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This issue

Two Years of Success & Glory P.1

SAEINDIA National Events P.3

Bangalore Section P.8

Northern Section P.9

Southern Section P.9

Western Section P.12

Upcoming Major Events

Apr 2014

Webinar on Effectively Communicating to lead by Dr. Arun Jaura Apr 2014

Rapid Prototyping of Plastics and Metals by Dr. Mukesh Agarwala and Mr. M.Thiagarajan May 2014

ILS – Fundamentals of

Modern Vehicle

Transmission , by

Dr.McVea's , Chennai &

Pune

May 2014

SUPRA SAENDIA

Drivers Meet

Jun 2014

In–Vehicle Networking

with LIN and FlexRay

Applications Chennai

& Pune

Jun 2014

In-Vehicle Networking

with LIN and FlexRay

Applications Jul 2014

SUPRA 2014 MMRT, Chennai

Two Eventful Years of Office

As our team lays down its office on completion

of 2 eventful years from April 2012 to March

2014, I share the developments and

achievements which have taken SAEINDIA to a

new height in all spheres of activities. In terms

of membership development, we have reached

nearly 6000 members targeted by us in 2012

including associate members and this should go

up in an exponential manner in the years to

come with various new initiatives launched by

us in the last 2 years. Student membership

continues to hover around 45,000 plus and no

of Collegiate Clubs keeps on the increase.

SAEINDIA Newsletter has been released every

quarter with unfailing frequency and the entire

gamut of events and activities of all Sections

and Divisions are getting adequate coverage

with focus on major events, programs and

projects.

SAEINDIA launched Mobility Engineering in

December during SIMCOMVEC and has been

reaching over 8000 mobility professionals with

the best of the articles on three verticals

embellished with contributions from Indian

experts giving the readers a global perspective

with National flavour. SIMCOMVEC which

combined the 8th International Mobility

Conference with the 1st Commercial Vehicle

Congress was a runaway success in all aspects

including technical papers presented and stalls

in the Exposition and no of delegates registered

despite the industry melt down both in National

and International arena.

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N E W S L E T T E R

IS SUE

The success of the event was reflected in the

extensive media coverage by both National

Dailies and Business Newspapers. SUPRA

SAEINDIA Virtual held in September at

Buvaneshwar was a huge event with more then

172 teams competing and nearly 100+ teams

qualifying for the track event to be held in July

2014. The spectacular growth in less than 3

years and modelling the competition on the

formula pattern will enable SAEINDIA to raise it

to global level and enable more Indian teams to

participate in International competitions held in

a few countries over the years.

BAJA SAEINDIA 2014 was an outstanding

success with 125 teams competing in the final

track event and the exponential growth in less

than 7 years is a tribute to the ingenuity and

enterprise of Indian Engineering Students and as

stated by Dr.Pawan Goenka, Past President of

SAEINDIA participation in BAJA SAEINDIA will

soon become a benchmark for qualifying for

employment in automobile industry more than

the academic scores of the students.

Career Start program was scaled up to National

level and the On Line entrance exam attracted

over 3800 students and the companies who

participated in the recruitment were truly

impressed with the quality of students offered

to them and agreed to join Talent Management

Group of SAEINDIA to make the future events a

greater success.....

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....Both Aerospace and Off Highway verticals

have offered high quality programs in the form

of National Aerospace Conference and SINE

program for women engineers in Off Highway

industry and there are more on the anvil in the

months to come. In retrospect, two years of

office for our team have been purposeful, result

oriented and achievement filled cornering

success and glory in all our endeavors. I am sure

the new team under Dr.Aravind Bharadwaj will

reach greater heights in the years ahead and

turn SAEINDIA into a truly a Premier Professional

Organization in the Country.

