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with sustainable development in land use and environment, food chain, Assistant Professor, Department of Processing and Food Engineering, CAE,
agriculture and amenity, energy and bio production processes. The UAS, Raichur, Karnataka and Dr Ranjit Vasant Powar, Assistant Professor
major topic, deliberated during the National Seminar principally covered and Head, Department of Farm Machinery and Power Engineering, Dr D Y
the complete and interdisciplinary range of research in engineering for Patil College of Agricultural Engineering and Technology, Kolhapur for their
agriculture and bio-system. On the occasion, Prof Dr T Arumugam, Vice significant contribution in the field of Agricultural Engineering.
Chancellor, Thirvalluvar University, Vellore graced the inaugural function During the technical session, Dr S Manivannan, Principal Scientist
as Chief Guest. Dr P Immanuel, Joint Director of Horticulture, Directorate (SWCE), Indian Institute of Soil and Water Conservation, Research Centre,
of Horticulture, Government of Tamilnadu and Dr G Ranganath, Chairman, Udhagamandalam, Tamilnadu delivered Keynote Address on the topic
Committee for Advancement of Technology and Engineering (CATE), IEI ‘Water harvesting Technologies for Water Security and Climate Adaptation’.
graced the function as Guests of Honour. Prof (Dr) M Nemichandrappa, Dr V Krishamoorthy, Associated Professor (Horticulture), Department of
Chairman, Agricultural Engineering Division Board [AGDB] IEI presided over Fruit Science, Horticultural College and Research Institute for Women,
the function and delivered the Presidential Address. Tamilnadu Agricultural University, Tiruchirappalli delivered State of the Art
In the beginning, Prof (Dr) Ms T Menakadevi, Chairperson, Hosur Local Lecture on the topic ‘Ultra-high Density Planting in Mango and Guava’. Also
Centre, IEI welcomed the dignitaries and the audience, highlighted the papers were presented on; Improving Nutritional and Functional Properties
importance of National Convention and role of IEI in promoting the of Pearl Millet Pasta; Technologically Advanced Plant Protection Equipment
agricultural activities including research and new technology. Prof (Dr) for Precise Agricultural Pesticide Application; Post-harvest Handling and
J Arivudai Nambi, Immediate Past Chairman, Hosur Local Centre and Primary Processing Practices of Horticultural Produce; Metropolis Farm – A
Convener, 34th National Convention of Agricultural Engineers explained Farm of City Farmers; Renewable Energy Engineering – Biomass Utilization;
about the theme of the National Convention. Chief Guest of the function, Prof De-Petal Turbine for Efficient Energy Harnessing; Agricultural Process
(Dr) T Arumugam in his address stressed on more applications of Smart and Biosystem Engineering – Food Processing and Packaging; Role of
Farming, utilization of Information and Electronics enabled techniques and Renewable Fuels in Weeding Operation; Application of Modern Technologies
Drone Technology for better sustainable Agricultural production and so on. for Organic Farming in Sustainable Agriculture; Post-harvest Technology
Guest of Honour of the function, Dr P Immanuel in his address opined that and Methods for the Handling of Fresh Produce; Techno-economics of
effective transfer of technologies developed by the agricultural engineering Baling Paddy Straw; Emerging Technologies in Smart Farming; Simulation
fraternity will definitely be helpful in achieving the goal of doubling the of Cumulative Infiltration Depth using Hydrus – 1D Model; Utlization of
farmers income in India and highlighted the active role of Government of Fluorescent Biosensors for Sensitive Detection of Aflatoxin in Agricultural
India in this regard. Guest of Honour, Dr G Ranganath, Chairman CATE, IEI Products; Comparison of Pine Needles and Lantana Camara Biochar
in his address, explained the role of CATE in encouraging the involvement Briquettes; Horticultural Machineries; Development and Evaluation of
of Corporate Members and engineering professionals in organizing various Unmanned Paddy Transplanter; Waste Water Utilization for Production of
technical events including National Conventions, All India Seminars etc. Electricity using Microbial Fuel Cell; Organic and Inorganic Agriculture and
Prof (Dr) M Nemichandrappa, Chairman, AGDB, IEI in his Presidential so on.
