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An international conference on ‘research and innovation in the field of engineering and Technology – 2015’ was held at Universiti Teknologi Malaysia

(UTM) at Kuala lumpur on June 15, 2015. The conference was jointly organized by uTm, International Conference of Intellectuals (ICOI), Malaysian Investment Development Authority (MIDA), The Institution of Engineers Malaysia (IEM) and The Institution of Engineers (India) [IEI] and was sponsored by the World Federation of Engineering Organizations (WFEO). it was attended by the delegates from india, malaysia and other AseAN countries.

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dear Friends,

Agriculturists globally are exploring the possibility of using technologies including micro air vehicles and sensors to gain insights in assessing nutrients and water requirements in growing plants, to maximize value for the farmer while minimizing environmental impact, and reducing waste of critical resources through precision agriculture. The National design and research Forum (NdrF) has been working in a collaborative mode with academia, research organizations, and industry to develop and realize micro Air Vehicles and allied technologies. i urge the indian engineering Professionals to adopt an interdisciplinary approach and deploy these engineering advances to develop solutions, products, and services for social needs.

The institution achieved yet another milestone with federation internationale du beton (fib International) agreeing to consider the indian proposal to increase representation to five members from the erstwhile three, in fib International. india is the only country among 43 nations to have this privilege of enhanced representation. This will enable The iei to give proper representation in the global comity of Nations to all the sectors of the civil engineering fraternity, who are dealing with the structural concrete, and will pave the way for iei to launch fib India in the near future to cater to the needs of expanding indian built infrastructure including smart cities, affordable housing, amongst others by promoting Concrete Engineering.

To deploy engineering and technology for national and regional development in the developing world. The iei along with the Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) and

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during the inaugural session, the dignitaries present on the dais, namely, Dato’ Hatijah Ayob, President, malaysian rare disorders society; Dato’ HJ Noorul Arffin B. Abdul Majeed, deputy President, malaysian Athletics Federation; Dr Jaya Naidu, consultant, lincoln university, uK; Dato’ Ghazali bin Dato’ Mohd. Yusoff, ceo, Yayasan Raja Zarith Sofia Negeri Johor; Mr N Sangaran, executive director, manufacturing development (resource) of midA; Dr. L V Muralikrishna Reddy, President, iei, and Mr. S.S. Rathore, Past President, iei and Vice President wFeo; and Mr. Raj Needhi Sharma, general secretary of icoi, expressed their views

The Institution of Engineers Malaysia organized the International Conference on “Research and Innovations in the Field of Engineering and Technology at Kuala Lumpur. IEI signed a Cooperation Agreement with The Institution of Engineers Malaysia to promote and strengthen faculty and student exchange and joint research projects between Institutions of India and Malaysia. Recognizing the large presence of AMIEns in the ASEAN region, efforts are underway to open a Country Chapter in Malaysia. With the objective of strengthening relationship with countries in the neighbouring region, The Institution organized its 686th Council Meeting in Kuala Lumpur to coincide with these technology events.

IEI’s participation in the International Engineering Alliance Meeting 2015 is significant in the context of the International Professional Engineers’ Agreement (IPEA) for the next five years coming up for review later this year. IEI is finalizing measures to strengthen the IPEA Agreement for furthering Professional Engineer (PE) and International Professional Engineer (IntPE) accreditations. There is considerable acknowledgement of India’s contribution to the global engineering profession, and there is possibility of leveraging the other Accords to facilitate international mobility in engineering. The deliberations have brought in diffusion of new thought processes to strengthen India’s oldest IEI Accreditation framework and standards.

Over the last six months, several transformation initiatives like Internationalization of IEI Relations, establishment of the IEI University, strengthening the IEI Asset Management System, Deploying Digital Technologies to Streamline Institutional Operations, amongst others have been taken up, and considerable progress has been achieved.

You would have noticed the new format of The IEI Newsletter. This Newsletter is for you stakeholders, and we have tried to implement some of the feedback we have received from Corporate Members. We are working on making the Newsletter appealing and interesting, and will be incorporating some more suggestions in the future editions.

A number of National and International Organizations are supporting the Indian Technology Congress being organized at Bengaluru during 29-30 July 2015. Eminent engineering personalities including President and President-Elect, World Federation of Engineering Organizations (WFEO) will be participating in this premier technology event. I urge the Indian engineering professionals to actively participate in the activities and build actionable networks with the global fraternity.

I welcome suggestions from stakeholders to continue this transformation to usher in a nimble and member-centric Institution.

Best Wishes,

L V MURALIKRISHNA REDDY

From the Pages of History

CENTENARYCELEBRATIONS1920-2020IEI

September 13, 1920The Institution was formally registered in Madras under Indian Companies Act of 1913. Later necessary permission was secured to move the Registered Office to Calcutta. Sir Thomas R J Ward was the first President of the Institution.

February 23, 1921The formal inauguration of the Institution concurrently with the 1st AGM was performed by His Excellency Lord Chelmsford, the then Viceroy and Governor General of India in the hall of the Asiatic Society of Bengal on Park Street, Calcutta. Sir Rajendra Nath Mookerjee was the Inaugural President of the Institution.

1922 The first issue of the journal of the Institution was published.

1923 Publication of Bulletin (quarterly) was started.

August 1928The first Associate Membership examination was held with 4 candidates appearing for the examination.

January 1, 1932The office of the Institution was moved to the new building at 8, Gokhale Road. (The building now accommodates the West Bengal State Centre and Sir R N Mookerjee Engineering Information Service Centre).

September 1935The Royal Charter was granted to the Institution at the Court at Buckingham Palace of His Majesty King & Emperor George V.

Dr. Wooday P. Krishna, FIE, Council Member and Chairman, Legal Affairs Committee, IEI, has been elected unanimously as NATIONAL PRESIDENT of The Indian Institution of Production Engineers for the year 2015-2016.

IEI wishes him all the best in his new endeavour.

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The Disaster Awareness and Management Cell (DAMC) of Uttarakhand State Centre of the Institution organized a two-day All India Workshop on ‘Safety and Fire Hazards of Industry &

Forest’ under the aegis of Civil Engineering Division, IEI during May 16-17, 2015 at Dehradun. The Workshop was inaugurated by the Chief Guest, Mr Dinesh Aggarwal, Hon’ble Minister of Sports, Forests & Wildlife, Law & Justice, Government of Uttarakhand. Dr R B S Rawat, Chairman, SSSB, Uttarakhand and former Principal Chief Conservator of Forests, Government

of Uttarakhand; Mr K B Rajoria, Chairman, Safety & Quality Forum, IEI; Dr S Farooq, President, Himalaya Drugs and Mr Narendra Singh, Chairman, Civil Engineering Division Board & Council Member, IEI, graced the occasion as the Guests-of-Honour. Dr Suvir Singh, Group Leader, Fire Research Group, CBRI, Roorkee, was the Keynote Speaker. Mr Dinesh Aggarwal, in his inaugural address, stated that fire safety needs preparedness and faster response. He emphasized the role of villagers and their training to prevent fire incidents. Dr R B S Rawat stressed on three important measures, viz. preparedness, mitigation, and response. He stressed on the use of software and technology for predicting possible fire-prone areas. Dr Rawat further laid prominence on converting biomass to energy which serves dual purpose of saving forest from fire and providing energy sources. Dr S Farooq emphasized on creating awareness on fire hazards through proper training and gave several examples especially from Japanese culture. A Souvenir was brought out on this occasion which was released during the inaugural session. Earlier, Mr S C Goyal, Convener of the Workshop, briefed the audience about details of the Workshop. Mr C M Dimri, Chairman of the Centre, presided over the function. Mr Anant Bhaskar Garg, Co-convener of the Workshop, proposed the vote of thanks.

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A Memorandum of Understanding was signed between The

Institution of Engineers (India) and The Institution of Engineers Malaysia with the objective of promoting exchange of technical, scientific and professional knowledge to better serve the interests and welfare of members, the engineering community and the public in both the countries. President, Past Presidents, Vice Presidents, Council Members and Officials of IEI were present along with office bearers of IE, Malaysia during the occasion on 14th June 2015.

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The 686th meeting of the IEI Council was held at the premises of the Pearl International Hotel, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, during June 15-16, 2015, to

discuss and decide important policy matters which are rudimentary towards smooth functioning of this colossal professional body. The Council had extremely fruitful and meaningful deliberations and decisions taken on various aspects, viz., establishment of two new Local Centres at Gwalior (Madhya Pradesh) and Hosur (Tamilnadu), Finance Committee recommendations, renaming of National Design and Research Forum, Strategic Plan Committee recommendations, starting of Certification Programme to upgrade the skill developments of engineers. The Council also deliberated on establishment of Institution Arbitration Mechanism,

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th686IT enablement of the IEI, BRICS Federation of Engineers. Regulation for engineering profession by promoting ethical practicing, printing of membership certificate with new get-up and additional features were also discussed by the Council.

During the 686th Council Meeting, Dr L V Muralikrishna Reddy, President, IEI, released the following publications:

• ACompendiumofRecognitionLettersforAMIESectionsA & B Examinations – Edited by Dr K Gopalakrishnan, Council Member, IEI and Dr A K Gupta, Director (EEA), IEI.

• Technology Transfer Cell published by the NationalDesign and Research Forum.

• NDRFPerspectivePlanpublishedbytheNationalDesignand Research Forum.

• National Programme onUnmannedMarine Vehiclespublished by the National Design and Research Forum.

• FirstInformationBrochureofthe30thIndianEngineeringCongress scheduled to be held on December 17-20, 2015 at Guwahati, Assam.

An IEI delegation comprising Dr L V Muralikrishna Reddy, President, IEI; Mr A K Basa, Immediate Past President, IEI, Mr S S Rathore, Past President, IEI, Mr S B Sinha and Mr K C Sethi,VicePresidents,SeniorCouncilMembersandofficialsof IEI met a delegation from The Institution of Engineers Malaysia (IEM) comprising Dato’ Ir. Lim Chow Hock, President, IEM; Prof (Dr) Ir. Choo Kok Beng, Immediate Past President, IEM; Prof (Dr) Ruslan Hassan, Vice President,IEM; Dato’ Ir. Lee Yee Cheong, Past President, IEM and other dignitaries to discuss and explore scope of mutual cooperation in promoting engineering, technology, research andinnovation.Subsequently,anMoUwassignedbetweenthe IEI and IEM on June 14, 2015 at Pearl International Hotel, Kuala Lumpur which will facilitate establishment of the technology pool in both the countries by working with one or more organizations to create technologies.

