FROM THE CHAIRMAN’S DESK……

Dear Friends,

I deem it a very great

pleasure to share the following with

esteemed AVIATION fraternity.

History is a mirror to the past and a

guide to the future. The dreams of

yesterday are the challenges of to-

day and they shall be the realities

of tomorrow.

The history of AVIATION

abounds in dreams and challenges.

It is very heartening to note

that tremendous developments are

presently taking place in our

country in the field of AVIATION.

In the present context of GLOBALISATION and

privatization, any developing technology needs a

right blend of universal components and local

components. Hence, the current developments

envisaged in Indian AVIATION should clearly

spell out the necessary local components, to be

judiciously mixed with the universal components,

so as to meet the requirements of our developmen-

tal goals in AVIATION.

In the above important endeavour, enhance-

ment of proper HRD is a paramount necessity. It

is imperative that the youth graduating in aviation

in India today should develop proper

professionalism. They should foster consciously

the attitude that they are neither meant for air-

conditioned suites nor for export to advanced

countries. Such an attitude is missing somewhere

in our socio – political system !

In this context, it is worth recalling the

statements made by late Mr. J R D Tata, the Doyen

of Indian Aviation, in the wake of his re-enacting his

historic flight on October 15, 1982, exactly after a

span of 50 years. When he was asked what prompted

him to do what he did, he replied : ―There is a feeling

of disenchantment and lack of enthusiasm among the

young people today. They have lost morale and belief.

This should go. Then only there will be a feeling that

they can do things themselves and do it better than

others. I just wanted to inspire a little hope and

enthusiasm in the Indian youth‖. What great words

from a great son of India !

It is our fervent wish that the students of

AVIATION in India may join the Aeronautical

Society of India in a larger measure and use the

Society as a good forum to develop their latent talents

in AVIATION. The Society, in turn, should revisit its

aims and objectives in an appropriate fashion to

inspire hope and enthusiasm in our youth who are

drawn into the field of alluring aviation !

We are very happy to note that the

Aeronautical Society of India has come forward to

revise the Curricula and Syllabi of the Associate

Membership Examination of the Society. It is

fervently hoped that the matter will be viewed in a

holistic manner so as to enhance the marketability of

the A.M.Ae.S.I Graduates.

I send my Greetings and Best Wishes to all

the Members of the Society !

Chairman

Dr. Anand Jacob Verghese

Honorary Secretary

Dr. J. Ashok Babu

EDITOR’S PAGE

EDITORIAL BOARD:

1. Prof. N. S. Venkataraman --- Chairman

2. Dr. K. Vijayaraja -- Editor

3. Dr.A.Dilip Shah -- Member

4. Dr. R. Asokan --- Member

5. Mr. A. Jayababu — Member Treasurer

6. Dr. J. Ashok Babu -- Member Secretary.

THE AERONAUTICAL

SOCIETY OF INDIA

CHENNAI BRANCH

Dr. Anand Jacob Verghese

(Chairman)

Dr. Sai Prasanna

(Vice Chairman)

Dr. J.Ashok Babu

(Secretary)

Dr.Dharmahinder singh C

(Joint Secretary)

Mr. A. Jayababu

(Treasurer)

Prof. N.S. Venkataraman

Prof. P.S. Venkatanarayanan

Dr. R.Asokan

Dr. V. Arumugam

Dr. K. Vijaya Raja

Dr. BSM. Augustine

Prof. Balakrishnan

Dr. Rajaguperan

Dr. S. Thanigai Arasu

Prof. E.G. Thulapurkara

Dr. C. Senthilkumar

Dr. N. Muthusamy

Mr. Bikash Kumar Mondal

Mr. Ravindra Shirsath

Dr. B.T.N. Sridhar

Prof. V. Kanakarajan

Dr. S. Nadaraja Pillai

Cmde. R.S. Vasan (Retd.)

All the members of Chennai Branch of The Aeronautical

Society of India are extremely delighted to note that

Dr. Anand Jacob Verghese, Chairman of the Chennai

Branch of the Society has been duly elected as a FELLOW

OF THE AERONAUTICAL SOCIETY OF INDIA.

