Anmol Singh Jaggi, an alumnus of UPES, started his own consultancy firm called Gensol Consultants Pvt. Ltd. after graduating. The firm now has a team of over 70 professionals and annual revenues of Rs. 6 Crores. It provides carbon credit consulting services. Jaggi credits his success to the support received from UPES, both during his time as a student through internship opportunities, and afterwards through guidance from faculty. He sees potential for further expansion in India and internationally in the coming years. Jaggi encourages current UPES students to take risks by pursuing entrepreneurship and their own ideas.

1. May, 2010
India’s asset is
our pride
Anmol Singh Jaggi awarded India’s hottest young
Entrepreneur by Business World (March 2010)

2. May, 2010
2009
ber,
Decem
UPES - The Incubation Centre .............................. 1-3
"Economic Recovery and the way ahead"
- Industry Academia view point ........................... 4-7
CMD, HPCL hails UPES progress........................... 7
Auto Expo 2010 .................................................... 8
Espacio-Dias 2010:
A journey through time and space ........................ 9
Financing Power Projects in India
- A Paradigm shift ............................................. 10-13
Students of B.Tech (ADE) exposed to Robotics..... 13
Energy Cup 2010 ................................................. 14
Intramural Volley Ball Tournament ....................... 14
CMD, GAIL India Ltd. honours UPES
- Endows Mahatma Gandhi's statue ..................... 15 in this issue
They work hard and party harder .......................... 16
Project 'Abhilasha 2010'......................................... 16
Economic Recovery and the way ahead
Dainik Bhaskar B-School Leadership Awards ....... 17 - Industry Academia view point
State Energy Conservation Award 2009 .............. 17
Innovation can be very basic
Regulatory Surveillance:
A must for airtworthiness ................................. 18-19
yet it needs a lot of research
- Vehicle designed by students,
'Energy 2010' - Innovation,...........in universities.... 19 appreciated in Auto Expo 2010
The Special Convocation for PTTEP, Thailand ........ 20
UPES launches lateral entry
B.Sc. Aviation Program ....................................... 21
UPES hosts PetroTech Chapters' Meet .................. 21 Financing Power Projects in India
Paper presented..................................................... 22 - A Paradigm shift
VC addresses MIMA convention at Doha, Qatar... 23
AIU membership approved ................................... 23
ISPe News............................................................. 24 Regulatory Surveillance:
A must for airworthiness
UPES bags Dainik Bhaskar
Best B-School Leadership Awards

3. UPES - The Incubation Centre
Anmol Singh Jaggi from the this level and now the endeavour is to maintain the same spirit
1 st B.Tech batch of in the future. I have always envisaged a great future for me
Petroleum Engineering and my company and this award seems like we’ve come a step
(2007) has been awarded as closer to our aim. The primary goal of GCPL is to provide
paramount services in the field of carbon advisory & strategic
India’s Hottest Young
consultancy and be the best in this sector, and it would be a
Entrepreneur by the great feeling to receive appreciation for a job well done in form
Business World magazine of such awards.
(issue March 29, 2010). Jaggi
had his eyes set to be an Q. Our readers would like to know about your
Entrepreneur at an age of business venture “Gensol”. What do you deal in?
21. He did not vigorously
pursue any recruiter but still Gensol Consultants Pvt. Ltd. is today one of the most aggressive
was selected by British Gas which he later left to be on and energetic carbon consultancy’s in India with proficiency
his own. in generation, registration and trading of Certified as well as
Verified Emission Reductions (CERs and VERs), better known
The mentors at UPES spotted the spark in him early. as carbon credits. GCPL has been providing services to over 350
He was declared as the 1st Young Entrepreneur at the clients in 4 different verticals under four companies. We offer
Convocation held in Dec 2007. The declaration of our Carbon Advisory Services under the brand Gensol and
Strategic Advisory Services under Green Karma. And the other
Jaggi as the Young Entrepreneur makes his alma-meter
two companies overlook the Asset Management and the Solar
feel as an incubation centre for many more Jaggis in EPC segments. Our major revenue comes from trading of
times to come. carbon credits which is followed by a unique business model
where in we sign an exclusive 11 year contract with our clients
Today Jaggi is the Director of Gensol Consultants giving us a certainty of large revenue forecast.
Pvt. Ltd. a firm which he floated as a consultancy for
carbon credits. In less than three years the firm has taken Our brand ‘Green Karma’ offering strategic consultancy
a steep rise to become a symbol of courage and self was formed about six months ago which has contributed 15%
confidence in one’s own abilities. to the total revenue. Green Karma helps our clients to analyze
the emerging regulation of carbon credits. For example, a client
True to one of its missions “To create top quality who has made an acquisition of coal mine in Australia. When
human resource in order to enhance the productivity they went to Australia to acquire the coal mine, there was a
carbon liability which was attached to the coal mine which
in the Oil & Gas, Energy, Transportation industry”, UPES
was falling under Australia which has signed the Kyoto
can truly be termed as the incubation centre for the Protocol. So we helped them assess the carbon liability by
young sparkling talent. implementing the carbon management program thereby
reducing the carbon liability of that acquisition. This is how
In a candid interview with your editor, Anmol S Jaggi we are adding value to our clients.
was forthcoming on his success story and that of the
Gensol Consultants. The other part is for aviation and shipping industry which
is now moving into Europe. Any flight landing into Europe or
Q. Many many congratulations on being declared any ship docking at European dockyard has to be carbon
India’s Hottest Young Entrepreneur. How do you compliant. We are helping these airlines and the shipping
handle the adulations? companies to adhere to the upcoming regulations. We are also
helping large procurement companies of Indian vendors who
A lot of effort has gone into it. We were always confident have been supplying materials to big companies like WalMart,
that we were doing the right thing at the right time. However, Tesco and British Telecom. Now these companies asked the
to receive such a prestigious honour is altogether a new high vendors to turn carbon compliance. We are advising lots of
for me. We have always been appreciated by our clients and Indian vendors to adhere to the standards laid by these big
recognized at various industry forums, but to get this kind of companies in the context of carbon compliance.
recognition at pan India level was highly encouraging and an
uplifting experience for me any my team. Two key factors have Q. What are other areas of business of Gensol
a major contribution towards this accomplishment - sheer Consultants?
hard work and the undying spirit. At Gensol Consultants Pvt.
Ltd. (GCPL) we have a team of over 60 young and dynamic Essentially the strategic consulting group - Green Karma-
professionals who have worked equally hard to help us reach looks into emerging regulations of these markets and how such
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4. regulations are going to affect one’s business and what are the offered a package of Rs 6 - 7 lakh from British Gas which
risk mitigation strategic plan that one has to put in. sounded a good deal at that point of time. Although after
working for a brief period I started thinking about a business
Carbon credit is no longer a charity item and it has now venture of my own. There was nothing extraordinary in the
become a balance sheet item. So this balance sheet item is to way I started our very first business venture. I had a thought in
be taken care of. mind which would have paid much more than what I was
being offered for any other job. Moreover, it was exciting to think
The third aspect of our business is a very unique and would about the experience I would gain after starting up something
become a revolution in the financial market. Gensol Consultant of my own. I had the confidence that I will be able to make it
is going to launch India’s first mutual fund wherein a retail through and the risk of failure never forced me to move
investor can buy carbon credit. We feel that carbon is a backward, even so, I had prepared for the worst. My belief is
commodity which is correlated to conventional economy. We that one should never be afraid of failures and this is the time
have already received the clearance for this fund, and by May when we can explore our maximum potential, when the risk
this year we would be able to launch in the market. Currently, is minimum. If we as a team would have failed and went back
we are exploring the possibilities of getting the above tax to a B-School, no institute would mind taking us as a student
exempted from Government. The carbon credit will hedge the who had the courage to stand up on his own feet, rather they
portfolios. While economy will grow at 8%, the carbon credits would appreciate the effort.
will fetch you 10%.
