masaliya told that the main purpose of its group is to make the agriculture a profitable business. He said that Atulya Group aims to set up contact with at least 200 farmers from each and every district of the country.

Complementing the efforts of AKS University, he said that the concern of the farmers should be a social concern, and AKS University needs to be appreciated for being focused on it. Mr. Masaliya also conveyed information related to the Micro Finance, Money Transaction, Wind Energy, Power Plant, Power Plants running through Solar Energy, and Thermal Power Plant. Apprising about its further schemes, he said that the farmers will be also trained for gaining best profit, out of their harvest. He received the information about the various agriculture courses running in AKS University and termed them as futuristic as well as employment oriented. On this occasion, Vice Chancellor (AKSU): Paritosh Banik, Pro VC: Dr. Harshvardhan, Dean Agriculture: Dr. RS Pathak and HoD Agriculture: Dr. Neeraj Verma were present.

A Two days Workshop on “Functioning of Air Conditions and Coolers” was held in AKS University between 22^nd and 23^rd of March, where 6th semester students of Mechanical Engineering received the practical training on “Functioning of Air Conditions and Coolers”.

  Addressing on the occasion, Dr. Pankaj Shrivastava briefed the students about the outline of Workshop, while Ketan Agrawal extensively informed to students about various functional intricacies of air conditions and coolers. At the end of Workshop, all the fifty students were distributed the “Workshop Participation Certificates”.

Civil Engineering students of AKS University participated in Mega Lith-2018, recently held in IIT Khadagpur between 9^th to 12^th of March-2018, and exhibited stunning example of their brilliance in various events organized there. Notably, the students of AKS University, advancing towards the path of progress, have been hoisting the flag of University in various national and international forums. Extending the series, civil engineering students of AKS University took part in Megalith-2018, and achieved the second and third ranks in events, outshining to students of various prestigious institutions.

 The students of AKS University impressed the judges in an event named Roto layer, and achieved the second position, competing with other students. Roto layer is a design, which has the maximum transmission, and converts the potential energy into kinetic energy.

In the same fashion, students participated in Model exhibition, and were ranked third in competition. The students prepared a model of Hugli River Bridge situated near the Haldiya port, the length of the model was, in ratio of 3.31 km.

 In both the events, students named Susheel Gautam, Lalit Dwivedi, Virendra Kumar, Adarsh Jain, Akshay Raut, Shubhanshu Tripathi, Sandeep Ahirwar participated.

The students of Pharmacy department have brought laurels to AKS University by securing higher ranks in Graduate Aptitude Test-2018 organized recently in all India level. Informing about it, Surya Prakash Gupta, HOD (Pharmacy) told that the students named Shivam Kumar Pandey (AIR-827), Narayan Dhanwani (AIR-1227) and Yudhishthir Singh Baghel (AIR-2018) have secured thumping ranks in a challenging test organized by “All India Council of Technical Education” in India level.

             Students thus qualified in test, will be able to pursue courses like M.Pharma, MS, and MBA in top AICTE approved colleges with scholarship amounting Rs.12400. Er. Anant Soni (Chairman, AKSU) has congratulated the students for their achievement.