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The Andhra Pradesh State Centre of the Institution in association with Water Management Forum (WMF), IEI, Ahmedabad and Water Management Forum,

South Regional Centre, Hyderabad, organized a two-day All India Seminar on ‘Water Management and Dam Safety during Flood Disasters’ during April 24-25, 2015 at Hyderabad. Mr M K Srinivas, Chief Engineer (South), National Water Development Agency, Ministry of Water Resources, Government of India, was the Chief Guest and inaugurated the Seminar. In his inaugural address, Mr Srinivas highlighted the importance of dam safety, quoting the example of river Kosi, which is changing course dynamically. Mr O T Gulati, Chairman, Board of Governors, WMF, IEI, graced the occasion as the Guest-of-Honour. Mr M K Rahman, former Engineer-

The Gujarat State Centre of the Institution organized a two-day All India Seminar on ‘Participatory Irrigation Management –

Promises and Problems’ under the aegis of Agricultural Engineering Division, IEI, during April 17-18, 2015 at Ahmedabad. The function was inaugurated by the Chief Guest, Mr S S Rathore, CMD, SSNNL; Past President, IEI and Vice President, WFEO. Dr R Parthasarathy, Director, Gujarat Institute of Development Research, Ahmedabad, delivered the Keynote Address. Mr V B Patel, former Chairman, Central Water Commission, Government of India; Mr M K Jadav, Director (CAD), SSNNL; Mr C V Nadpara, Honorary Secretary of the Centre; Mr O T Gulati, Chairman, BOG-WMF; Mr Navin B Vasoya & Mr S B Vasava, Council Members, IEI and Dr J V Shah, former Area Development Commissioner, Government of Gujarat; graced the inaugural function and delivered lectures.

The Chief Guest, Mr S S Rathore while delivering his address, stressed the need for the participation of farmers in management of irrigation for efficient use of water as about 88% water is consumed by agriculture. He described his own long back experience of handing over tube-wells to the farmers, the first of its kind of experience similar to PIM, which has been successful in terms of increase in command area and farmers’ involvement as

in-Chief, Irrigation and CAD Department, Andhra Pradesh, delivered lecture on ‘The Andhra Pradesh Flood Catastrophe Consequence of Nature’s Fury’. Mr M Giridhara Reddy, Chief Engineer, CDO, Andhra Pradesh, delivered lecture on the topic ‘Water Management and Dam Safety Practices during the Flood Disaster’. Mr K Satyanarayana, Advisor (Designs) and Mr N Sreekanth, Executive Engineer of Central Designs Organisation, Andhra Pradesh, spoke on ‘Dam Safety – Hydro Mechanical Equipment Maintenance – Radial Gates’. Experts on the field, namely, Mr C L N Sastry, former Engineer-in-Chief, Commissioner for Projects Formulation & E.O. Secretary, Water Resources Department, Government of Andhra Pradesh; Mr K V V Narasimha Rao, Executive Engineer, Dam Safety Division, Central Designs Organisation, Andhra Pradesh, also addressed the gathering. Dr I Satyanarayana Raju, Chairman of the Centre, presided over the function. Earlier, Mr B Brahma Reddy, Honorary Secretary of the Centre, welcomed the gathering. Mr N Balavenkata Reddy, Joint Honorary Secretary of the Centre, proposed the vote of thanks.

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well as reduction in government expenditure and conflicts among the farmers. Mr Rathore suggested evolving a distinguished approach suitable to local environment for irrigation management and a draft strategy of further course of action. Dr Parthasarathy, in his Keynote Address, explained the historical background of ‘Participatory Irrigation Management’ in various states of India. Mr V B Patel shared his experience of introducing PIM successfully in several projects in the Gujarat. Mr Navin B Vasoya highlighted the activities undertaken by IEI in general and the status of Agriculture in Gujarat in particular. Mr M K Jadav stressed the need for PIM in view of the fact that 18 lakh hectares of command area is to be provided equitably in Sardar Sarovar Project. Dr J V Shah advocated adopting and developing PIM culture as this involves change of mindset of the engineers, government officials and the farmers. Earlier, Mr O T Gulati, in his welcome address, stated that large canal network is under preparation in all major and medium projects, operation and maintenance of which is a big challenge.

A Souvenir and a CD containing technical papers were released on this occasion. Papers on various sub-themes were presented and discussed during technical sessions.

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AdvAnced MAnufActuring & ApplicAtions ofpolyMer-MetAl-cerAMic MAtrix coMposites

The Karnataka State Centre of the Institution in association with National Design Research Forum (NDRF), IEI and Sri

Venkateshwara College of Engineering (SVCE), Bangalore organized a two-day All India Seminar on ‘Advanced Manufacturing & Applications of Polymer-Metal-Ceramic Matrix Composites’ under the aegis of Metallurgical & Materials Engineering Division during March 18-19, 2015 at Bangalore. The Chief Guest, Prof E S Dwarakadasa, Chairman & Managing Director, Karnataka Hybrid Micro Devices Ltd, in his address, emphasized about the importance of the manufacturing through ancient techniques and motivated the students towards the research and called upon to contribute in this area. He complimented the hosts for organizing a Seminar of national importance and further assured the continued relationship between IEI-KHMDL-SVCE and CART. Prof R M Vasagam, Chairman of the Centre and Dr K Ramachandra, Director, NDRF, graced the occasion as Guests-of-Honour. Speaking on the occasion, Prof Vasagam suggested making use of knowledge on the composite materials in design and manufacturing. He also emphasized on the importance of composite materials in all sectors for overall growth of the nation. Dr Ramachandra, briefed the delegates about the significance and about the activities of NDRF, IEI. Dr C Prabhakar Reddy, Principal, SVCE, stated about the activities conducted by the Department of Mechanical Engineering in association with IEI-Karnataka State Centre and NDRF and urged the students to make use of such opportunities to bring out the hidden talent.

The Kerala State Centre of the Institution in association with Heera College of Engineering and Technology,

Thiruvananthapuram, organised a two-day All India Seminar on ‘Applications of Engineering for Green Technology’ under the patronage of Interdisciplinary Coordination Committee during February 20-21, 2015 at Thiruvananthapuram. The function was presided over by Dr Ruben Devaprakash, Principal, Heera College of Engineering and Technology. The Chief Guest, Dr Abdul Rahman, Pro-Vice Chancellor, Kerala Technological University, inaugurated the Seminar. While addressing the gathering, he emphasized about the role of the new University in Kerala, new curriculum and modified examination system planned from 2016 onwards. He also exhorted that engineers and scientists have a major role in implementing the green technology. Dr Rahman further stated

that the world is talking about sustainability and green technology, but significant attention has not been paid for its implementation.

Teaching faculties have a major role in creating awareness in green technology by imparting proper education to students about sustainability, thereby natural resources are sustained and passed on to future generation unimpaired; added Dr Rahman. Mr Rajesh P, Board Member, OWASP, delivered the keynote address. Earlier, Mr V Vijayakumar, Chairman of the Centre, welcomed the delegates and dignitaries. In his welcome address, he explained the role of IEI in the professional development of engineers. Mr S Radhakrishnan, Past Chairman of the Centre and Mr G Neelakantan, Chairman, Computer Society of India, Trivandrum Chapter also attended the function. Mr S Sreelakshmy, Assistant Professor, HCET, proposed the vote of thanks.

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ENGINEERS’ DAY

September 15 is celebrated every year in the country as “Engineers’ Day”

to commemorate the bir thday of the legendary engineer Sir Mokshagundam Visvesvaraya. Sir Visvesvaraya, an eminent Indian engineer and statesman was born in a remote village of Karnataka, the State that is incidentally now the Hi-tech State of the country. Due to his outstanding contribution to the society, Government of India conferred “Bharat Ratna” on this legend in the year 1955. He was also called the precursor of economic planning in India. His learned discourse on economic planning in India, Planned Economy for India and Reconstructing India, was the first available document on the planning effort of the country and it is still held as the parent source matter for economic planners. A theme of national importance is chosen every year by the National Council of the Institution and deliberated at its various State/Local Centres to educate the engineering fraternity in general and the

48thTheme:

Engineering Challenges for Knowledge Era

society in particular. This year the National Council of the Institution has selected the theme as “Engineering Challenges for Knowledge Era”.

Tremendous developments are taking place in science, technology and engineering world over and the knowledge has become the new currency of national economics. Engineers have a pre-eminent role in the knowledge economy. Innovation of new products and processes form the core of new knowledge which has to be governed by intellectual property rights related safe guards including applicability of Cyber loss. Changing technologies, disruptive technologies and path breaking technological developments will have to be mastered exploited in all engineering disciplines.

Promoting research and development, nurturing entrepreneurship and succeeding in making world class products all will form major activities in this regard. Further interdisciplinary team efforts are needed to succeed in mapping the benefits of knowledge economy.

Technology manpower planning in the networked economy hinges on developing base of skilled and knowledgeable manpower of high calibre to usher in a talent-drive economic revolution. Both the Industry and Academia has equal responsibility to share to ensure that the engineers become ready to face the growing and ever-changing need in this knowledge era.

IEI has an important role in this endeavour. The theme chosen for Engineer’s Day 2015 celebrations “Engineering Challenges for Knowledge Era” will address all these aspects.

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Offer fOr reinstatement Of membership

annOuncement superannuatiOn frOm iei

rewarding mechanism for “member-Get-a-member” for the corporate members

nOt applicable fOr members in the life blOck

Records indicate that our correspondence with the struck off members have yielded limited results as many members are not available in their recorded addresses. Please convey this message of reinstatement to such members.

Please apply with the following information and DD / Multicity cheque in favour of “The Institution of Engineers (India)” addressed to Secretary & Director General.

Name in Full : ________________________________________________________

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Cheque/DD details : Amount _________ No. & Date _____________ Bank ______________

Certain pressing pre-occupation sometimes compels the membership subscription of a Member who was in Annual Subscription Block to remain overdue for a continuous period of 3 years or more. As a result, the membership of such member gets discontinued as per the clause no. 73 of Bye-Laws & Regulations of The Institution of Engineers (India).

However, the Institution values the membership of all such erstwhile members and wishes their continued association.

The Institution, therefore, earnestly appeals to all such members to get their names reinstated through a very easy and economic process. It may be mentioned here that the charges for reinstatement is substantially lower than applying for new membership.

