05^th February 2018 is a significant day for Computer Science & Technology Department. Manav Rachna University signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Xebia for the launch of two new specialization programs: B. Tech in Computer Science & Engineering with specialization in Data Science & Machine Learning and B. Tech in Computer Science & Engineering with specialization in Digital Transformation Engineering in the upcoming academic Sesssion 2018-2019. The MoU was signed between Dr. Sanjay Srivastava, Hon’ble Vice Chancellor, MRU and Mr. Anand Sahay, Director & CEO of Xebia in the presence of Mr. Ashok Fenn, Executive Director, Xebia; Mr. Shashi Prakash, Director Alliances, Xebia; Mr. Jaydeep Singh, Senior Adviser, Xebia; Dr. V K Mahna, ED, Quality Assurance, MREI; Dr. Meenakshi Khurana, PVC, MRU, other senior functionaries and the students of M.Tech & B.Tech Computer Science of Manav Rachna University.

“Software Craftsmanship” 18^th Nov 2019

Department of Computer Science and Technology, Manav Rachna University, in association with Xebia, organized a workshop on Software Craftsmanship. The expert for the workshop was Mr. Rahul Sharma, Director – Delivery, Xebia with over 14+ years of industry experience.  He explained key design concepts like SOLID principles, Technical Debt, Code Smells, Refactoring etc. All concepts were accompanied with example codes to understand them better.

Overall it was a knowledgeable session for 2nd Year B.Tech CSE students, specializing in Digital Transformation.

“Latest trends in IT industry” 12^th July 2019

Manav Rachna University invited experts from the organizations which are its knowledge partners for the expert talk with the freshers of batch 2K19-20 during the Orientation Programme. The talk was initiated by Mr. Alok Gupta, Founder & Managing Director, and Mr. Bhanu Pratap, Pyramid Cyber Security & Forensics (P) Ltd. The importance of ethical hacking was discussed with the students. They were also made aware of the consequences of unethical hacking. The demand and need of cyber security and its present scenario were also presented to the students. Students need to specialize skills, possess & acquire knowledge, so as to come out with innovative solutions.

Next expert talk was conducted by a keynote speaker Mr. Divyanshu Sinha, Program Manager from Xebia IT Architects India Private Limited. He talked about the latest trends in IT industry viz., Deep Learning, Soft Computing, Digital Image Processing and Machine Learning. Currently, he takes care of the Program Management, Academia in Xebia& creates exciting, innovative AI & Machine Learning curriculum for the techies of the future.

The talk was concluded by Mr. Abhijeet Kulkarni from DesignTech Systems Ltd. He introduced the students with DesignTech Systems which is a leading CAD / CAE provider. He gave insight how product design analysis services including CAD and CAE can be executed. They are the providers of CAD and 3D modelling services on all the leading CAD software such as CATIA. He briefed upon the significance in designing various products before their manufacturing. The significance of multi module software was highlighted for the benefits of students to become a researcher.

All the freshers were keen to know about these knowledge partners and enjoyed the talk delivered by the experts.

“Developing skills for today’s Digital Organizations” 10^th June 2019

Manav Rachna University and Xebia organized a Tech Talk on ‘Developing Skills for Today’s Digital Organizations’ today. Mr. Vikas Mittal, Senior Director, Digital Assurance & an industry acclaimed leader in Digital Transformation was the resource person for the day. He was accompanied by Mr. Brijesh Kohli, Director, Xebia Academy Global, and Mr. Divyanshu Sinha, Program Manager, Xebia.

The Tech Talk started with a brief introduction of the emerging digital industry and how it is affecting the demands from the universities who are preparing students to lead tomorrow. Relevancy of digital in the industry, how it is expected to grow in the coming years, and the way industry’s demands are evolving were some of the concerns discussed by Mr. Vikas Mittal. He also apprised students about the latest statistics of the IT industry. He said, “Digital is 10% marketing and 90% core engineering. You would find a majority of engineers in the Billion Dollar Organizations like Uber, Thumbstack, Pinterest and others”.

Mr. Brijesh shared that students studying Computer Science & Engineering (Specializations- Data Science & Machine Learning, and Digital Transformation Engineering) offered at Manav Rachna in association with Xebia will get a certificate, stating that the student is skilled in the mentioned technologies, from Xebia in addition to their CSE degree. He added, “With these courses, our intent is to make it realistic for students and equip them with relevant skills.  We want them to be productive right as they enter into the industry and so, we teach them the latest and greatest in industry”.

