Research Group Introduction: Motor Drive Laboratory, Electrical and Electronic Systems Course, Dept. of Integrated Science and Technology, National Institute of Technology, Tsuyama College

Smart Global Community (SGC) is an innovative concept of community development involving economy generation within a community using appropriate smart technologies. The location of SGCs is ideal within the vicinities of various institutes, which can impart technological support for the betterment of the neighborhood, thereby elevating their economic status. The SGC proposes a symbiotic relationship between the institutes and the neighborhood that serves the requirements of the institute. The present study identifies Kattangal, a neighborhood community, near two national level institutions, the National Institute of Technology, Calicut and the National Institute of Electronics and Information Technology as a model for the development of such SGCs. The study area is delineated based on the walkable neighborhood concept within a 1.5 km radius from the primary node called Kattangal. A reconnaissance survey identified the natural features that form the boundary of the study area. An extensive field survey identified the issues, potentials, and opportunities presented by Kattangal. The field survey’s thrust area includes land area identification for suitable workspaces, availability of human resources, infrastructure, and recreational open spaces in the study area. The survey identifies the primary stakeholders in the study region. A household sample survey, shop owners survey, and NITC student’s aspiration survey follows the initial reconnaissance survey. The survey inputs are processed, which proposes essential strategies to elevate the community to an SGC. It follows a Focus Group Discussion involving various stakeholders. The Focus Group Discussion helps arrive at suitable strategies that the community can accept and adopt. The study also explores the connectivity of the community to augment and establish suitable supply chain management strategies.

A website serves as a gateway to any information about any institution in the present-day digital era. Webometrics is a technique of estimating the effectiveness and efficacy of a website by quantitative analysis of its links and webpages. In this study, the websites of the top ten oldest NITs (as per their year of Foundation as Regional Engineering College) were considered for webometric analysis. It was found that all the ten studied NIT websites have .ac.in as their URL extension. While NIT Kurukshetra has the most linked web pages, NIT Nagpur has the highest number of web pages on its website. After analysis it was revealed that NIT Kurukshetra has the highest Simple Web Impact Factor, Self-Link Web Impact Factor, External Link Web Impact Factor and Revised Web Impact Factor and clinched the top rank out of all the ten studied NIT websites. Though presence of broken links is found to be the maximum number on the NIT Kurukshetra website. From the estimation of the correlation between the Simple Web Impact Factor and the Revised Web Impact Factor, it was found that both variables have a coefficient of correlation of +0.28 in magnitude. This indicates that both the variables have a positive correlation between them. Hence out of all the ten NIT websites the website of NIT Kurukshetra is found to be most effective and efficient.

This research study aims to measure the Open Access (OA) friendliness of National Institutes of Technology (NITs) of India that are listed in the overall category of NIRF (National Institutional Ranking Framework), 2021 by taking into consideration four important OA parameters – i) OA publication share; ii) OA licensing scenario; iii) citation impact of OA publications; and iv) altmetric scores of OA publications. It deals with 64,485 publications of the selected 11 NITs during the period from 2012 to 2021 (10 years), citations received by these publications (5,42,638 citations), and altmetric attention scores of the documents (5,213 publications) during the period under study. A data carpentry tool, namely OpenRefine, and open access bibliographic/citation data sources such as Unpaywall, Dimensions, and Altmetric.com have been deployed to accomplish this large-scale study for ranking NITs by their Open Access Friendliness (OAF). The OAF indicator, as applied in this study, is a distributed weightage based 100-point scale built on top of the aforesaid OA parameters. The ranking framework shows that Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology, Surat (est. in 1961) has achieved the top position with a score of 52.12 (out of 100), but in totality only 3 NITs (out of the selected 11 NITs) crossed the 50 per cent mark in the adapted OAF scale.

