Vol. 17 : No. 1 April 2018

Dr. G. Ranganath, FIE

Chairman

Er. R. Ramdoss, FIE

Honorary Secretary

T.N. STATE CENTRE

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From the Chairman’s Desk....

Dear Fellow Engineers,

My heartfelt greetings to all of you

and happy to meet you all through

this medium.

I am extremely happy to inform you that the Fourth

IE(I) Tamilnadu State Centre Student’s &

Technicians’ Convention on the theme 'Innovation,

Technology and Knowledge Economy’ hosted by IE(I)

Hosur Local Centre at Adhiyamaan College of

Engineering, Hosur on 23rd and 24th March 2018, in

a grand manner.

I request my team members to focus on approaching

the Engineering Colleges and Polytechnic Colleges

and urge the CEOs of the colleges to establish

Students' Chapter at their colleges. Continuous

follow-up will yield good results in this regard.

I request my member friends to bring in more and

more new members into the fold of IEI with a slogan

‘EVERY MEMBER INDUCT A NEW MEMBER’

to double the strength. Let us all unite to boost the

membership strength of IEI.

Dr. G Ranganath

Chairman

World Water Day22.03.2018

The Tamilnadu State Centre of the Institution of Engineers

(India) observed the World Water Day on the theme

“Nature for Water” on Thursday the 22nd March 2018

at the IE(I)-TNSC Auditorium in association with

IE(I) Kanchepuram Local Centre. At the outset,

Dr R Venkatesan, Chairman IE(I) Kanchepuram Local

Centre welcomed the gathering and introduced the chief

guest Er G S Saxena, Vice President-Engineering (India

Cluster),VA Tech Wabag Limited, Chennai. Er T M

Gunaraja, Council Member, IE(I) TNSC briefed about

the theme of the World Water Day.

At the outset Er G S Saxena expressed his gratitude for

having given a chance to deliver a lecture on the

auspicious day of World Water Day. “Water, being basic

essential for life, and with growing urbanisation, its

availability has continuously declined. The talk was on

adoption of nature-friendly advanced technologies for

recycling of waste water for various re-use purposes.

Looking at future, we are striving for 24x7 supply of

quality water. Therefore, it is essential to conserve water

by recycling through nature-friendly technologies.

(contd. on page 2)

IE(I) Students Chapters were inaugurated in Annamalai

University, Chidambaram, Tamilnadu on 26.03.2018 &

Chapters were inaugurated with a total membership of 1129

students under 7 branches of Engineering.

Prof Dr. S. Manian, Vice Chancellor, Annamalai

University, inaugurated the chapters and gave the inaugural

Address. Er. P. Selvakumar, Director/Planning & Projects

NLC India Ltd and Chairman of IE(I) Neyveli Local Centre,

gave the Keynote address. Prof. Dr. K. Arumugam

Registrar, Annamalai University addressed the gathering.

Prof. Dr. C. Antony Jeyasehar, Dean, Faculty of

Engineering and Technology (FEAT) presided over the

function.

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Various technologies like Membrane technology, advanced

technologies for removal of pollutants and micro

pollutants, sewage sludge treatment through anaerobic

digestion and production of biogas, etc., were discussed.

Case studies of Sewage Treatment and Power Generation

from biogas produced from the plant was discussed. It was

also demonstrated that plant is able to produce almost 70-

80% of electrical power requirement, thereby reducing

substantial cost of plant operation. Advanced sludge

treatment and disposal system was also discussed. The

case study of Windhoek project in Africa was discussed,

wherein sewage water is recycled through stringent

treatment and used for domestic purpose. The industrial

water recycling facility of the petrochemical plant was

discussed, where treated water is produced through high

level of membrane filtration and, thereby creating new

water sustaining the industrial operation. As Water

Managers, it is our responsibility to provide safe and

drinking water at an affordable price”.

Er T M Gunaraja, Council Member, IE(I) TNSC presented

the memento to the Chief Guest Er G S Saxena. The day

was concluded with a Vote of Thanks proposed by Er R

Ramdoss, Honorary Secretary. About 100 members took

part in this event.

(contd. from page 1)

The Institution of Engineers (India)

Neyveli Local Centre

Inauguration of Students Chapter at Annamalai University

Er. B.Selvan, Hon. Secretary, IE(I), Neyveli Local Centre,

briefed about the functioning of the student chapters and

the activities to be carried out by the chapters. Dr. S.

Ganapathy, Professor, Annamalai University and

coordinator of the Students Chapters welcomed the

gathering and Dr. A. Deiveegan, Asst Professor/Civil &

Executive Committee Member of IE(I) Neyveli Local

Centre proposed vote of thanks.

Executive committee members of IE(I) Neyveli Local

Centre, Faculty of various departments of Annamalai

university and about 1500 students including the student

chapter members attended the meeting.