Mr. Shrikanth R. Marathe President 2012-2014

Dr. Aravind S. Bharadwaj President

Mr. Shrikant R. Marathe Immediate Past President

Dr. R K Malhotra Sr. Vice President & Chair, Finance Board

Dr. Bala Bharadvaj Vice President & Chair, Aerospace Board

Mr. I V Rao Chair, Meetings & Expo Board

Dr. Venkat Srinivas Secretary & Vice Chair, Development Board

Mr. C V Raman Vice Chair, Sections Board

Mr. Srinivas. V Membership

Dr. Arun Jaura Chair, Automotive Board

Dr. K C Vora Vice President & Chair, Sections Board

Mr. Prakash Sardesai Chair, PDP Board

Mr. Sanjay Deshpande Chair, Membership Board

Mr. Asit Barma Chair, Publications Board

Mr. Vijayan G Treasurer & Vice Chair, Finance Board

Mr. Devendra Bahirat Chair, Off-Highway Board

Dr. S Thrumalini Chair, EE Board

Mr. B Bhanot Chair, Development Board

Mr. P K Banerjee Jt. Secretary, Vice Chair, EEB

Dr. Arunkumar Sampath Vice Chair, Meetings & Expo Board

Mr. M Kannan Vice Chair, PDP Board

Mr. Arun Sivasubramaniyam Vice Chair, Publications Board

Representing SAE International Dr. David. L. Schutt

Mr. Murli M. Iyer

SAEINDIA

3 - Day Seminar on

Fundamentals of Modern Vehicle Transmissions

by

Dr. William Mark McVea, P.E.,

Chief Technology Officer for Torvec, Inc.,

on

8th – 10th May 2014 at Chennai

12th – 14th May 2014 at Pune

Contact

D. Seshadhri

Deputy Director Marketing

seshadrid@saeindia.org

Mob: 9444392613

Rush to Register (Seats are limited)

SAEINDIA Managing Committee Members 2014 - 2016.

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participate though we took only 125 (with each team

comprising 30-35 students), that's fairly good progress.

It's a 10X improvement. If any company does 10X growth

in less than 10 years, that will be quite good. That's the

primary thing.

What Baja SAE India is doing is not just making

automobiles. It's about teaching students teamwork that

they don’t get a chance to learn elsewhere, and

teamwork is very important in their careers. Its teaching

them programme management, which is important for

product development.

It's teaching them cost management and marketing

because they have to go find sponsors for their teams.

It's teaching them leadership because someone takes

responsibility for the entire team. Managing a team of

30-35 members is like running a good product

development unit. So, it's really helping to make these

30-35 students full engineers, having gotten their hands

dirtied. Today, the engineering curriculum unfortunately

has taken out most of the stuff that we used to have in a

five-year curriculum that allowed us to do things with

our hands.

I think in terms of graduating a ready automobile

engineer, those who go through a Baja experience

certainly have an advantage over other students who

have not gone through it.

Companies are now realising this. They are not just

looking at grades but whether or not a student has

participated in Baja, which is an indication of his / her

interest in the automobile industry.

Excerpts from the interview of Autocar Professional

with Dr. Pawan Goenka, Past President SAEINDIA

Dr Pawan Goenka, Mahindra & Mahindra's Executive

Director and President (Automotive & FES), is a seat-of-

the-pants engineer instrumental in driving Baja SAE

India. He speaks to Sumantra B. Barooah how the inter-

collegiate contest has become a nurturing ground for

automobile engineers and why brand India needs a

push.

How would you describe the evolution of the Baja event

over the past seven years?

I would like to put this in a bigger context. Why did we

start this event? We first thought about it in early 2007

when I was SAE India president. Looking at the future, we

could foresee a great shortage of automobile engineers

and that most engineering students would prefer to

make a career not in the auto industry or hardcore

engineering but in software, IT, banking and finance.

Therefore, we needed something specific to create

excitement in college campuses about manufacturing

generally and about the automobile industry specifically.

SAE International had the Baja, so that's how this whole

idea came about. Take this event and start creating

something that students look forward to every year.

Then probably we could start making a difference. The

event has gone beyond our expectations. When we

started in 2007, we had 28 teams participating. From

there to now, when we have 325 teams keen to

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BAJA SAEINDIA 2014

The Virtual round took place at Sri Venkateshwara College,

Bangalore on 26th & 27th July 2013. After having so many

workshops on the engineering softwares, tutorials &

practices they prepared their best for the virtual round in

terms of technical, management & engineering aspects.