Address mentioned the significant and remarkable contributions made by
the agricultural engineers in the area of Natural Resources Management, During the Valedictory Function, Dr S Manivannan, Principal Scientist
Farm Mechanization, Food Processing, Post Harvest Technologies and (SWCE), Indian Institute of Soil and Water Conservation, Research Centre,
other related fields for the growth of agricultural and allied sectors. Mr P Udhagamandalam, Tamilnadu graced the occasion as Chief Guest
Murugesa Pandian, Honorary Secretary, Hosur Local Centre, IEI proposed Recommendations that emanated from the National Convention are as
the vote of thanks. A Technical Proceeding was released on the occasion follows.
containing the papers presented during the technical sessions.
The modern technologies in agricultural engineering for sustainable
On the occasion, Dr Konda Sreenivas Reddy, Principal Scientist
agricultural production be utilized in a meaningful way; Looking forward
(SWCE), ICAR-CRIDA, Hyderabad, Telangana and Dr T Guruswamy,
towards digital transformation in Agriculture, implementation of emerging
Director, Instruction (Agricultural Engineering) were felicitated as Eminent
technologies need to be accelerated, which includes machinery system
Agricultural Engineering Personalities for their immense contribution in
engineering, renewable energy engineering, agricultural information
the field of Agricultural Engineering. The prestigious Rathindranath Tagore
technology and electronics, and drone technology; With the objective
Memorial Lecture was delivered by Dr P V Venkitakrishnan, Former
to optimize the performance and parameters of modern technology,
Distinguished Scientist, Director, CBPO, ISRO HQ & Prof Satish Dhawan
more research and development are required in alternate analysis and
Scientist, ISRO HQ, Bangalore and Chairman, Aerospace Engineering
applications of big data, design and simulation, particularly for cost-
Division Board, IEI.
effective agricultural and biosystem management; To sustain agricultural
The IEI Young Engineers Award in Agricultural Engineering Division for development, applications of biomechanics and biosensors need to be
the year 2021-22 were presented to; Dr (Ms) Kirti Jalgaonkar, Scientist, addressed with ecofriendly material in a cost-effective manner; Advanced
Quality Evaluation and Improvement Division, ICAR-CIRCOT, Matunga East agricultural cultivation and production technology should be applied for
Mumbai, Maharashtra; Dr Bikram Jyoti, Scientist, Agricultural Mechanization agricultural engineering practices in an effective manners, which include
Division, ICAR-Central Institute of Agricultural Engineering, Bhopal and Dr Artificial Intelligence, Drone Technology, Robotics, GPS technology, Aerial
Pawar Dilip Ananda, Scientist, Agro-Produce Processing Division, ICAR- Vehicles, etc; Agricultural processing and biosystem engineering need to
Central Institute of Agricultural Engineering, Bhopal. For the year 2022-23, be introduced by the implementation of post-harvest technologies, food
the recipients of the Award were; Dr Dinesha B L, Young Scientist, DST- processing and packaging, modeling and simulation, and other technologies
SYST Project, Centre for Nanotechnology, Department of Processing as feasible alternatives that need to be explored further; Renewable energy
and Food Engineering, College of Agricultural Engineering, University of engineering should be applied as the substitute to traditional agricultural
Agricultural Sciences, Raichur, Karnataka; Dr Goudra Pramod Gouda, technologies.
All India Seminar under the aegis of Computer Engineering Division Board
Information Privacy
Kanchepuram Local Centre, IEI organized All India Seminar in association
Access Control: It is to grant access completely to the significant data and
with Department of Computer Science and Engineering, St Joseph’s Institute
avoid unnecessary irrelevant data for any particular service. Access control
of Technology on the theme Information Privacy during June 01-02, 2022
mechanism is needed to decide whether to permit or reject an assigned
at Chennai under the aegis of Computer Engineering Division Board [CPDB].
unit the liberty to do a specified action. Access control method includes the
Privacy protection and cyber security are thought to be as interconnected.
tests in the field of the database, operating system, and distributed system.