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The 4 th IEI Tamilnadu State Centre’s Students’ & Technicians’ Chapter

Convention and National Seminar on ‘Innovation, Technology And Knowledge

Economy’ was organized on 23rd-24th March, 2018 at Aero Wing Seminar Hall,

Adhiyamaan College of Engineering, Hosur. The grand event was hosted by

Hosur Local Centre of The Institution of Engineers (India).

Dr. J. Arivdainambi, Chairman, IE(I) Hosur Local Centre and Chairman,

Students’ Chapter Committee, IE(I) Tamilnadu State Centre welcomed the

dignitaries on the dais and the gathering. He thanked the Tamilnadu State

Centre’s Chairman Dr. G. Ranganath for giving the opportunity to Hosur Local

Centre of IE(I) to host the event. He

welcomed Dr. P. Rajamani, Vice

President, IE(I) for having consented

to be the Chief Guest of the function

and deliver the inaugural address.

Immediately after the welcome

address, Dr. P. Rajamani, Vice

President, IE(I) lighted the lamp as

a mark of inauguration of the

Convention, followed by

Report on the 4th IE(I) Tamilnadu State Centre Students’ & Technicians’ Chapter

Convention and National Seminar on “Innovation, Technology and

Knowledge Economy” held on 23rd-24th March, 2018

Dr. G. Ranganath, Principal, Adhiyamaan College of Engineering, Hosur;

Immediate Past & Founder Chairman of IE(I), Hosur Local Centre and Chairman

of IE(I) Tamilnadu State Centre; Er. R. Ramdoss, Honorary Secretary, IE(I)

Tamilnadu State Centre; Dr. J. Arivudainambi, Head, Department of Aeronautical

Engineering, Adhiyamaan College of Engineering, Hosur & Chairman of IE(I)

Hosur Local Centre and Chairman, Students Chapter Committee, IE(I) Tamilnadu

State Centre and Dr. V. Manivasagan, Associate Professor, Dept. of Bio-

Technology and Honorary Secretary, IE(I) Hosur Local Centre.

Dr. V. Manivasagan, Honorary Secretary, IE(I) Hosur Local Centre narrated on

the importance on organizing the

Students’ and Technicians’ Chapter

Convention. He also briefed on the

significance of the National Seminar

theme ‘Innovation, Technology and

Knowledge Economy’.

Dr. G. Ranganath, Chairman, IE(I)

Tamilnadu State Centre in his special

address informed that the budding

Engineers are going to be the future

sculptors of the modern society. If they

aspired to become professional engineers

in future, the Institution is always there

to guide them to the right path. IEI has

opened the threshold of professionalism

in engineering by establishing Student

Chapters at Engineering Colleges and

Polytechnic Colleges.

Further he informed that students should

be attentive to the speeches delivered by

the experts. When they attend a Seminar

or workshop they should keep their

mouth closed and open their eyes and

ears for updating their knowledge. They

should develop their habit of learning

and excel in their field of interest.

Having only the bookish knowledge

would not serve the purpose, instead

they should have the thirst for learning

extra-ordinary talents in their field.

Dr. P. Rajamani, Vice President, IE(I)

Kolkata in his inaugural address thanked

the organizers for inviting him to be the

Chief Guest of the function. He

enthused the students of IEI Students'

Chapter to be vigil in the studies and

studious as spelt in the theme

‘Innovation, Technology and Knowledge

Economy’. The theme itself conveyed

that students should have the Innovative

knowledge on the technological

development that taking place to the

improvement of country's economy.

Prizes, Awards and shields were

distributed to Best Student Award of Engineering College; IEI Students Best

Project Award; IEI Best Division Award and IEI Chapter Best Faculty Advisor

Award by the Chief Guest Dr. P. Rajamani and Dr. G. Ranganath.

Earlier Dr. J. Arivudainambi adorned Dr. P. Rajamani with the sandal garland,

Shawl and presented a memento. Dr. J. Arivudainambi honoured

Dr. G. Ranganath and Er. R. Ramdoss by adorning him with a shawl and sandal

garland.

The function concluded with the vote of thanks proposed by Er. R. Ramdoss,

Hon. Secretary, IE(I), Tamilnadu State Centre.

Dignitaries on the dais revering the Invocation

(L-R) Dr. J. Arivudainambi, Dr. G. Ranganath,

Dr. P. Rajamani, Er. R. Ramdoss and

Dr. V. Manivasagan

Dr. J. Arivudainambi delivering the

Welcome address

Dr. P. Rajamani lighting the lamp

Dr. V. Manivasagan briefing about the Convention Dr. G. Ranganath delivering his special address Dr. G. Ranganath honouring Dr. P. Rajamani

Dr. J. Arivudainambi honouring Dr. G. Ranganath Dr. J. Arivudainambi honouring Er. R. Ramdoss Dr. P. Rajamani distributing the awards to the faculties

Dr. G. Ranganath distributing the awards to the

faculties

Er. R. Ramdoss proposing the vote of thanks

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