They designed their dream car virtually on their computers

as well as on paper.

Out of 25 team members in the team, 4 of them presented

their potential in the round. All teams did a splendid job to

get selected for the main event but only 125 teams got

selected for the main round in which 2 women-teams of

were also included.

As soon as the result got declared, they started their

preparations for the main event which was to be held in

Indore from 19th to 23rd February 2014. By getting the

sponsorship, college funds or by team funds, they started

fabricating the virtual design of their vehicles by

themselves. Without having any professional help,

undergraduates put all their engineering concepts &

theories for making the buggy including welding, grinding

& machining by themselves. All 25 students with their

faculty advisors spent day & night for making the best.

With the help of rulebook & their design, they started

giving shape to their vehicles.

Preparing the reports on the design they started rolling

their buggy in the college level. Now, they have to pass the

technical inspection which was going to be held at college

level & in which their design & manufacturing process were

checked with the rulebook. Inspection has been done for

all over the country & only 5 teams got eliminated.

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Now, it’s time for the Main Event at NATRAX, NATRIP

Facility, Pithampur, Indore. Teams reached at the site

from all corners of the country with their buggies a day

before the event. Students appeared in the BAJA

APTITUDE Test held at the Host Institute (Swami

Vivekanand College of Engineering) at Indore for the HR

MEET.

Day Zero - The event started with the Oath on “RAISE

THE BAR”. Teams registered themselves at the site and

went to their pits. Teams can go for the Technical

Inspection at site level.

Well trained technical inspectors scrutinized the vehicles

of all teams and passed them for the various static

events like Engine Check, Weight Check & Tilt test. After

getting the Tech OK sticker from the Technical

Inspectors, teams can go for the Brake, Figure of 8 Test

& Accelaration Test. Brake test OK sticker was

mandatory for the teams. No team can go for the

dynamic test without having the all the 3 stickers.

Press conference was scheduled at Hotel Radisson in

Indore on the very same day. Teams can go for the GO

GREEN Emission Presentation at the site which gave

them a separate award for the same.

Day 1 – In the spirit of winning the event, teams could

now proceed for the static evaluation at the site. Static

Evaluation includes the design & cost evaluation by the

respective Judges from the different automotive

companies. Evaluation has been done to check the

engineering concepts used by the teams to make the

buggy & according by scores were provided.

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On the other hand, Dronacharya award evaluation was

going on for the Best Faculty Advisor award of the

team. Technical Inspection was also going on in parallel

for the remaining teams. Best thing for the team

happened on the day that has not happened before

was the opening of Dynamic events on the First Day.

The very steep 26 degree concrete 35 meters Hill

Climb was the centre of attraction, looking very tough

to get through for the teams. Second was the

Suspension & Traction Test which was the rumble for

the cars. The hurdles like Table top, Logs, Mud Pit,

Steps & alternate breakers sharked the chassis of the

vehicles & was a must watch event. Many vehicles got

their parts broken on the track which was again

repaired by students. The track was of International

level. Manoeuvrability was another event with very

sharp turns & prepared to check the steering system of

the buggies. Many of teams got puzzled and got

penalties for the fouls.

And after the huge stress, the day ended with a rocking

DJ Party which was organized for the hardworking

students to relieve the stresses. The party was

awesome with very pleasing performance by the band

from GOA. All people at site got attracted by the party

and showed their talent in dance.

Day 2 – The day was mainly for completing the

dynamic events but some teams got stuck in the

technical inspection and in the brake test and as a

result they got eliminated. Some got penalized, and

some got eliminated but the event was going on in full

flow. Teams were performing in the dynamic events to

get better marks and ranking. The visits of VIP’s

increased as the event was in progress and people

were getting

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enthusiastic for the final day Endurance test. Teams got the

practice run on the track and later got arranged in the

starting grid.

