11

centers

of

excellence

are

1.

established

in

the

campus

to

promote

Non

2.

the

research,

consultancy

destructive

Robotics

Industrial

Applications

Solar

4.

Engineering

Big

5.

Data

Software

6.

Machine

7.

SAE

trainings
Evaluation

&

3.

and

Development
Vision
BAJA

8.

Geomatics

9.

Computational

Civil

Engineering

10.Embedded

Systems

11.Mobile Computing
1.

Center

for

Nondestructive

Evaluation

It is established for study of quality assurance of aero space and nuclear engineering materials. Basic NDT methods, such as magnetic particle inspection,
liquid penetrate test, visible inspection and ultra sonic flaw detector are installed to study the various defects of metal materials. This center is separated by
dept

of

automatic

energy

and

AICTE

under

RPS

programme.

Non-destructive evaluation is extremely diverse

and multi-disciplinary, involving the fields of Applied Physics, Materials Science and Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Structural Engineering, Computer
Science, Electrical Engineering, Electronics, Technologies of Signal Processing and Artificial Intelligence. Center for Non-destructive Evaluation has been
established in Guru Nanak Institutions Technical Campus in 2012. CNDE of GNI fosters a collaborative work and coordinates technology activities in this
interdisciplinary area. CNDE provides a focus for NDE and NDT activities being pursued within interested international organizations. CNDE responds to the
increasing national and international need for development, information exchange and technology transfer in this critical technology. Dr Gray R Mayer and Dr
Dennis J Bouvier of Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, USA visited the CNDE of GNI on 25th Sept 2013 and appreciated the execution of ongoing
research projects. Dr H S Saini, Managing Director, GNI associated with the team and briefed on the progress of ongoing research projects. Dr S V
Ranganayakulu, Dean (Research & Development) of GNITC welcomed the team and demonstrated the projects.
2.

Robotics

&

Industrial

Applications

Robotics is an interdisciplinary branch of technology that deals with design, construction, control and operation of a robot. A simple robot is a machine that is
embedded with a sensor, a processor and an end effectors whose application may vary depending upon its connected sensors, end effectors and information
processing.
Intelligent

fire

fighting

robot

The robot has a temperature/light sensor as its sensing element for fire and a water sprayer and motors as its end effectors. The robot is capable of detecting
the event of fire, trace the exact location of fire and spraying the water to the detected location. The control commands to the end effectors based on the
sensory

feedbacks

are

given

Wireless

by

the

Atmega128

processor.

surveillance

robot

The surveillance robot can be used for both commercial and defense purposes. The robot consists of an onboard wireless camera that can stream sequence of
images through zigbee protocol. The actuators of the robot can be remotely controlled by establishing Bluetooth connection between the processor and the
controlling

joystick.

Pneumatic

powered

robotic

crane:

The robot is a miniature working model of an industry standard crane whose arm movements are actuated by the pneumatic linear actuators. The robot has one
circular degree of freedom provided by the vertically mounted DC motor and three degree of freedom provided by the linear actuators. The robot navigation is
achieved

through

the

differential

drive

of

the

horizontal

DC

motors.

Pick

and

place

robot

The robot has an onboard arm mechanism that act as an mechanical gripper to hold and release the objects. The gripper movement is manually controlled by
controlling

the

actuator

and

the

robot

makes

differential

motion

to

move

from

one

point

Miniaturized

to

Mars

another.

rover

The dynamics of the robot is similar to the Mars rover- Curiosity. The robot has an onboard wireless camera mounted on the servo drive which gives a 360
degree field of view of the surroundings. The robot is powered with the 6 differential drive DC motors which is controlled centrally by the Atmega128 processor.
Collision

avoidance

robot

The robot is mounted with the array of ultrasonic proximity sensors whose output are monitored by the processor. When a sensor reads a value below its
threshold,

the

corresponding

motor

is

3.

actuated

to

make

the

robot

turn

towards

Solar

safer

direction
Engineering

The developed center will concentrate on development of PV cell, module development, material research for development of DSSE and silicon solar cell. 60
KW Rooftop Grid Tied Solar PV Plant is established under special capital subsidy scheme of MNRE. Some of the models fabricated by IV B.Tech students are
mentioned

below-

4.

Big

Data

Big Data and Hadoop Research lab is designed to provide knowledge and skills to become a successful Hadoop Developer. The following are the details of
configuration

S.NO

of

System Configuration

the

peripherals

and

Qty

licensed

software.

1.

