Vol. 17 : No. 8 November 2018

Er. R. Ramdoss, FIE

Chairman

Er. P. Gomathi Nayagam, MIE

Honorary Secretary

T.N. STATE CENTRE

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From the Chairman’s Desk.... 96th ANNUAL SESSION

26th October 2018

The 96th Annual Session of Tamilnadu State Centre of the

Institution of Engineers (India) was held on 26th October 2018

at Hotel Le Royal Meridien at 7.00 p.m. The event was

commenced by the Invocation ‘Thamizh Thai Vaazhthu’.

Dr G Ranganath, Chairman, IEI Tamilnadu State Centre

welcomed the Chief Guest Thiru M Ponnuswami, Chairman,

CII and Chairman & Managing Director, Pon Pure Chemical

India Pvt Ltd., Chennai and the gathering. While passing on his

responsibility to his successor Er R Ramdoss, he felt pleasure

in introducing Er R Ramdoss and his new Committee Members

elected from various divisions to the august gathering. He

readout the brief resume of Er R Ramdoss.

After the introduction Dr G Ranganath as a mark of installation

passed on the medallion to Er R Ramdoss the incoming

Chairman of Tamilnadu State Centre of The Institution of

Engineers (India). Er R Ramdoss thanked Dr G Ranganath his

predecessor for installing him as Chairman of Tamilnadu State

Centre of the Institution of Engineers (India) for the sessions

2018-2020.

Duly accepting the new mission, Er R Ramdoss delivered the

Chairman's Address. The printed booklets on 'Chairman's

Address' were distributed to the corporate members present.

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Dear Engineers,

It gives me very great pleasure to meet

you all through this News Bulletin.

I am very honoured for having been

installed as Chairman of the Tamilnadu

State Centre of IEI for the session

2018-2020 by my immediate predeces-

sor Dr G Ranganath. I have been associated with

Tamilnadu State Centre of IEI for more than a decade and

actively involved in the Tamilnadu State Centre activities

as a Committee Member representing Production Engi-

neering Division.

I assure that in my tenure with the co-operation of the

committee members that the IE(I) TNSC will grow in a

full - fledged manner and keep up the image of the

IEI,TNSC.

During my tenure of office, under my leadership, with the

active cooperation and involvement of the Committee

Members, I will take all out efforts in the following areas

to build the image of the Tamilnadu State Centre.

Ø Organizing International Conference, National Conven-

tions, All India Seminars, Workshops and Other Inter-

active Activities.

Ø Incubation Centre

Ø Students’ Chapters

Ø Membership Drive

I am sure that my team will focus in organizing more

technical activities in all engineering divisions.

I request all of your cooperation in our future endeavors.

ALL THE BEST !

Er R Ramdoss

Chairman

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Earlier Er R Ramdoss, Chairman and Dr G Ranganath, Immediate

Past Chairman adorned Thiru M Ponnuswami with a shawl and

presented him a memento as a remembrance for gracing the

occasion. Thiru M Ponnuswami addressed the gathering.

The 158th birth anniversary of Sir M Visvesvaraya was celebrated as 51st

Engineers’ Day by the IE(I),Tamilnadu State Centre in association with

IE(I), Kalpakkam Local Centre & IE(I), Tiruvallur Local Centre on Saturday

the 15th September 2018. Chief Guest, Chairman, Council Member,

Honorary Secretary, and Committee Members offered flowers to the portrait

of Bharat Ratna Sir M Visvesvaraya. Dr G Ranganath FIE Chairman,

IE(I), TNSC welcomed the gathering and expressed his gratitude to the

Chief Guests Dr S Kalirajan, Head-Special Initiatives (Nuclear), L & T

Construction and Er G Suresh Gopal, Senior General Manager &

Head(Projects), Leitwind Shriram Manufacturing Limited, Chennai for

accepting our invitation to be the Chief Guests for the Engineers’ Day. Er

T M Gunaraja FIE Council Member, IE(I) TNSC delivered the glimpses

from the life sketch of Bharat Ratna Dr Sir M Visvesvaraya.

The Institute of Marine Engineers (India), Chennai Branch released their

News Letter and IE(I) Tiruvallur Local Centre released their Energy Saving

PROCEEDINGS OF THE 51st ENGINEERS’ DAY

Theme: “Digital Transformation: A New Industrial Revolution”

15th September 2018

APP - Green9 on the occasion.

Er R Ramanavasu, Chairman, Kalpakkam Local Centre introduced the

Chief Guest Dr S Kalirajan, Head-Special Initiatives (Nuclear), L & T

Construction, Chennai.