Day 3 – Finally the wait was over, It was the final day of the

event. The vehicles were already placed in the grid to start

the battle. They all got their transponders stick to their

vehicles for the lap count. All dignitaries , the Chief Guest

and all the eminent people were there to start the final

event with the Release of Overdrive Supplement of ‘’BAJA

SAEINDIA 2014”.Before starting the Endurance test, vehicles

had a mock run with the Ambulance & Fire Brigades as a

matter of safety.

And finally the tricolor balloons were flown by the Chief

Guest and all the vehicles got cranked with the throttling

sound and just after it was the flag off in the presence of

Honourable Chief Guest Dr. Pawan Goenka who started

BAJA SAEINDIA in 2007 & Mr. Tom Gillespie who is popularly

known for his fundamentals in Vehicle Dynamics. Vehicles

rushed to the track from the grid overtaking one another by

using their driving skills and with the maximum efficiency of

their vehicles.

The track itself consists of hurdles like Hills & valleys, mud

pit, Splash, speed breakers, and sharp turns. It was very well

designed by the organizing committee. They kept it natural

with cracks & rocks but it did not matter to the teams. The

cars with better fabrication performed well on the tracks

without any damage covering so many laps. Some got

broken and penalized if found repairing over the tracks.

Towing arrangement was there to transport the broken cars

to the pits. After the long endurance battle of 4 hours in

which we had seen many ups & downs from the teams,

dignitaries waved the chequered flag.

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Teams had covered the expected no of laps as the track

was longer than the past, but the best cars succeeded in

the endurance. Scrutiny of the top 10 cars was done by

the technical inspectors for checking the engine and the

other technical points like the modifications with the

engine during the race and others for being equal in

basic parameters.

After the remaining formalities with the teams and the

organizers regarding penalties, returning of

transponders & other important notices, we were ready

for the most important Valedictory event in which the

hardworking students got praise by all the dignitaries on

the dais with the prize money of around Rs. 31 Lakhs.

Teams got theirs awards in different categories and they

were greated with load cheers.

Career Start 2014

SAEINDIA Career Start Programme was held on 8th and

9th Feb at Amrita University. The qualifying exam

SEAT'13 was conducted as an online test on Nov 2013.

No of Students appeared : 3853, No of students 60% and

above : 1266, No of students attended the programme:

807, No of students shortlisted : 145 + ( Excluding EDS

Technologies, Pranav Vikas group , Amphere Electric

Vehicles - These companies will release the short listed

candidates later).

Students were selected by Tech Mahindra, JK Tyres,

Turbo Energy Limited, EGS Technologies and SAEINDIA.

The initiative was very much welcomed by the Student

community.

Some comments from the recruiters:

Tech Mahindra: The general conversion from written to

personnel interview is 10 % in any college. We could see

47% at Career Start. Vikas group. The quality of the

students attending this programme was found to be

good.

The HR personnel from various companies were

thoroughly convinced that this program will be very

helpful to get the right candidates for the Automotive

companies. All the twelve companies have agreed to be

part of the Talent Management Group that is planned.

Our sincere thanks to all the companies that participated

in Career Start. Tech Mahindra, EDS Technologies, EGS

Technologies, TVS Motors, Wheels India, Continental,

Altair, AMPVL, Pranav Vikas Group, Turbo Energy

Limited, etc...

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AM&M2014 and AM&M EXPO2014

We are delighted to inform you that ARAI organizes the

Second International Conference on Automotive

Materials & Manufacturing (AM&M 2014), which is

scheduled at ARAI-Forging Industry Division,

Chakan, Pune during 28th to 30th April, 2014.With the

theme of “Light Weighting through innovative materials,

processes and design”, AM&M 2014 would serve as a

global forum for exchange of ideas and brainstorming,

focusing on recent advances in the area of automotive

materials and Manufacturing.

