Brig. Ripu Soodan : Nation comes first

Alumni of prestigious MBM Engineering college have left thier trances in every possible profession, whether it is Corporate sector, Reasearch & Development, Politics,Social Sector, Sports or in beaurocacy. In this edition of MBM Story, we have chronicled the rivetting life journey of Brigadier Ripu Soodan Retd, an alumnus of the 1988 Civil Engineering batch who chose service of the nation above all life comfort. He was selected through the SSB exam and later was trained in Technical Graduate Course at Indian Military Academy Dehradun to be commissioned into the Corps of Engineers and devoted nearly thirty years in field and peace on many crucial assignments including the Chief Engineer in Border Road Organisation. His contributions and exemplary services with dedication and hard work will always inspire us and strengthen the love and pride for our country.

Er. Ramesh Joshi : Cementing Excellence

The concept of Ready Mix Concrete (RMC) was very new then and its establishment in the market was still a crux of the matter for many Indian Industries. As someone said “If opportunity doesn’t knock, build a door”, it was the time for The Aditya Birla group to introduce something big to the industry audience. Soon a small team of some experts with idiosyncratic methods and ideologies, led by a frisky Engineer headed towards the bustling crowd of talented competitors where failure was not a big deal every day and success were stories that ruled the market. This enthusiastic leader with vibrant personality and lots of energy was none other but 1987 batch pass out Civil engineer from MBM Engineering College Er. Ramesh Joshi and the tough grind that the team was going to tackle was “The establishment of the first RMC plant at Hyderabad in 1998″. It was spirit of Er. Joshi and his team that led to the stupendous success of this innovative venture. Er. Joshi built the Aditya Birla Group’s RMC business from the establishment of very first RMC plant to training and recruiting RMC employees to making over 130 RMC plants across 50 cities in India. With the experience of more than 30 years in Cement Industry, which includes Grey Cement, White Cement and Ready Mix Concrete (RMC) verticals in diverse geographies and versatile roles, Er. Joshi has been spearheading the RMC division of Ultra Tech Cement as Senior Vice President.

Interview of Er. Rohit Soni : AIR-4, GATE (P & I) -2021

He completed his Schooling from Barmer, After 12 th went to Kota for preparations of JEE, could not get the required ranking for IIT. Joined MBM Engineering College, Jodhpur in 2015 and completed BE in Production and Industrial Engineering in 2019 with modest GPA 6.82. Attempted GATE, 3 times in a row, in his first 2 attempts could not get the college of his choice, he did not loose his heart. He again worked hard, worked on the weak areas, appeared for the GATE-2021 and when the results were out, he was on cloud-9 as defying all odds, he secured an all India 4 th rank in Production and Industrial Engineering. The protagonist of this edition of MBM Story is Er. Rohit Soni, an alumnus of 2019.

Interview of Er.Riya Chordiya: AIR-18, GATE-2021

It was a nice 4-year life at MBM. Although almost 2 years went by in Covid, the initial 2 years in MBM were the best time period of my life. I had a very good time with my friends in Jodhpur. The memories of celebrating birthdays, exploring Jodhpur, bunking classes, and every memory attached to MBM are very special. Also a twinning arrangement of MBM with Coimbatore Institute of Technology, Tamil Nadu gave me the opportunity to do my summer internship in CIT. I went for a research internship in the Communication and signal processing domain and also published a paper. We used to work for 5 days in the lab and on weekends, we were free to explore the places nearby us. There I improved my time management skills and realized that you can enjoy and work simultaneously. Many seniors of mine performed extraordinarily. They are very supportive and always ready to guide you.

Where there is a will, there is a way

Words might fall short to describe his achievements, at a very young age he achieved a lot and we wish he continues this journey of fulfilling his dreams. During the preparation, he attended NPTEL courses starting from very low scores but with his consistent hard work, he even ranked among the top 2% .In 2019, he cleared GATE and secured AIR 205 and even in GATE 2020, he secured AIR -216. Amid these two dreadful years (2020 & 2021) which were marred by pandemic, he joined IIT Mumbai in Aug 2020 for Specialization in Communication and Signal Processing and got selected in the Airport Authority of India in 2021 ( Posting is still awaited).

Er. Suresh Chandra Modi – Sad demise of an eminent alumnus

It was with deep regret that we learned about the sad demise of one of the eminent alumni of MBM Engineering College, Er. Suresh Chandra Modi. Born in Jodhpur, Er. Suresh Modi completed his graduation in Mechanical Engg. from MBM Engineering College of the University of Jodhpur in 1971. Er. Modi, joined his family business […]

Story of an Engineer who conquered the Mount Everest

It was the time to face his fear in a very real and dangerous way. But he was mentally prepared, He was confident to reach the top. He continued on and climbed the Hillary Step, pushing himself to the summit. Finally, the long wait was over. He stepped on the summit on 22 May 2019, the feelings and emotions were out of control and time slowed down for a while. That moment was inexpressible in words. Then he took out the Indian flag with alma mater MBM and his employer Reliance logo and fluttered on the summit at the height of 8848 m. He handed over his camera to Sherpa to get a few but great pictures on the summit. With the sheer grit, determination, and passion Er. Sharma became the first mountaineer from MBM Engineering College to scale the World’s highest summit The Everest.”It took 55 days to complete this adventurous and memorable expedition but it was worth taking the risk and spending a lot of money as in the end, I could able to fulfill my childhood dream of conquering Everest” quips Er. Sharma.

Professor at the age of 31, Industrialist at the age of 41

Dr. Kothari completed Ph.D in 1974, the Ph.D. In those years there was no need for the formal interviews for the IISc Ph.D. degree holders since most of the higher education academic faculty knew the Ph.D. degree holders personally but in the year 1975 IISc council decided to stop the recruitment of Ph.D. pass out to become permanent faculty which made him quit his IISc life. He got an appointment letter from IIT Kanpur as a lecturer in the year 1975. After that Dr. S M Sen, Dean, Faculty of Technology, M S University offered him the post of Reader in Electrical Engineering directly and he joined in 1976. ORG Baroda provided him to use their computer facilities free of cost. In the Year 1977, he organized a training course for the System Engineers from the State Electricity Boards. Engineers from 15 State Electricity Boards attended that course. Many of the State Electricity Boards used the software prepared by him till the year 2000 for their operational and planning studies. In the same year, he developed the testing facility for the 400KV CVTs at Hindustan Brown Bovary, Baroda.

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