Reinstatement Fee is for life time and the membership will be converted to Life Compounding Block with new membership number.

The rates for reinstatement vis-à-vis new membership at different grades are as follows :-

Schedule of Charges

Grade Reinstatement Fee New Membership Fee

Fellow (w.e.f 01/04/2015) ` 4260.00 ` 5450.00

Member ` 3000.00 ` 3650.00

Associate Member ` 2400.00 ` 3200.00

Mr Rajendra Singh, an employee of the Institution will be superannuated from the service of IEI on July 31, 2015. He joined the Institution on July 22, 1980 and rendered his service to the Institution for a period of 35 years.

IEI wishes Mr Rajendra Singh and his family a happy and healthy life in future.

The vision of the President, IEI is to bring the whole engineering fraternity to the IEI family. The membership in the IEI will enhance the respect and dignity to the Members as well as create the belongingness and special attachment to the IEI family.

Therefore, each Corporate Member is requested to volunteer to act as Supporter to at least one Corporate Member, who will join IEI family during the Financial Year 2015-16 and of course, there will not be any limit to get enrolled the Members.

At the end of the Financial Year, the Corporate Member who supports a minimum number of 150 enrolments (Corporate/Non-Corporate) will enjoy the following privileges/benefits :

• TheMemberwillbeawardedwithagoldmedal and a certificate of appreciation during the Indian Engineering Congress by the Hon’ble President. However, no TA/DA will be admissible for this purpose.

• TheMemberwillbeempanelledastheProject Guide to the Student Members subject to fulfillment of criteria.

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The Institution of Engineers (India)REVISED PROCEDURE FOR CONDUCT OF ELECTION(Approved by the Council at its 682nd meeting held at Pachmarhi, Madhya Pradesh on June 21, 2014)

1. The procedure of appointment of BOS, election of Convener, issuance of election notice, seeking of nominations, obtaining consent of the nominees, finalization of the list of contestants for respective election and finalization of the Bio data of contesting candidates remains unchanged.

2. The proposer shall submit alongwith his nomination any of the acceptable identity proof document, i.e., PAN Card or Driving License or Photo ID Card issued by State / Central Govt. bearing signature or Photo ID Card of the IEI bearing signature or first page of passport bearing signature duly self attested.

3 The personalized ballots for the election shall be printed as Optical Readable with encrypted bar code. The ballot shall have pre-printed detachable identification slip with particulars of individual voter including address with space for signature, e-mail and mobile number of the voter. The ballot shall be sent in window envelope along with the following (specification of envelopes are placed at Appendix 1A). A sample of ballot is also attached at Appendix 1B.

(i) Instruction to voters(ii) Ballot paper with identity slip(iii) One small envelope with the name of Division printed rubber

stamped on it for return of ballot. (Name of Division is to be printed for Division elections only)

(iv) One self-addressed large envelope identical for all Divisions, to accommodate the smaller one containing the ballot paper, detached identity slip of the voter and self-signed photocopy of specified document, (see 5 below) attached to the smaller envelope externally.

(v) Bio data of candidates, if applicable [see (23) below].(vi) In case elections to the Council from State Centre under

Regulation 26 is held along with elections to the Divisions, then the other envelope in which the ballot for Council seat is to be returned, should have COUNCIL prominently marked on the ballot envelope, in which the ballot for Council seat is to be returned. This envelope shall not be opened along with the envelopes containing ballot papers of the Division seats.

4. The Corporate members on the roll of the Institution as on 31 Mar of the year in which elections are due shall form the electorate college for the elections which will be prepared and supplied by the HQ IEI to the respective Centres. Those Corporate members shall exercise their voting right in any of the following modes:

(a) Those Corporate members who are electronically reachable shall cast their vote by electronic mode only. No paper ballot shall be issued to them.

(b) Those Corporate members who are not electronically reachable

shall cast their vote by ballot only. The voting papers (Ref: para 3 above) shall be posted to those Corporate Members only by Speed / Registered Post by the BOS.

A provision for test scanning of ballots based on standard random sampling method with sample size 3% of ballots to be printed needs to be adhered to. As such 3% of the ballots have to be mandatorily test scanned (for each Divisions / Council Seat separately) by BOS prior to despatch for ensuring accurate alignment of printed ballots. Software will not allow election window to open without this test scanning. The envelope containing ballot papers etc. shall be

despatched to eligible voters on their recorded address by speed post or registered post as the case may be and record of all such dispatch shall be maintained. In case of large number of such envelopes, posting be done from multiple post offices in the city.

5. The voter would be required to attach any of the identity proof document (PAN Card or Driving License or Photo ID Card issued by State / Central Govt. bearing signature or Photo ID Card of the IEI bearing signature or first page of passport bearing signature) and self attest it. In case the name in the specified document is written differently from the identity slip e.g (SURENDRA KUMAR BHAGAT Vis-a-Vis S K BHAGAT), a certificate that both names belong to same person is to be provided on the photocopy by the voter. The signature on the photocopy shall be compared with the signature on the identity slip during scrutiny.

6. The envelope containing closed ballot envelope, identity slip and signed photo copy of specified document shall be returned to the BOS by post in the Business Reply Envelope for which the postage shall be paid by the Centre. The voter, therefore, need not affix postage stamp on the envelope returning the ballot in the specified envelope issued to the voter.

7. The ballot shall be returnable in not less than 30 days from the last date of posting the ballot to voters. Duplicate ballots shall be issued against written request whenever received by convener of BOS and shall be sent on recorded addresses of the voter by speed post or registered post as the case may be. Record of such issues shall be maintained. It should be duly marked as “DUPLICATE” on detachable identity slip.

8. The postal ballot shall be returnable by the Voters by post only and not by any other mode to the designated post box or post bag or to the Centre’s address printed on the envelope. The BOS will make appropriate arrangement for proper receipt of the ballots received at the Centre’s office. Use of stationery other than the stationery officially supplied by the BOS shall invalidate the same.

9. The BOS shall authorize two or more of themselves to collect envelopes containing ballots from the post office (if post box is used). The envelopes containing the ballots should be dated and numbered serially. The envelopes shall remain unopened as they are received and a record of the ballots collected each day shall be maintained. The envelopes containing voting papers returned as undelivered (collected from the post office, if applicable) shall also be numbered separately and a record kept. The final collection shall be made immediately after the last date and time specified for return of the ballots. The envelopes received at Centre or in the Post Box after closing date and the time would not be counted under any circumstances.

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10. The envelope shall be lodged each day in a ballot drop box which shall be housed in a room under lock and key and shall not be accessible to any one other than the BOS and shall not be removed from the said room under any plea whatsoever and shall be in the custody of BOS. Before dropping any ballot in the ballot drop box, it shall be locked and sealed in presence of the BOS after ascertaining that it is empty. The envelopes containing the ballots should be dropped into the box through the drop slit which shall be sealed under the signature of member of BOS each time after envelopes are dropped.

11. The BOS shall, after expiry of the said 30 days and on the day designated for counting votes, open the ballot box and arrange to scrutinize the voting papers with the assistance of other Corporate Members and / or the employees as may be approved by them. Scrutiny of ballots and counting of votes shall be supervised by at least three members of BOS.

Scrutiny of Ballots:

12. The BOS shall inform the candidates about date of counting of votes and shall permit the candidate or a Corporate Member as his representative duly authorized in writing to be present during counting of votes. The counting time shall be suitably finalized so as to account for the manual scrutiny of documentary proofs of voters.

13. For scrutiny, outer envelope shall be opened and inner envelope together with the identity slip of the voter and signed photo copy of specified document as mentioned in paragraph 5 above shall be sorted division-wise, rejecting all such envelopes which are found to be irregular or defaced, tampered with or found to be interfered with unwarrantably or obliterated in any way or where the signature on the identity slip does not tally with signature on the photo copy of the specified document, or is illegible or correcting fluid has been used, to make corrections.

14. Total number of smaller envelopes shall be compared with the record of collection from the post office or received at the Centre. Any discrepancy shall be recorded and sorted out to the satisfaction of the BOS before opening smaller envelopes.

15. The identity slip and signed photocopy of the voter shall then be detached and separated out. Envelopes, containing the ballot paper would be opened division wise / council wise and the ballot papers scrutinized for any irregularity or tampering and only the valid ballots shall be scanned for counting.

16. Manual counting of votes is not permissible. Counting of the ballot division-wise shall be done through scanning. The computer connected to the scanner and loaded with the special software shall give count of votes secured by each contestant. In unlikely event of two or more ballots from the same voter, the system will reject all votes of such voter and the detail of such voter, without details of the votes cast, shall be available. During the process of mediation, the total number of ballots scanned should tally with total of number of counted ballots displayed on computer. In case of discrepancy, if any, all ballot papers should be checked by physical count and rescanned, if necessary. There is no provision of manual entry of votes in the scanned data. The result of paper ballot shall be uploaded by the BOS by using their individual log-in ID and password to the specified election site. A specified minimum number of members of BOS would needed to log-in through their individual password in succession to upload the data.

The BOS can access the BOS Control Panel software only after they log-in with their membership number as log-in ID and a password. This password shall be made available to them by the Administrator. Before the first log-in, they will be required to change their password.

BOS members have to create their own password and have to keep it strictly confidential.

Electronic Voting:

17. (a) Computer auto generated log-in credentials for online voting shall be sent through the mobile / e-mail to the electronically reachable members as on 31 Mar of the year on the opening day of the election.

(b) An eligible voter visiting the Institution website www.ieindia.org will be guided to the election portal. The voter can access the voting page of the relevant election by using log-in ID and password for voting online. The vote cast by a voter shall be encrypted and not available to anyone. The details of the voter by his membership number shall be available in the system. The electronic voting details cannot be downloaded and vote cast is encrypted. The bio data of the contestants will be available for voters reference in the election portal, as well.

(c) In case a voter misplaces his password or has not received it for any reasons, he can request for computer auto-generated log-in ID and password from the HOME page of the IEI election web site which can be accessed through www.ieindia.org, which shall be sent to his mobile / e-mail.

(d) In case of members residing abroad who have registered their e-mail id, they will be provided the log-in credentials through his e-mail only.

(e) Paper ballot shall be issued only to those members residing abroad who have not registered their e-mail id.

Security:

18. A voter can use his password to vote only once and having used the password to cast his vote, the password shall become inoperable and can not be used for further voting in the same election, however, same password shall be used by the voter for all other elections for which he is eligible to vote in the year e.g. Aerospace Division of Local Centre, Aerospace Division of State Centre, Council seat of the State Centre, Aerospace Division of the Council.

