A blend of perfect spices

Mr Arjun Panchal is an Electronics & Communication Engineering graduate from Swami Vivekanand College of Engineering Indore. After com-

pleting his MBA from University of Massachusetts, Boston, he started Mexican-Indian Fusion chain of food outlets “PapaZapata”.

THE INFIMIT interviewed him to know his success story.

What is your start-up? PapaZapata: It’s a Mexican-Indian Fusion chain of food outlets. We serve smooth blend of Mexican dishes with some secret Indian ingredients. When it was started and at what scale? It started in Jan-2016 at the food court of XionMall, Pune. We also had taken a fran-chise of a popular brand called Chaat Bazaar in the same food court to balance out the risk.

What is the current status of your company? Currently, we have four outlets: three in Pune and a franchise in Indore. We are in talks with investors for its faster expansion.

What was your future planning when you were in class XI or XII? Did you know at that time that you will be-come an entrepreneur in the future? Being from science BG in XI and XII, we were piled up with mountain of books, so couldn’t get time to think what I wanted to do. With herd of my fellow future-engineers, I aimed for IIT first (that’s the thing).As it came closer…I started aiming for AIEEE.As that came closer…I thought State Board PET isn’t bad either. Finally,I settled to become an av-erage Electronics Engineer. It was like cross-ing a thin line between what you want to do and what society expects to do. But during class XI, my partner in crime Vikas, Pratik, Jalaj and I took the responsibil-ity of organizing catering for farewell party where we collected Rs15K from the batch and after providing the best service, we managed to save 50%. There the bug of Entrepreneur-ship triggered in us.

How were your 4 years of engineer-ing graduation? With having only one question in mind “Why am I doingit!”..haha! Though, I am thankful to my college Swami Vivekanand College of Engg for giving me the technical knowledge, but it was a trade-off with my explosive en-ergy, desires and creativity. Sitting four years in one classroom reduces your risk-taking ability and creativity. Your goals get shrink down to a cubical job of Rs 25k/month. Noth-ing wrong in doingjob but not giving chance to your passion/dreams isdefinitely not right.

When did you first realize that you want to become a businessman? Who inspired you to think differently? Precisely when I read the book Rich Dad Poor Dad by Robert Kiyosaki during my Engg that changed my perspective towards career, business and money. At the same time, I was preparing for MBA during Engg. And got a call from UMass, Bos-ton. After MBA, I did job in ESRI, California. Fantastic job! I am thankful to the company. But having freedom, working for own dreams, following passion are more luxuri-ous. On top, doing window-shopping at Ro-deo Drive in LA convinced me even more for business.

Who else owned a business in your family or you are the first one? My dad had a factory of manufacturing hard board paper used in textile. He closed the chapter and became a social worker.

What challenges did you face during the initial days of your startup? Many! First - finding the location in prime spot with less rentals; it took us 8 months. Meanwhile, building a team including chefs and helpers, finding the vendors and negoti-ating with them. Last but not least, bridging the gap between authentic Mexican taste and Indian taste buds though a right blend of fu-sion. It took us 6 months to bring perfection in making inhouse Nacho chips and Salsa.

Have you had those days when you thought of giving up the idea of becom-ing an entrepreneur? If yes, what make you keep going? Not really. Quitting job from US and coming back was one-way. There was no return ticket. Outlet in Xion mall faced cash crunch initially due to high rentals. Staff many times don’t appear without notifying, vendors change the quality of ingredients, increased competition keeps your margins low, and as-pirations to expand with keeping smooth op-erations. What keeps me going is..umm not sure. Perhaps that spark within to do differ-ent things, take risks, explore life, be free and never settle for less.

Any message to the young graduating engineers? Any failure is better than a regret. So, TRY and take risks in life! Never settle for less.

Rajasthan Indian Institute of Technology, Jodhpur

India’s first AI Super computer in IIT-Jodhpur

I ndian Institute of Technology Jodhpur is setting up the industry’s largest AI Supercomputer. This would be India’s first AI Super com-

puter. To set up AI Supercomputer IIT Jodhpur has signed an MoU with NVIDIA (US based company) to install NVidia DGX-2 a state of the art machine with 512 GB of GPU memory and an enterprise grade AI infra-structure. The DGX-2 with 16x V100 GPU would deliver a theoretical peak performance of 2 AI PetaFLOPS.