PurposeThis paper delineates the appraising and comparing the circumstances that may influence the choices and preferences of the undergraduates of National Institutes of Technology (NITs) of the north-western region of India for using library’s print versus electronic resources. The author investigated the circumstances in knowing whether different situations impact their choice for using print or electronic resources concerning their demographical characteristics for their academic learning.Design/methodology/approachThe study used a survey of undergraduates at six NITs in the north-western region of India. The responses were analysed using Chi-Square, Mann–Whitney and Kruskal–Wallis statistical analysis tests, via SPSS software.FindingsThe study revealed that respondents preferred a mix of both forms of sources for their academic studies under different circumstances. The results reveal that the institution of respondents affected the choice of print resources over e-resources and vice versa in many different circumstances. Respondents’ year of study affected the choice of using print over e-resources and vice versa in certain situations. The residential backdrop affects the choice of using e-resources over print in some situations. Gender of respondents affects the choice of using e-resources over print under some situations.Practical implicationsThe study will further aid librarians at six NITs in the north-western region of India to know whether print resources still have the same importance among library users or their preference switched towards using electronic resources.Originality/valueThis study offers new perspectives on the use of print verses electronic resources among the undergraduates at six NITs in the north-western region of India so that the libraries can procure desired resources rather than moving with the market trends.

Advent of internet technologies specially, website is considered as a most efficient medium to catch and disseminate diverse kind of information, thus, every institution has its own website and is using this medium for imparting variety of information to the targeted users. This study aims to evaluate and analyse the services, facilities and other information available on the library websites of 28 National Institute of Technology (NITs) between February1-28, 2015, by using a checklist. The results of this study revealed that the majority of NIT library websites are providing information with regard to their name, logo, about library book collection, electronic resources, accuracy, diverse services and sections, but, lacking of library mission statements, currency, reliability search interfaces, Web 2.0 applications and cutting edge technologies like cloud-based services. It is also discovered from this study that most of NIT library websites need to improve. This study will be helpful to judge the quality and diverse facilities present on the 28 NIT library websites in India.