Dr G Ranganath, Chairman honoured the chief guest Dr S Kalirajan with

shawl and memento. He delivered the thematic address on the theme

“Digital Transformation: A New Industrial Revolution”.

Dr L Ramesh, Joint Secretary, Tiruvallur Local Centre introduced the

Chief Guest Er G Suresh Gopal, Senior General Manager & Head

(Projects), Leitwind Shriram Manufacturing Limited, Chennai. Dr G

Ranganath, Chairman, IE(I),TNSC honoured the Chief Guest Er G Suresh

Gopal with memento and shawl. He delivered the thematic address on the

theme “Digital Transformation: A New Industrial Revolution”.

On behalf of the 51st Engineers Day Celebration “3 Minutes Pitch Contest

2018” on Digitalisation was conducted on14th September 2018 at IE(I),

TNSC auditorium. Engineering students from various colleges have

participated in the competition. The prize winners of the competition were

awarded with Merit Certificates on Engineers’ Day Celebration. Sister

Institutions were also awarded on the occasion with memento.

Er R Ramdoss FIE, Honorary Secretary delivered the Vote of Thanks and

thanked all the Sister Institutions for joining with us and thanked the

students participated in the celebrations. About 200 members took part

in this celebrations.

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Er T M Gunaraja, President-Elect, IEI and Dr P Rajamani, Vice

President, IEI were felicitated and addressed the gathering.

Er P Gomathi Nayagam, Honorary Secretary of Tamilnadu State

Centre of IEI proposed the vote of thanks. The 96th Annual

Session concluded by revering the National Anthem.

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34th National Convention of Chemical Engineers and National Seminar on

“Bio-degradable Materials and Bio-technology for Environmental Protection in

Chemical and Pharmaceutical Industries”

26th&27th October 2018

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The Institution of Engineers (India), Tamilnadu State

Centre organised the 34th National Convention of

Chemical Engineers and National Seminar on “Bio-

degradable Materials and Bio-technology for

Environmental Protection in Chemical and

Pharmaceutical Industries” under the aegis of

Chemical Engineering Division Board, IE(I).

The inaugural session of the convention was held at

Hotel Le Royal Meridien on 26th October 2018 at

10.00 am . The convention was started by invocation

followed by lighting the lamp by the dignitaries. Dr

G Ranganath, Chairman, IE(I) Tamilnadu State

Centre welcomed the gathering. Er P P Agarwal,

Chairman, CHDB, IE(I) delivered the presidential

address. Dr V Manivasagan, Convener delivered

about the theme of the convention. Dr P Rajamani,

Vice-President, IEI addressed the gathering.

Dr G Ranganath, Chairman, IE(I) Tamilnadu State

Centre honoured the Guest of Honour Thiru Rajiv

Mittal, Managing Director & Group CEO, VA Tech

Wabag Limited with garland, shawl and memento.

Thiru Rajiv Mittal addressed the gathering.

Eminent engineers Thiru Rajiv Mittal, Managing

Director & Group CEO, VA Tech Wabag Limited,

Er S Ilanahai, Managing Director, Cetex

Petrochemicals Ltd, and Dr R Nagarajan,

Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, IIT

Madras were felicitated. Their services to the

Chemical Industry were enumerated and they

were presented the “Eminent Engineer Award”

during the inaugural session. Young Engineer

Awards were awarded to Dr Satya Eswari

Jujjavarapu, Assistant Professor, Biotechnology

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Acharya Prafulla Chandra Ray Memorial Lecture was

delivered by Padmashree M. Chandradathan,

Scientific Adviser to Chief Minister of Kerala.

Dr G Ranganath honoured him with shawl and

memento. Er R Ramdoss, Honorary Secretary, IE(I)

TNSC proposed the vote of thanks.

State of Art Lecture was delivered by Mr. Stefan

Barot, Asia Senior Business Director, Total Corbion,

Netherland. A special guest lecture was delivered by

Prof. Hadas Mamane, Tel Aviv University, Israel /

Visiting Faculty - IIT Madras and Mr LIoyd Lowe,

Country Head, BASF India.

Two technical sessions was organised and 10 papers

were presented. Out of 100 registered delegates, 10

were from outside the state.

The valedictory session of the convention was held at

Hotel Le Royal Meridien on 27th October 2018 at 4.00

pm. The valedictory function was graced by Chief

Guest Er S Ilanahai, Managing Director, Cetex

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Department, National Institute of Technology, Raipur,

Dr Sankar Chakma, Assistant Professor, Department

of Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Science

Education and Research Bhopal and Dr Ravi Kumar

Arun, Scientist, Microsystems Technology Lab, CSIR-

Central Mechanical Engineering Research Institute,

Durgapur.