19. The election Web service provider is to provide the source code under sealed cover to the Secretary and Director General for the purpose of record and safe custody. The Source Code is not to be opened and is to be kept sealed. Also a provision is to be incorporated in the software which will allow any changes whatsoever, only after simultaneous logging of two persons out of the President / The immediate Past President / Past President (depending upon their availability) and additionally the Secretary and Director General. The software is to have provision for generating an audit trail of such changes. The software is to also have feature of automatic logging out if no activity takes place for 10 minutes. After automatic logging out, re-logging by all three to access the site is to be made mandatory.

20. Voting web site shall close at 2400 hours of the date specified for return of ballot and no voting on web can be done thereafter.

Final counting:

21. On uploading the count of paper ballot to voting site, the system shall integrate count of paper ballot votes and web-based votes and final result, after eliminating dual voting or duplicate paper voting by a voter, shall be available to BOS instantly. The details of duplicate voting, shall be available to the BOS after mediation of the results without voting particulars. In the event of a tie, the BOS shall decide the result by toss of coin or by drawing lots, as per the existing proviso.

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Bio data:

22. The Bio data of the contestant if furnished, as finalized by the BOS, shall be uploaded on the election site. This shall be available in public domain. It shall also be available for view to the voter while casting the vote on web.

23. The Bio data of the contestants shall also be published in the Centre’s Newsletter. Additionally, the Bio data as finalized by the BOS in printed sheet shall accompany the paper ballot. [Ref 3(v) above].

Result:

24. The BOS shall print the report on the result of the voting which shall be signed by the members of the BOS present and present the report along with connected papers to the Chairman of the Centre and forward a copy of the report to the Honorary Secretary of the Centre and also to the Secretary & Director General of the Institution for necessary action.

25. The Honorary Secretary shall immediately communicate official results of the election to the Secretary & Director General. The voting papers shall be sealed and kept by the Chairman of the Centre till 30 days after the ensuing AGM of the Centre whereafter they shall be destroyed, as per the existing proviso. The identity slips, with e-mail and mobile number written therein, shall be preserved separately and sent to HQ for updating the record of the members after expiry of the retention period of election papers before destruction.

For election to Council under Bye-law 4(a)(iii) the voting papers need to be preserved till 30 days of the Institution’s AGM, whereafter they shall be destroyed. The identity slips with e-mail and mobile number written therein, preserved separately, shall be sent to HQ for updating the records of the members after expiry of the retention period of election papers, before destruction, similarly details of all the web voting shall be dealt with by the Administrator.

26. The BOS shall conduct all business of election from the premises of the Centre. In no case activities of election can be carried out from premises other than the Centre.

27. The Chairman and the Honorary Secretary in the office and the Chairman-elect and Honorary Secretary-elect shall not be members of the BOS.

28. No person shall be member of BOS for more than two consecutive elections.

29. The Chairman of the Centre, without involving himself in operational activities of the BOS, shall oversee the functioning of the BOS to ensure that the procedure is not violated inadvertently.

In case the Chairman himself is a candidate in any of the elections being conducted at the Centres of

The details of three envelopes for procurement/manufacture and printing for conduct of the election are as below. Please ensure that dimensions of the envelopes are not changed.

(a) Dimensions:

Outer Window Envelope (EV1) : 18 x 15 cm

Business Reply Envelope (EV2) : 17 x 14 cm

Ballot Envelope (EV3) : 16 x 13.5 cm

(b) Printing on Envelopes:

EV1: Window Envelope (craft / thick paper)

1. The address on the ballot identity slip visible from window shall act as address of addressees.

2. Senders Address on the left bottom

“Convenor”

Board of Scrutineers

The Institution of Engineers (India)

……………………………………. Centre

……………………………………………….

EV2 : Business Reply Envelope (White Paper)

EV3: Ballot Envelope (Blue Paper)

Print or Rubber Stamp, Division Name and “BALLOT ONLY”, nothing else should be written / printed on this envelope. In case of election to the COUNCIL, print / rubber stamp word ‘COUNCIL’.

Appendix IA

BALLOT ONLY

DIVISION NAME

Specification of envelopeS

Postageshall bepaid byaddressee

BR PERMIT No………………………..

No Postagerequired ifposted inIndia

The ConvenorBoard of ScrutineersPost Box No…………

which he is the Chairman, he should not be involved in any of the activities relating to the election process at the Centre. In such case, the State/Local Centre Committee may resolve to authorize an appropriate available non-candidate corporate member preferably past Chairman to oversee the functioning of the BOS without involving himself in operational activities of the BOS.

30. The Chairman of the Centre shall apply well in advance to the postal authority for Business Reply permit to enable the BOS to prepare envelopes accordingly.

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(i) A sample of the ballot is placed below. It contains the instructions to the voters on the reverse of the ballot.

(ii) The Ballot paper has to be printed on perfect pre-cut stationery of the specified size (11.69’’ X 5”), on a paper to ensure proper/accurate scanning.

(iii) The Ballot shall be pre-printed with instructions for voters and cut mark for the identity slip, in a press, before the ballots are printed by BOS in the laser printer

INSTRUCTIONS FOR VOTERS

1. Tear the Identity Slip from the Ballot at the perforated mark provided.

2. Fill-in or correct the E-mail address and Mobile number and sign the Identity Slip.

3. Make a photocopy of any of the identity proof document (PAN Card bearing signature or Driving License bearing signature or Photo ID Card issued by State/Central Govt. bearing signature or Photo ID Card of the IEI bearing signature or first page of passport bearing signature) and self-attest it with your signature. In case your name on the relevant signature bearing Photo ID proof is written differently, please certify on the photocopy that names in the Identity Slip and relevant ID document are of the same person.

4. Darken properly the required number of square boxes by pencil, in blue ink or black ink on the Ballot. Place the Ballot in the small envelope without folding it and then seal the envelope.

5. Place the Identity Slip, self attested photocopy of your signature bearing ID document and small sealed envelope containing the Ballot, all three in the Business Reply Envelope and post it. No postal stamps need to be affixed.

6. Please DO NOT USE pin or staple on the ballot

Appendix IBSaMpLe BaLLot

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regarding the current investments, developments and innovations in India and Malaysia.

Mr S S Rathore, Past President, IEI and Vice President WFEO, delivered the Keynote Address, on ‘Power Generation by Solar Energy on Roof Canal based Technology’ i.e. Canal Top Solar Power Plant. Dr B V A Rao, Chairman, National Design and Research Forum (NDRF), IEI, presented his paper on ‘Innovative Future Engineers & Engineering for Sustainability’. He told that the devices, ar tifacts, materials and systems of society are all products of the engineering enterprise. The entire world is steadily moving in this direction. Pradeep Chaturvedi, Council Member and Chairman, Mechanical Engineering Division Board, IEI, delivered lecture on ‘Engineers’ Role in Innovative and Sustainable Technologies for India’. He elaborated the role of scientific and technological community for identification of post-2015 sustainable development goals and targets and the need to develope the ‘framework’ and ‘strategy’ for attaining the same.

Dr MOHD ZAIDI ABD ROZAN, D.Eng., PRINCE2, MCTS, CBSA, Manager, UTMTEC, highlighted the achievements, progress of UTM which involves organizing workshops, and training programmes for skill development and employment. Mr N Sangaran, Executive Director, Manufacturing Development (Resource) of MIDA expressed his views regarding facilities available for investment in industries & infrastructure works for Malaysia.

Raj Needhi Sharma, General Secretary of ICOI delivered the vote of thanks to all dignitaries and delegates and also presented mementos to all dignitaries including Mr. K C Sethi, Vice President, IEI and Mr. Narendra Singh, Council Member and Chairman, Civil Engineering Division Board, IEI. Mr Sharma also praised Mr Narendra Singh and Mr. K C Sethi for their valuable contributions for organizing the Conference in a befitting manner.

International Conference onReSeaRCh and InnovatIon In the fIeLd of engIneeRIng and teChnoLogy- 2015

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IEI DIaryAgricultural Engineering DivisionAll India Seminar on ‘New Vistas of Development in Agriculture Engineering’ Jaipur, July 11-12, 2015

The Honorary Secretary, IEI, Rajasthan State Centre, Gandhi Nagar, Tonk Road, Jaipur 302015 [(:(0141) 2706327/2700413; e-mail: [email protected]]

Twenty-ninth National Convention of Agricultural Engineers on ‘Agro-Tech Industries: Status, Scope and Strategies for Food Security’ Anand, January 29-30, 2016

The Honorary Secretary, IEI, Gujarat State Centre, Bhaikaka Bhavan, Law College Road, Ahmedabad 380006 [(: (079) 26400811; Fax: (079) 26561825; e-mail: [email protected]]

Architectural Engineering DivisionThirty-first National Convention of Architectural Engineers on ‘Architectural Engineering of Smart Cities’ Kozhikode, October 29-30, 2015

The Honorary Secretary, IEI, Kozhikode Local Centre, ‘AKASH’, First Floor, Cherootty Nagar Housing Colony, K P Chandran Road, Puthiyara PO, Kozhikode 673004 [(: (0495) 2770614; e-mail: [email protected]]

All India Seminar on ‘Town Planning and Green Architecture’ Berhampur, October 31 – November 01, 2015

The Honorary Secretary, IEI, Berhampur Local Centre, C/o The Executive Engineer, Quality Control Division, Courtpeta Dist Ganjam, Berhampur 760 004 [e-mail: [email protected]]

All India Seminar on “Energy Conservation in Construction Industry through Material and Technique” Siliguri, November 20-21, 2015

The Honorary Secretary, IEI, North Bengal Local Centre, Engineers’ House, within the campus of Jalpaiguri Government Engineering College, PO Jalpaiguri Government Engineering College, Jalpaiguri 735102 [(: (03561) 255468; e-mail: [email protected]]

International Conference on ‘Architectural Innovations: Technology and Materials’ Jaipur, April 23-24, 2016

The Honorary Secretary, IEI, Rajasthan State Centre, Gandhi Nagar, Tonk Road, Jaipur 302015 [(: (0141) 2706327/ 2700413; e-mail: [email protected]]

Thirty-second National Convention of Architectural Engineers on ‘Engineering in Architecture for Building Envelopes’ Hyderabad, October 21-22, 2016