Proceedings of 12th International Conference on Damage Assessment of Structures DAMAS 2017 Kitakyushu, Japan, 10-12 July 2017ChairmanProf. Magd Abdel WahabGhent University, BelgiumCo-chairmanProf. Nao-Aki NodaKyushu Institute of Technology, JapanInternational organisation committeeProf. Huajiang Ouyang, University of Liverpool, UKProf. Wieslaw Ostachowicz, Polish Academy of Sciences, PolandProf. Spilios Fassois, Patras University, GreeceLocal Organizing CommitteeProf. N-A Noda, Kyushu Institute of Technology, JapanProf. H Sakamoto, Doshisha University, JapanProf. M Endo, Fukuoka University, JapanProf. M Goto, Oita University, JapanProf. C Makabe, University of Ryukyu, JapanVice-Pres. E Yamaguchi, Kyushu Institute of Technology, JapanProf. K Kosa, Kyushu Institute of Technology, JapanPres. N Sugano, FUJI P.S Corporation, JapanProf. K Oda, Oita University, JapanProf. G Hotta, National Institute of Technology, Ariake College, JapanProf. T Yakushiji, National Institute of Technology, Oita College, JapanProf. T Takase, Nagasaki University, JapanProf. M Hibino, Kyushu Institute of Technology, JapanProf. T Miyazaki, University of Ryukyu, JapanProf. T-C Chiu, National Cheng Kung University, TaiwanProf. K Masuda, University of Toyama, JapanProf. T Hattori, Shizuoka Institute of Science and Technology, JapanProf. S Nishida, Saga University, JapanDr. Y Sano, Kyushu Institute of Technology, JapanDr. Y Takase, Kyushu Institute of Technology, JapanInternational Scientific CommitteeF Aymerich, University of Cagliari, ItalyS K Bhalla, Indian Institute of Techonology Delhi, IndiaF Casciati, University of Pavia, ItalyR Ceravolo, Politechnico di Torino, ItalyF Chu, Tsinghua University, ChinaG De Roeck, KU Leuven, BelgiumL Faravelli, University of Pavia, ItalyS Fassois, Patras University, GreeceM Friswell, University of Swansea, UKG-R Gillich, Eftimie Murgu Univ Resita, RomaniaJ-C Golinval, University of Liege, BelgiumA Gonzalez, University College Dublin, IrelandK Holford, University of Cardiff, UKMP Limongelli, Politecnico di Milano, ItalyG Manson, University of Sheffield, UKT McCarthy, University of Wollongong, AustraliaN-A Noda, Kyushu Institute of Technology, JapanK Oda, Oita University, JapanP Omenzetter, University of Aberdeen, UKW Ostachowicz, Polish Academy of Science, PolandH Ouyang, University of Liverpool, UKB Peeters, LMS International, BelgiumR Pullin, Cardiff University, UKA Rudawska, Lublin University of Technology, PolandV Silberschmidt, University of Loughborough, UKJ J Sinou, Ecole Centrale de Lyon, FranceC Surace, Politecnico di Torino, ItalyK Worden, University of Sheffield, UKY-L Zhou, National University of Singapore, SingaporeW Zhu, University of Maryland, Baltimore, USAX Zhu, University of Western Sidney, AustraliaEditorialThis volume contains the proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Damage Assessment of Structures, DAMAS 2017, Kitakyushu, Japan, 10-12, July 2017. DAMAS has a long history of almost 22 years. The first DAMAS conference took place in 1995 (Pescara, Italy), followed by a biannual meeting in 1997 (Sheffield, UK), 1999 (Dublin, Ireland), 2001 (Cardiff, UK), 2003 (Southampton, UK), 2005 (Gdansk, Poland), 2007 (Torino, Italy), 2009 (Beijing, China), 2011 (Oxford, UK), 2013 (Dublin, Ireland) and 2015 (Ghent, Belgium). The twelfth edition of DAMAS conference series, DAMAS 2017, is hosted by Kyushu Institute of Technology, Japan, and is held at in the West Japan Industry and Trade Convention Association, located in the town centre of Kitakyushu city.The conference is established as a major international forum for research topics relevant to damage assessment of engineering structures and systems including numerical simulations, signal processing of sensor measurements and theoretical techniques as well as experimental case studies. The presentations of DAMAS 2017 are divided into 4 main sessions, namely 1) Structural Health and Condition Monitoring, 2) Damage in Civil Engineering, 3) Damage in Machineries and 4) Damage in Composite Materials.The organising committee is grateful to keynote speakers; Prof Kunitomo Sugiura, Department of Civil and Earth Resources Engineering, Kyoto University, Japan, for his keynote lecture entitled ‘Damage Assessment of Orthotropic Steel Bridge Decks‘, Prof Kikuo Kishimoto, Department of Transdisciplinary Science and Engineering, School of Environment and Society, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan, for his keynote lecture entitled ‘Interfacial Mechanics for Multi-Material Structures’ and Prof Stéphane Bordas, Faculté des Sciences, de la Technologie et de la Communication, Université du Luxembourg, for his keynote lecture entitled ‘Multi-scale fracture simulations: model and discretisation error control’.Special thanks go to members of the Scientific Committee of DAMAS 2017 for reviewing the articles published in this volume and for judging their scientific merits. Based on the comments of reviewers and the scientific merits of the submitted manuscripts, the articles were accepted for publication in the conference proceedings and for presentation at the conference venue. The accepted papers are of a very high scientific quality and contribute to advancement of knowledge in all research topics relevant to DAMAS conference.Finally, the organising committee would like to thank all authors, who have contributed to this volume and presented their research work at DAMAS 2017.Professor Magd Abdel WahabChairman of DAMAS 2017