From making a humble beginning within a small office
The fourth vertical we in Panchkula three years
operate in is the Solar EPC ago with just two people to
company. We have been having a team of more than
fortunate enough to catch 60 young and dynamic
up with the Solar market professional spread across
in an early stage of our three cities focusing on
business. Moreover, we more than 350 clients and
have applied for 100 Mw with over 11 million tonnes
under the National Solar of emission reductions to
Mission (NSM). But as the our credit , I foresee only an
government is planning to uphill ride for Gensol from
support only 1,000 Mw in where we stand today.
the 1st phase so our
allocation may not be Q. What are the future
more than 20-25 Mw. We plans? Any plans of
are now going ahead with
venturing out of India?
opening a new company
called National Resource
From a 360° Carbon
Engineering Private
Solutions provider we are
Limited. NREPL will focus
planning to scale up to
on solar business and the Mr. Anmol Singh Jaggi recieving his degree from H.E. Sh. B.L. Joshi, the then
being a 360° Green Solution
company will become Governor, Uttarakhand
provider, hence covering all
operational in the first
shades of green. We are in a major expansion mode and are
quarter of this fiscal. .
rapidly growing our client base and as mentioned earlier our
team is all set to grow from 70 to 130 professionals in the next
Q. How much has the company grown since
few months. In terms of international market, we have plans
inception? to start operations in the US. Few months ago we had sent 3-4
team members to study the US market trends and the analysis
Gensol Consultants Pvt. Ltd. started with an initial of our research has been quite positive. Moreover, there are
investment of Rs. 2 lakh and a team size of two. However after certain reputed companies based out of Singapore which are
nearly three years of operation it has a turn over of Rs. 6 Cr and interested to do a joint venture with us. We might explore that
a team size of more than 70 professionals. We have our offices option but the talks are at its early stage now. However, we
in Panchkula, Ahmedabad and Mumbai and will soon open would be having our office in US by the end of next quarter of
up our offices in Gurgaon and Bangalore. Further our team this fiscal. Our client says that the kind of management
size is expected to increase to nearly 130 by the end of July and bandwidth and capital that we have, it is sufficient for India.
to 200 by the end of this year. We also have plans to start our So, we would be planning the next round of fund raising
operations in the US. perhaps in a year or half. Also, the average age of professionals
Q. You started alone. Tell us about the journey. working with GCPL is 24 years, so we are quite young, our
management bandwidth is quite low, so this is the map we
I have a similar story to tell which almost every student in can go with. At Gensol our responsibilities are going faster than
the university can relate to. We all are young; and most of us the rate with which we are growing. So with the limited
have no major liabilities in life, so was the case with me. I was management bandwidth that we have and with the kind of
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5. explosive growth have got the domain
happening in our expertise of the energy
domestic market, we sector which is very
would like to stick to the critical for the carbon
Indian market and business.
explore our options in US.
Q. What message
So as mentioned
earlier our current aim is
Anmol Jaggi will like
to become the largest to pass on to the
service providers in all current Anmol Jaggis
our segments of at UPES?
operations and we have
enough growth in the I would like to say this to
Indian Market in next 5 the current and the future
years to achieve that level. batches of UPES, that the
formal system of
Q. What role UPES Mr. Anmol Singh Jaggi’s parents Brig. Parminder Singh Jaggi and Mrs. Jasminder incubating companies is
has played in your Kaur the campus. When we
started in 2007, there was
success?
nobody better than us in the carbon trade space in terms of
UPES helped me at numerous junctures of my professional knowledge and even today no carbon advisory firm can claim
journey. It was while I was at UPES when I was offered a to have the same set of skills and expertise our team brings to
summer internship with Reliance Industries Ltd. where I the fore. Clients only pay you if you provide value addition.
prepared the Natural Gas Marketing Plans for the states of Everybody wants to know how you can deliver value on the
Madhya Pradesh and Orissa, the coal dominated states of the ground and what is your USP that would ultimately help
country. While comparing the Natural Gas vis-a-vis coal, where maximise their profit.
Natural Gas turned out be expensive for our clients, I was
Hence the key lies in applying a lot of hard work and taking
introduced to the Carbon Trade industry which was followed
up a risk in life, if you have the knowledge to back you up, no
by a small training program for the interns. This was the first
body can stop you from making it big in life.
time I was exposed to this concept.
It was my teachers at UPES who helped me in bagging Q9. Did your family support your endeavours or
various valuable projects during the initial days of our business were skeptical in the beginning?
setup. My seniors there have always been encouraging and have
been providing guidance and valuable insights when ever My family has always believed in good education and no
needed. I remember inviting the President of UPES to our small one has ever ventured into entrepreneurship in the past. I
office and his reply to my invitation was, I would visit your passed out as the first engineer of my family followed by my
office when the systems and procedures are in place. It is not a brother who is pursuing his studies from IIT Roorkee.
people driven company, its a system driven company. So I still
look forward to his visit and always quote his reply to my team. Everyone had certain apprehensions in the beginning, but
And, from day one, we wanted to make GCPL a system driven as I mentioned, we had analyzed the situations we might face
company. right in the beginning, so we had no plans of stopping. We can
say that it was a well planned step. We did face our share of
challenges like insufficient funds during our journey, but no
Q. Any memorable incident or anecdote you may
challenge was big enough to stop us from achieving our dreams.
like to share? And with a family like mine to support me and the confidence
of my peers always encouraged me to move forward.
There are many. We were the first batch of the University.
The University had just opened up and there were some No one from my family has been in business before. I am
amount of skepticism on how the University is going to fare. the first Engineer from the family. So going to engineering was
Even though I was not convinced with an entirely new a risk by itself. My father was always convinced that becoming
University I went ahead and trusted my parent’s who were an engineer was good. I have two elder cousin brothers, both
impressed with the vision of two individuals Dr. Parag Diwan, of them are Chartered Accountants. I first became an engineer,
Vice Chancellor and Mr. Sanjay Kaul, President along with Mr. and my brother has become an engineer now.
Himmat Singh and Mr. U.K. Dikshit, Pro Vice Chancellor. I
would like to say that I am grateful to these people for their
Q. What are your plans for marriage?
constant support and guidance.
There is still a lot to achieve and I am working really hard
I think, joining UPES will remain as the most
towards that. However, marriage will follow shortly, may be in
memorable incident of my life. Had I not been a part of
a year or two.