As more and more
personal information But pervasive systems possess unique features which let distinct access
is processed and control methods.
stored online, Anonymity: Many of the applications in pervasive computing environment
privacy protection do not rigidly need to know the identity of the user. Anonymity provides the
increasingly user with the functionality which helps the user to be known to others or
relies on effective
remains unknown to others or to be known with different identity.
cyber security
implementation by Speaker of the event, Dr J Dafni Rose, Head, Computer Science and
the organizations Engineering, St Joseph’s Institute of Technology in her address stated
to secure personal data both in transit or static condition. Moreover, the that information privacy has the ability to avoid attacks on the networks
applications of pervasive computing are dramatically increasing every using security tools. Mr Ragul Chandran, Cyber Security Specialist, Special
measure concerning towards the data collected and released. It is obvious Zee Technology, Chennai delivered lecture on Cyber Kill Chain Model,
that a user in pervasive computing environment wishes to maintain Cryptanalysis and Computer Security and Cyber Threats and Security. Dr K
different connections with various smart devices reckless of the software S Arikumar, St Joseph’s Institute of Technology, Chennai delivered lecture
restrictions and hardware specifications. Such devices and applications on necessity of understanding privacy, issues in privacy, analysis of system
intend to increase the amount of personal information released to the vulnerabilities and risk exposure. Ms Poorvaja Bhaskaran, Sella India
service providers and third parties. The Seminar essentially focused on Software Services, Chennai spoke on cyber threat intelligence, data analytics
certain pertinent issues as – in cyber world, advanced data breaches and detecting and avoiding security
Authentication: Privacy has to ensure that data being shared or communicated breaches. Earlier, Dr G Sanmugasundar, Honorary Secretary, Kanchepuram
is not being hacked by any active or passive attackers. It has to guarantee Local Centre, IEI welcomed the gathering. Prof (Dr) D Elango, Chairman,
that the user data which is being collected almost obviously will not be used Kanchepuram Local Centre, IEI addressed the august audience and also
maliciously or is not being processed by any unauthorized user. spoke during the valedictory function.
Quantum Computing
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She concluded her presentation by describing the use cases in the field of
new possible solutions at the atomic and subatomic levels in the field to Artificial Intelligence, drug discovery, system optimization, cryptography,
cater the need of future computing. She then elaborated the development of financial services, teleportation etc.
Quantum Mechanics through the works of Max Plank, Albert Einstein, Ernest
Rutherford and Niels Bohr, explained wave-particle duality propounded by Mr Sanjay Kumar Choudhury talked about quantum sensing. He narrated
Louis De Broglie and narrated the (time-dependent) equation of motion of that chronic arsenic toxicity (arsenicosis) as a result of drinking arsenic-
wave-particle expressed by the Schrodinger Equation which established that contaminated groundwater was a major environmental health hazard
the wave behaviour of the particle admitted the superposition. She explained throughout the world, including India. He said that, not only arsenic but also
the difference between classical computing and quantum computing. She lead was a major source of contamination of groundwater causing multiple
narrated the concept of qubit (quantum bit) and expressed that a single qubit diseases. He explained the classical concept of phase difference due to path
can be forced into a superposition of the two states denoted by the addition difference; When LASER is passed through the contaminated liquid, it causes
of the state vectors. She stated the concept of interference of waves and shift in bandgap. If the bandgap is too small then the existing equipment
concluded that Young’s double-slit experiment gave definitive proof of the could not sense it for particular contamination limit; he added.