The conference on Sustainable Energy, Environment, and Green Technologies (ICSEEGT 2022) is the second international conference organized at Poornima College of Engineering, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India. This event was organized in a hybrid mode. This conference aims to bring researchers from academia, government agencies, research laboratories, and the corporate sector to present their research on sustainable and renewable energy, the environment, transportation engineering and green technologies. Since green growth is pursuing economic development in an environmentally sustainable manner, therefore green growth must play a vital role in the development goal of improving living standards, accessing modern energy services, and using energy more efficiently. For this aim, the conference ICSEEGT 2022 provided an excellent platform to promote research in the subject area and exchange new ideas in these fields among academicians, engineers, scientists, and practitioners across the world.The conference began with its inaugural session (in hybrid mode), seeking the blessings of Goddess Saraswati. The session witnessed addresses of dignified persons, Professor S.A Sherif, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of Florida, USA, Professor L.M. Das, Former Professor, Centre for Energy Studies, Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, India and Dr. L. N. Thakural, Senior Scientist, Surface Water Division, National Institute of Hydrology, Roorkee, India.The inaugural session was followed by a keynote session of Professor P. Muthukumar, Professor, Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati, India, on the Energy Efficient and Environment Friendly Porous Radiant Burners for Cooking and Industrial Applications. Later, four parallel technical sessions were organized on the first day, where authors and participants participated and presented their papers. Overall, 186 research papers were received for ICSEEGT 2022 from different organizations worldwide, out of which our expert team of reviewers accepted 102 papers. The research papers in this conference were invited considering these three tracks: sustainable/renewable energy, environment and transportation, green technologies, and urban development. The presenters and attendees participated with full enthusiasm in all the technical sessions. Out of 83 registered papers, 43 papers were presented in the technical sessions on the first day. The first Technical Session in offline mode was chaired by Dr. Narayan Lal Jain and Dr. Pran Nath Dadhich, and moderated by Mr. Rahul Sharma of Poornima College of Engineering, Jaipur, India. The second Technical Session was chaired by Dr Salifu Tahiru Azeko, Tamale Technical University, Tamale, Ghana: Mr. Sanjay Kumawat, Poornima College of Engineering, was the moderator for this session. Dr. Tanuj Chopra from Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology, Patiala, India chaired the third Technical Session. The second and third session moderator were Mr. Divya Vishnoi and Mr. Sanjay Kumawat, Poornima College of Engineering respectively. Dr. Puneet Kumar Jain, National Institute of Technology, Raurkela, and Dr. Ram Niwash Mahia, National Institute of Technology, Hamirpur, India chaired the fourth Technical Session and moderated Dr. Monika Vardia from Poornima College of Engineering.The day ended with a keynote session on Recent Advances Materials on Energy Storage Technology and Sustainability by Dr. M V Reddy, Senior Professional Researcher, Nouveau Monde Graphite (New graphite world) (NMG), Quebec, Montreal, Canada.List of ORGANIZING COMMITTEES are available in this Pdf.

Purpose Youth today are referred to as the “Google generation.” From infancy, they are presumably adept at the use of digital resources and smart devices. However, how aware and informed these “Google youth” are on the library print and electronic information resources is questionable. How susceptible are they to using information library sources in both formats, and to what extent is it a major issue? This study aims to investigate the awareness levels and degree of print versus electronic resource use of the Google Generation undergraduates’ studying in the National Institutes of Technology (NITs) of North-western India (Rajasthan, Delhi, Haryana, Punjab, Himachal Pradesh and Jammu & Kashmir). The researchers have attempted to ascertain this through the opinions of undergraduates from different aspects of their demographics, including gender, institution, year of study and residential background. Design/methodology/approach The published academic literature was studied to understandthat undergraduates tend to access digital media daily. The usage behavior of 664 respondents from the North-western NITs was surveyed using a questionnaire-based survey method that adopted random statistical techniques. Findings Users were aware of print books (90.0%) but not e-books (62.1%). A high percentage of unawareness and partial awareness observed among the sample indicated lacunae in library orientation and educational programs. Mann–Whitney test statistically validated the results for familiarity with some of the resources in both media concerning the study year of students, gender of users and their background. Print documents were more in demand, although they intermittently used electronic sources of information for their academic achievements. Research limitations/implications The study was limited to take undergraduates belonging to the Google Generation with considerably restricted time, money and labor. Moreover, it is limited to undergraduates of the NITs of North-Western India, as they are the primary stakeholders with different information requirements and use different search strategies as compared to postgraduates, researchers and faculty. Practical implications This study provides fresh insights by evaluating the resources provided by the libraries attached to the NITs, which intend to serve academic staff and students. It also brings about the required changes to improve library resources and need-based services and provides practical connotations for library administrators concerning collection, development and undergraduate students’ needs. Originality/value This study enhances the existing knowledge of user regarding the use of print versus electronic resources. The study suggests that libraries should build collections while keeping in mind undergraduate usage behavior concerning the format of resources, more than merely moving with the market trends.

