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ASME India Section7th AP DOB MeetingSeoul, South Korea

April 21-22, 2012

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History

• ASME India Section existed way back

in 1990’s, but later became dormant.

• Section revitalized in 2011.

• 1st Committee Meeting on Sept 11,

2011.

• District Leader’s acceptance on March

15th 2012.

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KRA (Key result Areas)

• Volunteer Recruitment

• Expansion and Establishment

• Collaborations

• Internship Programs

• Conferences and Seminars

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Executive Committee

Chair Vice Chair

Prof. Ravi Prakash Dr. Natteri Sudarshan

Secretary Treasurer

Yash Gupta Abhinav Gupta5

Structure of ASME India Section

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Future Structure of ASME India Section

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Zonal Division

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Membership (as on March 2012)

• Total Members = 4788

• Professional Members = 1619

• Student Members = 3169

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Membership Payment in INR

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2011-2012

• No funding

• Webinars

• Expansion and Establishment

• IGTI and IPTI

• Volunteer recruitment

• Training Volunteers

• Website

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Website

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ASME India facebook page

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Volunteer training

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Student Section Activities

• Number of Student Sections = 50+

• Highest Number of SSMBF submissions

and DAG applications.

• SPDC India – IIT Roorkee – Feb 2012

• SDE India – BITS Pilani – March 2012

• Webinar Series & Online Guest Lectures

• ASME India Internship Program

• SDOB India Website http://districts.asme.org/SDOB/DistrictG/India

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ASME India Webinar Series

• Started in October 2011

• Became DISTRICT G Webinar

Series in November 2011

• Speakers invited were a part of

ASME Speaker’s Bureau

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Webinar on Solar Engineering by Dr. Andy Walker,

Scientist, NREL.

Webinar on Gas Turbine Technology by Ms. Tina

Toburen ,PE, Washington.

Guest Lecture on “Modeling in Design – an essential stage“

by Professor Genevieve Dauphin-Tanguy, Eco central

University, France.

Talk on Nuclear Technology by Shri S.A. Bhardwaj,

Director(Technical), NPCIL, India.

Webinar on “Management of Global Engineering” by Shri

Seshu Seshasai, Vice President - Global Engineering at

Tecumseh Products company, Ann Arbor, MI, USA

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SPDC India 2012

• Spread over two days. Participation of over 150 students

• Representation from Senior section and ASME Staff

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SDE India 2012

• Spread over 2 days. Participation of 28 teams.

• Held for the 1st time in District G in India.

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URJA – Renewable Energy Exhibit

• An event about sharing and discussing ideas

intended to reduce the consumption of energy,

through efficient energy use.

• Held from 2nd-3rd March 2012, in NIT-J.

• Participation of 10 teams.

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ASME India Internship Program

• Discussion in the 1st Executive Committee

Meeting on September, 2011.

• BITS Pilani NIT-J and IIT Roorkee have been

successfully working on the internship program.

• IIT-KGP along with ASME India Office got

internships for around 20 Students.

• 10 Students got internships in Tata Motors,

DRDO and Husk Power Systems for 2012

Summer.

• NPCIL (Nuclear Power Corporation of India

Ltd.) has MOU with NIT J. Internship offers for

ASME members across India.

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Future Plans

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ASME Gas Turbine India Conference

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http://www.asmeconferences.org/GTIndia2012

ASME India Conclave

• Proposed in October 2012.

• Industry day

• Launch of ASME India Office in Delhi

• ASME President and Executive

Director visit.

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