WAAI'25: Workshop on Advances in Automotive Industry
The Mechanical Cluster and the SAE India UPES Collegiate Club ran a workshop on emerging technologies and the future of the automotive sector, with hands-on sessions at GarageX.
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69 events from UPES schools, departments and Runway advance industry, innovation and infrastructure.
Alumnus named in Forbes 30 Under 30 Asia 2025
Prashanth Sharma, a B.Tech Aerospace Engineering graduate (2017–2021), was listed in the Industry, Manufacturing and Energy category for his work on the space ecosystem.
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National Space Day 2025
The school marked National Space Day, which commemorates Chandrayaan-3's landing near the Moon's south pole on 23 August 2023.
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ICMS 2025 conference
The conference brought researchers and delegates together for keynote sessions and paper presentations.
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Sustainability Fair 3.0
Over two days, thought leaders, industry experts, researchers and students came together around ideas and innovation for sustainability.
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Distinguished professors join HILL
Dr Prem Chandra Sharma, Mr Threesh Kapoor and Dr V.C. Thakur joined the Himalayan Institute for Learning and Leadership at UPES as distinguished professors.
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Guest lecture on biomaterials research
The Mechanical Engineering Cluster hosted Dr Yongdeok Jo, Director of R&D at Eco World (South Korea) and visiting scientist at Stevens Institute of Technology.
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Guest lecture on materials at small length scales
Prof Anuj Bisht of IIT Roorkee spoke on how materials behave at small length scales.
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Hands-on workshop on VLSI design
The Electrical Cluster ran a three-day workshop on VLSI design using Cadence tools to build industry-aligned skills among students and faculty.
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Renaissance 4.0 space convention
The convention featured student-built rocket launches with Thrust Tech India and discussions on the future of space innovation.
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Energy Summit 2025: ICSAE 2025
The fourth Energy Summit, the International Conference on Sustainable and Affordable Energy (ICSAE 2025), on advancing cleaner and more sustainable energy.
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ICICCD 2025
The International Conference on Intelligent Communication and Computational Design brought researchers, academics and industry together.
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Aerospace students visit defence and aviation facilities in Hyderabad
Pre-final-year B.Tech Aerospace Engineering students visited advanced aerospace and defence facilities in Hyderabad.
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UPES at the 16th World Petrocoal Congress
Faculty and students, led by the Vice Chancellor, represented UPES at the congress in New Delhi on the energy transition.
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Tulane University delegation
Delegates from Tulane University discussed partnerships for summer and semester abroad programmes and other joint opportunities for students and faculty.
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BEST Centre inaugurated by the Governor of Uttarakhand
Lt Gen Gurmit Singh (Retd), Governor of Uttarakhand, inaugurated the Bajaj Engineering Skills Training Centre, which trains students in robotics and automation.
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Masterclass on climate risk profiling
Prof Cynthia Caron of Clark University spoke on business consulting for climate resilience, risk assessment, sustainable supply chains and community partnerships.
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Institute of Chartered Shipbrokers and Maritime SkillsPlus delegation
Delegates from the Institute of Chartered Shipbrokers, London, and Maritime SkillsPlus visited to strengthen executive education in maritime, logistics, aviation, oil, gas and energy.
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CXO Insights: digital transformation
Damini Batham spoke on media, digital transformation, business strategy and brand storytelling, in a session that included a student podcast.
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Seminar on challenges in petro retailing
G.H.V. Rao, Zonal Manager (Oil and Gas Downstream), HPCL Chandigarh, discussed margins, infrastructure, branding, safety compliance and automation in fuel retailing.
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Masterclass on procurement in exploration and production
Bhuwan Sharma, former Chief General Manager (Materials Management), ONGC, spoke on adapting supply chains to procurement challenges in the E&P industry, organised with Logistikaas and FIPI.
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Faculty research in the Journal of Business Research
Research by a School of Business faculty member was published in the Journal of Business Research (ABDC A, Q1).
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ICIPR-2025 at the Kandoli campus
With the IPR Chair at IIT Roorkee, the School of Business organised the International Conference on Intellectual Property Rights and Innovation: Pathways to Viksit Bharat.
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Research published in Energy Economics
Research by School of Business faculty was published in the ABDC A* journal Energy Economics.
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XR simulations with the INSEAD XR Lab
In a collaboration with the INSEAD XR Lab, MBA students piloted extended-reality simulations, including Mission to Mars and the Avocado Shake case.
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CXO Masterclass: data and technology in air travel
Neetan Chopra, Chief Digital and Information Officer at IndiGo, led the session “Sky Tech: Reimagining Data and Technology for Traveller Delight”.
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Research at IMRC 2025, IIM Ahmedabad
School of Business faculty presented research and case work at the India Management Research Conference hosted by IIM Ahmedabad.
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Session on global energy security
A session on long-term energy security, affordability and independence amid changing geopolitics, policy and technology.
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FIPI Naftanomics 2025
Industry leaders, young innovators and energy enthusiasts met for discussions on sustainability and the energy transition.
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AICWiC'25: ACM India Celebration of Women in Computing
The UPES ACM-W Student Chapter hosted the flagship ACM-W India event, with talks by women leaders in technology and a poster presentation.
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Code Connect mentoring event
Senior students mentored first- and second-year students in an open forum for guidance on studies and campus life.
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University of Malta delegation on AI and health care
Delegates explored joint research on AI in health care, including transcriptomics, OCR and natural language processing for medical data, and student exchanges.
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AWS Community Day Dehradun 2025
The UPES-CSA Student Chapter and the School of Computer Science co-hosted the event with the AWS User Group Dehradun, with keynotes, hands-on sessions and industry talks.
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Guest talk on technology in bird research
Prof Reuven Yosef of Ben-Gurion University of the Negev spoke on how satellite tracking, GIS, AI and remote sensing are changing wildlife conservation.