Concurrently, an Exposition “AM&M-EXPO 2014” is

organized during 28th to 30th April, 2014, housing

overall 73 exhibitory stalls, providing an excellent

opportunity for worldwide companies to showcase

automobile products, equipment, services and

technology solutions in advance materials and

manufacturing processes.

we invite your participation at AM&M-EXPO 2014, and

urge you to prioritize your stall bookings, as stall

reservations would be processed on “First-cum-First-

Serve” basis.

We request you to block your calendar for AM&M 2014

and the conference will cover the following areas as,

Automotive Materials

Automotive Manufacturing

Automotive Applications

Further details can be had from ICAM & AMM 2014.

http://fid.araiindia.com/traning_programs_events.aspx

Symposium on International

Automotive Technology 2015

ARAI organizes SIAT (Symposium on International

Automotive Technology) biennially in association of

SAEINDIA and NATRIP which is presentation of papers

and keynotes, display stalls, technology theatres and

also a platform providing opportunity to the auto,

component and allied industry to demonstrate their

products, technologies, equipment, etc.

The forthcoming 14th Symposium on International

Automotive Technology (SIAT2015) is scheduled at ARAI,

Pune, (India) from 21 to 24 January 2015. It will

concentrate on technologies for safer, cleaner and

quieter vehicles with enhanced connectivity. It will also

focus on innovative advancements in automotive

technologies to meet future challenges.

We request you to block your calendar for SIAT 2015 and

contribute technical paper/s on any of the following

topics of Automotive Engineering as in

http://volunteers.sae.org/authors.htm.

Technical Papers are required to follow SAE technical

paper writing guidelines as summarized in

http://volunteers.sae.org/authors.htm. Papers

accepted for publication and presentation in SIAT 2015

will be given SAE paper numbers and will find place in

SAE database. The contents of the paper should not have

been published elsewhere.

IMPORTANT DATES:

Receipt of Abstracts 30 April, 2014.

Acceptance of Abstracts by Evaluation

Committee 16 June, 2014.

Receipt of Draft Manuscripts 31 July, 2014.

Receipt of Final Papers 15 November, 2014.

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SUPRASAEINDIA 2014 –

Faculty Adviser’s Meet

The faculty adviser meet happened on 14th & 15th

March, 2014 at SAEINDIA, Kotturpuram. In this

meet, more than 55 faculties from all over India

had actively participated. In this schedule,

SUPRASAEINDIA Technical committee provided

hands on training for adherence to the SUPRA RULE

BOOK by the faculty advisers.

FEED BACK

SUPRASAEINDIA FACULTY

ADVISER MEET 2014

Content 5 4 3 2 1

Overall Seminar 21 29 1

Overall Technical Content 18 26 7

Overall Instructor Quality 23 27 1

Networking Opportunities 12 18 15 3 1

SAE Pre-Registration Service 16 24 8 1 1

SAE On-Site Customer Service 11 22 13 1

Quality of Food 11 14 13

POINTS

5 Out standing

4 Very Good

3 Average

2 just Acceptable

1 Needs Improvement

SAEINDIA

CAE Colloquium – SAEINDIA Aerospace

Board with QuEST Global

SAEINDIA was the supporting association partner for

CAE Colloquium 2014 organized by QuEST Global for

the second year in succession at Bangalore.

CAE Colloquium is an exclusive technical conference on

advanced computational aided engineering for

applications in aerospace, automotive and

transportation, industrial power generation related to

heat transfer, structural design and analysis, materials

technology and so on. This is a platform where newer

and emerging technologies are presented and

discussed by a wide range of participants.

The key note speaker at CAE Colloquium 2014 was

Padma Bhushan Dr. Roddam Narasimha of Indian

Institute of Science, Bangalore,– a well reputed name

in the industry and academia. Other prominent

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speakers included Dr. Shyam Chetty

(Director of National Aerospace

Laboratories, India), Dr. Suresh

Nagesh (PES Institute of Technology,

Bangalore, India), Dr. D.Uma

Maheshwar, Head, GE-Aviation

Technology and Mr. Ravi Avancha,

Manager – GE-Turbine Aerodynamics,

to mention a few.