The Honorary Secretary, IEI, Andhra Pradesh State Centre, Visvesvaraya Bhavan, Khairatabad, Hyderabad 500004 [(: (040) 23314969; Fax: (040)23314024; e-mail: [email protected]]

Aerospace Engineering DivisionAll India Seminar on ‘Relevance of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles in Societal Development’ Jaipur, July 04-05, 2015


Twenty-ninth National Convention of Aerospace Engineers “Aerospace Engineering – Innovative Practices and Future Trends” Chennai, November 27-28, 2015

The Honorary Secretary, IEI, Tamilnadu State Centre, 19 Swami Sivananda Salai, Chepauk, Chennai 600005 [(: (044) 25360614/64998729; Fax: (044) 25369433; e-mail: [email protected]]

All India Seminar on ‘Aerostats and Airships’ Bangalore, March 04-05, 2016

The Honorary Secretary, IEI, Karnataka State Centre, 3 Dr B R Ambedkar Veedhi, Bangalore 560001 [(: (080) 22264698/22207402; Fax: (080) 22256191;e-mail: [email protected]]

Chemical Engineering DivisionAll India Seminar on ‘Challenges and Opportunities in Bioengineering, Biomedical Devices and Platforms’ Bangalore, July 29-30, 2015

The Honorary Secretary, IEI, Karnataka State Centre, 3 Dr B R Ambedkar Veedhi, Bangalore 560001 [(: (080) 22264698/22207402; Fax: (080) 22256191; e-mail: [email protected]]

All India Seminar on ‘Polymer Processing, Reclamation and its End-of-Life Impact on Environment’ Ahmedabad, August 21-22, 2015


Thirty-first National Convention of Chemical Engineers on ‘Technological Advancement in Chemical Engineering and Mineral Processing’ Bhubaneswar, September 12-13, 2015

The Honorary Secretary, IEI, Odisha State Centre, Sachivalaya Marg, Unit IV, Bhubaneswar 751001 [TeleFax: (0674) 2390630; e-mail: [email protected]]

All India Seminar on ‘Food Processing Industries: Their Impact for Ensuring Food Security’ Delhi, February 13-14, 2016

The Honorary Secretary, IEI, Delhi State Centre, Engineers Bhawan, Bahadur Shah Zafar Marg, New Delhi 110002 [(: (011) 23379052/23379948; Fax: (011) 23370489; e-mail: [email protected]]

Civil Engineering DivisionAll India Workshop on ‘Innovation in Concrete Technology’ Dehradun, July 11-12, 2015

The Honorary Secretary, IEI, Uttarakhand State Centre, Saharanpur Road, Opp ISBT, Mazra, Dehradun 248001 [TeleFax: (0135) 2641190; Email: [email protected]]

All India Seminar on ‘Recent Developments in Retrofitting, Repairs and Rehabilitation of Structures’ Vijayawada, July 11-12, 2015

The Honorary Secretary, IEI, Vijayawada Local Centre, Dr K L Rao Bhavan, Governorpet, Vijayawada 520002 [(: (0866) 257 4217; Fax: (0866) 257 6822; e-mail: [email protected]]

All India Seminar on ‘Innovative Building Materials and Technology for Sustainable Construction’ Lucknow, August 22-23, 2015

The Honorary Secretary, IEI, Uttar Pradesh State Centre, Engineers Bhawan, River Bank Colony, Lucknow 226018 [TeleFax: (0522) 2625322; e-mail: [email protected]]

All India Seminar on ‘Concrete Roads – An Alternative in Indian Milieu’ Kolkata, August 27-28, 2015

The Honorary Secretary, IEI, West Bengal State Centre, 8 Gokhale Road, Kolkata 700020 [(: (033)22238914; Fax: (033) 22233140; e-mail: [email protected]]

Thirty-first National Convention of Civil Engineers on ‘Innovative Concepts Emerging in Modern Construction

Technology and Use of Smart Materials for Construction” Ahmedabad, August 30-31, 2015


All India Seminar on ‘Quality Management in Rural Roads & Bridges and Role of Civil Engineers in Smart Cities’ Ranchi, September 12-13, 2015

The Honorary Secretary, IEI, Jharkhand State Centre, Engineer Bhawan, Nepal Kothi Campus, Ranchi 834002 [(: (0651) 2491344/2490655; e-mail: [email protected]]

All India Seminar on ‘Challenges in Construction Industry : Vision 2020’ Jaipur, November 21-22, 2015


Thirty-second National Convention of Civil Engineers on ‘Role of Civil Engineering in Sustainable Development of India’ Goa, October 21-22, 2016

The Honorary Secretary, IEI, Goa State Centre, D Type Quarters, D-8-1, Government Polytechnic Campus, Altinho, Panaji, Goa 403001 [(: (0832) 2434686; e-mail: [email protected]]

Computer Engineering DivisionAll India Seminar on ‘e-Governance’ Udaipur, July 30-31, 2015

The Honorary Secretary, IEI, Udaipur Local Centre, 128, Hiran Magri, Sector 11, Near Seva Charitable Hospital, Udaipur 313002 [(: (0294) 2583702; e-mail: [email protected]]

All India Seminar on ‘Emerging Technology: Internet of Things’ Bangalore, August 13-14, 2015


All India Seminar on ‘Internet of Things – Trends that Affect Lines’ Ahmedabad, October 31-November 01, 2015


Thirtieth National Convention of Computer Engineers on ‘Data Mining Techniques and Recent Trends’ Salem, February 18-19, 2016

The Honorary Secretary, IEI, Salem Local Centre, 20A, A Block, Second Floor, Green Park Avenue, Opp Hotel Ganesh Mahal, Omalur Main Road (Near New Bus Stand), Salem 636 007 [(: (0427) 2332544; Fax: (0427) 240 3205; e-mail: [email protected]]

Electrical Engineering DivisionAll India Seminar on ‘Energy Security through New and Renewable Energy’ Jabalpur, September 5-6, 2015

The Honorary Secretary, IEI, Jabalpur Local Centre, Visvesvaraya Marg, Civil Lines, Jabalpur 482 001 [TeleFax: (0761) 267 8929; Fax: (0761) 404 5625; e-mail: [email protected]]

All India Seminar on ‘Energy Security through New and Renewable Energy Resources ’ Tirupati, July 27-29, 2015

The Honorary Secretary, IEI, Tirupati Local Centre, S V U College of Engineering Campus, Tirupati 517502 [(: (0877) 224 8594; e-mail: [email protected]]

All India Seminar on ‘Challenges in Meeting Power Requirements’ Jaipur, October 10-11, 2015


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Thirty-first National Convention of Electrical Engineers on ‘Renewable Energy and Green Technology for Sustainable Development’ Bhopal, November 14-15, 2015

The Honorary Secretary, IEI, Madhya Pradesh State Centre, Dr M Visvesvaraya Marg, P O Habibganj, Bhopal 462024 [(: (0755) 2505787; TeleFax: (0755)2474572; Email: [email protected]]

All India Seminar on ‘Advances in Energy Conservation in Indian Industries’ Dhanbad, November 27-28, 2015

The Honorary Secretary, IEI, Dhanbad Local Centre, C/o Prof P Bandopadhyay, Co-operative Society Colony, Kusum Vihar, PO: BCCL Township, Koyla Nagar, Dhanbad 826005 [(: (0326) 231 1020; e-mail: [email protected]]

All India Seminar on ‘Retrofitting and Upgrading of Age-old EHV Substations and Transmission Lines’ Hyderabad, February 20-21, 2016


Electronics & Telecommunication Engg. DivisionAll India Seminar on ‘ICT in Space, Defence and Industrial Applications’ Hyderabad, July 10-11, 2015


All India Seminar on ‘ARM based Embedded System Design’ Kadapa, August 08-09, 2015

The Honorary Secretary, IEI, Kadapa Local Centre, Prakash Nagar, Kadapa 516004 [(: (08562) 245 808; Fax: (08562) 245 808; e-mail: [email protected]]

All India Seminar on ‘New Vistas of Development in Communication Technologies’ Jaipur, August 29-30, 2015


All India Workshop on ‘Emerging Techniques: VLSI Architecture Design for Real Time Environment’ Vijayawada, September 26-27, 2015

The Honorary Secretary, IEI, Vijayawada Local Centre, Dr K L Rao Bhavan, Governorpet, Vijayawada 520002 [(: (0866) 257 4217; Fax: (0866) 257 6822; e-mail: [email protected]]

Thirty-first National Convention of Electronics & Telecommunication Engineers on ‘Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering for Sustainable Development’ Jaipur, October 03-04, 2015


All India Seminar on ‘GPS Independent Navigation’ Bangalore, February 19-20, 2016


Environmental Engineering DivisionAll India Seminar on ‘Alternative Sources of Energy Addressing Environmental Challenges : Carbon Emission & Global Warming’ Shillong, October 30-31, 2015

The Honorary Secretary, IEI, Meghalaya State Centre, Barik Point, Shillong 793001,[(: (0364) 2503203; e-mail: [email protected]]

All India Seminar on ‘Status of Technological Advancement to Meet the Environmental Norms for Indian Industries’ Dhanbad, January 29-30, 2016

The Honorary Secretary, IEI, Dhanbad Local Centre, C/o

Prof P Bandopadhyay, Co-operative Society Colony, Kusum Vihar, PO: BCCL Township, Koyla Nagar, Dhanbad 826005 [Mobile: 9470595827; e-mail: [email protected]]

Marine Engineering DivisionAll India Seminar on ‘New Vistas of Developments in Marine Engineering’ Jaipur, August 01-02, 2015


All India Seminar on ‘Advanced Applications of Acoustics for Underwater’ Bangalore, September 18-19, 2015


Twenty-ninth National Convention of Marine Engineers on ‘Challenges in Maritime Education & Training-Road Forward’ Pune, November 20-21,2015

The Honorary Secretary, IEI, Pune Local Centre, 1332 Shivajinagar, J M Road, Pune 411005 [(: (020) 25533376 / 25520239; Fax: (020) 2553 0150; e-mail: [email protected]]

Mechanical Engineering DivisionOne-day Seminar on ‘Safety Examination, Operation & Maintenance of Gates for Dams, Canals, Drains & Other Structures’ Ahmedabad, July 03, 2015


All India Seminar on ‘Coal Blending, Imported Coal Firing and Combustion Optimization’ Tiruchirapalli, July 10-11, 2015

