Northern India Section 1. Dr.Sukhbir Singh 2. Mr.N.S.Rao

Southern India Section1. Mr. K.Balasubramaniam2. Mr. Nakul Gupta

Eastern India Section1. Mr. R.K.Chakrabarti2. Mr. S.N.Mukherjee

Western India Section1. Mr. S.Raju2. Mr. P.Sardesai

Publications board1. Prof. M.K.Gajendra Babu

(Chairman, Publications Board)2. Prof. S.Maji (DCE)3. Dr. S.K.Saha (IITD)4. Mr. Shams Tabrez (DCE)

Delhi College of Engineering 2

Indian Institute of Technology- Delhi 3

Indian Institute of Technology-Roorkee 3

Mahila Institute of Technology 4

Giani Zail Singh College of Engineering 4& Technology

Thapar Institute of Engineering & 5Technology

PSG College of Technology 5

BVB College of Engineering and 6Technology

Vishwakarma Institute of Technology 6

Shri Govindram Seksaria Institute 7of Technology and Science

CONTENTSEDITORIAL BOARD

The EngineeringSociety For AdvancingMobility in Land SeaAir and Space

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SAE INDIA STUDENTS NEWSLETTER

Member Copy (For Private Circulation Only)

MESSAGE FROM THE SAE INDIA PUBLICATIONS BOARD SAE India is pleased to release the first Students Newsletter at the National level. This newsletter isexpected to cover all the major activities of SAE collegiate clubs and all matters relating to the interest of students, including workshops and design competitions. It is expected that this newsletter would disseminate the knowledge to the SAE student community. Innovative technical articles by SAE student members  are also welcome for publishing them in the Students Newsletter.The total length of the manuscript shall preferably be limited to one page of A-4 size. We hope this newsletter would contribute significantly to the interaction among different SAEcollegiate clubs, and  thus promote the Student activities of SAE India. Chairman, SAE India Publications Board 

SAE-DCE has been actively engaged in organizing awide range of activities, which have been instrumental in bringingto the students a glimpse of the practical side of AutomotiveEngineering. Due to the unceasing efforts of the student membersand the support of Prof.S.Maji—our faculty advisor— these eventswere immensely successful and appreciated by our members. Thestudent chapter has been keenly involved in upholding the mottoof the Society Of Automotive Engineers and enhancing the causeof mobility among its enthusiastic student members.

The last academic year was full with a broad variety of events.Some of the important ones are:

CHIMERA I- SAE-DCE, with a humanitarian zeal and an objectiveof advancing mobility, came up with the pioneering idea of orga-nizing a national level car design contest held on 18th October2001. The objective of the competition was to design a vehicle forthe paraplegic people i.e. people having invalid lower limb. Theevent explored the technical zeal among students all over the coun-try and saw entries from the length and breadth of India.

SEMINARS & LECTURES-This chapter has been organizing anumber of seminars and talks by eminent personalities in the fieldof mobility engineering to enlighten our members about the new trendsin the Industry. The major ones being:

Seminar on robotics- In this, Prof.S.K.Saha from IITD edified the students about the new horizons robotics offer and also about the intricate dynamics of these man-made brains.

Lecture on I.C. Engines and CNG - An introductory lecture onI.C. Engines and CNG Engines was delivered byProf. R.S.Khanduja and Prof. S.Maji respectively.

Talk on MPFI (Multi Point Fuel Injection) technology – A highlyinformative talk on the revolutionary MPFI technology sweepingthe automotive world was delivered by Dr.Sukhbir Singh fromMaruti Udyog Ltd.

Talk on Alternative Fuels-On18thOct.2002, Dr.T.R.Jagdeesan,Executive Director of SAE India gave a very educative speech on“Alternative Fuels” to be used in Automotive Industry.

Lecture on Aviation- Another lecture by engineers from IndianAirlines was held in 23rd Oct. 2002 where the student membersgot an insight into the technology used in the Aerospace Indus-try.