The participants were leaders in

technology businesses in various

areas, professionals from various

engineering organizations, faculty and

students from engineering colleges.

SVCE BAJA SAEINDIA

A valedictory function was held in

SVCE college, Bangalore for the team

participated in Baja, 2014, on March

11.2014 . Mr.K.P.Murthy, Vice Chair,

student activity, SAEINDIA, Bangalore

section and Mr.Anoop Srinivasan, MC

member, SAEINDIA, Bangalore section

were the guests of honor for the

function and addressed the students.

Annual General Meeting for

Elections of Governing Board

of SAENIS 2014-16

Annual General Meeting (AGM) of

SAENIS was held on 27th March 2014

at Japanese Hostel, Gurgaon.

SAEISS Trekking

SAEISS Trek is a unique two day

programme which is a blend of

adventure and learning. SAE Trek

programmes are highly popular.

They are held at scenic trekking

locations which provide for great

sense of adventure and bonding while

providing some instructional learning

pertaining to mobility engineering on

the way. The trekking team is

accompanied by a highly experienced

engineering mentor, who blends

learning in the process. The students

are challenged by the mentor to solve

a problem within a limited time and

inspired by the natural beauty, usually

they crack it!

Engineering Mentor – Mr. S.

Shanmugam (SAEISS - Secretary)

Hosting College - Government College

of Engineering, Salem

Trekking place – Yercaud, Total

collegiate clubs participated – 15

Total students – 39.

NORTHERN SECTION

The event commenced with the

welcome address by Mr. I.V. Rao,

Chairman SAENIS (2012-14) who

shared the journey of SAENIS in the

last two years. The updates on

SAENIS activities was presented by

Dr. Tapan Sahoo, Secretary SAENIS

and thereafter, the elections for the

new Governing Body was conducted

by returning officer Mr. Anup Kacker.

The new Governing Board for 2014-

16 was announced.

After the election of the new

Governing Board, Mr. CV Raman was

elected as the new Chairman of

SAENIS (2014-16). Mr. Raman

addressed the SAENIS members and

shared his vision for SAENIS in the

coming years.

On the completion of 3rd anniversary

of SAENIS newsletter Sampark, the

compilation of Sampark releases was

also unveiled.

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SAEISS COLT

COLT is a two - day residential

training program for SAEINDIA

Southern Section Collegiate Clubs

organized by SAEISS, designed to

motivate & engage in leadership

activities for all nominated club

officers. Students from different parts

of Tamilnadu, Kerala, Andhra Pradesh

and Pondicherry covering more than

100 Collegiate Clubs benefited from

this programme.

Industry Experts & Management

Committee members participated in

COLT & shared their valuable

experience to expand students’

knowledge on career guidelines,

cultivating young leaders for society

& industry.

SAEISS successfully conducted the

COLT program on the 1st & 2nd –

March. Hosting College – Sri Krishna

College of Engineering & Technology

– Coimbatore. Total clubs

participated – 70, Total Participants –

84.

TOP TECH – Applications of

Design of Experiments

A TopTech event is an intensive

session of two days which is anchored

by an eminent subject matter expert.

It deals with one technical problem or

process and the participants get to

understand and discuss the subject

threadbare. The expert also brings up

the best practices on this subject with

relevant examples.

Mr. S. Selvamani – Product

Development Director Asia at

WABCO Vehicle Control System

conducted this program at SAEISS

premises on the 20th & 21st February.

This TOP TECH program was

conducted specially for TAFE

Engineers.

The TOP TECH program was

inaugurated by Mr. Meenakshi

Sundaram – SAEISS MC Member &

Presided over by Mr. T. Kasiraja -

SAEISS MC Member.

SAEISS MC Member’s participation in

COLT was to share their valuable

experience and insights to hone the

students who took part in COLT. MC.

Members, Mr. N. Balasubramanian,

Dr. Kannan Rajendran, Mr. S.

Shanmugam, Mr. Arun

Sivasubrahmaniyan, Mr. T. Kasiraja,

Mr. Yogesh Nagendiran, Dr. A Ramesh

guided the students.