The Honorary Secretary, IEI, Tiruchirapalli Local Centre, BHEL Main Office Road, Tiruchirapalli 620014 [(: (0431) 255 4285; Fax: (0431) 252 0383 / 252 0775; e-mail: [email protected]]

All India Seminar on ‘Challenges and Solutions for Road and Rail Safety’ Bangalore, July 29-30, 2015


International Conference on ‘Innovations in Thermal Science and Engineering’ Agartala, August 07-09, 2015

The Honorary Secretary, IEI, Tripura State Centre, Pandit Nehru Complex, Near Tripura Housing Board, PO Kunjaban, PB No.139, Agartala 799006 [TeleFax: (0381) 2304700; e-mail: [email protected]]

Thirty-first National Convention of Mechanical Engineers on ‘Renewable Energy Sources – A Panacea for India’s Growing Energy Needs’ Bangalore, September 04-05, 2015


Mining Engineering DivisionAll India Seminar on ‘Advances in Mine Transport System’Dhanbad, October 09-10, 2015

The Honorary Secretary, IEI, Dhanbad Local Centre, C/o Prof P Bandopadhyay, Co-operative Society Colony, Kusum Vihar, PO: BCCL Township, Koyla Nagar, Dhanbad 826005 [(: (0326) 231 1020; e-mail: [email protected]]

International Conference on ‘Technological Innovations, Interventions and Collaborations for the Development of Mines and Mineral Industry’ Hyderabad, November 19-22, 2015


Twenty-seventh National Convention of Mining Engineers on ‘R&R and CSR - Impact on Mining’ Shillong, December 01-02, 2015

The Honorary Secretary, IEI, Meghalaya State Centre, Barik Point, Shillong 793001,[(: (0364) 2503203; e-mail: [email protected]]

Metallurgical & Materials Engg. DivisionTwenty-ninth National Convention of Metallurgical & Materials Engineers on ‘Green Technologies for Iron & Steel Production’ Durgapur, January 30-31, 2016

The Honorary Secretary, IEI, Durgapur Local Centre, Nehru Avenue, ‘B’ Zone, Durgapur 713205 [Fax: (0343) 256 4770; e-mail: [email protected]]

Production Engineering DivisionOne-day Seminar on ‘Role of LMCS in Sustainable Production’ Palakkad, July 09, 2015

The Honorary Secretary, IEI, Palghat Local Centre, XIII/1082 Nerukakkad, Kallepully P O, Palakkad 678 005 [(: (0491) 2573137; e-mail: [email protected]]

Thirtieth National Convention of Production Engineers on ‘Sustainable Manufacturing’ Agartala, July 18-19, 2015

The Honorary Secretary, IEI, Tripura State Centre, Pandit Nehru Complex, Near Tripura Housing Board, PO Kunjaban, PB No.139, Agartala 799006 [TeleFax: (0381) 2304700; e-mail: [email protected]]

All India Seminar on ‘Recent Advances in Nano Technology’ Kollam, July 24-25, 2015

The Honorary Secretary, IEI, Kollam State Centre, TKM College of Engineering, PO: TKM College, Kollam 691005 [e-mail: [email protected]]

All India Seminar on ‘Linear Friction Welding Technology’ Bangalore, August 13-14, 2015


All India Seminar on ‘Advancements and Trends in Engineering and Technology Management’ Durgapur, August 29-30, 2015

The Honorary Secretary, IEI, Durgapur Local Centre, Nehru Avenue, ‘B’ Zone, Durgapur 713205 [Fax: (0343) 256 4770; e-mail: [email protected]]

Thirty-first National Convention of Production Engineers on ‘India Emerging as a Manufacturing Hub of the World by 2020 – Prospects and Pathways’ Bangalore, May 06-07, 2016

The Honorary Secretary, IEI, Karnataka State Centre, 3 Dr B R Ambedkar Veedhi, Bangalore 560001 [(: (080) 22264698 / 22207402; Fax: (080) 22256191; e-mail: [email protected]]

Textile Engineering DivisionAll India Seminar on “Lean Management Techniques & Applications for Textile MSME” Ahmedabad, September 11-12, 2015


Twenty-ninth National Convention of Textile Engineers on ‘Potential for Design, Product & Skill Development’ Hyderabad, March 18-19, 2016


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World Telecommunication andInformation Society Day 2015

Theme: Telecommunications and ICTs: Drivers of Innovations

STATE CENTRES

Andhra Pradesh

The Chief Guest, Mr Tummala Nageswara Rao, Hon’ble Minister for Roads and Buildings, Women & Child Development, Government of

Telangana, stated that telephone, internet and mobile communications have been undoubtedly the most significant, scientific and technological development of the last few decades. He also mentioned that Digital India is a programme to integrate the Government Departments and the people of India with an aim to deliver the Government services to citizens electronically by reducing paper work. Dr J Satyanarayana, IT Advisor, Government of Andhra Pradesh, delivered lecture on ‘Digital India – Smart Cities’. Dr T H Chowdary, former Advisor, IT, Government of Andhra Pradesh also addressed the gathering. Mr Krishna Sastry Pendayala, Head, Fraud Management and Digital Forensics, Tata Consultancy Services, Hyderabad, spoke on ‘Security in Cyberspace’. Dr I Satyanarayana Raju, Chairman of the Centre, presided over the function. Mr B Brahma Reddy, Honorary Secretary of the Centre, proposed the vote of thanks.

Assam

Mr M Barkataki, Honorary Secretary of the Centre, welcomed the gathering. The function was chaired by Dr A K Misra, Chairman of the

Centre. The Chief Guest, Mr S Pokharna, GM (Admn/HR), Assam Telecom Circle, BSNL, in his Keynote Address, discussed various aspects related to the theme of the day, especially emergence of new technologies to reduce drudgery, narrow down digital divide and bridge the communication barriers. He also elaborated the developmental activities of Assam Telecom Circle, BSNL in the field of Telecommunication and ICTs. Vote of thanks was proposed by Mr Amitava Nath, Organising Secretary of the function.

Bihar

The Keynote Speaker, Mr S L Singh, Chief General Manager, Bihar Telecom Circle, narrated all the dimensions of the theme and explained

in detail. Earlier, Mr J K Dutta, Past Chairman of the Centre, welcomed the august gathering. He also explained the significance of observing the day. Mr B K Sahay, Chairman, Technical Activity Committee of the Centre, presided over the function. Mr B N Singh, Honorary Secretary of the Centre, proposed the vote of thanks.

Delhi

Dr J K Gehlawat, Chairman of the Centre, welcomed the guests and participants. The Chief Guest, Mr Navin Tandon, Member (Electrical),

Railway Board, gave an account of how ICTs have helped in governance, ticketing, safety, project monitoring, locomotive distant monitoring and accountability in railways. The Guest-of-Honour, Prof R K Shevegaonkar, Director, IIT Delhi, described the evolution process in telecommunication

sector over the number of years and how the mobile platform and the optical fibre are instrumental in bringing around the digital revolution. Mr Pradeep Chaturvedi, Council Member, IEI, spoke on the role of Telecommunication and ICTs to build people-centred, inclusive and development-oriented information society. Mr P C Mishra, Honorary Secretary of the Centre, proposed the vote of thanks.

Gujarat

The Chief Guest, Mr Ashish Chauhan, MD and CEO, Bombay Stock Exchange, discussed about e-Commerce, Energy, Solar deployment in

the country, Big Data and Analytics, Artificial Intelligence for Machines and Humans, Cloud Computing, 3-D Printing, Vertical Agriculture, Storage of Energy, etc. The Keynote Speaker, Dr Sanjay Chaudhary, Professor and Research Dean, Ahmedabad University, delivered lecture on the theme. Mr Bipin Mehta, President, Computer Society of India; Dr Kishor Maradia, Chairman, IETE; Dr N P Gajjar, Chairman, IEEE; Mr C V Nadapara, Honorary Secretary of the Centre, also spoke on the occasion. Earlier, Mr Navin B Vasoya, Council Member, IEI, welcomed the gathering and briefed about the activities of the Institution. Mr Bharat Patel, Convener of the occasion, conducted the function. Dr Nilesh Modi, Ex Chair, CSI, Ahmedabad, proposed the vote of thanks.

Jammu & Kashmir

Mr G M Dar, Chairman of the Centre, welcome the august gathering. Dr Rajat Gupta, Director, NIT Srinagar, graced the occasion as Chief

Guest and delivered lecture on the theme of the day. The Guest-of-Honour, Mr Musharib Gul Mufti, DGM, BSNL, Kashmir, delivered the keynote address. Mr T R Dar, Honorary Secretary of the Centre, proposed the vote of thanks.

Karnataka

The Speaker, Dr Ravi Ramaswamy, Senior Director, Philips-Health Care Unit,

delivered lecture on ‘Role of Informatics in Decentralization of Health Care’.

He presented an insight on the Internet of Things that can result in an improved

healthcare delivery. Dr Ramaswamy further emphasized that healthcare has already

generated more fitness and personal health oriented devices than in any other area.

Prof R M Vasagam, Chairman of the Centre, presided over the function. Dr Enti

Ranga Reddy, Joint Honorary Secretary of the Centre, coordinated the event.

Odisha

The Chief Guest, Prof (Dr) Mihir Narayan Mohanty, Depar tment of Electronics & Communication Engineering, Institute of Technical

Education & Research, SoA University, Bhubaneswar, narrated the applications of ICT used for wireless and broadband connectivity, expanded role of ICT in advance applications in R&D and agricultural sector, infrastructural development improving transparency in the

World Telecommunication and Information Society Day was celebrated by the Centres of the Institution all over the country on May 17, 2015. Brief reports as received from various Centres are given hereunder.

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administration. Earlier, Dr R Bhima Rao, Chairman of the Centre, presented the welcome address. Mr Basasnta Kumar Behera, Committee Member of the Centre & Convener of programme, introduced the theme of the day. Prof (Dr) P K Parhi, Honorary Secretary of the Centre, proposed the vote of thanks.

Tripura

The Keynote Speaker, Mr U C Bhowmik, Deputy General Manager, Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited, Tripura SSA, stressed upon the new technology

like New Generation Network that is being utilized for better services to the common people. Mr Suman Deb, Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, National Institute of Technology Agartala, delivered the expert lecture on the theme. He spoke on the use of telecommunication and ICTs in the science and technologies in modern era. Dr Swapan Bhaumik, Chairman of the Centre, presided over the function and addressed the gathering. Earlier, Mr Haradhan Datta, Honorary Secretary of the Centre, welcomed the august gathering.