wave character of light and an interference pattern was obtained by the He further elaborated that in the year 1926, Schrodinger first described
superposition of light from two slits. She explained Superposition using the a special state known as Coherent State and in this particular state, the
Schrodinger cat and concluded that qubit is the superposition of both the statistics of photons follow Poisson Distribution. He then elaborated the
states 0 and 1 simultaneously multiplied with some probability amplitudes. concept of shot noise where the relative fluctuations were reduced as with
She elaborated on the concept of Entanglement which is the ability of quantum the reciprocal of the square root of N, called the standard quantum limit
systems to exhibit correlations between states within a superposition and (SQL), which can be achieved by using N independent probes. This limit is
mentioned that we could entangle the two qubits such that the measurement also the effect of the presence of shot noise in the source and is known as the
of one qubit was always correlated to the measurement of the other qubit. The Shot Noise Limit (SNL).He further narrated that Quantum mechanics placed
speaker further defined Quantum Computing as a computing paradigm that a fundamental limit on measurement precision, called
exploited quantum mechanical properties like Superposition, Entanglement, the Heisenberg limit (HL), which constrained how the
and Interference etc. of matter in order to do calculations. She explained precision of parameter estimation improved as the
the technologies behind quantum computing like superconducting loops, total probing time t increased and the precision scales
trapped ions, silicon quantum dots, topological qubits, diamond vacancies were no better than 1/N with the total number of
etc. She discussed commercial quantum computers from IBM and D-Wave probes N used in an experiment. He stated that in the
and mentioned quantum computing programming languages like qasm, coherence state of light, phase and amplitude follow
Qiskit (IBM), Cirq (Google), Forest/pyqil (Rigetti), Q# (Microsoft), Ocean Gaussian distribution resulting in a combined circular
(D-Wave). She then talked about quantum circuit consisting of data (known distribution whereas Heisenberg Limit depicted a
as Qubits), operation (quantum logic gates) and results (for measurements). squeezed state where the phase fluctuations are squeezed at the expense
She explained about quantum logic gates which were similar to classical of amplitude fluctuations leading to a more accurate measurement of phase.
gates but their original input state could be derived from their output state Hence, HL would be used where the shift in bandgap is too small in actual
uniquely that meant they must be reversible. She then narrated the operating measurement, the speaker stated. He concluded his lecture mentioning that it
principles of NOT or X gate, Z gate, Hadamard gate and Pauli gate under had been experimentally proved that the sensitivity of detection with entangled
single qubit category and described the philosophy of universal quantum photon state attained the limits defined by the Heisenberg Uncertainty
gates like phase flip, bit flip , phase-bit flip etc. She described the two-qubit Principle. Moderator of the session, Mr Chanchal Chakraborty summed up
states and narrated C-NOT gates and Bell states using C-NOT gates. She the proceedings of deliberation. Dr Raju Basak, Honorary Secretary, West
further explained the difference between product state and entangled state. Bengal State Centre, IEI proposed the vote of thanks.
From the holistic point of view, to improve the carbon footprint of new and products that will enhance the sustainability of new buildings and
buildings, producers and contractors alike are now increasingly being infrastructure. Finally, use of recycled or waste materials in the concrete
expected to preserve natural resources while continuing to produce quality industry is a feasible alternative to achieve the sustainable development
products, and are, therefore, searching for construction methods, practices goals across the globe.
Andaman and Nicobar Organized webinar in association with IEEE, CSI, INSARM, ASI, SSI, ISTD,
SAME IITArb, PMI, IETE on the topic ‘Distances & Similarities for Pattern
Organized webinar in association with Pidilite Industries Limited on ‘Repair Analysis Task’ on 02 February 2022. Speaker of the event was Prof B S Shajee
and Rehabilitation of Structures’ on 08 June 2022. Speakers of the event, Mohan, Professor, Department of Allied Electronics & Instrumentation, GEC
Mr A K Sinha, Senior Manager (Special Projects), Pidilite Industries Limited Kozhikode, explained that distance or similarity measures are essential in
discussed on various products Pidilite for repair and rehabilitation of solving pattern recognition problems such as classification and clustering.
structures. Er Divya G, Area Manager (Special Products), Pidilite Industries He elaborated further, pattern analysis algorithms, selection of a particular
Limited mentioned about the products available with Pidilite for repair and distance measures and their significance in pattern analysis.
rehabilitation of structures.