A seminar on ‘ Experimental Mechanics and EnvironmentalMeasures in Automotive Industry’ was organized on 26th

Feb.2002.

Seminar on ‘CATIA’ and ‘Pro-E’ by Micron Graphics washeld on 5th Sep.2002, which drew huge attention from its mem-bers due to its proximity with the new scenario.

Trips to various industries - SAE-DCE has been constantlyorganizing trips to various industries in order to help the stu-dent members to bridge the gap between the theoretical knowl-edge and the practical know-how. These include educationalexcursions to Maruti Udyog Ltd. in Gurgaon, Carrier Air con-ditioners, Indian Railways in Tughlakabad , Delhi Vidyut BoardPlant,Tool Room and Lathe Centre, Sona Koya Steering Plantand National Thermal Power Corporation.

Mega Industrial Workshop – SAE-DCE organized a techni-cal workshopon 28

th-29

th Jan,2003 where major players of the

automotive related industry like Maruti, Indian Oil Corpora-tion gave presentations about their new technologies and alsoabout the market trends.

DELHI COLLEGE OFENGINEERING

Another design team of SAE-DCE is preparing enthusiaticallyfor the MINI BAJA competition to be held in Detroit.

Forthcoming Events of SAE-DCE – SAE-DCE plans tocontinue its endeavor of promoting the cause of mobility andhelping its students in enhancing their engineering skills. Fol-lowing this SAE-DCE plans to come up with the following:

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NORTHERNINDIA SECTION

SAE STUDENT ACTIVITIES

Other important activities of SAE-DCE

Ø Annual Quiz was held at the beginning of the academicsession in August, to break the ice between its fresh andold batch of members.

Ø Extempore debate competition on ‘Changing AutomotiveScenario’, was held on 11th Feb.2002.

Ø A robotic fight called “Push Over” was organized duringthe Annual Mechanical Festival- ‘Mach 2002’.

Ø Annual Newsletter ‘Fast Track’ was released in Oct.2002.

Defiance, the racing team of Delhi College Of Engineering, which comprises of motor sport lovers, is currently workingtowards the “Formula Student Competition” to be held in July, 2003, at Birmingham, UK.

Ø Chimera II – Encouraged by the success of Chimera I,SAE-DCE plans to organize Chimera II with a newproblem of designing a hybrid vehicle. This event isscheduled for September 2003.

INDIAN INSTITUTE OFTECHNOLOGY -DELHI

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Our endeavour at the SAE IIT Delhi collegiate chapter is toenculcate amongst ourselves, the practical skills that are a mustfor every engineer. We regularly conduct Hands On TrainingSessions (that are appropriately termed “HOT”) giving stu-dents a hands-on experience at various assemblies and for themto practically observe whatever they have studied in theircourses. Factory visits undertaken by our chapter introducethe students to the industry environment and give them aninsight into industry practices. Off late, we have had visits toMaruti Udyoug Ltd. factory and the CAPARO manufacturingplant.

Our members have been active in events outside Delhi aswell, a team of undergraduate students is currently preparingto take part in the National Level Robotics Challenge in IITBombay (Robocon’03).

Our faculty advisors, Dr. Saha and Dr.PMV Subbarao havebeen the guiding force behind all our activities andachievements.The membership of the IIT Delhi chapter thisyear has been the maximum so far. With 105 enthusiastic mem-bers this year, we are all set to make a leap into the NationalArena with our Design Competition planned for February’03.We look forward to surpass the high standards we have set forourselves at Srijan Workshop in SAE Tryst’02 in the upcom-ing Design Competition and wish to invite all SAE collegiatechapters to join the fun!!

The visit of the SAE International President; Dr. S.M.Shahed, to IIT Delhi was a great source of inspiration to us all.We welcomed the signing of the MOU and the granting of affiliatestatus to SAE India, especially because membership fee wasscaled down to half!