Uttarakhand

The Chief Guest, Mr S P Shukla, Chief General Manager, Uttarakhand Telecommunication Circle, presented his views on the theme of the

day. Mr C M Dimri, Chairman of the Centre, presided over the function. Mr D C Gupta, Honorary Secretary of the Centre, highlighted the activities of Institution. Mr Surya Kant, General Manager, delivered lecture on ‘Mobile Communication Network and Myth of Radiation’. Mr Mahak Singh, Assistant Engineer of New Tehri Doordarshan, presented lecture on ‘Status of Doordarshan Network in Uttarakhand and Recent Trends in Doordarshan’. Mr A B Garg, Past Honorary Secretary of the Centre, proposed the vote of thanks.

LOCAL CENTRES

Agra

The function was presided over by Mr J P Sharma, Chairman of the Centre and conducted by Mr Anurag Sharma, Joint Honorary Secretary of the

Centre. Mr Ayub Khan, Member, E&T, delivered lecture on the theme. Mr Ankur Bhaskar, Executive Member, ET Division and Mr Lokesh Bansal from ITS College, Noida, spoke about the importance of the Day. Col Mridul Sharma and Lt Col Shilpi Shukla of 509 Army Base Workshop, presented their views on telecommunication on present day scenario. Mr Anurag Sharma Joint Honorary Secretary of the Centre, conducted the function. Mr Umesh Chand Sharma, Honorary Secretary of the Centre, proposed the vote of thanks.

Ahmednagar

The Chief Guest, Mr N A Tekale, Deputy General Manager, BSNL, discussed on advancement of communication technologies and role

of BSNL in transferring the technology to grass root level at affordable cost. The Keynote Speaker, Dr R S Deshpande, Principal, Shri Chhatrapati College of Engineering, Ahmednagar, in his keynote address, explained various aspects of Information Technology and its utilization for betterment of livelihood of human being and how it is used in developed countries like Germany, USA, Japan etc. He also explained the state-of-the-art of Internet of Things and anticipated that day will come soon when devices will start communicating with each other through wireless sensor network. Mr K M Raje, Chairman of the Centre, presided over the function. Earlier, Dr A A Atre, Honorary Secretary of the Centre, welcomed the guests and introduced the theme. Mr H B Thigale, Joint Honorary Secretary of the Centre, extended the vote of thanks.

Asansol

Mr G Viswanadham, Chairman of the Centre, presided over the function and welcomed the gathering. The Chief Guest, Mr R N Das, ED-Incharge

(Project), SAIL-ISP, mentioned that innovation has to come in a positive way, so that, the activities like hacking and stealing money from bank account, etc can be prevented. The Guest-of-Honour, Mr P K Panda, GM (Electrical), SAIL-ISP, explained the research activities in the field of telecommunication and how innovation had played a major role in this sector. Other Guest-of-Honour, Prof (Dr) Ratikanta Sahoo, Principal, Asansol Engineering College, emphasized to bridging the gap between industry and institute for the development of the society through this type of programme. Dr M G Tiary, Honorary Secretary of the Centre, proposed the vote of thanks.

Bareilly

The Chief Guest, Mr Ajay Verma, Senior DSTE, North Eastern Railway, Bareilly, spoke about the global information and communications

technology (ICT) solutions. Mr Sovan Monhanty, Assistant Professor, Department of EC, SRMS CET, Bareilly, spoke on ‘Electromagnetic Weapon and Cyber Security’. Mr Gagan Goel, Deputy Manager (Elect), IFFCO, Aonla Unit, Bareilly, delivered lecture on the topic ‘Inclusive innovation for Farmers through Telecommunications & ICTs: The IFFCO’s Way’. Mr Shobhit Agarwal, IFFCO, Aonla Unit, Bareilly, stated that a developing business can be rationalized and mechanized, if, it introduces e-commerce effectively and efficiently. Mr Anil Kumar Jain, Honorary Secretary of the Centre, proposed the vote of thanks.

Berhampur

The Chief Speaker, Dr Rajat Kumar Panigrahy, elaborated on ‘Automation of Vehicle Tracking System in RSP, Rourkela’. Dr U C

Patnaik highlighted the broadband carried communication system existing in Odisha Power Transmission Systems spread throughout the state. He has also emphasized on the effective carrier communication systems by connecting the carrier inter-tripping in between grid substations throughout the grid network in the state. Mr Kasi Biswanath Choudhury, Convener of the function, delivered talk on ‘Supervisory Control & Data Acquisition Telecommunication Applications in Power Utilities in Smart Cities’. Earlier, Dr Jitendra Kumar Sahu, Honorary Secretary of the Centre, welcomed the guests and participants. Dr Prabeer Kumar Dash, Chairman of the Centre, presided over the function. Mr K B Choudhury proposed the vote of thanks.

Bhilai

The Chief Guest, Mr Y K Degan, Executive Director (Works), Bhilai Steel Plant, applauded the role of IT in achieving ever high operational

efficiencies in steel making in SAIL. The Keynote Speaker, Mr A M Parial, Vice Chairman, Chhattisgarh Infotech & Biotech Promotion Society, spoke about various initiatives taken up by the Government of Chhattisgarh in promoting e-governance through ICT. Mr Neeraj Saxena, Chief Technical Officer, Reliance Jio Infocomm Limited, made a technical presentation on the theme. Earlier, Mr Shikhar Tiwary, Chairman of the Centre, welcomed the guests and participants. He also highlighted the history and role of the Institution in promoting the advancement of science and practice in different fields of engineering. Mr Satyabrata Kar, AGM (C&IT), Bhilai Steel Plant, delivered the vote of thanks.

Coimbatore

Dr M Ibrahim Bathusha, Honorary Secretary of the Centre, welcomed the gathering and presided over the function. He also introduced the

Chief Guest to the members. The Chief Guest, Dr P T Vanathi, Associate

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Professor, Department of Electronics and Communication, PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore, delivered lecture on the theme of the day. Vote of thanks was proposed by Dr M Ibrahim Bathusha.

Dhanbad

Dr M K Singh, Chairman of the Centre, welcomed the august gathering. Mr H N Karmakar and Mr B K Samanta, Past Chairmen of the Centre,

attended the function and expressed their views on the occasion. Earlier Dr Lalan Kumar, Convenor of the function, introduced the theme of the day. Dr M K Chandra, Honorary Secretary of the Centre, proposed the vote of thanks.

Durgapur

Mr J Konar, Chairman of the Centre, welcomed the guests and members. The Guest-of-Honour, Prof (Dr) Sumit Kundu, HOD, ECE Department,

NIT Durgapur, in his keynote address explained the theme of the day. He mentioned that the application scenario and invention possibilities are explored for telecommunication and ICT based applications relevant for India which may benefit the common people. Other Guest-of-Honour, Prof R R Pandey, Principal, Bengal College of Polytechnic, Durgapur, explained the purpose of celebration of this important day. The Guest Speaker, Prof Rajib Banerjee, Department of ECE, Dr B C Roy Engineering College, Durgapur, spoke about the milestone in Agricultural Development, Fusion of Technologies for Sustainable Development & Wireless Sensor Network. He also mentioned that a wireless sensor network is composed of a large number of sensor nodes, which are densely deployed either inside the phenomenon or very close to it. Mr R K Roy, Honorary Secretary of the Centre, proposed the vote of thanks.

Ghaziabad

Mr V P Bansal, Chairman of the Centre, welcomed the dignitaries present and spoke about the role of telecommunication in the modern

world. The Chief Guest, Mr M K Seth, Principle General Manager, ALTTC, Ghaziabad, shared his experiences with Telecom Sector at various places in India. In his address, he covered various aspects, like, Reasons of communication failure during earthquakes, Fundamentals of Optical Fiber, Features of Satellite Mobile phones, Impact of Radiation emitting from Mobile Phones, Next Generation Network, Cyber Security, 5G etc. Brig V S Chaudhri, Convener of the function, also spoke in detail about the facts related to Telecommunication. Mr Sanjay Bharti, Honorary Secretary of the Centre, proposed the vote of thanks.

Gulbarga

The Chief Guest and Speaker of the Occasion, Mr C Ramachandran, Additional General Manager, Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd, Gulbarga,

delivered an impressive speech on the theme of the Day. The Keynote Address was delivered by Mr S B Kulkarni, Joint Honorary Secretary of the Centre. Earlier, Mr J P Shukla, Chairman of the Centre, welcomed the gathering and presided over the function. A large number of members attended the function.

Jabalpur

Mr Vinod Kumar Birthire, Chairman of the Centre, welcomed the guests and dignitaries. The Chief Guest, Mr Sharad Jain, Hon’ble

State Minister for Health & Family Welfare, Medical Education, AYUSH, Gas Relief, Parliamentary Affairs, Government of MP, stated that Indian Telecom Sector has been rapidly growing during past 40-50 years and in

the recent era, mobile communication has changed the world. The Guest-of-Honour, Mr Amarendra Narayan, former Secretary General, Asia Pacific Telecommunity, Bangkok, provided information regarding development of Telecommunication and Information Technology in the world. Other Guest-of-Honour, Mr Swapan Kumar Bose, former Chief General Manager, Bharat Ratna Bhim Rao Ambedkar Institute of Telecom Training, Jabalpur, also addressed the gathering. Mr Ashwin Shukla, Deputy Chief Signal & Telecom Engineer, West Central Railway, Jabalpur, the Guest-of-Honour, spoke about the use of latest Telecommunication and Signal in Indian Railways. Mr Vijendra Nanavati, Managing Director, Madhya Pradesh Power Generating Company Limited, Jabalpur, presided over the function.

Jamshedpur

The Chief Guest, Mr B N Singh, Senior General Manager, Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited, Jamshedpur, in his Keynote Address, stated that to

give thrust to the broadband, Ministry of Communication formulated a New Telecom Policy (NTP), which came into force in 2013. ‘NTP 2013 has the vision ‘Broadband on Demand’ and envisages leveraging telecom infrastructure to enable all citizens and businesses, both in urban and rural areas, to participate in the Internet and web economy thereby ensuring equitable and inclusive development across the nation’, added Mr Singh. Vote of thanks was proposed by Mr Dinesh Kumar Prasad, Honorary Secretary of the Centre.