Organized webinar in association with IEEE, CSI, INSARM, ASI, SSI, ISTD,
Gujarat SAME IITArb, PMI, IETE on the topic ‘Distances & Similarities for Patten
Analysis Task’ on 09 February 2022. Speaker of the event, Prof (Dr) Arch
Organized workshop in association with Aspire Disruptive Skill Foundation, Sunil Edward, Dean of PG Studies and Professor in Architecture, College of
Ahmedabad on ‘Skill, Technology and Entrepreneurship on CNC/VMC and Engineering, Trivandrum discussed on Sustainable/Green buildings.
Solar Technology’ during 14-16 July 2022 at Gandhinagar. Major Focus
of the workshop was to provide hands on training and technology based Organized 24th Er C S Padmanabha Iyer Memorial Lecture, in association
entrepreneurship development for engineers. Mr Manoj Pundir, General with IEEE, CSI, INSARM, ASI, SSI, ISTD, SAME IITArb, PMI, IETE on the topic
Manager, Aspire Disruptive Foundation, Ahmedabad explained the role of ‘Uncertainty Analysis of Seismic Soil Liquefaction of Quo FEM (Project from
the organization to empower young engineers and Technicians in the State NHERI REU at UC Berkely Simcentre)’ on 11 February 2022. A webinar was
of Gujarat. Mr Pawan Kumar Kaushal, Expert on Power and Energy briefed organized on the occasion. Speaker of the event, Mr Adithya Salil Nair, PhD
about the Scope of Solar Energy and Benefits. Scholar, Ohio State University, USA delivered on earthquake, landslides,
floods, etc and also on Geohazard mitigation.
Jammu & Kashmir
Organized webinar in association with IEEE, CSI, INSARM, ASI, SSI, ISTD,
Organized workshop on ‘Project Management (Contract Management)’ SAME IITArb, PMI, IETE on the topic ‘Blind Spots in Your Thinking’ on 16
on 28 May 2022 at Srinagar. The Quarterly Newsletter titled ‘Engineers February 2022. Speaker of the event was Dr Venugopal S Reddiar, Physician
Bulletin’ was also launched during the occasion. Chief Guest of the event and Life Skills Coach, USA.
was Mr Bashir Ahmad Dar, Secretary Technical, Jammu and Kashmir Power Organized webinar in association with IEEE, CSI, INSARM, ASI, SSI, ISTD,
Development Department (JKPDD) and Guests of Honour of the event were; SAME IITArb, PMI, IETE on the topic ‘Geo-Textiles-BhooVasthra on 23 February
Mr Rafiq Ahmad Rafiq, Chief Engineer, PW R&B and Mr Mir Tanveer, Chief 2022. Speaker of the event, Dr K Balan, Vice-Principal & Dean (Research),
Engineer, Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY). Speakers of the Rajadhani Institute of Engineering & Technology (RIET) mentioned that
event were Mr Nadeem Akbar Najar, Research Scholar; Mr Sajad Ahmad Geosynthetic materials are used in soil to improve its engineering properties
Wani, Executive Engineer, Jhelum and Tawi Flood Recovery Project (JTFTP)/ and it includes material like geotextile, geogrid, geomembrane, geocell,
JKERA; Dr Saad Parvez, Associate Professor, NIT Srinagar; Mr Mir Tanveer, geofoam, geo tube, etc. He also explained application of Geotextiles in
Chief Engineer, Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY); Mr Iftikhar erosion control of highways or railway embankments, man-made or natural
Ahad Kakroo, Chief Engineer, Srinagar Smart City Limited and Mr Iftikhar A slopes, etc.
