The document summarizes an AICTE-sponsored staff development program on software applications held by GF's Godavari College of Engineering in Jalgaon, India. The 3-day program aimed to train 30 faculty participants in LaTeX, MATLAB, Linux, SciLab and SAGE through lectures and hands-on sessions. Guest speakers from local institutes and industry conducted the sessions. Participants received course materials and certificates of completion, and feedback indicated the program was beneficial for gaining skills in analytical software tools.

1. Brief Report
On
AICTE Sponsored Staff Development Programme
On
“Software Applications”
Submitted To
ALL India Council for Technical Education
Indira Gandhi Sports Complex, I.P. Estate
New Delhi- 110 002
Prof. U. S. Bhadade
Co-ordinator
Prof. Bhavesh Shah, Prof. Rahul Gaikwad
Co-Coordinators
Submitted By
Department of Computer Engineering
GF’s Godavari College of Engineering,
Bhusaval Road, Jalgaon-425001

2. Brief Report on AICTE Sponsored Staff Development Programme
On
“Software Applications”
Introduction:
The course contents have been taught by eminent experts in the field, having adequate
teaching and research experience. This course will be beneficial to faculty of all
discipline of engineering as a potential analytical tool in their research activities. This
course is aimed at engineering college faculty, designed from the basic concepts to
application and reviews.
Objectives of this programme:
 This is the training that faculty will receive when they first join an organization
or begin a new roll.
 This type of training is designed to provide the faculty with the essential skills
like software applications needed to perform their job.
 Induction training can also include an introduction to institute ethos, values and
culture so that the faculty.
Programme Schedule:
The programme is designed in such a way that, the participant starts with concept of
reporting writing in LaTex (an Open Source tool) and then learn the concept of
MATLAB. The first week is devoted to Hands On practice on LaTex and MATLAB
programming language.
For all participants an outdoor visit was arranged at Ajantha on Saturday 16th June
2012.
The second week was devoted to Open Sources tool i.e. Linux Operating System,
SciLab and SAGE. The detailed Programme schedule is enclosed in Annexure-I.
Execution of the Programme:
With the above objective in mind, GF’s Godavari College of Engineering had applied
to All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) under Staff Development
Programme Scheme in 13/01/2012. The Council has approved the Programme and
sanctioned Rs. 3,00,000/-(Rupees Three Lakhs only) in the month of February 2012.
The Staff Development Programme Details in the form of Brochure were sent in the
first week of April 2012 to 453 Engineering Colleges throughout the country, out of
which 125 applicants responded within the stipulated time (13/05/2012). After
thorough screening, intimations to the selected Thirty (30) participants were sent by
E-mail and Telephone. Details of Participants are enclosed in Annexure-II

3. Resource Persons:
The resource persons with LaTex, Linux OS and SciLab/SAGE specializations are
mainly drawn from Industry and Institutes of Pune. Dr. S.P. Narote, Professor,
Electronics Engineering Department of Sinhgad College of Engineering, Pune
delivered the keynote address on Inaugural session. The details are presented in
Annexure-III.
Course Material Details:
The course material is prepared in four volumes. The first one on “LaTex” is
exclusively prepared for familiarizing the participants in the report writing area. It
includes theory and also hands on practice on LaTex software.
The second one contains the lecture notes on MATLAB of the invited outstation
resource persons and he also conducted Hands on sessions on MATLAB.
The third session conducted on Linux Operating System. They had provided course
material of around 30 pages on Linux OS.
The Last session on SciLab/SAGE, was conducted by Mrs. Manjusha Joshi. She
provides online course material to participants so that they gain some more
information about SciLab and SAGE.
The above four course materials along with 100 pages long writing pad with the entire
programme schedule as back page were handed over in an executive bag to the
participants in the inaugural session on 11/06/2012.
Inaugural Session:
The programme was inaugurated by Dr. S. P. Narote, Professor , Dept. of E&C and
Prof. P. B. Phalak, Vice-Principal, on 11/06/2012 at 9.00 AM in the Computer
Centre, GF’s Godavari College of Engineering, Jalgaon Campus. Dr. S. P. Narote
spoke on this occasion.
The program was attended by all the Participants, along with other Heads of the
Departments and Professors. Some Important Photographs of inauguration and rest of
the program are enclosed in Annexure-IV. Press clippings are enclosed in Annexure-V
Boarding and Lodging Arrangements to Participants:
All the participants were accommodated in Neeraj Vihar. Double rooms were
provided for all participants. Lunch arranged for all resource persons, supporting staff
along with participants in the Dining Hall of College.