INDIAN INSTITUTE OFTECHNOLOGY-ROORKEE

The activities have been designed so as to groom the overallpersonality of the members, so that they evolve not only techni-cally, but as true professionals. The advice and suggestions behindthese activities are drawn directly from the accumulated experi-ence of our faculty, feedback from the students and industrialinputs. Our major endeavors for the past session have been

Workshop on “Emerging trends in Mobility Engineer-ing” (16th-17th March 2002)- The workshop was structured tohelp transform engineering information to knowledge. It consistedof guest lectures, product exhibitions, test drives and hands-onengineering session on car engines, electronic fuel injection sys-tems and on board diagnostics which was the main attraction ofthe event.The participating organizations included companies likeAVL India Pvt. Ltd., Maruti Udyog Ltd., Saraswati Dynamics,Gabriel India Pvt. Ltd., Society of Indian Automobiles Manufac-turers (SIAM), SAE NIS, ACMA, Lumax, ASP Sealing, AshokLeyland, Transport Research & Injury Prevention Program (TRIPP)IIT Delhi, Hero Global Design & Times of India.

Concept car design contest- A concept car design contestwas organized on 21st Nov. 2002 for the members of SAE IITRoorkee chapter where participants had to envisage some futurechanges in their car. A total of eight entries were selected for finalpresentation where Ankur Vaish & Abhishek  (both B.Tech 2ndyear) won the first prize.

Annual Newsletter- The first annual newsletter of the chapter,named “Genesis” was released in April 2002. It is a compendiumof the events and activities organized during the year.

Industrial Visits- Two important trips were organized in thissession. They were a visit to Maruti Udyog Limited on 5th oct.2002 and to HMT, Chandigarh on 16th Nov. 2002

Video show on IC Engines (25th Oct. 2002) Video film show-ing basic working principles of IC Engines was played, whichhelped the students to get a realistic view of the engines.

Annual SAE DAY (20th April 2002) -The first SAE day wascelebrated on 20th April 2002. The new office bearers were de-clared for the   session 2002-03. The certificate of recognitionfrom SAE International was officially awarded to Mr. HimanshuGarg (Chairperson 2001-02) by Dr. R.P. Gakkhar, faculty advisorSAE IIT Roorkee. This was followed by annual SAE dinner.

Forth-coming events:

With a humble beginning in March 2000, SAE IIT-R has grownsteadily to it present strength of nearly 130 members and is one ofthe most active and popular technical societies in the campus. Thechapter can proudly boast of having committed members fromthe entire gamut of engineering streams offered at IIT Roorkee.

Ø 2nd Annual Workshop titled “New Generation Vehicles:expanding horizon for mobility” is being organized during March8th-9th 2003. The activities will include guest lectures, presenta-tions, product demonstration, video/slide shows and panel dis-cussions.

Ø Trip to Maruti Udyog Ltd., Gurgaon and Sona Steering on the second weekend of March. And also trips to other industrial units in Faridabad.

Ø A workshop with practical presentation of a six- cylinder engine.

Ø The chapter has plans to organize student industry interactions as well as other informative seminars during the Annual Mechanical Departmental festival ‘ Mach’ going to be held in end of March.

Forth-coming events:Ø A lecture by Dr. S. Mukherjee on Crash Simulation will be organized on March 3, 2003.Ø Hands-on Training by opening up a Scooter Engine is planned for March 5, 2003.Ø EUREKA- An Electric Vehicle Design Competition will be held on March 29, 2003.Ø Industrial visit -Factory Visit to Sona Steering is due for First Week of April, 2003.Ø Adfronts (SAE-IITD Newsletter) is planned to be released during April end, 2003.

Ø An amphibious vehicle design contest was held on 31st

January 2003. In this a team consisting of two members had todesign an amphibious vehicle, which can move on land as well ason water.

Ø SAE IITR is planning an industrial visit to Delphi Systemsltd., Gurgaon and Hero Honda motors in the days to come.

Apart from these there are several activities undertaken round theyear such as General Body Meetings, Participation in SAEIndia Events, etc.