Drabu,Consulting Civil Engineer deliberated on procurement and execution
process of projects. Organized webinar in association with IEEE, CSI, INSARM, ASI, SSI, ISTD,
SAME IITArb, PMI, IETE on the topic ‘Disciplined Agile – The New Arsenal
Organized Workshop in association with Disaster Awareness and of a Project Manager’ on 02 March 2022. Speaker of the event was Lt Col
Management Forum (DAMF), Safety and Quality Forum, IEI on ‘Disaster L Shri Harsha, Project Management Professional and Past President, PMI,
Risk Awareness and Mitigation’ on 31 May 2022 at Srinagar. Chief Guest Bangalore.
of the event was Mr Narendra Singh, Immediate Past President, IEI. Guests
Organized webinar in association with IEEE, CSI, INSARM, ASI, SSI, ISTD,
of Honour of the event were Mr Dinesh Kumar, Chairman, SQF and Mr
SAME IITArb, PMI, IETE on the topic ‘Evolution of Information Systems
S C Goyal, Chairman, DAMF. Keynote Speaker of the event was Prof Dr
from an AI Perspective’ on 16 March 2022. Speaker of the event was Dr
Satyendra Mittal, IIT, Roorkee. Mr N K Yadav, Former Chief Engineer, I&FC,
Suresh Subramoniam, Professor and Director, CET School of Management,
Uttarakhand and Mr Aijaz Ahmed, SDRF also on the occasion.
Thiruvananthapuram. Dr Suresh explained that information systems were
Karnataka used for transaction processing and later for the needs of middle level
managers giving rise to management information systems with interactive
Organized Er B R Manickam Memorial Lecture on the topic ‘The Journey query capability for performing structure data analysis. He mentioned that
of Bengaluru – from Southern Hemisphere to 1536 CE’ on 21 May 2022. ERP systems have the capability of intelligent decision making and intended
Keynote Speaker of the event was Mr Udaya Kumar P L, Project Director, to address the ways by which how artificial intelligence can be made use
Bengaluru Inscriptions 3D Digital Conversation, Mythic Society, Bengaluru. of such systems.
Organized lecture on the topic ‘National Education Policy 2020’ on 07 July Organized webinar in association with IEEE, CSI, INSARM, ASI, SSI, ISTD,
2022 through hybrid mode. Keynote Speaker of the event, Dr S Y Kulkarni, SAME IITArb, PMI, IETE on the topic ‘Indian Railways: A Net-Zero Carbon
Former Vice Chancellor, REVA University and presently Additional Director, Emitter by 2030’ on 23 March 2022. Speaker of the event, Mr K Madhana
BNM Institute of Technology, Bangalore highlighted the need for new Mohan, Deputy Chief Electrical Engineer (Retd), Indian Railways in his lecture
education policy. mentioned that transport sector contributes 12% of country’s greenhouse
Arranged Site Visit to IEI Building under construction on 23 July 2022 at Organized technical lecture on the topic ‘Current Challenges in Water
Ahmednagar. The purpose of this visit was to acquaint the members about Resources Management and Solutions’ on the occasion of Birth Centenary
the progress of construction, explain the building plan, architectural design celebration of renowned irrigation expert Mr S G Balekundry on 05 May
and practical experience in construction. 2022 at Belagavi. Chief Guest of the event, Dr Rajendra S Poddar, Director,
Water and Land Management Institute, Dharwad, Government of Karnataka
Alwar delivered lecture on the topic and explained the need and possibilities of water
Organized seminar in association with National Safety Council, Rajasthan management and highlighted challenges in protecting the water reservoirs.
State Chapter; Safety & Quality Forum, New Delhi; and Factory & Boilers Mr C N Wali, SE (Retd) spoke about the personal and professional life of
Department, Alwar on the topic ‘Emergency Preparedness in Industry and eminent irrigation expert Mr S G Balekundry.
Chlorine Hazard Control’ on 11 June 2022 at Alwar. Chief Guest of the Bokaro Steel City
program, Mr Mukesh Jain, Chairman, National Safety Council, Rajasthan
State Chapter shared his expertise during his tenure as Chief Inspector, Organized seminar jointly with SAIL, Bokaro Steel Plant on the topic
Factories & Boilers Department, Rajasthan. Guest of Honour of the event, ‘Increasing Steel Consumption: Way to Increase Rural Steel Usage and India
Mr Surendra Singh, Deputy Chief Inspector, Factories & Boilers Department, – Way Forward’ on 06 July 2022 at Bokaro. Chief Guest of the event, Mr B K
Rajasthan shared his practical experience on emergency preparedness in Tiwari, Executive Director (Works), Steel Authority of India Limited, Bokaro
various industries. Special Guest of Honours of the event were Mr Dinesh Steel Plant inaugurated the function and addressed the august audience.