The AI Supercomputer would be utilised for solving various National Technological Challenges related to Infrastructure (Tele Communication, Smart Cities), Healthcare, Scientific Research & Development, Agricul-ture, Education etc. The company would support the Institute in operat-ing the super computer for 3 years through various technical workshops. This would help the Institute Faculty Members, Technical Staff and Stu-dents to simulate and operate AI Super computer. The Institute has planned to extend this facility to industry and nearby academic institu-tions to promote activities related to scientific and technological research.

The deployment of AI Supercomputer would help in creating a pool of skill manpower in AI/Deep Learning and to conduct cutting edge re-search & development in AI. .

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Shankaraya Raipur Signs MOU with

Automation Anywhere University

SSIPMT Raipur has signed an MOU

with Automation Anywhere. Automation

Anywhere University is a Global Educa-

tion-based Centre that provides for new

digital workforce. It prepares the next gen

professionals by giving hands-on training

through its latest technology and tools, in

almost all the fields’ world around.

In line with the MOU with On this occa-

sion, Shri Nishant Tripathi, Chairman,

Governing Body SSIPMT stated that pro-

grams of this type surely boost the confi-

dence of students and pave way for them

to get a job easily. The Chairman extended

his hearty congratulations to Dr. Alok

Kumar Jain, Principal SSIPMT Raipur

and Shri Nitin Jain Dean T &P on signing

this MOU.

Gujrat Vishwakarma Government Engineering

College, Chandkheda

T o expose the inner competences and enhance the quality work on

economic human-centric Ideas developed throughDesign Engineer-

ing subject taught to the students of various engineering discipline, Design

Exhibition Day (DED – 2019)was organized by Prof. N. D. Mehta & Dr. A. M.

Haque on 6 & 8 May, 2019 at Power Electronics Department in Vishwa-

karma Government Engineering College, Chandkheda (Gujarat) with kind

permission from Prof. V. G. Patel, HoD, Power Electronics Department &

Principal Dr. Rajul K Gajjar. 14- Proof of concept of novel ideas were dis-

played by third year engineering students were observed by approximately

140 faculties and students of VGEC – Chandkheda and design thinkers of

the state. Prof. Neelam Modi from Government Engineering College, Sec.

28, Gandhinagar was invited to share his experience and inculcate the stu-

Bihar Gaya College of Engineering Gaya

Soft Computing and its Applications The training-workshop was organised by Civil Engineering department and it took place on

05-09 March 2019.The members of the training team were includes participation from all

faculties of department that includes the lab technician and others.Invited Speaker were Dr.

Sarir Roy, NITTTR Kolcutta, Salt Lake, Mr. Kushagra Singh, (Chief Operating Officer),

SPLEN Technology, New Delhi, Mr. Ashish Kushwaha, Matlab Expert Dr. Koushlendra

Kumar Singh, NIT Jamshedpur

Dr. BVR Mohan Reddy, IITK Dis-

tinguished Alumnus has donated Rs

1 crore towards endowment at IIT

Kanpur for supporting the spirit of

entrepreneurship among students.

—Dr Abhay Karandikar

KARNATAKA AMC College of Engineering, Bangalore

T he department of CSE/ISE jointly organized 6th International Con-

ference on Information and Computing systems (ICICS-2019) on

3rd May 2019 at AMC Engineering College, Bangalore-560083.The

Conference was inaugurated by Dr S V Sharma, Deputy Director, System

Production Area, ISRO Satellite Centre, Bangalore made his gracious pres-

ence and delivered keynote on Information Processing- A Futuristic Sce-

nario.Dr. A G Nataraj, Principal AMC Engineering College, Bangalore pre-

sented Inaugural Address and congratulated the organizing Committee.

Welcoming the delegates by Dr. Latha C A, Prof & Head, Department of

CSE, AMCEC, Bangalore and she briefed about the conference and address

about the Project Exhibition. She also welcomed all the delegates, speakers,

faculty members and students for conference.

Dr. Bindu Madavi P, Prof and Head, Department of ISE, AMCEC, Bangalore

Introduced Chief Guest to the gathers and brief the conference proceed-

ings.