General body meetings provide all the members a chance to gettogether and discuss the past achievements and activities and alsoto decide the future plans and policies.The activities have beendesigned so as to groom the overall personality of the members,so that they evolve not only technically, but as true profession-als.

Do visit us on www.iitr.ernet.in/sae

Mahila Institute ofTechnology

MIT, the first of all-girls government engineering college is aproud member of this esteemed international organization. Eventhough our association is merely two years old, we have come along way and accomplished a lot. Last year alone ourmembership count has doubled and this year we hope to reachthe three-digit mark.

Our earnest efforts to achieve an all-round knowledge forwhich we have organized

Seminars and lectures on critical topics like Ø Multi point Fuel Injection System (2000) by Dr.D.S.Khatri from Maruti Udyog Ltd. Ø Industrial Robotics by Dr. Sukhbir Singh from SAE-Northern India Section.

Industrial Trips - Industrial exposure is an indispensable partof technical knowledge and keeping that in mind we have hadindustrial visits to plants & companies like Maruti Udyog Ltd.,Delphi Automotive Systems, Sona-Koya steering Systems.

MIT has proved its worth by participating and winning ininter college technical fests like TRYST, GEARED and CHI-MERA.Ø For an outstanding student chapter, SAE-MIT

Collegiate Club received a token of appreciation inthe form a trophy from SAE-International.

Ø Rashi Bindal, our previous President won a digitalcamera for promoting membership and also won ashield for being an outstanding student member ofSAE in the AGM 2002.

Ø Basavdatta Haldar and Gurneet Kaur Virdi camesecond in an automotive quiz in NSIT.

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FUTURE ACTIVITIES :

Ø A guest lecture by eminent people in automobile industryand demonstration of model on latest technical developments in March 2003.

EXTRA-MECHANZA:The highlight of our achievements hasbeen the successful organizing of an intra-college fest, EX-TRA-MECHANZA by all student members of SAE. It in-cluded a well thought extempore competition – heuristics andEnvisage - logo design competition.

Orientation cum Felicitation Programme: It was orga-nized on 25th of November, 2002, where we had technicalseminars on catalytic converters and automotive painting tech-nology from MUL and a presentation on Delhi Metro RailProject by the Deputy Controller of Stores from the IndianRailway Store Services.

Future endeavors :Ø Circulation of Test Drive – a monthly e-magazineØ Making ‘Extra-Mechanza’ an annual and inter-college

event.Ø Planning trips to various industrial units.

SAE has provided an ideal platform for having an insightinto all technological revolutions taking place all around theworld. We sincerely hope that we will continue to get theguidance and support we have always received so that we cango from strength to strength.

Giani Zail Singh College OfEngineering & Technology,

Bathinda

We are pleased to have this opportunity to inform youabout formation of SAE student chapter Bathinda in monthof November 2002. This chapter promises to serve under theauspices of SAE INDIA as a resource for those who want torealize their theoretical knowledge pragmatically – giving prac-tical teaching a new dimension.This student chapter underthe guidance of Prof. Naveen Singla ( Mechanical Depart-ment) can proudly boast of having committed members fromthe entire gamut of engineering streams to its strength of nearly90 members.

Our collegiate club organized the following events:

Industrial Trips : Plant visit to MARUTI UDYOG LTD.,GURGAON and SONA STEERING, GURGAON was ar-

ranged on 23 November 2002.

Seminar on Automobile Developments :Seminar on lat-est automobile developments was organized in the first weekof December by eminent Prof. of our college.

TECHMAX : A science & technology quiz was organized on

28th JANUARY 2003.

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Thapar Institute OfEngineering &Technology

The SAE collegiate chapter of Thapar Institute ofEngineering & Technology has worked as a team tospread the cause of mobility among its members. It waswith our increased efforts under the guidace of our fac-ulty advisor that we had been organizing several inter-esting events in the past. At present there are a total of 41members in our club, and it is with our future endeavorsthat we hope to grow in number as well as in knowledge.