Kumar, Chairman, and Mr Praveen Kumar Singh, Director, Safety and Quality Guest of Honour of the event, Mr Sanjay Kumar, Executive Director (P &A),
Forum, IEI. Keynote Speaker of the program, Mr G P Kumawat, Executive SAIL, Bokaro Steel Plant in his address explained methodologies to enhance
Director – IGPCL, New Delhi informed onsite Emergency Control in the steel consumption.
industries and elaborated the responsibility of different officers in plant during Coimbatore
such incident. Speaker of the program, Mr Arun Maurya, Assistant Director,
SMTC, Jaipur expressed the need of emergency preparedness in industry Organized technical webinar in association with Department of Textile
and the functioning of SMTC establishment for benefit of industries. Mr Technology, Kumaraguru College of Technology, Coimbatore on the topic
Pankaj Dewan, Plant Head, Daikin Airconditioning India Limited expressed ‘Advances in Microencapsulation for Multifunctional Textiles’ on 28 April
his views on the theme. 2022. Guest Speaker of the event, Dr Nagender Singh, Assistant Professor,
Department of Fashion and Apparel Engineering, The Technological Institute
Amravati of Textile and Sciences, Bhiwani, Haryana explained the core and shell
Organized national level multidisciplinary project competition on the topic material and microencapsulation techniques, spray drying, encapsulation
‘Techno Eagles 2022’,in association with Department of Electronics and efficiency and yield %, characterization of microcapsules.
Faridabad Kalaburagi
Organized technical webinar on 07 January 2022 on the topic ‘Critical Organized One Day Students Skill Enrichment Program, in association
Thinking: Way to Think for Sustainability’. Speaker of the event, Dr with Department of Information Science and Engineering, PDA College
Sudhanshu Joshi, Professor, Department of Management Studies, Doon of Engineering, Kalaburagi on the topic ‘Google Cloud’ on 7 May 2022 at
University stated that critical thinking is the most desirable skill while Kalaburagi. Chief Guest of the event was Dr S S Kalashetty, Principal, PDA
absorbing new employees and it has been making justified decision than College of Engineering. Guest of Honours of the event were Dr S R Patil,
technical knowledge. Speaker of the event, Dr Meghna Chhabra, Associate Vice Principal, and Dr Viswanath Burkpalli, HOD, Department of Information
Professor, Faculty of Management Studies, Manav Rachna International Science and Engineering, PDA College of Engineering, Kalaburagi.
Institute of Research and Studies [MRIIRS].stated that critical thinking and Organized technical lecture on 26 July 2021on the topic ‘Role of Ceramic
sustainable development are the approach for social, economic, political Engineer in Steel Industry’. Mr Harish Joshi, Assistant General Manager,
problem, solving for current and future generations through active mental JSW Steel Limited, Toranagallu Bellari delivered lecture on the topic.
and emotional inquiry, etc. The session was moderated by Dr Rajendra
Kumar, Assistant professor, Mechanical Engineering Department, FET, Kalpakkam
MRIIRS. Organized Industrial visit to BHEL Trichy on 28 May 2022. Members of
Organized webinar on ‘Power Quality Improvement’ on 25 June 2022. Kalpakkam Local Centre, IEI actively enriched with the knowledge by
Speaker of the event, Mr Pradeep Mallha, CEO, Technoipan Industries observing different operations in plants like valves manufacturing, valve
elaborated about power quality and explained different aspects of it. He testing, fabrication shop, machine shop, boiler coil manufacturing unit and
mentioned that power quality depends on reliability, continuity of service, various welding processes unit, etc.