University of Petroleum and Energy Studies, I would not
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6. “Economic Recovery and the Way Ahead”
- Industry Academia view points
Once again UPES demonstrated its willingness and ability to be a part of the solution finding process rather than being a mere
observer. The one and half day event an ‘Econimic Summit’, received an overwhelming response from the academia and the industry.
Some of the organizations represented were – Jawaharlal Nehru University, Reliance Industries Ltd., Emerson Process Management
(India) Pvt. Ltd., Power Transmission Corporation of Uttarakhand, Airport Authority of India, GMR, Lanco Group, Container Corporation
of India and Uttarakhand Gramin Bank.
The Summit was branched into domain specific technical sessions – Oil & Gas, Power, Aviation, Logistics, Infrastructure and Port &
Shipping. The summary of the key discussion and action points for each session are enumerated here.
L
The last seven years have ooking at the initial signs of economic recovery
given a roller-coaster ride to i n
the global economy. India, one pertinent question that pops up is
The first five years saw the whether the recovery will be sustained over long
world economy growing period? One doesn’t seem to be certain if the trend will
continue even after the withdrawal of the stimulus
near an average of 4.6 % per
provided by the government. Naturally, each one of us
annum. Even the high would hope that the new found economic strength
crude oil prices seemed remains with us for long. With this backdrop ‘UPES
threat-less to the sustained Economic Summit’ was organized on the theme
Dr. Vikas Prakash growth. Continued global
Head - Deptt. of Economics,
“Economic Recovery and the Way Ahead” on 17 – 18th
UPES & Programme Director prosperity was then Feb 2010, at Vivekanand Auditorium at the campus in
followed by global recession. Dehradun.
The crisis was the worst since the one witnessed in
1930s. Large scale fiscal and monetary stimuli were The Summit - Day 1
provided. Countries were looking for a renewed The Summit was declared open by the Chancellor
Dr. S. J. Chopra with his confirmation on how various
form of economic cooperation. And then signs of
sectors of the economy had shown significant growth.
recovery were sighted. US, Japan, Germany, France He also deliberated on how, in
have recorded positive growth. China and India are the last one and half years,
being looked upon to steer the world towards students at UPES got engaged
economic prosperity. The G-20 summit has paved in formal debates on
a way for recasting a new world order. This new countering recession. Then
environment is certain to throw new challenges and Dr. Vikas Prakash, the Summit
opportunities to the business world. Director, introduced the
theme of the Summit to the
Indeed, India has carved a niche for itself at the participants. He provided
global canvass. In fact, the recent experience of instances of how corporate
India’s own resilient economic management was sector in India had displayed
one guiding factor of the report of the Warwick its economic might to rest of Dr. S.J. Chopra, Chancellor,
the world during the global UPES
Commission on International Financial Reform.
economic recession. He also
But, the billion dollar question is whether the
emphasized on the need for the policy initiatives to
advantage secured by India is substantial to provide ensure a sustained economic strength for the country.
a sustained growth of 9 per cent for the next decade.
It is crucial to use this advantage to strengthen the
weak links such as lack of adequate investments in
Keynote Address
The keynote address was delivered by
Energy, Aviation, Logistics & Supply Chain and
Dr. B. B. Bhattacharya, Vice Chancellor, JNU. He began
Urban infrastructure to support the desired high
with clarification on the interpretation of economic
rate of growth. recovery which according to him could be coming back
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7. to 8 – 9% growth trend which The Technical Sessions
was witnessed four years
before the recession started. The first technical session was
dedicated to the Oil & Gas
He demonstrated how India Sector. The first speaker was
uses its capital more Mr. A. S. Prasad, Business
efficiently than China. Still Leader, Emerson Process
India is not able to match Management (India) Pvt. Ltd.
China’s growth rate. He who presented his paper on
showed that the world ‘Impact of Global Recession on
Dr. B.B. Bhattacharya, beating competitiveness will
Vice Chancellor Oil and Gas Engineering
Jawaharlal Nehru University come if we are able to Mr. A.S. Prasad
Services in India’. He talked Business Leader (National) ,
provide opportunity of about variety of opportunities Emerson Process Management
availing education to more number of people. China arising in the Oil & Gas industry
(India) Pvt. Ltd.
floods the world with cheap goods, India floods the as more than 200,000 people
world with services (human capital). will retire from this industry in next ten years. He
If we can spend more on R&D. Corporate sector in India mentioned that everyone can’t be innovating, there has
contributes less than 2% to the R&D expenditure, to be fine balance between value-added high end jobs
whereas in South Korea it is 87%. That is why despite and the routine outsourcing jobs that we undertake.
starting late South Korea is making world class cars and Dr. Vikas Prakash, Head, Department of Economics,
electronic items and we are not. To add to the woes 95% University of Petroleum & Energy Studies and also the
of patents created by India are bought by foreign MNCs Program Director, spoke on the topic ‘Refine More:
rather than Indian companies. A Strategy for Crude Deficient India’. He spoke about
The Guest of Honour, Mr. Alok Sud, Vice President, (IB) the robust growth that India had recorded despite the
& Marketing Services, Reliance Industries Limited spoke global slowdown, and further raised question about our
on the ‘Private Sector’s Role in Augmenting Petroleum fuel adequacy to sustain the desired growth. He
Product Supply in India’. He maintained that the deficiency of crude oil should not
demonstrated that despite the deter us from becoming a refinery hub for the world.
recession, petroleum product The Second Technical session
consumption in India grew at was on Power Industry. The
healthy rate. He emphasized first speaker of the session was
on the kind of innovation Ms. Anita Singhal, former Banker
brought into the fuel and currently a research scholar
dispensing process. But, at the University of Petroleum &
despite the availability of Energy Studies. She showed that
mechanized alternatives with the power sector had never been
Mr. Alok Sud, Vice President, the company they have to so good as the year 2009 and
IB & Marketing Services, follow the norms laid down by recession had no impact on Ms. Anita Singhal,
Reliance Industries Limited the Government of India, funding of power projects in former Banker and
which requires every morning India. The year 2009 saw record currently research scholar
noting the density of fuel in the tank lorry; density of number of projects achieving
at UPES
the fuel in the underground tank before decantation and financial closure – worth Rs 1,63,927 cr. as against
density in the underground tank after decantation. Rs 51,395 cr. in year 2008. Traditionally power sector has
These readings are to be signed by three different people shied away from the equity markets. The year 2009
and preserved for years. Mr. Sud stated that RIL was marked another difference in the history of Power sector
reluctant of having unmanned Gas station
because the payment mechanism doesn’t Variety of opportunities are arising in the Oil & Gas industry
allow having unmanned gas stations. He as more than 200,000 people will be retiring from this
mentioned that technology-wise RIL is
industry in the next ten years. Everyone can’t be innovating,
100% prepared for unmanned gas stations,
the company’s ultimate ambition is also to
there has to be fine balance between value-added high end
have unmanned gas stations all over the jobs and the routine outsourcing jobs that we undertake.
country even in the remotest locations, but Mr. A.S. Prasad
the company is waiting for full decontrol Business Leader, Emerson Process Management (India) Pvt. Ltd.
of the sector from the government.
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8. by garnering 65% of the total funds raised through The second speaker for this session was Mr. D.P Singh,.
equity markets. Executive Director - Corp. Planning & Management,
Airport Authority of India.