Dr. Rajasekar V, Professor, CSE, AMCEC shared the summary of confer-

ence proceedings with audience and thanked all.

The Release of Conference Proceeding books, Dept. of Computer Science

Newsletter and CD was also released by the delegates. The dignitaries also

inaugurated the Project Exhibition.

International Conference ICICS-2019

TAMIL NADU Rathinam Group of Institutions, Coimbatore

MOU with GALAXY FORCE INSTITUTE

R ATHINAM GROUP OF INST ITUTION s i g ned

an MOU with GALAXY FORCE INSTITUTE for complete military

training for Arts, Science, Engineering, Management and Higher

Secondary school students of Rathinam to find the hidden talents among

them. Coaching and training classes for written exams, physical training and

interview for the Defence, Police, Para- Military, Military Nursing Officer,

IELTS will be conducted in Rathinam college campus.

Maharashtra Bharati Vidyapeeth College of Engineering, Pune

From left to right : Prof Sanjay Lembhe, Mr Milind Jagtap, Mr

Girish Malpani, Dr Anand Bhalerao, Mr Sachin Bhavsar, Prof.

Sachin Chavan

Alumni Meet: Alumni governs the Harvard University

that's why it's always number one-said Dr Anand Bhalerao, Princi-

pal and President of alumni association, Bharati Vidyapeeth

(Deemed to be University) College of Engineering, Pune at the

14th annual alumni meet.

The 14th annual alumni meet of Bharati

Vidyapeeth (Deemed to be University)

College of Engineering, Pune was held on

20th April 2019. Mr Girish Malpani the

alumni of 1991, Chemical Engineering

alumni, Director of Malpani group of indus-

tries, presided the meet. He is a renowned

young entrepreneur of Maharashtra and

the recipient of prestigious awards like

Yuva udyojak award, JRD Tata Udyog ratna

award, and many more.

Mr Sachin Bhavsar, 1999 Mechani-

cal Engineering alumni, Manufacturing and

Supply Chain Consultant at Jaguar Land

Rover for Tata Consultancy Services, Bir-

mingham, United Kingdom, was guest of

honour for the meet.

From this year, the alumni associa-

tion will be conferrring the best alumni

entrepreneur award. Mr Milind Jagtap,

Chief Mentor and Chairman, Softhard

Automation Pvt Ltd., alumni of Electronics

Engineering batch of 1990, was recipient of

the first award this year, for his excellent

journey in establishing Softhard automa-

tion.

Mr. Umesh Jagtap, Mechanical En-

gineering alumni from 1993, CEO at Ino-

Solar Energy Pvt Ltd, Founder of Indian

solar hub, Mr Ameeth Kkhaulgud, Chemi-

cal Engineering graduate from 1997, Direc-

tor in Technology Education, Mr Dinesh

Dhadve, Civil Engineering graduate from

1993, Government evaluator and Char-

tered Engineer, Mr Nitin Gole, Production

Engineering graduate from 2001, Founder

of Sterling solutions, Mr Abhishek Ballah,

Computer Engineering graduate from

2008, CoFounder of XtraEdge Software

Pvt Ltd, Mr. Manish, Joint General Man-

ager, at Larsen and Tubro, were felicitated

on this occasion.

The alumni association also

awarded sponsorship to student project

on "IoT enabled industrial helmet" carried

out by students of Production Engineering

department for its social relevance. Prof

Sachin Chavan, Secretary of the alumni

association, presented the Welcome ad-

dress and Prof. Sanjay Lembhe, treasurer

of teh alumni assosiation presented the

treasurer's report during the meet. Prof

Shamla Shinde proposed the vote of thanks

for the meet.

A Brazilian delegation of 47 Deans and

higher education specialists visited IIT

Delhi on May 9. Prof. @sanjeevsanghi,

Dean, Alumni Affairs and International

Programme led the IIT Delhi team that

interacted with the delegation.

Telangana NARSIMHA REDDY ENGINEERING COLLEGE

GUEST LECTURE ON INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS

The Department of ECE has or-

ganized a guest lecture on

“INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS

ON DIGITAL CIRCUIT DESIGN

“ by Dr.M.C.Chinnaiah, Professor

in ECE department BVRIT , Hy-

derabad on10th April 2019 for the

benefit of 2ndyear students.