Kollam Organized technical talk in association with ASM International, Pune Chapter
on the topic ‘Flash Carbide – A Novel Techno Economical Alternative to
Observed World Earth Day on 17 May 2022 at Kollam. Dr Najee M, Electroplated Hard Chrome Plating (EHC)’ on 23 June 2022 through online
Principal, MES Institute of Technology and Management (MESITAM) and mode. Speaker of the event, Dr Dattatraya Arvind Karandikar, Head of
Dr J Udayakumar, Associate Professor, TKM College of Engineering, Kollam Materials Division, Thapar Corporate R & D Centre, Metallizing Equipment
delivered address on the occasion. Company, Jodhpur discussed on flash carbide coating technology, carbide
coating applications and the benefit of flash carbide coating.
Mangalore
Organized online event in association with Tech Forum on 26 June 2022. Mr
Organized seminar on ‘Wind Industry Overview in India’ on 10 May 2022 Veerava Narasimhan, Bliksem Chief Engineer deliberated on electronic DIY
at Mangalore. Guest Speaker of the event, Dr A S Karanth, Wind Energy kit for students designed by BLIKSEM Tech Singapore.
Consultant, Bengaluru delivered lecture on the subject and stressed on
using local expertise and technology for harnessing wind energy to achieve Organized Pre-preparatory meeting, in hybrid mode, in association with
self reliance. Regional Transport Office, Pune for annual programme of road safety
activities in the form of workshop on Road Safety on 27 June 2022 at Pune.
Munirabad Speaker of the event, Mr Sanjay Sasane, Secretary, District Road Safety
Observed World Asteroid Day on 30 June 2022 at Munirabad. Speaker of the Committee and Deputy RTO, Pune highlighted the objectives of the meeting
event was Dr M Prabhugouda, Associate Professor and HOD, Department and mentioned the planning for different road safety activities during 2022-
of Physics, VNC College, Hosapete. 23.
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Organized Lecture Programme on the topic ‘Solid
Propulsion - Launch Vehicles Applications’ on 31
March 2022 through online mode. Speaker of the
event, Mr K Sangeetha, Scientist-F, Satish Dhawan
Space Centre, SHAR, ISRO explained evolution of
The Institution of Engineers (India) human needs and start of space exploration; tools
for space exploration: space craft, launch vehicle;
In service of the Nation since 1920
Components of launch vehicle; Propulsion system
– fuel sources; Merits of solid propulsion system;
De-merits of solid propulsion system; Operating
principle for solid rocket motor; Components
of solid propulsion system: oxidizer, fuel,
additives; Evolution of launch vehicles in India
(ISRO); Challenges faced during evolution; Other
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Organized technical seminar on ‘Computational Thinking – Problem Solving
Tiruchirappalli
Approaches’ on 07 January 2022 through online mode. Resource person
Organized Lecture through online mode on 21 December 2021 on the topic of the event, Mr Premkumar M, Assistant Professor (Sr. G), KPR Institute
‘Living in Nature vs Living with Nature’. Speaker of the event was Mr S Stella of Engineering and Technology, Coimbatore explained about problem
Mary, Head, Department of Architecture, M A M School of Architecture, identification, development of algorithm for the identified problem and
Tiruchirappalli. finally implementing the algorithm to develop a computer program. He
further discussed the concept, how Computational Thinking allows us to
Organized lecture in association with Computer Society of India,
take complex problems, understand what the problem is, and to develop
Tiruchirappalli Chapter, Indian Institute of Welding Tiruchirappalli
solutions. He also explained computational thinking methodologies, namely
branch; Indian Welding Society Southern Zone; Indian Institute of Metals
decomposition, pattern recognition, abstraction, and algorithms.
Tiruchirappalli Chapter and Indian Institution of Industrial Engineering,
Tiruchirappalli on the topic ‘Management Information System for Wind Organized seminar on ‘Big Data using Apache Hadoop & Spark’ on 11
Farms’ on 12 April 2022 through online mode. Speaker of the event was January 2022 through online mode. Dr K Saravanan, HOD, Department
Dr T Koilpillai Prabhakar, Director, RS Wind Tech Engineers Private Limited, of Computer Science and Engineering, Anna University Regional Campus,
Nagercoil. Tirunelveli delivered lecture on the topic.
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