The various events organized by our collegiate club in the previous session have been:

Workshop on IC Engine assembly & dismantling: Aworkshop on IC Engine assembly & dismantling was orga-nized on May 1, 2002 which dealt with Crankage assembly,Engine block & head assembly, Rocker box assembly, Lubrica-tion system, Valve mechanism, Fuel system, etc.

Visit to Punjab Roadways Transport C orporation :One-day tour visit was arranged on 25 June, 2002 to PunjabRoadways Transport Corporation. There we gained practicalknowledge about engine assembly, assembly and working ofsingle clutch plate, gear box, F.I.pump assembly and its work-ing procedure, tyre section, tread , beed and retreding.

Lecture on Multi Point Fuel Injection : Dr.Sukhbir Singhfrom Maruti Udhyog Limited, Gurgaon, an expert in this fielddelivered a lecture on March 8, 2002.

Lecture on Foundry: Mr Harjit Singh of Escorts Mahele,Bahadurgarh, delivered a speech on July 30, 2002, about thevarious foundry pratices. The lecture involved discussions onquality of material, heat treatment process and latest founderyprocess giving us an indepth knowledge about the subject.

Other events like crossward quizzes were organized onApril 23, 2002, and Nov 7, 2002, in order to bring the societymembers more closer and help in familiarization.

We are truly greatful to the society for providing us withsuch huge platform for boosting our engineering careers. Infuture we hope to organize more lectures on relevant topicslike MPFI and also arrange more trips to industries as well asplan more interaction with other members nationwide.

SOUTHERN INDIASECTION

We are quite happy to inform our fellow SAE members thatthe PSG College of Technology got upgraded from collegiatechapter level to collegiate branch level. With our total strengthof 176 hard working members we look forward towards moreprogress in future.

The activities for the academic year 2002-2003 were inaugu-rated on 5th August 2002 at Y-201, PSG College of Technology.All the SAE members attended the meeting, where in the activi-ties for the 2002-2003 were discussed. After this, the followingactivities were planed and later executed.

Industrial visits: We went on an industrial visit on 5th Octo-ber 2002, to Sakthi Auto Component Limited, MukasiPallagoundenpalayam, Erode. About 125 student members wentto the plant, which consists of a large casting unit.

Seminar on Automotive Fundamentals : A seminar wasconducted by the SAE chairperson A.P.A. Karthik Raja forall I year student members on the basics of automobile. Thestudents visited the laboratory where various cut-sections andworking models were displayed and they were explainedin detail about the various components.

TECH FIESTA Quiz Contest: An inter-college quiz competi-tion was conducted by the SAE Collegiate branch on 3 rd January2003. Participants were shortlisted by the preliminary ques-tions, followed by five interesting rounds and prizes wereawarded to the winners .

AUTO XPLODE 2003:In this exhibition the exploded view ofthe car and various components of a two-wheeler were ondisplay. In addition to the above, a few recent advancementslike turbochargers, air filters that boost the horsepower of anengine, continuously variable gear box and speedometers werealso on display. A formula car with all its specifications and aTATA Indica Rally car were provided for the exhibition byJAYAM Auto. A modified Baleno with a short ratio gear boxand the K-Tram car were also on display.

PSG College ofTechnology

Ø Workshop on Emerging technology in automobile field in March 2003.

Ø Plant visit to leading automobile industry located nearby.

Ø Holding of technical meetings, seminars & quiz.

Ø Celebration of annual SAE day.

A National Level SOAP BOX CAR Derby 2003 design competition for engineering students is beingorganized by Crescent Engineering College, Chennai

on 13th March 2003.For your entry and further information contact:Mr. R. Rajendran,(Convener, SISCAR DERBY 2003)Dept.of Mech. Engg.,Crescent Engineering College,Vandalur, Chennai - 600048.Tel:044-22751347-50 Extn: 136 ,Fax:044-22750520Email:cec@giasmd01.vsnl.net.in,siscarderby@yahoo.co.inWebsite: www.crescentcollege.com

SISCAR DERBY 2003SISCAR DERBY 2003

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Visits to industries: A visit to Railway workshop was ar-ranged on 29th October 2002 for our members.Further, two more visits were also organized to North WestKarnataka Road Transport Corporation Workshop on 19th and26th of November 2002 for our members.