Ms. Hanu Bhardwaj, HoD- Department of Computer Science & Engineering, addressed the parents and students and shared that, Curriculum has been developed by Xebia experts who have the vision to foresee the future of IT industry, and Agile Classrooms have been set up at the campus which enhance group and peer learning. She added that with these courses, we are looking 10-20 years down the line where the industry in progressing.

The Tech Talk was highly encouraging, informative, and interactive. Parents and students also visited the Agile Classrooms and learnt how learning takes in new form.

“Digital Transformation” 15^th Nov 2018

Department of Computer Science & Technology, Manav Rachna University organized an expert talk for faculty members and B.Tech. CSE students. Mr. Karan Nangru, Managing Director, Xebia International Group was the expert for the session.

Mr. Karan talked about the current scenario of IT industry and how Digital Transformation is impacting the IT market. He emphasized on  Agile methodology being adapted by most of the  IT companies, and also talked about various technologies like Julia, Cucumber, Spring, Git-Hub and few others which are currently dominating the industry. He motivated students to be Agile in learning trending technologies. On being asked about his journey from a student to becoming a Managing Director of a software consultancy firm, he went down the memory lane and shared his journey.

Overall, it was an enlightening, interactive and motivating session.

Modern Web and Mobile frameworks” and “Unsupervised Learning” 23rd to 27th Nov 2019 

Xebia organized four days “Train the Trainer” program for the faculty members of Computer Science & Technology Department, Manav Rachna University. Trainings were delivered on “Modern Web and Mobile frameworks” and “Unsupervised Learning” simultaneously, during the week 23rd-27th Dec 2019. Ms. Sujata Batra, trainer for “Modern Web and Mobile frameworks” sessions, is an industry expert trainer from the core field of JavaScript, NodeJS, React, React-Native. Dr Girisha Garg, trainer for “Unsupervised Learning” session, is a Post-Doctorate and expert trainer, who has delivered more than a hundred hours of training nationally and internationally, in the area of Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning and Deep Learning. In TTT session of “Modern Web and Mobile frameworks”, the faculty Members had an extensive learning experience on HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, NodeJs, React, React-Native and Cross-platform application with a handful of a coding session.  In “Unsupervised Learning” TTT sessions, the faculty Members had an extensive learning experience on Artificial Neural networks and UnSupervised learning. All the sessions were highly informative and enlightening for the participants, with a focus on real scenario problem-solving hands-on sessions and case studies.

“Supervised Machine Learning” 10^th June to 14^th June 2019

 Manav Rachna University and Xebia organized a five day Train the Trainer Program on ‘Supervised Machine Learning’ from June 10 – 14, 2019.

The training was delivered by Mr. NitinGujral, an industry acclaimed trainer in Machine Learning, Natural Language Processing and Cloud.

The program started with a brief introduction on Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning and provided hands on training on different algorithms used on first four days. He further enhanced the knowledge of faculty by discussing some use cases in every field and talked about Natural Language Processing and Deep Learning. The faculty members of Computer Science Department found the session highly encouraging, informative, and interactive.

“Software Craftsmanship” 27^th June to 29^th June 2019

Department of Computer Science and Technology, Manav Rachna University organized ‘Train the Trainer’ program on Software Craftsmanship for the faculty members of Computer Science and Technology department. The TTT aimed to acquaint the participants with the importance of software craftsmanship over software engineering to deliver quality software. The trainer for the same was Mr. Vipul Jain, Senior Consultant, Xebia who has over 9 years of experience in designing and optimizing Test Automation Strategy and Continuous Testing practice for large scale fast moving enterprise projects. He is a seasoned practitioner of Software Craftsmanship, Test Driven Development (TDD) and Behavior Driven Development (BDD).

During the TTT, Mr. Vipul discussed the various ways to improve coding skills of software developers and about the shortcomings of traditional coding.  He also talked about the upcoming challenges and how these challenges can be overcome via software craftsmanship. He also conducted hands on sessions through which he made the participants conversant with Test-Driven Development and Behavior Driven Development.