Dr.M.C.Chinnaiah is the member

of IEEE society and life time

member of ISTE. He has been

published more than 16 journal pa-

pers and he presented the papers in

more than 20 international confer-

ences.This is coordinated by Mr.

Sahebgoud H.K

T he Electronics and Telecommunications Department of Don Bosco

College of Engineering held a project exhibition – ‘Technix

2019’on Thursday, 2nd May, 2019. The exhibition was intended to motivate

students to apply the concepts studied in theory and exhibit it in the form

of projects. Students from B.E.(ETC) and T.E.(ETC) actively participated in

the exhibition. The exhibits were divided into two categories: Mini project

category and Academic projects category. There were 16 academic pro-

jectsand 6 mini projects.

Prof.Shailesh Khanolkar,

Associate Prof. of De-partment of Electronics

and Telecommunication

at Padre Conceicao Col-

lege of Engg.- Verna and

Mr. Dwayne Carneiro,

Support Engineer-

Macbrout Engineering

Pvt. Ltd., were invited to

judge the projects. Prof.

Anisha Cotta was the

coordinator of the exhi-

bition. The exhibition opened at 2pm at the hands of the judges, Dr. Varsha

Turkar(H.O.D. ETC) and Department coordinator Prof. Anisha Cotta. The

exhibition was graced by

the Director, Rev. Fr.

Kinley D’Cruz, who ap-

preciated the projects

and the effort put in by

the students and moti-

vated them to continue

the spirit of innovation.

Students and faculty

members also visited the

exhibition. Every project

was unique and creative

in their own way, and it

showcased an innovative

idea in the field of engi-

neering. The judges, Prof. Shailesh Khanolkar and Mr. Dwayne Carneiro

appreciated the students for their active participation in the exhibition. In the academic project category, the first place was bagged by the the pro-

ject “Hydroponics Automation”, the second place was bagged by the pro-

ject titled “Automated Glaucoma Detection”. In the mini project group, the

“Temperature Controlled DC Fan” bagged the first place and “Home

Automation” bagged the second place. At the close of the exhibition, the

judges were presented with mementos.

GOA DON BOSCO COLLEGE OF ENGG- FATORDA Maharashtra D.K.T.E. SOCIETY'S TEXTILE & ENGINEERING INSTI-

TUTE, Dist Kolhapur

Project Exhibition – ‘Technix 2019’ Innovation in Molkalmuru Traditional Silk Sarees

A batch of Final Year B.Text Fash-

ion Technology Students have de-

veloped Indowestern wear by using

traditional Molakalmuru Silk

Sarees.There is a vast demand of

these dresses in national and inter-

national market among the younger

generation, by considering this

DKTE Students have developed a

collection of Indowestern wear.

These Collections is combination

of Traditional design and modern

trends by using handloom woven

silk fabrics. This will benefit to the

weavers of Handloom sector and

provides way for them to enter

into manufacturing of garments to

suit to the present generation. In-

dia is second largest producer of

silk and at present it is used

largerly in Banaras sarees, Kan-

chipuran sarees,Paithani sarees,

Inkal sarees etc. There is a need to

diversify the use of silk in modern

wear. Final year B.Text fashion

technology students Mr.Shivtej

Gasti, Miss. Ekta Badave, Miss.

Purva Solkanpatil, Miss. Nikita

Zarkar and Miss. Manjushri Kale

under the guidance of Prof. L.G.

Patil have undertaken this project.

Molakalmuru village in Chitradurga

Dist. Of Karnataka state is very fa-

mous for weaving silk sarees on

handlooms and is popularly known

as Molakalmuru sarees. The spe-

cialty of these saree is wrinkle free

and vibrant colour with attractive

design. Prof. (Dr) P.V. Ka-

dole,Director ,Prof (Dr) U.J. Patil

Dy.Director have constantly en-

couraged and supported this pro-

Madhya Pradesh Oriental University, Indore

Atharva 2K19 -Oriental University, In-

dore organized “Atharva 2k19” an Inter-

University Annual Fest. In which Various

Technical , Cultural and Sports event were

organised in the University Campus. In this

event students from various colleges were

participated. The Event started from 2nd

of April with sports and ends with the DJ

Night

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IIT MadrasTeam comprising of the

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