4. Valedictory Session:
Valedictory session was organized on the last day of the programme i.e. 22/06/2012 in
the Computer Centre, GF’s Godavari College of Engineering, Jalgaon.
Dr. R. P. Borkar, Principal, Govt. Engineering College, Jalgaon was Chief Guest for
this function. Dr. B. K. Mukherjee, Principal, GF’s Godavari College of
Engineering, Jalgaon, and Prof. U.S. Bhadade were present on this occasion.
Dr. R. P. Borkar share his experience on the Importance of Staff Development
Programme for Faculty members. Some of the participants responded with their
feedbacks highlighting the pros and cons of the programme. All feedbacks were found
to be excellent.
Certificates to the participants were distributed by Dr. R. P. Borkar and Dr. B. K.
Mukherjee. Prof. U.S. Bhadade Co-ordinator concluded the meeting with Vote of
Thanks.

5. Annexure I
Schedule of Programme
I II III IV
9:00-
Day Date 9:30-11:00 11:15-12:45 13:45-15:15 15:30-17:00
9:30
Inaugral
Monday 06/11/2012 LaTex LaTex LaTex
Function
Tuesday 06/12/2012 LaTex LaTex LaTex LaTex
Wednesday 13/6/2012 LaTex LaTex LaTex LaTex
Thursday 14/6/2012 MATLAB MATLAB MATLAB MATLAB
Friday 15/6/2012 MATLAB T MATLAB MATLAB T MATLAB
BREAK FAST & TEA
E E
L
Saturday 16/6/2012 FIELD TOUR A FIELD TOUR FIELD TOUR A FIELD TOUR
U
B B
N
R R
Sunday 17/6/2012 C
E E
H
A A
Monday 18/6/2012 Linux OS K Linux OS Linux OS K Linux OS
Tuesday 19/6/2012 Linux OS Linux OS MS office MS office
Wednesday 20/6/2012 SCiLab/ SAGE SCiLab/ SAGE SCiLab/ SAGE SCiLab/ SAGE
Thursday 21/6/2012 SCiLab/ SAGE SCiLab/ SAGE SCiLab/ SAGE SCiLab/ SAGE
Valedictory
Friday 22/6/2012 SCiLab/ SAGE SCiLab/ SAGE SCiLab/ SAGE
Function

6. Annexure II
List of Faculty Participants
Sr.No. Name of Participant College Address State Email
Dept. of Computer Sc.,
1 Dr. Ajay S. Patil MH ajaypatil.nmu@gmail.com
NMU, Jalgaon
2 Kalpana Mughdam COET Akola MH kalpana_manudhane@yahoo.com
3 Sunita N. Govt. Poly, Jalgaon MH s.rlandge@rediffmail.com
4 Shubhangi D. Govt. Poly, Jalgaon MH sdkirange@gmail.com
5 Uday B. Shinde Govt. poly, Mumbai MH Shindeub@yahoo.com
6 G.S. Sonawane SSVPS, Dhule MH sonawaneganesh28@yahoo.co.in
7 Nikhil S. Deshmukh SSVPS, Dhule MH ndeshmukh1@yahoo.com
B.L. Patil Polytechnic
8 Mandar M. Dixit MH mandardixit78@yahoo.in
Khopoli, Raigad
DN Patel COE
9 V.S. Mahajan MH vinodsm@rediffmail.com
Shahada
DN Patel COE
10 P.R. Patil MH puru_patil@rediff.com
Shahada
11 Yogeshwari S. Borse SSBT COET Bhambori MH yogeshwary_borse@rediffmail.com
Govt. Engg. College
12 Kulkarni Samadhan C. MH samadhan@gmail.com
Jalgaon
Govt. Engg. College
13 Haridas D. Gadade MH gadade4u@gmail.com
Jalgaon
14 H.E. Suryavanshi RCPIT, Shirpur MH hitendra.suryavanshi@gmail.com
15 Mali Makarand L. RCPIT, Shirpur MH malimakarand1@gmail.com
16 Prafulla Patil VCET(MU) MH prafullavpatil@gmail.com
17 Vishal V. Pande VCET(MU) MH vishalp_2000@yahoo.com
18 Shaikh Asfaque GF's GCOE, Jalgaon MH sk.asfaque.shaikh@gmail.com