Greetings from Ae.S.I (Chennai Branch)

This is the third issue of AeSI, Chennai Branch

News Letter. I respectfully thank our Chairman

Dr. Anand Jacob Verghese for giving me an opportunity

to be the editor of this News Letter. I am indeed proud to

acknowledge the present constitution of Ae.S.I Chennai

Branch and work along with them to fulfill its vision

2016 and goals. Gathering news for Aero Society can be

challenging and of course enhancing the growth of aero-

space activities. My main job is to encourage contributors, assist in anyway I

can, finally select from the available articles and layout the publication. I

acknowledge the fact that April, May and June being peak period, lesser pro-

grams have been conducted and hence this issue focuses more on National and

International Aerospace activities.

For our next News Letter, I expect a overwhelming response from the

readers to highlight their activities with nice photographs and articles.

Happy Reading

Dr. K. Vijayaraja -- Editor

Ae.S.I (Chennai Branch) Vision 2016 and Goals

Vision 2016: To be a recognized, globally oriented organization with a strong and committed

membership that strives to enhance the standard of aviation, aeronautics and aerospace activities

with special focus on youth development.

Goals To realize the Vision :

To extend our strength of membership to at least 10000 members based in Tamilnadu.

To strengthen our members at the Global Level as it relates to the organization and its vision

in development of aero activities.

To improve and expand the image of the members and identify in the aero community.

To improve our members perception of the Aeronautical Society of India and our national

and international programs pertaining to the promotion of Aerospace and Aviation activities.

P A G E 3 V O L U M E 1 I S S U E 3

Indian army has prioritized development of

Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV). It is an attempt to

do major reworking of weapon design and

procurement by incorporating Academia and Industry.

Project will be taken up by Army Design Bureau

(ADB).

Source: The Hindu dated 13 June 2016

GOI has cleared National Civil Aviation Policy

(NCAP) to enable flying to be cheaper. Norms have been

eased for start-up airlines. NCAP will enable increased air

connectivity. By doing this, GOI feels that the decade-

long controversial ―5/20 Norm‖ has been scrapped. The

regime of ―bilateral rights‖ and ―code share agreements‖

are expected to be liberalized.

Source: The Hindu dated 16 June 2016

Solar plane has gone through the globe- circling voyage which began more than a year ago

in the United Arab Emirates. The Swiss-made SOLAR IMPULSE landed at JFK international air-

port after a 4 hour 41 minute flight of about 265 miles from Pennsylvania. Its trip across the U.S

mainland began on 24 April 2016 when airplane landed in San Francisco from Hawaii. The next

leg of the journey is to cross the Atlantic Ocean for Europe or South Africa. It is a feat in AVIATION

to advance Environmentally Compatible Technology.

Source: The Hindu dated 12 June 2016

SOLAR IMPULSE

P A G E 4

“Over the years we

developed expertise &

capability to help other

nations in their space

initiatives. This is the

skill of our scientists”

Shri Narendra Modi,

Prime Minister of India

about the launch of 20

Satellites

Source: Express Web

Desk, 23 June, 2016

BrahMos Missile in Su-30

India Launches Record 20 Satellites In

26 Minutes, Google Is A Customer ISRO launched 20 satellites through a single rocket, surpassing its 2008 record of launching 10 satellites in a single mission. The PSLV C-34 rocket launched 2 satellites from Indian Universities, 17 foreign satellites and 1 for the Google company.

Source: The Hindu dated

23 June 2016

HAL has communicated

that it is a perfect

example of “MAKE IN

INDIA” and an en-

gineering marvel in avia-

tion history of India.

Source: The Hindu dated 25

June 2016

The demonstration flight,

carried out at Hindustan

Aeronautics Limited (HAL)

Nasik, involved carriage of

BrahMos weapon on the long-

range Sukhoi-30 fighter, giv-

ing a major fillip to the

BRAHMOS air-launched flight

test programme,

Source: dnaindia,26 June 2016

The first carriage flight of

Su-30 MKI aircraft with

BrahMos Missile was

successfully undertaken

at HAL Airport in Nasik,

with the integration

making the fighter

aircraft lethal weapon

delivery platform for the

IAF. The Chairman of

Flying Daggers

P A G E 5 V O L U M E 1 I S S U E 3

The Light Combat Aircraft (LCA)

TEJAS, designed and built in

INDIA joined the IAF squadron

called “Flying Daggers” on 1 June

2016. It is certainly a matter of

unparalleled “pride and happiness”.