The second speaker of the Mr. Singh focused on airline
session was Mr. S.P. Arya, industry environment in
Dy. Director, UERC, who spoke India. He touched all the
on the topic ‘Driving Power critical issues related to Indian
Tariff Down: Role of SERCs’. airlines business and its
Mr. Arya detailed the role of linkages with other industry
electricity regulator in tariff and society - like its
determination. He showed why contributions in the economic
it is important to secure the development of the country,
interest of both the power Mr. S.P. Arya, Dy. Director, in the cargo handling, and in
producer and the customer. He Uttarakhand Electricity the social development. He Mr. D.P. Singh
explained the various Regulatory Commission also talked about the Executive & Management,
Director - Corp.
Planning
challenges faced by the environment due to which Airport Authority of India
electricity regulator and how the role of regulator has Indian airlines are facing
helped in evolution of the power market. productivity problems like lack of infrastructure,
industry’s sensitivity towards business cycles,
The third speaker of the session was
consumers’ sensitivity towards airline demand etc.
Prof. A. M. Bharadwaj, head of department, Power
Management, UPES who spoke on ‘Hydropower The third speaker of the session was
Economics: Key to Continuous Power Supply’. Dr. Prasoom Dwivedi, Asst. Professor, UPES.
Prof. Bharadwaj established the need for investing Dr. Dwivedi talked on ‘Aviation environment and
more in hydro power generation. Hydro power is management during recession’. In his presentation, he
not only cost effective in the long run but also gave overview of global aviation industry especially, Low
very effective in meeting peak load demand. Cost Carrier (LCCs). With respect to Indian LCCs, he
mentioned that Indian LCCs have made world’s largest
The third session of the day was dedicated to Aviation
domestic market penetration by around
Industry. The first speaker of
52% in 2009 and Spicejet scored around 53% market
this session was Mr. L. Ravi,
penetration which is highest in the world in 2009 itself.
Vice President, Delhi
International Airport Ltd., Day 2
GMR. Mr. L. Ravi presented
The Second day of the Summit began with technical
paper on ‘Investment
session on Logistics and
Potential in Aviation’. He
Infrastructure industry. The
showed that in 2008 there was
first speaker of the session was
high aircraft movement but
Mr. Mukul Jain, Executive
lesser number of people
Director, CONCOR. Mr. Jain
travelling, but, in 2009 the
gave detailed analysis of Indian
passenger load factor was
Mr. L. Ravi Logistics Sector and also talked
seen to have improved Vice President, GMR
about growing needs of
remarkably. As a result the
logistics because of rapid
airports need to gear up for handling higher volumes of
economic and industrial
passengers. He spoke about the investment
growth in the country. He also
requirements in airport infrastructure for resurrecting Mr. Mukul Jain
mentioned that competition in Executive Director, CONCOR
economic growth. He talked about airport infrastructure
this sector is also growing and
development requirement in the country. He also
the companies like CONCOR have started facing the
mentioned measures taken by the government for
heat of competition. Presently there are 11 private
developing airport infrastructure like development of
players in the industry which give good scope for the
Brown field and Green field airports. Recently,
students for placement purposes.
government of India has decided to develop 10 new
greenfield airports and expansion of 35 airports in the The second speaker of the session was
country. During discussion he emphasized on the need Mr. M. N. Ravishankar, Director - BD, Regulatory & Risk
for liberalizing the regulations in airport sector of the Management, Lanco Infratech Ltd. Mr. Shanker gave
country. insight in the infrastructure sector India. He
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9. characterized infrastructure power generation projects could not be completed. He
sector as natural monopoly, brought out that most of the factors were managerial
capital intensive and in nature. The second presentation was team effort of
investment irreversibility. He two speakers from MBA (Oil &Gas) I yr. – Aditya
opined that economic Agnihotri and Siddhartha Banerjee. They showed how
downturn does not affect the the economic recession had impacted the Oil and Gas
infrastructure industry. Its industry in the country. The third
growth and development presenter of the session was
depends on government Prashant Saxena, MBA (Energy
policies and decisions rather Mr. M. N. Ravishankar, Trading) II yr. He presented his
than economic cycles. Director - BD, Regulatory paper on how economic
& Risk Management,
Mr. Shanker also detailed the Lanco Infratech Ltd. advantage, in buying of crude oil
kind of risk infrastructure by our companies, can be
industry may face because of its large size and other achieved through various risk
economic reasons, some of them are policy risk, political management techniques.
risk, delays in bid processes, regulatory risk, delays in Mr. Threesh Kapoor,
Mr. Threesh Kapoor, Chairman,
land acquisition, etc. In this way, infrastructure sector Chairman & MD, Uttaranchal Gramin Bank was the
is business cycle insensitive (at least at the policy level) Uttaranchal Gramin judge for the event. Sanjiv Kumar
on the one hand while facing different kind of risk on Bank Singh was eventually adjudged as
the other. At the implementation level the infrastructure the winner.
sector in India is experiencing large number of problems
like land acquisition, R&R (resettling and recovery), The valedictory address was
forest clearance, water allocation data quality, state Vs given by Mr. R. K. Singh, Advisor
centre issues, viability of the project SPV based funding to CM Uttarakhand. He spoke
etc. which are affecting the competitive strength of the about the genesis of the global
players. economic recession. He
beautifully related the subprime
Student’s Participation crisis in US to the economic
The second session of Day 2 was dedicated to students’ crisis worldwide, but, posed
competition. The first student was Sanjiv Kumar Singh, confidence that it was just much
MBA (Power Management) II yr. He presented paper needed correction in the system
Mr. R. K. Singh
on ‘Impact of Recession on Power Generation and the and the world economy will Advisor to Chief Minister,
Way Out’. He listed various problems due to which climb out of its woes with India Uttarakhand
playing a vital role in it.
CMD, HPCL hails UPES progress
Mr. Arun Balakrishnan, CMD, Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd. and
member board of governors UPES visited UPES campus on March 22. He was
received by the Chancellor Dr. S.J. Chopra, Vice Chancellor Dr. Parag Diwan.
Mr. Balakrishnan was shown a presentation on UPES, after which went into the
details of the facilities & future plans. He took a tour of the campus and was very
happy to see the developments at the campus.
As a member of Board of Governors
Mr. Balakrishnan was highly satisfied with
Mr. Arun Balakrishnan,
CMD, Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd.
development at the campus and expressed his
addressing the faculty members views as “Visiting the campus after 5 years, can
see the tremendous amount of work done - in
terms of addition in infrastructure, new modern laboratories, state-of-the-art
laboratories, first class faculty and an explosion of students. This is a great
institution for supporting the manpower requirement of the Indian and world Oil
Mr. Arun Balakrishnan,
& Gas industry of the downstream and upstream.” planting a sapling at the campus
He also planted a sapling at the campus.