Lecture meeting.

SAEISS conducted the Lecture

meeting on the 21st March at SAEISS

premises.

Topic - Autonomous Emergency

Braking. Expert Speaker - Mr. Dinesh

Shyamsundar, Head of Software

Design Centre at WABCO India Ltd.

The lecture Meeting was presided by

Mr. T. Kasiraja – MC Member, SAEISS,

It was well attended.

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5.4 Mr. S. Arun, Jt. Secretary, SAEISS

Delivered a special Lecture on

“Recent Trends in Manufacturing” at

Sri Sai Ram Engineering College,

Chennai.

5.5 Mr. N. Balasubramanian,

Chairman – SAEISS visited the

Chennai Institute of Technology,

Chennai as the Chief Guest for the

Symposium & addressed the budding

engineers which was enlightening and

thought provoking.

Events conducted in SAEISS

Collegiate Clubs

Mr. Prasanth Balasubramanian-

Defiance Technology limited

delivered a special lecture to our

budding engineers on the topics

of “RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN

I.C ENGINES” at Vel Tech Dr. R.R

& Dr. S.R Technical University. His

lecture was enlightening and

thought provoking.

Young Minds –Techno-Quiz &

Aeromodelling in Sri Krishna

College of Engg & Tech,

Coimbatore.

Latest Trends in Engine

Technology-Workshop on 4th

Feb-2014.

Hands on training on

Aeromodelling - Workshop on

11th Feb-2014.

Mr. K. Srikanth inaugurates

Collegiate club programs &

events.

5.1 SAEINDIA Collegiate Club

Inauguration

College Name: Kamaraj College of

Engineering and Technology at

Virudhunagar. The club was

inaugurated by the chief guest Er. K.

Srikanth, Director, ALFA Rubber and

Springs (P) Ltd. & MC Member of

SAEINDIA Southern Section.

He also visited PSNA College of

Engineering & Technology, Dindigul, &

delivered a special lecture to the

budding engineers on the topic

“Issues in Entrepreneurship”

5.2. SAEINDIA BAJA Workshop in

Hindustan University was conducted

by Mr. Sanjay Nibandhe – MC

Member - SAEISS

5.3. Dr. D. Muruganandam, MC

Member – SAEISS Supported

following Collegiate Clubs on their

activities:

Lakshmi Ammal Engineering

College, Saliyur, Chennai

Peri Institute Of Technology,

Vandalur, Chennai

Rasi Engineering College,

Padappai, Chennai

SAEINDIA Collegiate club of Kongu

Engineering College, Erode

conducted the National Level

Technical Symposium Ignitro on

15 March 2014.

SAEINDIA Collegiate club of

Government College of

Engineering, Salem conducted the

AUTO VAULT 14 workshop of

Vehicle Design and Analysis on

2nd March 2014

SAEINDIA Collegiate club of Sri

Krishna College of Engg. &

Technology, Coimbatore

Conducted one day workshop of

“Engine Technology” on 22 Feb

2014.

SAEINDIA SSNCE collegiate

Club

Under the guest lecture series of our

SAEINDIA collegiate club, the third

and fourth lectures were arranged for

students on Mar 6 and 7, 2014 by Dr.

N. Laskhmi Narasimhan, and Dr. R.

Prakash, Faculty advisors of SAEINDIA

SSNCE collegiate club in association

with SAEINDIA.

Mr. Sanjay Tank, General Manager

(Homologation) of Mahindra

delivered a talk on “Regulatory

requirements for automobiles in

India”. The first part of the lecture

covered the basic understanding

needed on Automotive regulations

with an overview on BS III and IV

norms. The next part addressed the

Automotive safety model emphasizing

the safety regulations and its

dimensions. The third part of the

lecture covered the aspects of

regulatory requirements for Brakes (IS

11852) and the Trends in Braking

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A short video on sound recordings

and analysis for different cars was

presented by the speaker. It was both

the wit and wisdom of the speaker

that kept the entire lecture session

live and reverberating.