This paper analyzes eight years’ worth (2007-2014) of data from the Study Achievement Tests (SATs) conducted by the National Institute of Technology (NIT), Japan. The aim is to estimate the scientific ability of NIT Ichinoseki College’s students and search for an effective estimation method. The findings are threefold. (1) The students’ scientific ability increased in the eight years considered. (2) By subtracting the average across NIT colleges from the average at Ichinoseki College, the relative ability level of the latter can be identified. This level increased in the first three years and remained almost constant (at 5-10% above the NIT average) in the last five years. (3) Comparing the level of third-grade students (SAT data) with that of first-grade students (entrance-examination data) shows that the growth rate of Ichinoseki College’s students is about 10% above the NIT average.

The Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) in India enhanced dependency on Information Communication Technology (ICT) based on G2C eGovernance applications persistently raised apprehension regarding cyber-attacks and breach of security. Objectives:The present study assesses the status of ambiguity and vulnerability pertaining to security aspects of HEIs G2C eGovernance web portals. Methods:Five prominent central and state HEIs i.e. Malaviya National Institute of Technology - Jaipur (MNIT), National Institute of Technology - Kurukshetra (NITK), Guru Nanak Dev University -Amritsar (GNDU), Maharshi Dayanand University – Rohtak (MDU), and Bhagat Phool Singh Mahila Vishwavidyalaya – Sonipat (BPSMV) were included in the study and Grey Box penetration testing method through open-source software’s Whois.sc, Yougetsignal.com, Kali Linux, Builtwith.com, NMAP, and Google Hacking Database (GHDB), etc. along with social engineering testing through external penetration strategy was applied to assess the ambiguity and vulnerability of HEIs. Findings:The analysis revealed that login IDs and passwords related to web portals, eResources, networks, etc. are freely available and shared without any authorization which is a major cause of security breach. The vulnerability test depicted unencrypted communication between the HEIs portals and servers and the absence of well-articulated security and privacy. Novelty: The study exhibits the lenient view of HEIs administration towards security aspects of G2C eGovernance projects and the outcome would enable the HEIs of India to develop a comprehensive security policy for enriching and securing the G2C eGovernance System. Keywords: eGovernance; security; ambiguity; vulnerability; privacy policy; social engineering testing

Because of the crucial transitional phase of curriculum improvement and the importance of fostering “practical abilities” in National Institute of Technology, we conducted a survey on basic information for architecture education and “practical abilities” for all 13 departments of architecture in National Institute of Technology. Also, we interviewed some departments about “practical abilities,” especially related to education in different age students for curriculum improvement. The survey and interviews reveal that education in different age students such as Co+work and Incubation Work could develop skills associated with the “practical abilities.” In addition, the paper describes the importance of making vertical connections for different age students in classes and having social connections with various people. The paper also identifies not only some other positive educational effects but also common issues and problems for implementing education in different age students.

Web have now become a master source of information and play an important role in its dissemination because people become more web centric to access information in last 10 years and all the institutes designed and developed their website to provide information through web. This paper evaluates the websites of NITs of northeast region of India based on the webometric perspective. The study investigates 8 NITs of northeast region through observation method and resolved that NIT Silchar of Assam has got the maximum number of web pages, highest number of Internal and External Links and highest Web Impact Factor and rank at top among the all websites of NITs.

This research analyses how students enrolled in the English for Specific Purposes program at the National Institute of Technology utilize various social media platforms during their English studies. The students are studying English at the National Institute of Technology. The researcher collected the data via a questionnaire filled out by 50 students and through semi-structured interviews with 10 male and female students. The results of the qualitative interviews were studied via the lens of an experienced case study and coded according to themes, while the quantitative questionnaire results were reviewed through the lens of fundamental statistics. According to the study, social platforms are crucial for students learning English as a foreign language. Currently, students use seven different social platforms to learn English, enhance their language skills, and support in developing their language competency. On the other hand, students at the National Institute of Technology taking English lessons for various reasons utilize Instagram more than other social media sites to practice their English at home and in other academic settings.

The official Website of an academic library has a different role to play in the Internet scheme of disseminating information. In this respect, considerable thought should be given on the kind of information provided and the way of its presentation on the Web. This chapter aims to study NIT and its library Websites in India. The analysis of the data represents the extent and the level of credibility possessed by the NIT Websites in India, which is the key to any successful Website of any organization, especially of any academic library.

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