Er T M Gunaraja, President-Elect, IEI was felicitated

by the Chief Guest Thiru K Pandiarajan, Hon’ble

Minister of Tamil Official Language, Culture and

Archaeology, Government of Tamilnadu. Er T M

Gunaraja expressed his gratitude and shared his views

about IEI during the convention. Souvenir was

released by the dignitaries. A Technical Volume was

released during the Convention. Dr G Ranganath

honoured the Chief Guest Thiru K Pandiarajan,

Hon’ble Minister of Tamil Official Language, Culture

and Archaeology, Government of Tamilnadu with

shawl, garland and memento. Thiru K Pandiarajan

delivered the inaugural address.

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IEI–TSC–News Bulletin, November 20186

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Petrochemicals Ltd, Chennai, Er R Ramdoss,

Chairman, IE(I), Tamilnadu State Centre, Er P P

Agarwal, Chairman, CHDB, IE(I), Er G S

Viswanath, Organising Secretary, Er P Gomathi

Nayagam, Honorary Secretary, IE(I), TNSC.

Er R Ramdoss, Chairman, IE(I),Tamilnadu State

Centre welcomed the gathering. Er G S Viswanath,

Organising Secretary, read out the proceedings of the

Chemical Convention. Er P P Agarwal, Chairman,

CHDB, IE(I) addressed the gathering. Er R Ramdoss

honoured the Chief Guest with garland and shawl. Er

S Ilanahai delivered the valedictory address.

Participants shared their views about the two days

convention. Er P Gomathi Nayagam, Honorary

Secretary proposed the vote of thanks. Students from

various Institutions, Technicians and Research

Scholars from prestigious organizations were

represented in this Convention. The Program was Co-

ordinated by Dr J Balamurugan, Assistant Engineer,

TNEB and Er D Gokul, Scientist, ISRO. Sponsors

for this convention are Total Corbion, Cetex

Petrochemicals Ltd., Chemical Industries Association

and Oror Flavours & Chemicals Pvt Ltd.,

The Chemical Division Board Meeting was held on

26th October 2018 and was chaired by Er P P

Agarwal, Chairman, CHDB, IE(I).

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Lecture: 6.00 p.m. Venue: IE (I) Auditorium (Unless mentioned otherwise) Tea: 5.45 p.m.

14th Nov. 2018 Talk on “Renewable Energy Present Scenario in Tamil Nadu” by Er V S Sriraja Balaguru, MIE , Assistant Executive

Engineer, TNEB, Chennai.

22nd Nov. 2018 Talk on “Composite Underground Storage Tank - Design & Application” by Er G S Viswanath, Managing Partner,

Fibtec Enterprises, Chennai

TECHNICAL PROGRAMME FOR NOVEMBER 2018

A technical guest lecture meeting was held on 27th September 2018

at 6.00 pm in IE(I), Tamilnadu State Centre auditorium. The topic

of the day was on “Making Vibration Analysis Simpler”. Er R

Ramdoss, FIE, Honorary Secretary, IE(I), TNSC welcomed the

gathering and introduced the Chief Guest Er V Vijayakrishnan,

Director, Vibrotech Trainers & Consultants Pvt. Ltd., Chennai.

He delivered the lecture on the above topic with power point

presentation. In his lecture, vibration is the physical movement or

oscillation of a mechanical part about a reference position. Vibration

Analysis is used for condition monitoring of equipments. This

Talk on “Making Vibration Analysis Simpler”

27th September 2018

technique help us to predict the failure and take the corrective action

to prevent breakdown of equipment.

It is classified as 5 parts, they are Amplitude, Frequency, Phase,

Direction & Speed. The amplitude have Displacement - It is a

measure of the actual distance an object is moving from a reference

point, Velocity - The rate of change in position, Acceleration- rate

of change of velocity.

For low speed machines displacement is important along with

velocity, for medium speed machines velocity is important along with

displacement & for high speed machines acceleration is important

along with velocity and displacement. The vibration are measured

in Horizontal, vertical and Axial directions. Frequency is number

cycles completed per unit time. It is further classified as low,

medium, high. The frequency helps to identify the problem since each

and every problem occurs at different frequencies.

Phase is the time relationship measured in degree, between vibration

of same frequency. The angular reference at a instance in time of

a moving part to a fixed point. Phase act as confirmatory tool for

diagnosing a problem. With the help of above mentioned parameter

Diagnosis of equipments are carried out.

Er D Kumar, FIE, Committee Member, IE(I), TNSC presented the

memento to the Chief Guest Er V Vijayakrishnan. Er P Gomathi

Nayagam, MIE, Honorary Secretary-Elect, IE(I), TNSC proposed

the vote of thanks.