Lecture By Ms. Rajani Modiyani On “Success Journey”

The Lecture on “Success Journey” was organized on 9th January, 2014 at ARAI, Pune, which witnessed participation from ARAI women employees. The speaker was Ms. Rajani Modiyani. She is currently working as a Manager, Certification and Compliance Product Environment Management at Cummins Inc, USA.

Mrs. M. S. Jambhle, General

Manager, Structural Dynamics

Laboratory, ARAI, Pune, welcomed all

and introduced Ms. Rajani Modiyani.

Ms. Rajani has completed Bachelors

of Engineering from Cummins

Women College of Engineering in

Instrumentation and Controls.

She was University topper in 3rd and 4th year. Recruited in Accenture via Campus Selection in the final year of Engineering and Awarded the Cummins-Purdue Fellowship to pursue Masters in Electrical Engineering at USA.

systems such as ASR (Anti-Slip

Regulation), Traction Control System

(TCS), Brake Assist System (BAS), Lane

Departure Warning System (LDWS)

and so on. The lecture concluded with

a brief note on crash testing, its

importance, and a note on

Environmental Protection

Requirements. The lecture was well

received with a volley of interesting

questions from the audience.

Dr. Arunkumar M. Sampath, General

Manager Monocoque Platforms of

Mahindra, delivered a talk on Engine

Noise, Vibration and Harshness. The

lecture started with an awesome

introduction on the physics of

Acoustics covering octave bands,

sound quality, human hearing

systems, sound quality metrics and

Articulation Index (AI). The next part

was on the sources of noise in

passenger and hybrid cars. The

lecture concluded with a brief note on

noise pollution, its effects and

regulations.

Decided to switch majors to

Mechanical Engineering inspired by

research work of Dr. Gregory Shaver.

Completed Masters in Mechanical

Engineering with thesis discussing the

effect of intake valve closure

modulation on effective compression

ratio and gas exchange in

turbocharged multi-cylinder engines

utilizing EGR.

Switched roles and moved Product Environmental Management as Manager (Certification and Compliance) dealing with certification of engines for nonroad applications for European and North American Markets.

The Lecture was on “Success Journey”

of Ms. Rajani.

Mr. Anurag Parmar proposed a vote of

thanks on behalf of SAEINDIA Western

Section and ARAI.

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. The Sancheti Institute & its staff

have stood out as a centre of

excellence over the last three

decades. SIOR is regarded as the most

highly specialized hospital for Joint

Replacement, Traumatology, Spinal

Surgery, Paediatrics, Orthopaedic,

Arthroscopy and Sports Injuries, Hand

and Plastic Surgery. Indus knee is

indigenously manufactured knee for

people. Mr. K. M. Pinglikar, Deputy

General Manager, ARAI, proposed a

vote of thanks. Mr. Shrikant R.

Marathe thanked Dr. K. H. Sancheti

for excellent information to maintain

work life balance.

Eminent Speaker Series Lecture By Dr. K. H. Sancheti On “FITNESS THE NEED OF THE DAY” The Eminent Speaker Series Lecture on

“Fitness the Need of the Day” was

organized on 28h Feb, 2014 at ARAI,

Pune, which witnessed participation

from engineers and scholars in the

discipline of engineering. The expert

speaker was Dr. K. H. Sancheti, who is

Director and Chief Orthopaedic

Surgeon at Sancheti Hospital, Pune

Mrs. Anagha Dani, ARAI, was the

master of ceremony.

Mr. Shrikant R. Marathe, President

SAEINDIA, and Director, ARAI,

welcomed Dr. Sancheti with a

memento. Mr. Marathe gave a brief

introduction on Dr. Sancheti to

everyone.

Padma Bhusan Dr. Kantilal H. Sancheti

is an orthopaedic doctor, the inventor

of India's first indigenous knee

implant-the Indus Knee and founder of

Maharashtra's first orthopaedic

dedicated specialty hospital.

President Indian Orthopaedic

Association and Past President of

Maharashtra Orthopaedic Association.

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