This illustrates Indian skills and

strength to enhance indigenous

manufacturing for the defence of

the country.

Source: The Hindu dated 2 July

2016

The basic trainer airplane (HTT-40)

(Hindustan Turboprop Trainer)

designed indigenously by HAL , for

training Air Force Pilots,

ceremonially touched the skies. It has

to be certified over the next 2 years.

Source: The Hindu dated 18 June

2016

―When I came here in March 2015,

the confidence they had infected me

also. They had promised me within

one year they will fly the aircraft.

I’m happy that they have kept the

assurance.‖

Shri Manohar Parrikar, Defence

Minister of India

Source: http://newsworldindia.in/

Domestic Airlines can now import aircraft that are up to 18 years old in the wake of GOI

amending the more than 2 decades rules in this regard. This move is expected to provide a fillip to

the ambitious efforts of GOI to boost regional air connectivity.

Source: The Hindu dated 27 June 2016

P A G E 6

Executive

Committee

Meeting

Chairman has

shown his

interest in

presenting

awards for

excellence for

Industry and

Academic persons

in the field of

Aeronautical

Engineering through

AeSI, Chennai

Branch.

Chairman has also

agreed to provide

space for AeSI

Library at the Head

office of HGI.

The second Executive Committee Meeting of AeSI - Chennai Branch was held at

Conference room, Hindustan Head office, St Thomas Mount Chennai - 16 on 1 July, 2016.

Mr. Samarjeet Gupta, who was invited as a special guest for the Meeting, spoke about

how he can help the Society in various roles.

"The Best AME College in the Country" award which was received during the "9th International

Conference cum Awards Function on CIVIL AVIATION & TOURISM' from Shri Ashok Gajapathi

Raju Pusapati, Hon'ble Union Minister of Civil Aviation, Government of India, was handed over to

our Chairman by Mr. Samarjeet Gupta, a distinguished Alumnus, who received it on behalf of HGI.

P A G E 7 V O L U M E 1 I S S U E 3

Faculty Development Program on Aircraft Structures - II

was conducted at KCG College of Technology on 23 & 24

June 2016.

A Memorandum of understanding (MoU) and an agreement for Aero Students Exchange Program was signed at Institut

Polytechnique des Sciences Avancées (IPSA), Seine, France by Dr. Anand Jacob Verghese, Pro Chancellor – Hindustan

University and Dr. Hervé RENAUDEAU, General Director - Institut Polytechnique des Sciences Avancées.

Prof V. Kanagarajan, Council Member and Dr. J. Ashok

babu Hon Secretary, Chennai Branch attended the 221st

Meeting of the Governing Council held on 9 July, 2016 at

AeSI Head office, New Delhi

A Note to Contributors: News Letter welcomes events conducted and/or pic-

tures at any time, the earlier before the deadline the better. The articles should

be about 300 words only to improve the chance of acceptance, as for photos the

quality necessary for printing it is essential to select a resolution of at least 300

dpi when you scan the photo. Scan the photo actual size, save it maximum

quality and send it by e-mail attachment in .jpg format. If the photo is taken on

a digital camera do not reduce for email- send the original. Please try to use

1600x1200 pixels or larger. As a guide, if the electronic file is under 200KB it

is not likely to be sharp enough for printing - Editor

Aeronautical Society of India

Chennai Branch Building

St Thomas Mount,

Chennai - 600 016

Tamil Nadu , INDIA

Editor: Dr. K. Vijayaraja

E-mail:vijayaraja.aero@kcgcollege.com

Phone : +91 9443454172

Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam Memorial day was organized by KCG College of Technology on 27/07/2016. Mr. Pon Manivannan

GB, Head Technology solution & Innovation Centre, L&T Technical Services was the Chief Guest. Dr. NS Venkataraman,

Advisor HGI was the Guest of honor and he has distributed the prizes for the winners of various events.

International Seminar on Advance Fluid Research and

Testing at Kumaraguru College of Technology on 13 July

2016.

National conference on Recent Trends in Aerospace

Technology (NCRTAT) held on 6th May 2016 at

Bharath University.

One-Week Faculty Development Program on

Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD), Sastra University

6-11 June 2016

P A G E 8

Hindustan University has organized Intra Collegiate Quiz

in the Memory of Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam. The chief

Guest was Mr. T. K. Sundaramurthy, Mission Director,

ISRO.