Future Activities: We hope to bring some more interesting eventsin the near future. The main ones being:

Ø Industrial Visit to Spicer India Limited, a drive shaft component company, Jodalli, Dharwad.Ø Industrial Visit Telecon, a special vehicle manufacturing company, Dharwad.Ø Student paper presentations on relevant topics.Ø Student and Faculty seminars.

WESTERN INDIASECTION

BVB College of Engineeringand Technology

Our college, the B.V.B. College of Engg. & Tech. is situated inHUBLI, Karnataka. Here at B.V.B. it has been with the help ofSAE that were able to bring a variety of students together underone common platform to share and to explore the wide horizon ofknowledge. Today we have 46 members with two faculty advisorspaving the path for a better and a clearer future.

Our collegiate club has been regularly organizing several eventsin order to bridge the theoritical and practical knowledge. Themain events in the 2002-2003 session were:

Student seminar: Two very informative as well interesting semi-nars were organized by the student members of the society on:

Ø Digital Signal Processing and its applications in Au- tomobiles

Ø Hydrogen Fuel Cells

Seminar on Futuristic Strategies of IC Engines: Academicstalwarts from premier institutes of India and R&D professionalsfrom industries delivered lectures on topics of latest develop-ments in the field of IC engines. The programme covered theareas of fuel injection, alternate fuels, emission norms controltechniques and simulation. A visit to Rapid Proto Typing centre,PSG College of Technology, one of the unique facilities availablein the country was also arranged.

Dr.T.R.Jagadeesan visits: The Executive Director of SAEINDIA 2003, Dr.T.R.Jagadeesan visited our college on 8th Janu-ary 2003 and delivered a speech on SAE INDIA features andfuture plans. He also explained about the SAE INDIA member-ship benefits.

Future Activities : Our future plans that have been plannedare paper presentation and design contest, guest lecture, workshops,industrial visits.

SAE INDIA,Room no.1, Ground Floor,ISTE Professional Centre,

Gandhi Mandapam Road, Chennai-600 025Tel / Fax : (91)-44-24411904E-mail : saeindia@vsnl.comWebsite: www.saeindia.org

VishwakarmaInstitute ofTechnology

SAE Collegiate Chapter at Vishwakarma Institute of Technol-

ogy (VIT) was inaugurated on 2nd April 1999. At the inception ofthis Chapter the total membership was only 20. From that daythere was no looking back for the VITians. The Chapter rosefrom strength to strength, conducting various activities and in-volving more and more number of students with it. Owing to thehard work and enthusiasm demonstrated by the students wegrew as one of the largest Chapters in Western India Section(WIS).And on July 2002 due to a very large number of student mem-bers and various activities carried on by the Chapter, the Chapterwas accorded a BRANCH STATUS by SAE International. To-day the SAE–VIT Collegiate Branch boasts to be one of the mostactive branches in the Country having 88 members and growing.

The variety of activities that we organized in the 2002-2003session are:

MAJOR ACTIVITIES: The Branch has carried various activitiessince its inception. Some of them are:Ø Visit and a lecture by Mr. John Casker and Mr. Murli

Tyer, two important dignitaries from SAE Interna-tional, USA on 23rd September 1999.

Ø Organised various lecture series byeminentprofessionals from the industry like “Advancementsin Defense Aircrafts” by Mr. Anup Gadgil

Ø Organised industrial visits to Indica Car Plant-Pune,& Mahindra & Mahindra-Mumbai

Ø Arrnaged Vehicle Pollution Testing and CertificationCamps at College and educated the student commu-nity about various measures to reduce pollution.