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10. Innovation can be very basic
yet it needs a lot of research
Vehicle designed by students appreciated in Auto Expo 2010
The All Terrain Vehicle
The students of the Automotive Design Engineering
(ADE) program of University of Petroleum & Energy
Studies, Dehradun designed an All Terrain Vehicle (ATV)
named ‘Moguli’, during the course of the program. The
car is capable of running over uneven, muddy or any
natural surface. It has become possible through
incorporation of very special innovative features. The
ADE program is designed to meet the needs of the 21st
century automotive industry covering design &
developments, production & manufacturing and repair
& maintenance. The course offered is one of the
Mr. Ravi Kant, Vice President – TATA Motors inaugurating the UPES fascinating studies of an automobile from design to the
stall during the Auto Expo 2010
on-road adaptability along with understanding of the
associated wider aspects of the transportation sector,
Mr. Ravi Kant, Vice President, TATA Motors inaugurated energy & environmental concerns and application of
UPES stall at the 10th Auto Expo 2010 at Pragati Maidan, petroleum & alternative fuels. The course aims to
New Delhi. ‘Mougli’ an ATV (All Terrain Vehicle) educate students both in theory and practical through
designed by the domain specific subjects structured as Basic, Core and
students of Advance Engineering.
Automotive
D e s i g n This vehicle is a demonstration of the relevance of the
Engineering theory and practical aspects of the course. The vehicle
program was participated in the competition ‘Baja 2009’, the only
w i d e l y event in the country, organized by SAEINDIA (Society
acclaimed at of Automotive Engineers), in which students get a
the Auto-Expo chance to design and fabricate a vehicle all by
by the leaders themselves.
and stalwarts of Mr. Ratan Tata, Chairman, TATA Group of
companies at the stall with the students of
A u t o m o t i v e UPES
Industry. The
stall was also visited by Mr. Ratan Tata, Chairman,
TATA Group of companies.
The other dignitaries who visited the stall were
Mr. Karupayya, Director, NATRAX, Dr. K.C. Vora, Head,
ARAI Academy & Library, Mr. I.V. Rao, Head R&D,
Maruti Udyog, Mr. Ravi Kharul, GM- R&D, TVS Motors
Company Ltd., Dr. M.O. Garg, Director-IIP Mr. Pradeep
,
Handoo, Head-Design Center, Hero Corporate Service
Ltd., Mr. Gautum Sen, Consulting Editor, AUTO INDIA, Mr. Ravi Kant, Vice President – TATA Motors, in discussion with UPES
Mr. Natarajan, MD, Motor India and many others. students
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11. Espacio-Dias 2010: A journey through Time and Space
Espacio’Dias, Spanish for Aerospace Day, was organized wisdom, but also involved
on 19th - 20th February, 2010 at campus by first graduating himself as a participant. Soon,
batch of Aerospace Engineering students of University of followed a campus tour
Petroleum and Energy Studies. Supported by the faculty guided by Advisor, Aerospace
and management, this first of its kind event was targeted Engineering Department,
to showcase department’s strengths, versatility and AVM A. K. Khosla and
essentially its spirit. head of the department,
Dr. Om Prakash. A repeat
A short summary of this event would include mention of
performance of Air Show with
dignified visits from Industry, Academics and Air-force,
new models and new acrobats
several student competitions such as model glider-flying,
was next item on the menu ACM (Retd.) S.P. Tyagi
paper plane, flight simulator, water-rocket, poster and
which turned out to be even interacting with the students
paper presentations and of course the event highlighter
more exemplary due to a
‘Air show’.
model which could send live video images to LCD screen
The celebration started with on the ground. While none of the actions displayed were
welcome of Mr. Balraj Gupta, new to this fighter pilot who is known for his daredevil
Director, ADRDE (Areal adventures, ACM Tyagi surely was thrilled and entertained
Delivery Research and by these flying models.
Development Establishment)
The event ended by awe-inspiring talk in open air at
and Air Marshal (Retd.)
University’s amphitheater. ACM Tyagi reiterated his
K.D. Singh. While Mr. Gupta
confidence in youth and explained how the key to society’s
enlightened students about
success lies in the hands of these students. While disclosing
several DRDO labs and their
his own recruitment and experience with Indian Air-force,
research activities such as
Mr. Balraj Gupta, Director, he encouraged students to have a vision and objective of
parachute technology, space
ADRDE addressing the life before they run after degrees or jobs. Invigorated by
recovery mechanisms,
students his words and eager to soon be fighter pilots, students
clustered parachutes,
discussed their career opportunities at Air-force with ACM
AM K.D. Singh talked about national defense and role of
Tyagi. Prize distribution and vote of thanks by Dr. Shrihari,
Air-power. He toured through
Dean, College of Engineering, substantiated by echoing
past Indian wars and how India
claps all around the place marked the official end of
dominated due to its superiority
Espacio’Dias.
in Air-Defense. Nothing could
have given this event a better
start than these two
personalities from two different
background yet serving the
Aerospace Industry. Their words
not only inspired the Aerospace
Engineering students but also all
AM (Retd.) K.D. Singh Students displaying
the faculty present. addressing the students models of aircrafts
The beginning of Day Two
witnessed an event in campus quadrangle which would
make any youngster envy. Students were competing with
their aerodynamically engineered paper-planes to cover
maximum range with maximum flight time.
Simultaneously, while some students were flying off virtual
planes in flight simulator, others were presenting their
technical knowledge and research potential via paper
presentations, confluence and poster presentation.
The Chief Guest, Air Chief Marshal, (Retd.) S.P Tyagi joined
.
students participating in various competitions and not Participants of ‘Espacio-Dias’
only encouraged them with his presence and words of
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12. Financing Power Projects in
India – A Paradigm Shift
the Government took over post-independence; and few
of them were viz. Ahmedabad, Mumbai, Kolkata,
Kanpur, Surat etc. a typical example of distributed
M. N. Ravi Shankar generation, and there was no conflict of interest
Director – BD, Regulatory & between private and public set-up as the area
Risk Management, demarcation was unique, and no two licensees were
LANCO Infratech Limited operating in the same area.
BACKGROUND
Infrastructure development for any country is a gigantic
task, more so for a vast country like India. Emerging
Indian Power Sector is saddled with acute power deficits
and huge Transmission and Distribution losses, State
Electricity Boards (SEBs) / Distribution Companies
(DISCOMs) of the State becoming financially inviable
due to tariffs not being increased for the populist
political reasons. Financing the sector has become a
major issue.
Electricity Sector has been given major thrust in With the advent of developmental activities in the
every Plan period beginning from the I Plan till date. sector, the focus shifted from specific area development,
Capacity addition for power generation being dismal to mass area development, and thrust on rural
due to various reasons; it directly affects the growth of electrification with full governmental support. No doubt
the nation. Some of the major factors for such dismal this was required for the economy, but it was done
performance could be (i) Lack of Finance available to without looking into the financial aspects and viability.
set-up of these plants (ii) Non-availability of adequate Rather, till early 1990s the sector was closed to the idea
funds with the State Public Sector Enterprises (SEBs / of private partnerships. Generation sector of electricity
DISCOMs), (iii) Tariffs not reflecting the true costs, (iv) was opened-up for private participation by framing a
Over burden of Subsidy on the Govt. (v) Rampant thefts policy by Government of India. Generation activity has
and (vi) huge technical and commercial losses. been de-licensed but many clearances were still
required.