Big data appliance with multicore SDMOS,DB SERVER,WEB SERVER

01

Data scientist and web analyst cloud stations

30

Network switches-Rack mount

02

12 U rack 19/1000D , With power panel and side panels

01

Data analyst license

60

Management station license

02

Data synchronization licenses

60

Big Data ICCP Licenses

60

RDP Licenses

60

Objectives
1.

Master

the

2.
Understand

4.

Program

5.

Learn

6.

12.

Distributed

Implement

Loading

in

Techniques

features
Implement

a
in
best

2.0
Practices

Implement

Usage

understanding
--

YARN,
for

programs
(MRv2)

Pig

Advanced

and
and

of

HDFS
Hadoop

Advanced
ZooKeeper

Federation,

Flume
MRv2)

MapReduce

using

Integration,

and

YARN

Analytics

framework
Cluster

and

MRv1

Complex

good
Hadoop

MapReduce

Sqoop

in
MapReduce

and

using
(Both

write

Data

Have
New

System

Hadoop

MapReduce
to

HBase,

File

Data

Perform

9.
11.

Hadoop

Program

7.

10.

of

Setup

3.

8.

concepts

NameNode

Development
Hadoop

service
High

and

Hive
Indexing
Availability
Debugging
Project

13. Work on a Real Life Project on Big Data Analytics and gain Hands on Project Experience
5.

Software

Research

Development

Software development is an important activity. In order to harness the skills of Computer Science, Information Technoly and MCA students in software develop
two batch of students were selected for training. Initially the students were given training in software engineering, .net, SPM etc., subjects. The students were
asked to develop the projects on Automatic Attendance system which has got many implications. Students with background in ECE were asked to

develop
develop scanners and others with background in computer science were asked to develop data base applications on the data collected. The students of these
two batches have successfully completed these in-house projects. These projects were also part and parcel of their B.Tech dissertations.

6.

Machine

Vision

Machine Vision is the technology that uses images as its source of information and act as an intelligent identifier/locater in various Industrial and Robotics
applications.
Works

being

carried

Camera

out-

based

attendance:

This system is developed to overcome the drawbacks in the conventional attendance marking system. The system extracts the detected faces in an input image
and compares with the images in the database. Based on the comparison the corresponding faces are recognized and the attendance is automatically marked
to the respective faces, hence ensuring a foolproof, robust attendance marking system.
Miniaturized

Industrial

conveyor

belt

A camera is mounted in the path of the conveyor belt such that the objects passing the belt lies within the field of view of the camera. The camera detects
various objects and classifies the objects as wanted or unwanted objects. Based on the camera recognition of objects, an actuator in the rejection mechanism is
activated

to

reject

the

Finger

unwanted

objects.

print

identification

The system recognizes the biometric features and classifies the persons based on their finger print. This system locates the edges of the input image and
compares

with

Length

that

and

of

the

angle

database
detection

image

to

in

identify

real

a
time

person.
images

The system can detect the length of an objects in real world units, which replaces the use of conventional rulers. The system also identifies the angle of
intersection

of

various

Selective

objects

in

localization

the

image.

of

faces

The system searches for a specific person`s face in an image of group of persons and localizes the required person by marking his face.
Object

recognition

This system uses a standard pattern recognition algorithm to identify the object of interest. The template of the required object is stored in the database and the
system

identifies

if

the

object

Automatic

is

found

in

the

input

object

image.
counting

The camera detects various objects with unique colors and segments the objects based on its color threshold. After segmentation, the number of objects of
each color is automatically counted.
7.

SAE

BAHA

SAE INDIA conducts this competition every year. Students across the country from various institutes and universities represent their team. The primary
objective is to design and fabricate an ATV. The event (BAJA) comprises of dynamic events such as acceleration test, deceleration test, hill climb,
maneuverability and a four hour endurance race where the vehicle is subjected to these events which tests the students design perceptive.
Before entering the competition we have preliminary round where teams from different colleges are supposed to present their respective design reports. More
than 400 teams have participated for the SAE INDIA BAJA virtual preliminary round and out of which 120 teams have been selected for the main event and we
are one among. The event helps the students to arcane subject relating the field, works on real time problems and helps them to be pragmatic. In this project
students learn and gain experience in designing, machining, fabricating and financing and real time reliable vehicle and also communicating with vendors,
suppliers and sponsors. Members in the team face high pressure scenarios during working hours where they have to complete their part in the time specified
and always putting budget in mind. Besides the technical skills the project also tests the disciplinary actions among the members, team work, team strategies,
ethics and project management are considered as a prominent role. This project gains a valuable experience to the members. The team comprises of various
ages and majors. SAE India Baja gives us exposure to various automotive items. Students work hard and give commitment to the team including weekends and
late night hours. Students join SAE India Baja because of their zeal and motivation to see their design from a virtual display to a real time functional model. This
event

is

hosted

in

Pithampur

at

INDORE;

the

event

is

during

the

month

of

February.