Ø Organised Mechatrix, a technical Fest for twoconsecutive years.

Mechatrix-2002: Mechatrix, in the year 2002 was a State LevelSymposium held on 13th and 14th March 2002 . Students of 25different Colleges from different areas of the state submitted atotal of 68 entries for the Paper Presentation . On the first day, 14

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papers were presented. The panel of judges for the competi-tion included Mr. Abhay Choutai, Senior Manager Mr. AtulTulpule, Executive Manager, both from R& D, Cummins IndiaLtd. and Prof. V. Kumar, Vice-Chairman, SAE-WIS.

The second day started with an Interactive Session witha group of Company Personnel which comprised of Mrs. AlkaJoshi Senior Manager, H.R. Dept., Thermax India Ltd., Mr.Vilas Rabade Business Development, Marcon, B.C. Compo-nents India Ltd.,

Mr. Sameer Purandare and Mr. Sandesh Patil, CAD Engi-neers from Tata Technologies Ltd. This session dealt withExpectations of Industrialists from Future Engineers whichhelped a lot in clarifying the doubts of the students.

This was followed by a Technical Quiz which was thor-oughly enjoyed by one and all. Mechatrix-2002 continued witha Seminar on “Smart Weapons” by Mr. Anup Gadgil. ThisSeminar updated the knowledge of the students on variousweapons used for land, air and sea warfare. The Chief Guestfor the Prize Distribution ceremony, Mr. Urdhwareshe, G.M.Quality, Cummins India Ltd., spoke on Robust Design. TheLecture was extremely informative and provided an insight onQuality Control. Mr. R. M. Katdhare, DGP, Purchase,Cummins India Ltd., graced the occasion by being the Guest ofHonour.

Many SAE-VIT student members have won accolades atseveral International, National and Local Level Competitions.One of them is Mr. Sushil Ukalkar of T.E. (Mech S/W) whowon the Second Prize in the Second International MobilityConference held at IIT Chennai on 10th and 12th January 2002.

Shri Govindram SeksariaInstitute of Technology

and Science, Indore

Shri Govindram Seksaria Institute of Technology and Sci-ence, Indore established in 1952 is a leading Institution in the

state of Madhya Pradesh and Western Region of the country. Ithas the privilege to be the first Collegiate Club after the formationof SAE INDIA. Also it has started with a huge membership of 128 student members and 4 faculty members.The various activities:

Inaugural Seminar :An one day seminar was inaugurated inOctober’2002, by Dr.A.K. Jindal, Eicher Motors, who is theSAE Indore Coordinator.

Industrial Trips : Several industrial trips have been organized tobring the real picture of the things we learn.The main ones being

Ø Industrial Visit to Eicher Motors Ltd., Pithampur in Nov, 2002.

Ø 5-Day Industrial Visit to Pune for Mercedes Benz India Ltd., TELCO and other manufacturing plants.

Engineering on Road : An Open Field Workshop by SanghiBrothers Ltd. Indore on TELCO’s Tata Sumo, Tata Indica, TataSierra was organized.

FUTURE EVENTS Apart from what had been achieved there ismuch more to come. Some of our interesting forthcomingevents are:

Ø National Level Technical Symposium in collaboration withIEEE M.P. Sub-Section and IGS Indore will be organized in March2003.

Ø Industrial Visit to Hindustan Motors Ltd., Pithampur andDemo of Engineering-Design Software like IDEAS, etc., will beheld in April, 2003.

Ø Expert Lecture on Latest at Automotive Engineering followedby Live Demonstration of Final Year Projects by our Students ofMechanical & Production Engineering in May, 2003.

Other appealing events include a four day industrial tripto Gurgaon, an intra-college quiz on Automotive Engineeering,Workshop on Aerospace Engineering, etc.

AWARDS/HONOURS

Dr.K.Kumar, President SAE INDIA, received theBAJAJ AUTO-NIQR Oustanding quality man

of the year 2002.

