December 07, 2010
Prof. Kartic Khilar Memorial Lecture
Pandit Deendayal Petroleum University hosted its first lecture of “Professor Kartic Khilar Memorial Lecture Series” on the 7th of December, 2010 at PDPU. The lecture was held to commemorate the memory of Late Professor Kartic Khilar who had left for his heavenly abode on the 13th of November, 2009.
November 20, 2010
Energy Consulting Conclave 2010 at Pandit Deendayal Petroleum University
On 20th November, 2010, School of Petroleum Management at Pandit Deendayal Petroleum University hosted one of a kind “Energy Consulting Conclave 2010”. 
November 11, 2010
SEG Student Chapter
PDPU organized an Honorary Lecture South & East Asia with ‘Shell’ on “ Geophysical Issues and Challenges in Southeast Asia with Emphasis on Malay Basin”. The lecture was delivered by Dr. Deva Ghosh, Research Advisor, PETRONAS
The concerned topics of the lecture were:
- career prospects
- academic queries
- future research prospects in Reservoir Engineering
- unconventional resources
- Integration of Geophysics with Reservoir Engineering
March 3 - 5, 2010
ICOMPS 2010 (Online Access | Campus Access)
Shale Gas Workshop at PDPU Gandhinagar,
Pandit Deendayal Petroleum University (PDPU), Gandhinagar has organized “An Orientation Workshop on Shale Gas” with the support of Mewbourne School of Petroleum & Geological Engineering (University of Oklahoma, US). Senior policy Makers, delegates from Indian Petroleum Industry, faculty & researchers from PDPU & University of Oklahoma discussed the challenges and prospects of the Shale Gas industry worldwide. The interactive workshop session aimed to address the identification and production challenges confronting upstream, midstream and downstream development and marketing of Shale Gas resources. Workshop will help to provide an invaluable insight into some of the economic and regulatory aspects of shale gas development in India and across the world.
October 30, 2010
Students Research Seminar
SLS organized a Students’ Research Seminar with the theme of ‘Exploring Liberal Studies’ on Saturday, October 30, 2010.
Prof. Dr. Sunil Shukla, Chief Faculty of Entrepreneurship Development Institute of India delivered the key note address during the Inaugural Session.
October 22-24, 2010
SPE – PDPU, Mega Event!
Pandit Deendayal Petroleum University’s (PDPU) Society of Petroleum Engineers Student Chapter (SPE student chapter Faculty advisor Prof. Bhawani Singh Desai) had been recently awarded the GOLD STANDARD STATUS 
October 12, 2010
PDPU Raas-Garba 2010
On the occasion of the Navratri, to enjoy the most awaited festival of Gujarat an extravagant evening of Raas-Garba was organized by the University for the students and the staff members of PDPU with Dipti Desai and Amit Thakker. The festival of nine days is always a refreshing change for the Gujaratis who tend to enjoy every bit of it. The university Garba spread the wave of joy and happiness amongst all with harmony. Students performed some splendid garba tricks which set the audience in a different mood. As the festival was much awaited, the crowd surrendered to the rhythm and the beats of the garba.
October 10, 2010
Live Green - CDI volunteers with Prakriti - Environment Education Bus
The Live Green project is a branch of CDI. Under the Live Green project, the volunteer students of CDI educate the people about saving the environment through various activities. On the 10th of October, 2010; Live Green organized a save environment awareness campaign with CEE. Prakriti: Environment Education Bus, a mobile resource centre, is a joint initiative of CEE and Gujarat Gas Company Limited (GGCL) visited Pandit Deendayal Petroleum Univeristy. CEE team members interacted with PDPU students to generate awareness using a multi-media approach for environmental education which included panel exhibition, interactive models, films, slide shows, games and activities and take away communication material such as posters, wallpapers, brochures etc. The bus broadly focuses on five thematic areas namely; Land, Water, Energy, Biodiversity and Climate Change.
Poster making competition was also organized on that day.
October 2-3, 2010
E-Sports at PDPU
The E-Sports Committee of PDPU organized an intra-college E-sports gaming tournament on 2nd & 3rd Oct. It had 4 categories where students participated:
1. Counter Strike
2. DOTA
3. NFS
4. FIFA 10
October 2-3, 2010
Workshop on Advance Robotics
CRETUS – The Robotics Workshop at PDPU conducted a workshop regarding basic and advanced robotics on 2nd and 3rd Oct from 9am to 5pm. The workshop was conducted in two halves of 8hrs each. The first half of which was conducted on Saturday, 2nd Oct and another half on Sunday i.e. 3rd Oct.
The Workshop was conducted by Mr. Ronak Patel, Onshore Drilling Engineer-GSPC, who has great expertise and experience in the field of robotics and automation and has conducted similar workshop earlier in our college.
The students learned lessons on:
1. Basic electronics and mechanization in robotics.
2. Advanced system and tools
|