Best Faculty at THAPAR INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY

1. Best Faculty at THAPAR INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY Thapar Institute of Engineering & Technology is not only known as top b-tech colleges in India. But also known for its best faculties. Here are some achievements of TIET Faculty . A)TI Associate Professor Dr. Sanjay Kumar and his 3 team members contributed innovative ideas to fight COVID-19 in the online competition, Fight Corona IDEAthon organized by MHRD in association with AICTE & other Government firms.

2. B)Dr. Sanjai Saxena, Prof. Biotechnology, TIET, delivered a LIVE talk on Recent Trends in Science & Technology at International Faculty Development Program. C)TI Assistant Professor, Dr. Harish Garg joined as the Associate Editor - Kybernetes, Emerald - an international journal of high repute. Holding a PhD degree in Applied Mathematics with specializations in fuzzy reliability, evolutionary algorithms, decision-making theories, multi-objective optimization, and fuzzy optimization. He has published over 200 SCI papers and one of the worldwide renowned researchers in the field of fuzzy decision making.

3. D) Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) - Center for Innovation and Bio-Design (CIBioD), PGIMER (Chandigarh) funded Thapar Institute's project “Aarogya Prahari- Tracking and Data Analysis of Patients for Predictive Management” through STEP - TIET. Mr. Harpreet Singh (Assistant Professor - Computer Science and Engineering Department) served as the Project Coordinator and plans to launch a screening tool and predictive management using machine learning for Covid-19, HIV, Hepatitis and Tuberculosis (TB) patients.

4. E) TIET faculty as national opinion movers - Dr. Debabrata Deb, Assistant Professor, SPMS: One of his opinion pieces got published in THE ARMCHAIR JOURNAL, Friday, July 17, 2020. To read complete article, click here. Alumni Achievements A)'They pursued their dreams with dedication, hard work and grit. That's all it takes to create history!' Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology takes immense pride to have mentored Mr. Manoj Ahuja and Mr. Iqbal Chahal, who are carving a niche as the Chairperson of CBSE and the BMC Commissioner respectively.

5. B) Proud to have mentored the vanguard of victory for the nation! TI alumnus Commodore Rakesh Anand conferred the Distinguished Alumni award by the Senate of Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology. We are proud of his 30+ years of distinguished service to the Indian Navy showcasing outstanding management capabilities and business leadership skills. B)TI Alumnus Mr. Ravinder Singh Dhillon holds a stellar career in the power sector spanning over 36 years.

6. Significantly contributing to macro planning at the Central Electricity Authority and designing power generating equipment with Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd, he has also played a major role in power projects for geographical diversification by cross border funding. C)TI alumnus and former IAS Officer, Anirudh Tiwari BE Electronics & Communication, 1983-1987 batch has now been promoted to the position of Additional Chief Secretary by the Government of Punjab.

7. E) TI alumnus Er. Daljit Inderpal Singh Grewal successfully joined as the Director (Distribution), Punjab State Power Corporation Limited. Having served as an Engineer-in-Chief (Distribution) - Central Zone, Chief Engineer - South Zone & SE Sangrur, and Senior Xen (Grid Maintenance Distribution) - Sangrur, his diverse 35 years' experience will help him bring significant value in his new role. F) On a mission of accomplishing greater milestones, TI Alumnus Mr. DPS Kharbanda took charge as Director & Special Secretary - Sports and Youth Services and Special Secretary & Commissioner, NRI Affairs (Punjab).

8. G) Making Thapar Institute proud with his terrific industry achievements! TI alumnus Mr. Gurdev Singh Nagi took charge as the Chief Engineer at Punjab State Power Corporation Limited (PSPCL), Patiala). H) TI alumnus Mr. Shailesh Aggarwal took charge as Vice Chairman - Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) (Himachal Pradesh). A reputed industry stalwart with distinguished services as President - Baddi Barotiwala Nalagarh Industry Association.

9. I) TI Alumnus Mr. Yogesh Tandon got appointed as the Director (Technical) at Punjab State Transmission Corporation Ltd. J) Abhishek Prasad from Electrical Engineering, batch 2015-19, secured outstanding 3.77 GPA out of 4 in the 30 credits Online Post Graduate Program in Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning (June-2019 to July-2020) conducted by Electronics and ICT Academy of National Institute of Technology (NIT) Warangal in association with Edureka as an industry partner - an initiative by Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (Government of India). He got selected in this Post Graduate Program in top 42 out of 10,145 applicants with a scholarship of Rs. 112,491(One Lakh Twelve Thousand Four Hundred Ninety One Rupees Only).