Chandigarh University News

  Chandigarh University hosts Post-Budget discussion on ‘Two Decades of ModiNomics: The Journey of Economic & Inclusive Development from Gujarat to Bharat’ Chandigarh University (CU) hosted the Post Budget panel discussion tilted ‘Two Decades of ModiNomics: The Journey of Economic & Inclusive Development from Gujarat to Bharat’, which was organized by the New India Development (NID) Foundation on February 01, 2024. The discussions revolved around how this futuristic interim budget has paid attention to every sector, especially the Youth, Women, Farmers and Poor. The distinguished panellists included former Vice-Chancellor of Punjabi University Patiala, Dr BS Ghuman, author of the book ModiNomics & Chairman SKOCH Group; Sameer Kochhar, Director Indian Institute of Management Amritsar Dr R Nagarajan; Chairman of PHDCCI-Punjab and MD Hitech Lights Ltd Rupinder Singh Sachdeva, Chief General Manager (Retd.) NABARD Dinesh Kumar Kapila; Professor-IIM Ahmedabad Dr...

Chandigarh University student Nikhil – a rising boxing star Chandigarh University boxer Nikhil punches his way to international success   A Chandigarh University student Nikhil has distinguished himself as a rising boxing star in India with a stellar track record that includes a gold medal in the ASBC Asian Junior Boys Boxing Championship 2023 at Astana, Kazakhstan. A resident of Patiala, the 19-year-old Nikhil has honed his talent at Chandigarh University, emerging as a sporting powerhouse by nurturing champions and setting new standards of excellence in the field. Nikhil – whose father works in the private sector and his mother is a housewife –has consistently dominated the national arena, securing 5 gold medals in various national championships, which speaks volumes about his versatility and determination.  A National Junior Champion in the 52 (two-time) and 57 (three-time) weight categories, Nikhil earlier bagged a bronze medal at the 40 th Golden Glove o...

  With ‘Indigenous Technologies for Viksit Bharat’ as theme, Chandigarh University celebrates National Science Day 2024   Chandigarh University (CU) organized the National Science Day celebrations on February 28, 2024, on the ‘Indigenous Technologies for Viksit Bharat’ theme to emphasise the relevance of indigenous innovations by Indian scientists and the role of science in making India 'Atmanirbhar' and achieving Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s vision of a Developed India by 2047. Dr Jatinder Kaur Arora, Executive Director, Punjab State Council for Science and Technology was the chief guest of the event, whereas Dr Ashish Gulia, Director, Homi Bhabha Cancer Hospital and Research Centre, Mullanpur; and Dr. Sukminder Kaur, Director, Central Forensic Science Laboratory Chandigarh were the Guest of Honour. A Symposium on ‘Role of Science and Innovation towards Viksit Bharat’ was also held on the occasion, which was attended by Dr. Suman Singh (Director Health-Family Welfa...

Chandigarh University students shine as Champions at ‘Techacks 4.0’ hackathon; clinch ‘Best Hardware Track’ award and a Rs 10,000 cash prize CU students Aman and Karan emerge winners of ‘Techacks 4.0’ for developing innovative RISC-V Core and Computer Vision Model   In a remarkable display of skill and innovation, two Chandigarh University (CU) students of Electronics and Communications have secured the championship title at the prestigious ‘Techacks 4.0’ – a 36-hour in-person hackathon. The students have been awarded with the ‘Best Hardware Track’ award along with a substantial cash prize of Rs 10,000. During the hackathon, CU students – Aman Kumar Singh and Karan Gajanan Mali – showcased their expertise by creating a Single Cycle 32-bit reduced integer instruction set based RISC-V core. For adding novelty to the design, they incorporated a computer vision ML model (CNN) using the opensource library hls4ml, which would be interfaced with the CPU core for edge computing a...

  Chandigarh University students honoured with ‘Citizen Scientists’ title by NASA NASA recognizes Four Chandigarh University students as promising contributors to Aerospace Four Chandigarh University (CU) students of Aerospace Engineering have been honoured with the prestigious title of Citizen Scientists by NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) under its renowned citizen science program – the International Astronomical Search Collaboration (IASC). With this accomplishment, CU students have made a mark as promising contributors to the field of space exploration and astronomy. CU students, namely Sonali Sahni, Anant Shah, Harsh Aditya Minz, and Abhishek Malhan, have been recognized as citizen scientists for their valuable contributions to observations of near-Earth objects and Main Belt asteroids by analysing the images from Pan-STARRS. During the asteroid research campaign, the team of four successfully detected an object (officially designated as ‘AST0001’) b...