Furthering its efforts towards bridging the gap between industrial application and institutional training, city-based Parul University has become the first in Vadodara and second in Gujarat to start the student chapter of the Society of Petroleum Engineering (SPE). This student chapter was inaugurated by J Tikku, Chief General Manager of ONGC at the University’s campus earlier this month. The Faculty of Engineering’s Petroleum Department has been constantly making efforts towards providing its students with the most enriching exposure to practical learning from their constant association with the experts in this field. On the occasion of this inauguration, Asish Thapliyal, Mani Bansal & Piyush Nene of the SPE India section were in attendance along with a total of 219 petroleum engineering students who participated in this event. SPE’s vision is to advance the oil and gas local area's capacity to fulfill the world's energy needs in a safe, ecologically dependable, and feasible way