CHANGING PHASES OF POWER MARKET
Thus benefiting the Independent Power Producers
STRUCTURE (IPPs) in some states like AP, Maharashtra and Gujarat
Change is a universal law and is inevitable, Change is
going to be a constant feature; it is Companies who have Funding for the power generation projects has
to adopt and adapt to these changes. Dynamic factors undergone a sea change and from a traditional
such as Political, Social, and Commercial etc. force these (conservative) approach to the modern day innovative
changes. After India became Independent almost entire financing route. In the past, post liberalization era when
country was under a bundled structure, created by each private sector started participating, the financing was
State, viz. a State Electricity Board or an Electricity the most conservative and required sovereign
Department. These entities were having integrated guarantees, escrow accounts, and all the receivables
structure to perform the duties of Generation, attached to the project developer. A Risk mitigation
Transmission and Distribution. There are some cities structure for the project developer, as the SEBs were
where some Private players were operating even before little creditworthy, due to inadequate fuel off-take and
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13. payment guarantee set-up; tariff not being rationalized, days it was only development financial institutions like
and tariff not being cost-reflective; and SEBs were IFCI, IDBI and ICICI which were doing the project
subsidy- dependent. In some of the States even subsidy appraisals and project financing, but during last decade,
was also not forthcoming from the Government because however, more so during last five years, commercial
of their weak financial conditions. banks have also started lending to the power projects
by doing project appraisal by themselves. Commercial
Since, 1991 private participation was more oriented banks fund these projects under the infrastructure
on gas / naphtha projects, and that too based on banner, as RBI has broadened the scope of
imported technology. In the later part of 1990s or early infrastructure. Door-to-door lending is there almost for
2000 the story shifted to other types of fuel viz., Coal, 17 years of which 4-5 years is for construction period
Imported Coal, Hydro, Renewable etc. The entire and 12 years for servicing the debt.
funding of the power projects critically hinges on the
cash-flows and debt equity structure. Dedicated Institutions for the Sector
Power Finance Corporation (PFC), Rural Electrification
DEBT FUNDING Corporation (REC) are dedicated to power sector
financing for the private / public sector utilities on
The sector gets funds from typical agencies which are
sound commercial principles, to cater to the needs of
created or operated specifically for the development of
these utilities. While PFC does funding for all types of
infrastructure space. One has to remember that
investments and working capital needs of different
electricity has become an essential commodity and a
utilities, REC primarily focuses on rural electrification
public good. Whatever is done to the sector it directly
schemes. These institutions act as prime movers of the
affects the common man. Debt plays a vital role in value
sector. Asset liability mismatch and credit risk exposure
creation for the enterprise. Leveraging the balance sheet
norms of RBI are not applicable; this in fact plays a
for value creation is the need of the hour.
significant role in developing the sector.
Government Insurance Companies
Government funds most of the projects of the Central LIC, GIC, UII etc. have been mandated by IDRA to invest
and State sector for their capacity expansion and new at least 15% of their funds to finance the infrastructure
projects or for the working capital too. The lending is sector. These institutions have been funding the
done for longer term and at low interest rates for electricity sector and are now extending their support
sustenance of the sector. to the private entities also.
Multilateral Agencies External Commercial Borrowings
Some of the PSUs like NTPC, NHPC, etc. were initially External Commercial Borrowings (ECBs) were popular
funded through multilateral agencies like Asian means of borrowing by the large capital intensive
Development Bank, World Bank, International projects. This allows the company to do the swapping
Monetary Fund etc. for initiating the process of creating of resources to reduce the cost of project. Typically the
infrastructure in the country with an aim to create infrastructure projects go in for ECBs during the project
economic efficiency of the assets. Electricity Act, 2003 construction stage with a low LIBOR plus premium
was also in this direction to create value for various stake which are cheaper than the local market. This is not a
holders, bringing in level playing field among various rule-of-thumb but purely depends upon two vital
stakeholders, and to instill confidence among investors factors viz. RBI policy and External Market conditions.
and stakeholders by bringing certainty to the sector.
Export Credit Agencies
These agencies have funded the power projects by There are products available for getting funding against
way of grants to these newly created Central Public the import of capital equipment from a specific country.
Sector Undertakings for developing the sector; of late, These institutions do lend to specific proposals of the
they are funding to the private sector projects by lending domestic market. Buyers Credit is another instrument
and which makes the project viable. Funding is generally by which the project developers raise short-term
for longer duration with liberal terms. finance for funding the projects.
Financial Institutions Bonds
Financial Institutions and Commercial Banks are Most of the CPSUs, SPSUs and SEBs have been using
funding the power projects in a big way. In the earlier this mechanism to raise short term financing to meet
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14. or bridge the gap. These are generally funded by the Citigroup, Macquire, IL&FS have specialized funds
pension funds, mutual funds insurance companies etc. focusing on infrastructure sector which invest these
These are generally for 5 – 7 years. funds in the upcoming projects by picking up equity
stakes.
QUASI EQUITY OR SUBORDINATE DEBT Qualified Institutional Placements
This structure was innovated to finance infrastructure This type of equity is generally placed by existing
projects with an option to convert a portion of the debt companies, by virtue of past performance of the
into equity; or to continue the flexible portion of debt company. QIP bidders are allotted existing or fresh
as debt with higher premium. These options give shares. This is an attractive route for the companies for
cushion to the lenders to maximize their returns too. raising capital and increase confidence to the QIP about
the investments getting channelized to the right
EQUITY FUNDING companies who are performers.
For any project, promoters’ equity is a must, and more
so for the projects with long gestation period and for CONCLUSION
those with long asset life. Returns are guaranteed in the The concept of funding is changing with the changing
power sector for bringing private investment. This is one times and there is a paradigm shift now, as the sector is
of the sectors where 100% FDI is allowed. The return is maturing day-by-day, with alternate sources and
pegged at 15.50% net of tax and additional 0.50% for innovative funding available to the sector. Lenders are
the projects getting commissioned on or ahead of now convinced about the Indian Power Sector story and
scheduled time. Typically equity is raised from the are making moves to facilitate innovative structures and
internal accruals of a company. In case of Special risk mitigation approaches for the electricity sector. In
Purpose Vehicle (SPV) equity is infused under various the process the relevance or insistence of PPA is no
structures as detailed below:- longer a requirement for project funding. This is because
of the fact that power trading market is throwing the
Promoters Equity / Internal Accruals
right price signals for the unmet demand. There is now
Most projects have equity infused through the
pressure on the States / DISCOMs / Utilities to plan for
promoters’ capital route. In case of Government held
the electricity generation to meet the ever increasing
companies the infusion is primarily through internal
demand. Power trading activity is going to be a
accruals. Large CPSUs like NTPC, NHPC, PGCIL, etc.
significant activity in the entire value chain of the
do fund the new projects under these routes.
electricity market. Financial Institutions would take
Primary / Capital Markets positions to mitigate their risks; and in the next stage,
Off late power sector companies have been approaching derivative market would get evolved and shall act as a
the Indian Capital markets; this is mainly because of balancer for the project risks.
the focus on adding generation capacity. The sector
being capital intensive the requirement goes up The price realizations by merchant sales of the
manifold as there are very few players in the market. surplus capacities have given good marginal cost price
India has been drawing ambitious plans for capacity signals in a deficit market. This infact is now driving
addition plan after plan, but now only, the program is the power market and leading to a major shift in the
witnessing greater thrust after private sector taking lead paradigm. The additional revenues from the merchant
in capacity additions in a big way. Another factor is sales are in fact giving greater comfort to the
many of the Mega and Ultra Mega power projects being stakeholders for accelerated repayment of the funding,
developed by Private players only. Stock markets have and gearing-up for creating additional capacities to the
seen many Initial Public Offerings (IPO) like JP Hydro, much starved power sector of the country. The power
NTPC, GMR, GVK, Lanco, Reliance, Jindal, Adani and trading market has given a fillip to the deficit gap driven
markets have accepted these companies. power market.