“Problem solving using Python” 12^th Dec to 14^th Dec 2018

Xebia organized “Train the Trainer” program for Faculty Members of Computer Science & Technology Department at Manav Rachna University. The training was held on “Problem solving using Python” for B.Tech CSE Data Science & Machine Learning (2^nd Semester) students recently. The experts for the same were Mr. Deepak Mishra & Mr. Mridul Arora, Data Scientists, Xebia. During the three days training, they shared the different popular interactive development environments for developing Python applications including Anaconda, Jupyter Notebook and Spyder. They touched upon basics of Python; Python Data Structures including List, Tuples, Sets, Dictionary; Functions; handling files etc. They also discussed about best practices & importance of cleaning coding. Handling Numerical data using Numpy& Data pre-processing using Panda were also discussed at length. The whole training was full of hands-on exercises and enriched with industry examples.

“Agile Software Development” 12^th Dec to 14^th Dec 2018

Xebia organized “Train the Trainer” program for the Faculty Members of Computer Science & Technology Department at Manav Rachna University. The training was held on “Agile Software Development” – from Dec 12 to Dec 14, 2018.

The expert for the same was Mr. Ajay Kabra, Senior Director Agile Transformation Consultant, Xebia. During the three-day session, he discussed the traditional ways of software development and their shortcomings; Agile principles & how Agile can be a better alternative to traditional software development methods; and lean principles.

Mr. Ajay also conducted a special workshop for Senior Management of Manav Rachna from different domains including HR, Academics, Research, Examination and Admissions. Through various activities, he apprised the participants about practicing Agile at work place and emphasized on STOP Starting START Finishing.

“Digital Product Engineering and Design Thinking” 3^rd July to 6^thJuly 2018 

Xebia organized “Train the Trainer” program for Faculty Members of Computer Science & Technology Department at Manav Rachna University. The training, delivered on “DIGITAL PRODUCT ENGINEERING AND DESIGN THINKING”, was scheduled during July 3, 2018 to July 6, 2018. Facilitators of the training were industry experts having experience in Digital Marketing and Start-ups. All the sessions were highly informative and enlightening for the participants.

“Data Science & Machine Learning” 26^th June to 29^th June 2018

Xebia organized a “Train the Trainer” program for the faculty members of Computer Science & Technology. The training delivered on “Data Science & Machine Learning”, was scheduled during June 26 to June 29. Facilitators of the training were industry experts from the core field of Data Sciences and Machine Learning. Faculty Members had an extensive learning experience on Statistics, Probability, Linear Algebra & Matrices and their applicative impact on Data Sciences. All the sessions were highly informative and enlightening for the participants, with focus on problem solving.

“Understanding Basics of Agile” 15^th Nov 2019 

Department of Computer Science and Technology, Manav Rachna University, in association with Xebia, organized a workshop on ‘Understanding Basics of Agile’ on November 15, 2019.

The expert for the workshop was Ms. Meetu Singh, Director – Agile Consulting & Transformation, Xebia.   She possesses 20+ years of experience as Business Excellence Leader, Agile Coaching, and Consulting & Training.

She conducted a session for students to make then understand the basics of Agile and explained why it is needed in the various industries in context of current age of digitization.

Various simulation exercises were done as part of the session to explain the concepts in detail. It was overall a knowledgeable and fun session for students of 1st Year B.Tech CSE Digital Transformation Specialization students.

Demystifying Artificial & Machine Learning”

15^th Nov 2019

Department of Computer Science and Technology, Manav Rachna University organized a Workshop on ‘Machine Learning and Supervised Learning’ on November 15, 2019, in association with Xebia.

The resource person for the workshop was Mr. Debi Prasad Rath, Data Scientist, Xebia. He is an IBM certified professional in Machine Learning, with over 8 years’ experience in the industry.

He discussed the need for machine learning and explored the surface of supervised learning on various algorithms and discussed real world use case applications in the context of these algorithms.

It was overall an interesting session for the students of 2nd Year B.Tech CSE Data Science and Machine Learning Specialization.

“Demystifying Artificial & Machine Learning”

14^th Nov 2019 

Workshop on “Demystifying Artificial & Machine Learning” was organised recently by the Department of Computer Science and Technology, Manav Rachna University, in collaboration with Xebia. The resource person for the workshop was Mr Divyanshu Sinha, Program Manager, Xebia. He is IBM certified in Hadoop and Deep Learning using Tensorflow. He is presently pursuing his Doctorate in the area of AI & Machine Learning. He discussed the basic concepts of Data Science & Machine Learning. He also highlighted the emerging trends in the industry in Machine learning and how Machine learning can be a career option for engineering graduates. It was an enlightening session for the students of 2nd Year BTech CSE Data Science & Machine Learning specialization. 