7. 19 Swarupa N. Sable GF's GCOE, Jalgaon MH swarupa.sable@gmail.com
20 Archana S. Chitte GF's GCOE, Jalgaon MH Archana.chitte@gmail.com
The Technological
21 Satish Khatak institute of Textile & Haryana khatak1977@yahoo.co.in
Sciences, Bhiwani
The Technological
22 Vikram Singh institute of Textile & Haryana vikram.jangra@gmail.com
Sciences, Bhiwani
The Technological
23 Kamal Sardana institute of Textile & Haryana sardanakamal@indiatimes.com
Sciences, Bhiwani
PDA College of engg,
24 Sridhara K. Karnataka ksridh1@gmail.com
Gulbarga
25 Bimal Kumar Rai RSMT Varanasi UP bimalrai@gmail.com
BVM Engg. College,
26 Mohan M. Khambalkar Gujarat mmoohan@yahoo.com
VV nagar, Anand
PDA College of engg,
27 Rajkumar bainoor Karnataka rajmolkera@gmail.com
Gulbarga
MATS University
28 Vinod Jena CG jenavinod@gmail.com
Raipur
NAVEEN KUMAR
PDIT college, Hospet,
29 KANAVI Karnataka nvn.kanavi@gmail.com
Bellary - (Dist)
PDA College of engg,
30 Sunita Kheman Karnataka erkheman@rediffmail.com
Gulbarga

8. Annexure III
Details of Resource Persons
Sr. Name of
Designation Organization Session taken
No. Resource Person
Professor, Dept. of Sinhgad College Of
1. Dr. S.P. Narote LaTex
E&C Engineering, Pune
2. Prof. D.R. Dhotre Asso. Professor SSGCOE, Shegaon MATLAB
Pune Linux User
3. Mr. S. Joglekar Researcher Linux OS
Group
Pune Linux User
4. Mr. Gaurav Pant Researcher Linux OS
Group
Prof. Pramod B. Asso. Professor and MS Office for
5. GF’s GCOE, Jalgaon
Gosavi Head of IT Dept. Engineers
Mrs. Manjusha Pune Linux User
6. Researcher SciLab/SAGE
Joshi Group
Mr. Shantnu Pune Linux User
7. Researcher SciLab/SAGE
Mahajan Group

9. Annexure IV
Important Photographs
Dr. S. P. Narote, Chief Guest along with Vice-
Principal, Coordinator, HOD of E&C Dept.,
HOD of Electronics Deot. Inaugurating the
AICTE Sponsored Staff Development
Programme On “Software Applications” on
11/06/2012.
Dr. S.P. Narote, presenting his inaugural talk on
introduction and overview of LaTex.
Prof. U.S. Bhadade, Coordinator giving brief
introduction about AICTE Sponsored SDP on
Software Applications.

10. Dr. S.P. Narote, taking session on LaTex.
Participants listening session on LaTex.
Session taken
By
Prof. Gourav Pant
Pune Linux Users Group
Participants attending Hands on session on Linux
Operating System

11. Prof. Gourav Pant, conducting interactive session
on Linux OS.
Dr. B.K. Mukherjee, welcomes Dr. R.P. Borkar,
Chief Guest.
Mrs. Manjusha Joshi, giving importance of Staff
Development Programmes and shares her
experiences with participants.
Dr. R. P. Borkar, Chief Guest, distributing
certificate to participant.

12. Dr. R. P. Borkar, Chief Guest, distributing
certificate to participant.
Mrs. Sunita N. Mughdam, Participant, giving
feedback on AICTE Sponsored SDP from 11-22
June 2012.

13. Annexure V
Press Clipping in Local News Papers
Daily Lokmat