Private Equity Funds In all the 5 Year Plans the Government of India has
Another more recent way of funding the project is by been a failure, when it comes to the actual capacity
way of private equity investment as venture capitalists, added against the targeted addition. Table below shows
and would exit through IPO or other routes by divesting the performance in last few plan periods.
the shares. Some of the big groups like IDFC, PFC,
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15. Five Year Plan Years Capacity Addition (MWs) Lakh crores and of which about Rs 4 Lakh crores are
Target Achieved expected from private sector. These aggressive funding
Eighth Plan 1992-1997 30,538 16,423 requirements of the power sector require innovative
Ninth Plan 1197-2002 40,245 19,015 techniques to fund the growing power sector needs;
Tenth Plan 2002-2007 41,110 21,180 modern and innovative mechanisms play a vital role
Eleventh Plan 2007-2012 78,577 ??? for funding the power projects.
Total Installed Capacity in India as on 28.02.2010 is In the entire game of power-project-financing the
1,57,229 MWs with a deficit of about 20,000MWs important consideration is the promoters’ track record
in execution of projects and project-management-
The Working Group of Power has estimated
capabilities. Electricity Act, 2003 has given enough
Demand, and has projected a capacity requirement of
opportunities through Open Access in a non-
12,07,000 MWs by 2032 if the Indian Gross Domestic
discriminatory manner, thereby giving a choice to the
Product has to grow by 9%, the Table below shows the
generators and consumers to source each other. Under
estimated requirement under different plan periods.
this regime, role of government guarantees, counter
guarantees, escrow mechanism have little relevance as
Plan Period Capacity Addition
there are other robust mechanisms in place. Under the
Requirement (MWs) Requirement (MWs)
Ultra Mega Power Projects – PPAs a generator can sell
2007-2012 2,15,000 78,000 its power to third parties in case of default by a
2012-2017 3,31,000 1,16,000
beneficiary.
2017-2022 5,10,000 1,79,000
2022-2027 7,85,000 2,75,000
The financing mantra keeps changing according to
2027-2032 12,07,000 4,22,000
the requirements and the state of economy, more so for
Capital outlay of the XI Plan for the power sector is a fast developing country like India. It will thus be seen
put at Rs 10 Lakh crores and of which Rs. 2.50 Lakh that in India there exist projects with 100% equity
crores are estimated from the private sector, similarly, funded, while at the same time in the fast changing
for the XII Plan Capital Outlay is estimated to be Rs 15 economy there are projects funded with 100% debt.
Students of B. Tech (ADE) exposed to Robotics
Tech exposed
A 2 day precision robot building workshop – LogiTrix was
conducted at University campus during March 27 – 28,
2010. 100 students participated in the workshop forming
25 teams. The aim of the workshop was to introduce to the
students the art of building the autonomous robot to solve
a set of tasks from programming view point. The organizing
company was TRI Technosolutions Pvt. Ltd., SINE, IIT,
Bombay.
The participants were introduced to the architecture of the
AVR microcontroller and to the programming concepts.
By this they learned to read and write into the inbuilt
EEPROM (Electrically Erasable Programmable Read Only
Memory) and control the I/O ports. The input port generally feed the sensed signal from the external world to
the microcontroller and is analog in nature. This analog signal is digitized by internal analog to digital converter
and a data base is stored into the internal memory. The program use this data base for decision making and
resultant digital signal is output by the output ports and the application comes alive. Initially simple tasks were
solved like switching, blinking the LEDs after certain time delay, software and hardware looping concepts were
introduced.
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16. Participating teams of Energy Cup 2010
Energy Cup 2010
- Synergy in sports
UPES as a policy has always encouraged Industry–Academia interface by
initiating new and innovative forums of Academic interaction. UPES has taken
one more stride in this direction by initiating an interface with the industry in
the field of sports also. A T-20 cricket tournament for the “ENERGY CUP” was
launched with the vision of converting this into a major corporate cricket
championship of the country over the next few years.
The three teams competing for the Inaugural trophy called
“ENERGY CUP-2010” were the hosts UPES, Schlumburger & GEOPIC-ONGC
. This Tri series was played on March 24 – 25, 2010 at UPES campus grounds,
Dehradun.
The prize distribution ceremony was conducted by the Proctor –Mr. Arun
Dhand and Mr. Manish Madan. The presentation party consisting of the
Chancellor, the Vice Chancellor, the Pro-Vice Chancellor, Country Head of
Schlumberger - Mr. David Seabrook and Deputy General Manager of
Geopic – Mr. T.R. Murli Mohan.
Energy Cup 2010
Score Card
ONGC Vs UPES Schlumberger vs UPES ONGC vs Schlumberger
ONGC 146/6 in 20 Overs UPES 248/4 in 20 Overs ONGC 174/5 in 20 Overs
UPES 147/7 in 17 Overs Schlumberger 158/10 in 15 Overs Schlumberger 60/10 in 13.4 Overs
UPES beat ONGC by 3 wickets UPES beat Schlumberger by 90 runs ONGC beat Schlumberger by 114 runs
Series Best Batsman - Mr. Manish Yagnik, UPES
Series Best Bowler - Mr. Manoj Kumar, ONGC
Intramural Volley Ball Tournament
An Intramural Volley Ball Tournament for boys was organized starting from February 29. 16 teams from
various courses of University participated in the tournament. The Tournament was inaugurated by the
Proctor - Mr. Arun Dhand. The Semi Final matches were played on 26th March 2010. First Semi Final was played
between B Tech - ADE, IIIrd yr. & B Tech - APE + GE, IInd yr. in which B Tech, IInd yr. won by set score – 2-0. The
Second Semi Final was played between B Tech - GE IVth Yr & B Tech - ASE, Ist yr. in which B Tech - ASE won the
match by 2-0.The Final Match was played between B Tech - ASE, Ist yr. and B Tech - APE + GE IInd yr. In a close
contest the final match was won by B Tech - APE+GE by set score of 3-1. Gane Ravi Kumar of B Tech, Ist yr. was
declared the ‘Best Player’ of the tournament for his overall performance.
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17. CMD, GAIL India Ltd. honours
UPES. Endows Mahatma Gandhi’s statue
Mr. B. C. Tripathi, foreign personalities
Chairman & Managing have won him
Director, GAIL India Ltd., laurels at
unveiled a 6’6" bronze various national &
statue of Mahatma international
Gandhi at the campus of exhibitions. His
University of Petroleum & works are displayed
Energy Studies at many venues. He
(UPES) Dehradun. has been honoured
Mr. Tripathi specially by the Prime
made a visit to Dehradun Minister and
to endow the statue President of India.
which has been made by
This particular pose
the world renowned
of Gandhiji is
Indian artist, Mr. Gautam
Guests and UPES faculty at the unveiling of Mahatma Gandhi’s statue
adorning the place of
Pal of Kolkata.
at UPES Campus, Dehradun pride at many
The magnanimous venues all over the
gesture of “GAIL India” is world which include
in recognition of UPES being the pioneer University Acapulco (Mexico), Lisbon (Portugal), Catania (Italy), Sao
dedicated to the education in the Energy domains. Paolo (Brazil) and the office of GAIL India Ltd. New Delhi.