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UPES at IEEE EMBC 2025, Copenhagen
Dr Rakesh Ranjan presented EFRNet, a deep hybrid model for detecting knee osteoarthritis and assessing its progression, at the 47th IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology conference.
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Summer School on Dynamical Systems and Complexity concludes
The three-week Science Academies' Summer School brought twelve experts to UPES for lectures on dynamical systems and complex patterns.
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AWS Innovate Week 2025
For third-year cloud students, AWS combined Cloud Quest, track-based bootcamps, a generative AI day and AWS Jam in one week, its first such programme with an academic institution.
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Uttarakhand's first Salesforce Talent Hub
A video on the launch of the Salesforce Talent Hub at the School of Computer Science.
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ICACSDF 2025 concludes
The International Conference on Advancement in Cyber Security and Digital Forensics brought academia, industry and government together on blockchain, AI-driven threat intelligence and cloud forensics.
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Talk on cloud computing careers with AWS
Rohit Sharma, APJC Technical Lead at AWS, spoke to more than 260 third-year B.Tech CSE students on career pathways in cloud computing.
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Research talk on machine learning in earthquake engineering
Prof Didier Clouteau of CentraleSupélec, Université Paris-Saclay, spoke on AI-driven seismic risk prediction and probabilistic methods in structural analysis.
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Workshop with London South Bank University experts
Dr Pawel Markiewicz introduced AI-powered medical imaging, and Prof Saurav Goel ran a hands-on masterclass on structural design with spaghetti structures.
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Faculty development programme on speech and language technologies
With the Electronics and ICT Academy, IIITDM Jabalpur (MeitY), an eight-day online programme for faculty, researchers, students and industry.
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Udbhav 2025 state hackathon
UPES hosted Level II of the Uttarakhand AI Mission state hackathon, with innovators from more than 25 institutes presenting solutions in AI, generative AI, IoT, blockchain, XR and robotics.
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Hackathon 9.0: Build4Bharat
A 24-hour coding marathon on the theme “Tech for Community” at the UPES campus.
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Drone Technology Boot Camp
A five-day boot camp with NIT Kurukshetra under a MeitY-supported capacity-building initiative, from drone fundamentals to future applications.
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Google Cloud AI Lab'26: agentic AI
With the Google Developers Community, students moved from theory to hands-on, real-world AI engineering with agentic AI.
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Alumnus talk on transformers for large language models
Under the Kaksha initiative, alumnus Anupam Maheshwari spoke on scientific developments in transformers for large language models.
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ICMLDE 2025 speakers
The School of Computer Science announced the experts speaking at ICMLDE 2025 in Dehradun.
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CyberX: next-generation security series
The Centre of Cybersecurity and Mile2 ran a series on penetration testing, threat intelligence and cloud security.
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UPES-CSI Hackathon 8.0
Teams worked on real-world problems with technology solutions and competed for prizes.
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Visit by Dr Gjoko Muratovski
The Chief Innovation Officer of Icona Design visited to discuss design as a driver of transformation across industries.
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Service design workshop with Kyndryl
Shaon Sengupta and Saksham P. of Kyndryl led a workshop in which students mapped ecosystems and co-created ideas across business, technology and human experience.
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Quantum computing in precision medicine
Dr Vannajan Sanghiran Lee of the University of Malaya spoke on how quantum computing supports drug repurposing, gene search and molecular dynamics.
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New research laboratory
The school inaugurated a dedicated research laboratory to expand its interdisciplinary research.
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Industry visit to the Centre for Aromatic Plants
B.Pharm students visited the Centre for Aromatic Plants, Selaqui, Dehradun, for hands-on academic–industry exposure.
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India's first JustTech Innovation Hub
The School of Law and Jupitice Justice Technology launched a hub for justice technology and online dispute resolution, with experiential learning, research and internships.
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Conference on new age legal dynamics
An international conference on social media, artificial intelligence and the law.
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Workshop on IPR for MSMEs and start-ups
The IPR Cell and Runway, with FICCI, invited participants to the workshop “Fostering Innovation and Growth in MSMEs & Startups through IPR”.
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Certificate course on fashion law and wearable technology
The Technology Club, with Remfry & Sagar and the Fashion Law Journal, offered a certificate course.
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MoU with SETU Aayog for a Public Law and Policy Lab
A three-year MoU with SETU Aayog, Government of Uttarakhand, to set up the Public Law & Policy Lab at UPES.
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World IP Day panel on music, technology and copyright
The IPR Cell and the School of Law hosted a panel on music, technology and intellectual property in a digital-first world.
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Former Chief Justice visits the AR/VR Legal Lab
Shri N.V. Ramana, former Chief Justice of India, visited the school's AR/VR Legal Lab.
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Visit to the Uttarakhand Cyber Crime Cell
LL.M. (Cyber Security and Digital Law) students visited the state's cyber crime cell.
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International conference on social media and AI
An online conference on “New Age Legal Dynamics: Social Media and Artificial Intelligence”.
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Expert session on the DPDP Act
Amit Wadhwa of Axis Max Life led a workshop on the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023.
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Young Founder Summit 2025
School students from Chandigarh, Punjab, Haryana and Himachal Pradesh spent three days on start-up workshops, elevator pitches, a marketing session and a visit to UCOST, Dehradun.
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Pre-incubation cohort 4: microgrants for six start-ups
After mentoring, prototyping and pitch training, 30 start-ups pitched for their first grant and six received microgrants.
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DrishtiKone 2025: an industry perspective
The first DrishtiKone brought leaders from Microsoft, Airbus, Honeywell, Deloitte, PepsiCo, ONGC and others to discuss future skills, Gen Z expectations and India's innovation journey.
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