Kadapa

Mr R Ameer Basha, Chairman of the Centre, presided over the function. The Speaker, Mr Shaik Saleem Malik, Assistant Professor,

Department of ECE, SITS, Kadapa, delivered lecture on the theme of the day. He stated that the mobile communications have emerged as a key technology to bridge the digital divide in LDCs (Least Developed Countries) and as a means to accelerate the diffusion of government, health and environmental information throughout their countries. ‘The introduction of ICT applications, particularly those to support the administration of public activities and improve the provision of health services, will require the deployment of more advanced technologies and backbone networks, able to handle large amounts of data at higher speeds’, opined Mr Malik. Earlier, Mr V M Madhukar Reddy, Honorary Secretary of the Centre, welcomed the dignitaries and gathering.

Kota

Mr D D Nainani, Chairman of the Centre, welcomed the Chief Guest, Guest Speakers and participants. The Chief Guest, Dr Vinay Kumar

Pathak, Vice Chancellor, Vardhman Mahaveer Open University and Rajasthan Technical University, Kota, dwelt on advancement of communication technologies and role of BSNL in transferring the technology to grass root level at affordable cost. The Speaker, Mr Subhash Chandra Agrawal, Deputy General Manager (City), BSNL, Kota, delivered lecture on the theme. Mr Trilok Maheshwari, Managing Director of IT Campus, Kota, spoke about ‘Net Neutrality’ in detail. Mr Anand Bardava, Honorary Secretary of the Centre, proposed the vote of thanks.

Kozhikode

Dr S M Sameer, Assistant Professor, NIT Calicut, made a detailed presentation on the theme of the day and delivered a lecture on the

‘Recent Trends in Telecommunication Technology’. Dr K P Mohandas, former Professor of NIT Calicut, was the Moderator. Dr A Achyuthan, Dr Balagopal T S Prabhu, Mr K Bhaskaran, Mr Patcher Ambat and other

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technologists participated in the panel discussion. The discussion was much informative and useful. Earlier, Mr P Gireesan, Honorary Secretary of the Centre, welcomed the gathering.

Madurai

Mr R Ponbadi, Chairman of the Centre, welcomed the gathering and presided over the function. Mr K Vijaya Kumar, Honorary Secretary of

the Centre, introduced the Chief Guest, Mr K Muthuraju, Visiting Professor, Anna University Regional Campus, Madurai. In his address, Mr Muthuraju stated that innovations are essential to raise productivity and enable sustainable growth. He further spoke about Communication Systems, Wire Communications, Film Technology, Wireless Communication, Mobile Phones, etc. Prof V T Sadasivan, Visiting Professor, Madura College, Madurai, also delivered lecture on the theme of the day. Mr J Samuel, Joint Honorary Secretary, proposed the vote of thanks.

Muzaffarpur

The function was inaugurated by Mr Vishwanath Sahu, Past Chairman of the Centre. The theme paper was presented by Dr Shishir Kumar. He

stated that ICT can bring to societies and economies, as well as ways to bridge the digital divide. He felt that ICT’s largest impact is on the probability of introducing product and process innovations in high-tech and medium-high-tech manufacturing sectors. Earlier, Prof (Dr) Sunil Kumar, Chairman of the Centre, welcomed the gathering. Mr A P Singh, Honorary Secretary of the Centre, proposed the vote of thanks.

Nagpur

Mr H O Thakare, Chairman of the Centre, welcomed the august gathering and briefed about the IEI. The Chief Guest, Mr R N Patel, Senior General

Manager (Telecom), BSNL, Nagpur Telecom District, in his keynote address described how telecommunication industry and telecom service providers are becoming drivers for innovation in all the fields. He also described how Wi Fi technology will provide affordable internet connectivity solution and will be game changer in coming days. He also presided over the function. Dr P K Dakhole, Convenor (E&T), Nagpur Local Centre, proposed the vote of thanks.

Palghat

Mr V P Kunhalan, Chairman of the Centre, welcomed the dignitaries and participants. The Speaker, Mr V Raghunandan, Deputy Director General,

Telecom Enforcement, Resource and Monitoring (TERM), Department of Telecommunications, in his the keynote address pointed out that mobile phone technology has been one of the India’s success stories demonstrating the potential of ICT. He further informed that the WHO is closely involved with the studies and research being carried out by various international bodies and has recommended adoption of International Commission on Non-ionization Radiation Protection (ICNIRP) standards, which provides guidance and advice on health hazards of non-ionizing radiations. The vote of thanks was propose by Mr A Kesavan, Honorary Secretary of the Centre.

Roorkee

The function was inaugurated by Mr S P Shukla, Chief General Manager, Indian Telecommunication Services, Dehradun. He shared his views

with the audience about how presently 100 crore subscribers are using telecommunication devices including mobile and internet. The Guest-of-Honour, Mr Isam Singh, GM, BSNL, Haridwar, spoke about rapid expansion of information technology in India. Dr Puneet Goel, Chief Coordinator, G Era University, Dehradun, discussed various aspects of ICT. Prof Dharmendra

Singh, Department of Electronics & Communication Engineering, IIT Roorkee, shared his views on Agriculture Information System for ICT. Prof Navneet Arora, Department of Mechanical Engineering, IIT Roorkee, also delivered his views on the theme of Day. Earlier, Prof Satyendra Mittal, Past Chairman of the Centre, highlighted the activities of the Centre. Mr Akhilesh Verma, Honorary Secretary of the Centre, emphasized that ICT is an umbrella term that includes any information ranging from radio to satellite to mobile phones or electronic data transfers etc.

Rourkela

Prof M Panda, Honorary Secretary of the Centre, welcomed the participants. The Speaker, Prof (Dr) S K Patra, Department of Electronics

and Communication Engineering, National Institute of Technology, Rourkela, spoke about the genesis and history of the Day. He elucidated on areas where telecom and ICT have strong influence on innovation viz. Agriculture, Education, Banking, Healthcare, Military and Entertainment. He further elaborated on the need of ICT in agricultural development projects. Mr S S Bhue and Prof B Subudhi, Chairman and Past Honorary Secretary of the Centre, respectively, also spoke about ICT in the present scenario. Mr Harjit S Kanvel, Joint Honorary Secretary of the Centre, proposed the vote thanks.

Saurashtra

Mr C M Devani, Chairman, The Institution of Electronics & Telecommunication Engineers, Sub Centre Rajkot, was the Chief Guest

and delivered lecture on the occasion. Dr Kumar Pandya, Sub Divisional Engineer, BSNL, Rajkot, shared his rich experiences on the theme of the day. Earlier, Mr N R Kalaria, Executive Committee Member of the Centre, welcomed the august gathering. Mr Ramesh Pipalia, Chairman of the Centre, along with other dignitaries attended the function. Mr R K Babaria, Executive Committee Member of the Centre, delivered the vote of thanks.

Silchar

Mr Shubash C Choudhury, Chairman of the Centre, presided over the function and welcomed gathering. The Chief Guest, Prof N V

Deshpande, Director, NIT Silchar, highlighted the importance of ICT and telecommunication in modern days. The Keynote Speaker, Mr P K Das, AGM (Planning), BSNL, Silchar, in his address spoke about the current scenario of telecom operators. Dr D Ghosh, Honorary Secretary of the Centre, highlighted on the drivers of innovations as ICT and telecommunication and also mentioned the recent e-Commerce scenario of the globe with ICT and telecommunication. Prof Sudipta Roy, Executive Committee Member of the Centre, mentioned the significant role of ICT and telecommunication during disaster. Mr Sanjeev Kumar, JTO, BSNL, Silchar, discussed about the Wi-Fi spots and their importance on the society. Prof Sudipta Roy proposed the vote of thanks.

Tirupati

Mr P Krishnaiah, Chairman of the Centre, presided over the function. Mr A Sudhakar, Chief Engineer, Irrigation Department, Tirupati, graced

the occasion as the Chief Guest. Dr C Subhas, Dean, Sree Vidyanikethan Engineering College, Tirupati, delivered lecture on ‘Integration of ICT’ and also explained about five main trends as key drivers of the use of ICT in Agriculture and allied sectors. Prof S Narayana Reddy, Honorary Secretary of the Centre, proposed the vote of thanks.

Trichur

Mr V V Sudhakaran, Chairman of the Centre, presided over the function. The Chief Guest, Mr S S Thampi, Principal General Manager, BSNL,

Trichur, was the Keynote Speaker and delivered lecture on the theme. Mr U

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46th All IndiaStudent deSIgnCompetItIon - 2015

The National Design and Research Forum (NDRF) of The Institution of Engineers (India) (IEI) has been formed to promote Design and Research

in various branches of engineering.

NDRF handles, on behalf of IEI, the schemes relating to the National Design Awards and the All India Student Design Competitions. As part of this, NDRF conducts annually national level design competition for students. The competition is intended to give students an opportunity to exhibit their individual engineering skills and talents and earn recognition, while promoting engineering design and research.

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In keeping with this, NDRF is happy to announce 46th All India Student

Design Competition - 2015. The competition is open to students studying

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The Last date for receiving entries is August 10, 2015.

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K purakkal, Honorary Secretary of the Centre, proposed the vote of thanks. Large number of participants attended the function.

udaipur

mr A Choondawat, Chairman of the Centre, welcomed the gathering and spoke about the history of the Day. The Chief Guest, prof S S

Sarangdevot, Vice Chancellor, Janardhan Rai Nagar Rajasthan Vidyapeeth University; Udaipur, in his speech elaborated the use of ICT in various sectors. He also pointed out the importance of Innovation and effects of ICT in our day to day life. The Guest Speaker, prof Vipin tyagi, JAYPEE University, Guna, through his presentation highlighted various aspects of innovation and its uses of ICT. dr Y C Bhatt, Chairman, Computer Society of India, Udaipur Chapter, spoke on the theme. An Essay Competition was organized on this occasion. Vote of thanks was proposed by mr m K mathur, Honorary Secretary of the Centre.

Vijayawada

mr K Ravindra Rao, Executive Committee Member of the Centre,

welcomed the dignitaries on to the dais while mr d Rama Krishna,

Past Chairman of the Centre, presided over the function. The Speaker,

mr g V manoj Kumar delivered lecture on the theme of the day. He

discussed about the Broadband Highways, Universal Access to Phones,

Public Internet Access Programme, e-Governance, etc. Mr Kumar further

emphasized that the Telecommunication Wireless Technology is moving

towards high speed data connectivity with 4G technologies and 5G Wi-

Fi connectivity to enable the end user for a great experience in accessing

information and utility services. mr g V Srinivasulu, Honorary Secretary of

the Centre, proposed the vote of thanks.

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