The sculpture in larger sizes in the same pose are also
Mr. Tripathi who in addition to heading GAIL India Ltd. is
displayed in Moscow (USSR) and Washington (USA).
also the Chairman of Brahmputra
Cracker & Polymer Limited, Assam GAIL India Ltd.
and GAIL Gas Ltd. He is also a
Director in Petronet LNG Ltd, GAIL (India) Ltd. is India’s largest natural gas company
Mahanagar Gas Ltd., and having a market share of 79% in natural gas transmission
Indraprashtha Gas Ltd. and 70% in natural gas marketing. Apart from natural gas
transmission, distribution and processing, the Company
Speaking on the occasion has diversified business interests in LPG transmission,
Mr. Tripathi said that he was very petrochemicals, city gas projects and Exploration and
happy to visit UPES. Regarding the Production activities. The Company has presence in Egypt
endowment of the statue to the and China through city gas projects and in Myanmar and
Mr. B. C. Tripathi, University, Mr. Tripathi said that it Oman in E & P GAIL has set up a wholly- owned subsidiary
.
Chairman & Managing is the befitting gift which GAIL has company viz. GAIL Global (Singapore) Pte. Ltd. in
Director, GAIL India Ltd. presented to UPES as the institute
addressing the students Singapore.
of repute in the energy sector.
Earlier Mr. Tripathi addressed the students and faculty
members where he outlined the importance of energy
sector as a vital arm of Indian economy. He complemented
the faculty and the students for their contribution to this
core sector and there by contributing to the growth of the
country. Mr. Tripathi also planted a sapling at the campus.
The statue of Mahatma Gandhi
The statue which has been endowed by GAIL India Ltd is
6’6" tall pose of Mahatma Gandhi made by
Mr. Gautam Pal. 60 years old Mr. Pal a noted artist
from Kolkata has contributed to the art of sculpture in a
big way. The sculpture made by him of many Indian &
Mr. Tripathi interacting with the faculty at the Aerospace Lab
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18. They work hard and party harder
Annual “Picnic 2010” of UPES was organized at Kata Pathar, newspaper trick was the highlight of his show, though a bit
a serene spot near Kalsi about 61 kms from Dehradun on long drawn out. Ladies had been looking forward to playing
March 20th. The weather was excellent for an outing like Tambola, but there was no time, hard luck ladies-will
this. Nearly 400 persons including children ventured to certainly make-up next time.
participate in the picnic.
Lunch was a sumptuous affair of Indian and Chinese cuisine,
At the picnic spot the atmosphere was unmistakably carnival and a choice of salads. The pièce de résistance was the Kulfi
like. Balloons in the trees had children pestering their faluda from Kumars’ and had everyone queuing up in front
parents for some. Loud music vied with the shrill shrieks of of the lone frozen pot. Smart ones had double/triple
children playing. Soon everyone thronged to the Golgappa helpings - good luck to them!!
and Papri chat marquee. Many decided to wade in the
waters of the Yamuna, while others were seen strolling on The children ‘Drawing Competition’ was held post-lunch;
the promenade enjoying the splendor of the rapids. The they were divided in two age groups - below seven and above
more adventurous swam, exhibiting an awesome display of
bellies of different shapes, sizes and hues !!! Anglers were seven. The theme was ‘Our surroundings’ and children came
heard debating the best places to fish for mahaseer. Mothers out with awesome performances. Mrs. Tewari, wife of the
cautioned their exuberant children from going too deep into PVC, judged the entries and gave away prizes. All
the water. participants were given tokens of appreciation. Everyone
was given a keepsake to remind them of the outing, PVC
The magic show had children hooked and they were heard addressed the gathering and the wonderful afternoon came
asking their parents, “Usne paise kaise banaye?” Magician’s to an end, though reluctantly.
Project Abhilasha 2010
“Project Abhilasha, 2010” commenced from
26th - 3rd April, 2010 was inaugurated by
Dr. B.K. Joshi, Former Vice Chancellor,
Kumaon University and Smt. Joshi, a
renowned social worker at Rajiv Gandhi
Novodaya Vidhayala, Nanorkhera, Tapovan,
Dehradun.
Project Abhilasha, a part of corporate social
responsibility of University of Petroleum &
Slected Students under Abhilasha 2010 Project Energy Studies, Dehradun is an effort with
an aim of building a scientific base for
engineering entrance examinations for students from the interiors of Uttarakhand who do not have coaching
facility.
Every year UPES, Dehradun select a large number of students with the support from Directorate of Education,
Uttarakhand, and impart free rigorous in-house residential training for 10 days in physics, chemistry and
mathematics for “AIEEE Entrance Examination” with free boarding and lodging facilities.
The selected 65 ( inclusive of 27 girls) students hail from Rudryaprayag, Chamoli, Haridwar, Champawat, Nainital,
Bageshwar and Dehradun Districts.
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19. Dainik Bhaskar “B-School Leadership Awards”
UPES WINS
two prestigious awards
• Best B-School with Excellent Industry Interface
• Best Professor Teaching Marketing
Management
The morale is enhanced, when we
get recognition from the industry
and peers for the efforts that we are
Mr Arun Jyoti - Dircetor, UPES Mumbai Office receving the award for
putting in to build a world-class ‘Best B-School with Excellent Industry Interface’
university. At the recently concluded
Dainik Bhaskar B School Leadership
Awards function in Mumbai,
presided over by the Honourable
Prime Minister of Bhutan, Jigme
Yoser Thinley, UPES was recognized
as being the ‘Best B-School with
Excellent Industry Interface’. UPES
faculty Dr. Suresh Malodia was
awarded for being the ‘Best Professor
Teaching Marketing Management’. Dr. Suresh Malodia, Professor - UPES receving the award for
‘Best Professor Teaching Marketing Management’
State Energy Conservation Award 2009
UPES won the IInd position (office building and educational institute category) in first State Energy
Conservation Award 2009 for its contribution in the last three years. Award was given away by Hon. Principal
Secretary Energy of Uttarakhand during Dec.’09 in Dehradun. Main criterion was various training programs/
workshops that we conducted and few measures that we implemented in University viz. improving of and
installing energy efficient tube lights.
In individual auditor category, our Associate Professor - Mr Kamal Bansal (BEE certified Energy Auditor) won
the first prize for his work in conducting various energy audits, training programs and preparing technical literature
on energy conservation.
Prof. G.C. Tiwari recieving the 2nd position award in the first Mr. Kamal Bansal, Associate Professor - UPES, recieving the first prize
State Energy Conservation Award 2009 for its contribution in saving for his work in individual auditor category in the First State Energy
energy in Office building and educational Institute Category Conservation Award 2009.
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