Dr.V.Ganesan, Chairman, Students andEngineering Education Board of SAE India,

received the National Environmental Science Academy Awards (NESA) gold medal

for the year2002, in recognition of hisoutstanding contribution in the area of

Pollution Control, Utilizing Alternate Fuels inAutomobiles.

Dr.M.K.Gajendra Babu, Chairman, SAE IndiaPublications Board was nominated to the

Editorial Board of the Journal of AutomobileEngineering, Jointly published by I.Mech.E and

SAE (International) as the SAE IndiaRepresentative.

FORTHCOMING SAE EVENTS

A National Conference on IC Engines& Combustion is being organized onDec .17-19, 2003, by Department ofMechanical Engineering, College ofEngineering, Thiruvanthanapuram.

Next SAE Mobility Conferenceis scheduled to be held in

Jan. 2004. Details of whichwill be made available

shortly.

XVIII National Conference on IC Engines &Combustion

SAE Mobility Conference

SAE India Collegiate ClubsSl.no Section Name of the Collegiate Club Place Strength

1 NIS Delhi College of Engg. Delhi 234 2 SIS Sri Sairam Engineering College Chennai 185 3 SIS PSG College of Tecnology Coimbatore 177 4 WIS M.H.Saboo Siddik College of Engineering Mumbai 171 5 SIS Crescent Engineering College Chennai 150 6 NIS IIT-Roorkee Roorkee 132 7 WIS Shri Govindram Seksaria Inst. of Tech. & Science Indore 128 8 EIS Institute of Engineering and Managment Kokatta 112 9 NIS IIT-Delhi Delhi 11110 NIS Giani Zail Singh College of Engg & Tech. Bathinda 9011 SIS Sathyabama Institute of Science & Technology Chennai 9012 SIS Hindustan College of Engineering Chennai 8813 WIS AISSMS College of Engineering Pune 8814 WIS Vishwakarma Institute of Technology Pune 8815 SIS MIT, Anna University Chennai 7816 SIS Sri Krisna College of Engg. & Tech. Coimbatore 7117 NIS Netaji Subhash Institute of Technology Delhi 7018 WIS Maharashtra Institute of Technology Pune 6819 SIS SRM Engineering College Chennai 6620 NIS Guru Nanak Dev Engineering College Gill park,Punjab 6121 EIS College of Engineering & Management Midnapur 5722 SIS The National Institute of Engineering Mysore 5623 SIS BVB College of Engineering & Technology Hubli 5124 SIS VLB Janaki Ammal College of Engg. & Tech. Coimbatore 4925 NIS Mahila Institute of Technology Delhi 4926 SIS St.Joseph’s College of Engineering Chennai 4527 SIS Kumaraguru College of Technology Coimbatore 3728 WIS University Institute of Technology, Barkathullah Madhya Pradesh 3729 NIS Thapar Institue of Engg. And Technology Patiala , Punjab 3430 NIS Institute of Managment & Technology Gurgaon 3131 NIS Sri Sukhmani Institute Engg. of Technology Punjab 2832 SIS Thiruvalluvar College of Engg. & Tech - Ponnur Hills Vandhavasi, TN 2733 SIS Sri Muthukumaran Institute of Technology Chennai 2634 SIS Rajrajeswari Engineering College Chennai 2535 SIS IIT-Madras Chennai 2536 Student Members from other Institutes (less than 25) 133

The publications Board Chairman and members thank the students of the various collegiate clubs whocooperated in bringing this newsletter. They also express their deep appreciation to all the officebearers of SAE sections and boards for extending their active support in the making of this newsletter.The articles for future publications may please be sent to the Chairman of the Publications Board.

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Acknowledgements

* Prof. M.K.Gajendra Babu Chairman, Publications Board Centre for Energy Studies Indian Institute of Technology New Delhi - 110016 E-mail : mkgbabu@yahoo.com

* Prof. S.Maji SAE Faculty Advisor Delhi College of Engineering New Delhi - 110042 E-mail : smaji321@yahoo.com