The entire event is covered on Neo Sports and also goes live on air in few stations. Each teams as a cumulative sum of 25 student body members and 120
teams in the event. Apart from the participants we also have other enthusiasts coming up for the event as audience. The event is sponsored and hosted by
automotive

giants

such

as

Mahindra

and

Mahindra,

8.

Chevrolet.
Geomatics

Indian Geo spatial Market is on the verge of a humongous growth. Most Indian firms in GIS are involved in the data collection, data capture and data conversion
scenario. The government is the biggest consumer of GIS applications and uses it actively. India, with its diverse landscapes a perfect fit for a technology like
GIS. This is largely attained due to government focus on use of GIS and large initiatives like R-APDRP and NLRMP but this is just the start. It is also estimated
that private players in infrastructure, telecom and other utilities are spending around Rs 50crore annually on GIS products and services.
The

notable

industries

that

are

offering

GIS

services

ANNOVA Technologies Pvt. Ltd, CGC Converse Technologies Pvt. Ltd, Geosoft Technologies, IN-RIMT, RSI Softech India Pvt. Ltd, Infotech Enterprises etc.,
Several hundreds of industries are doing outsourcing jobs in the applications of Map generation, Remote Sensing, Photogrammetry, insurance companies etc.,
The industries prefer trained candidates in the field of GIS instead of recruit and train. The placement opportunities are expected to be improved those who
possess

GIS

skills.

GNITC believe in providing necessary infrastructure to its students and train them industry preferred software applications to improve their job opportunities.
GNITC established a Centre of Excellence on Geomatics with the latest server and software from ESRI which enables the students to undertake minor and
major

projects

under

9.

the

guidance

Computational

of

experienced

Civil

faculty.
Engineering

This centre of excellence consists with 24 BENTLEYs Academic Perpetual offering Solution. GNITC is the first institute to place entire range of products
provided by Bentley Inc. USA. The list of softwares include Structural solutions like STAAD Pro, 3 D CAD design, MXROAD (Transportation solutions), 3D
IMAGING & MAPPING Solutions, BUILDING INFORMATION MODELING solutions and WATER & WASTE WATER solutions. These applications are useful
for construction organizations. The students are trained on these applications from second year to final year (i.e., all semesters) to enhance their computational
knowledge

in

the

Civil

Engineering

10.

and

improve

their

employable

Embedded

opportunities.

System

Texas Centre of Excellence for Embedded system is established in collaboration with Texas instruments, Crane Software Inc and Texas Instruments university
programme.

As

part

of

MoU,

conducting

student

contest

programmes

and

Faculty

Development

programmes.

Mr Narendra Babu, Resource Person of Texas Instruments, delivering lecture on Embedded system on 25th June2014 The centre will promote the design of
embedded products based on TI's semiconductors. It will also promote design of educational solutions for teaching subjects on embedded systems and conduct
educational activities such as seminars and train-the-trainer workshops that will be open to teachers from other engineering colleges as well.

Activities of Texas Centre of Excellence for Embedded system

Activity

Event Dates

Embedded system Design

25 26 June2014

No. of participants

44

using TI MSP 430 MCU

Deliverables

Introduction, Understand the MSP 430 Timer

operation, Analog to Digital converter, interface
MSP 430F5529 with internal ADC

Analog

System

design

26 27 June2014

38

using analog device

Basic building block of active filters, simulation

of universal active filters, regenerative feedback
systems

TI

India

Analog

Maker

27 28th Sept2014

450

Competition 2014

11.

Design, simulation and implementation using

TL072 Opamp

Mobile

Computing

Mobile application is the latest technological trend among the fresh breed of young Engineers. Mobile Application Development Centre was started with the
object of promoting specialized knowledge in the field of mobile technology, and developing various educational applications. Mobile application development is
similar to Web application development and has its roots in more traditional software development. One critical difference, however, is that mobile applications
(apps) are often written specifically to take advantage of the unique features a particular mobile device offers. For instance, a gaming app might be written to
take advantage of the iPhone's accelerometer. One way to ensure that applications show optimum performance on a given device is to develop the application
(app) natively on that device. This means that at a very low level, the code is written specifically for the processor in a particular device. When an app needs to
run on multiple operating systems, however, there is little -- if any -- code that can be reused from the initial development. The application must essentially be
rewritten for each specific device.