Department of Computer Science and Technology, Manav Rachna University organized ‘Train the Trainer’ program on Software Craftsmanship for the faculty members of Computer Science and Technology department. The TTT aimed to acquaint the participants with the importance of software craftsmanship over software engineering to deliver quality software. The trainer for the same was Mr. Vipul Jain, Senior Consultant, Xebia who has over 9 years of experience in designing and optimizing Test Automation Strategy and Continuous Testing practice for large scale fast moving enterprise projects. He is a seasoned practitioner of Software Craftsmanship, Test Driven Development (TDD) and Behavior Driven Development (BDD).

During the TTT, Mr. Vipul discussed the various ways to improve coding skills of software developers and about the shortcomings of traditional coding.  He also talked about the upcoming challenges and how these challenges can be overcome via software craftsmanship. He also conducted hands on sessions through which he made the participants conversant with Test-Driven Development and Behavior Driven Development.

“Agile Methodology” 6^th March 2019 

In continuation with the series on ‘Agile Methodology’, Department of Computer Science & Technology, Manav Rachna University, organized a Day long Interactive Session on March 6, 2019. The expert for the session was Mr. Ajay Kabra, Senior Director – Agile Transformation, Xebia.

The first session of the day was conducted with 2^nd Semester students of B.Tech. CSE Digital Transformation Engineering and Data Science & Machine Learning. Mr Kabra shared the importance of Scrum Guide in implementation of Agile Practices and discussed the different sections of the same in detail with the students. He also emphasized upon using agile in daily routine planning. Students were assigned the scrum topics in groups and asked to give presentation including real time examples, during the session scheduled in month of April.

This was followed by Lottery session, wherein a bunch of 8 lucky students got a chance to have coffee with Mr Kabra. During this one to one interaction, he shared some valuable lessons of life through his experiences and stories.

All the sessions were highly informative and enlightening for the participants.

“Agile Methodology” 30^th Jan 2019 

Computer Science & Technology Department, Manav Rachna University, organized day long interactive sessions on ‘Agile Methodology’. The sessions were conducted by Mr. Ajay Kabra, Senior Director – Agile Transformation, Xebia. Mr. Ajay has over 25+ years of extensive experience in Agile Scrum, project delivery, project management  and quality processes.

The first session was conducted with B.Tech. CSE Digital Transformation Engineering & Data Science & Machine Learning (2^ndSemester) students. Mr Kabra touched upon various aspects of managing projects in industry including estimation of resources, with the help of real case studies. He discussed the various agile principles followed by industry. He emphasized about the importance of following Scrum Guide in implementation of Agile Practices.

This was followed by a lottery session with a bunch of 8 lucky students, wherein they got a chance to have coffee with Mr Kabra. During this one to one interaction, he shared some valuable lessons of life through his experiences and stories.

An interaction with faculty members teaching DTE & DSML specialization classes was also conducted wherein Mr Kabra reinforced the Scrum concepts delivered during the Agile Software Development Train the Trainer Program conducted in December 2018.

All the sessions were highly informative and enlightening for the participants.

“Digital Product Engineering and Design Thinking” 3^rd July to 6^thJuly 2018 

Xebia organized “Train the Trainer” program for Faculty Members of Computer Science & Technology Department at Manav Rachna University. The training, delivered on “DIGITAL PRODUCT ENGINEERING AND DESIGN THINKING”, was scheduled during July 3, 2018 to July 6, 2018. Facilitators of the training were industry experts having experience in Digital Marketing and Start-ups. All the sessions were highly informative and enlightening for the participants.

“Data Science & Machine Learning” 26^th June to 29^th June 2018

Xebia organized a “Train the Trainer” program for the faculty members of Computer Science & Technology. The training delivered on “Data Science & Machine Learning”, was scheduled during June 26 to June 29. Facilitators of the training were industry experts from the core field of Data Sciences and Machine Learning. Faculty Members had an extensive learning experience on Statistics, Probability, Linear Algebra & Matrices and their applicative impact on Data Sciences. All the sessions were highly informative and enlightening for the participants, with focus on problem solving.