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IEI–TSC–News Bulletin, December 2019 1
From the Chairman’s Desk....
Vol. 18 : No. 09 December 2019
Er. R. Ramdoss, FIE
Chairman
Er. P. Gomathi Nayagam, MIE
Honorary Secretary
97th ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
19th October 2019
MINUTES of the 97th Annual General Meeting of the Tamilnadu State Centre
held on 19th October 2019 at 7.00 pm at the IEI, TNSC Auditorium, 19 Swami
SivanandaSalai, Chepauk, Chennai 600005.
Before taking up the agenda, Er R Ramdoss, Chairman, IEI TNSC welcomed
the gathering.
1. To Confirm the Minutes of 96th Annual General Meeting held on 26th
October 2018.
Chairman informed that the minutes of the 96th Annual General Meeting held
on 26th October 2018 was circulated to the members through the Bulletin of
Dec.2018 and was republished in the Oct. 2019 issue which may be taken
as read.
As no comments were received, Dr G Ranganath, FIE proposed that the
Minutes may be confirmed. Er P R Seshadri, FIE seconded the same.
The Minutes of the 96th Annual General Meeting was confirmed.
2. To Approve the Audited Accounts and the Annual Report for the year
ended 31st March 2019
Chairman informed that the Audited Accounts and the Annual Report for the
year ended 31st March 2019 was circulated to the members vide Bulletin
October 2019 issue and may be taken as read.
As no comments were received from the members on the audited accounts
and the annual report,
Er R Ravichandran, FIE proposed that the Audited Accounts and the Annual
Report for the year ended on 31st March 2019 may be confirmed. Dr A
Deiveegan, MIE seconded the same.
The Audited Accounts and the Annual Report for the year ended 31st March
2019 was approved.(contd. on page 2)
CONGRATULATIONS!IE(I) PRESIDENT–ELECT FOR 2019-2020
We wish to convey the best wishes on
behalf of IE(I) Tamilnadu State Centre
to Mr Narendra Singh, FIE, who has
been elected as the President of The
Institution of Engineers (India) for
the session 2019-20.
Dear Engineers,
I feel very great pleasure to meet you all through
this News Bulletin once again.
Happy to inform you that we had organized the
35th National Convention of Electrical Engineers
on the theme 'Storing Energy for a Sustainable
Future - Future Energy in an Isolated World' at
Clarion Hotel President, Chennai. This was a
three-day summit from 7th to 9th November 2019.
The programme was inaugurated by
Shri K Pandiarajan, Hon’ble Minister of Tamil Development, Culture
and Archaeology, Government of Tamilnadu on 7th November 2019 in
presence of various dignitaries from industry and academia. He said that
the nature of technologies proposed to be discussed during the Conference
is hugely relevant to Tamilnadu as well as the nation. The inaugural
session also included the prestigious M S Thacker Memorial Lecture
delivered by Prof Ashok Jhunjhunwala from IIT Madras on the topic
‘Grid Storage: What is it: What will it cost?’ He explained the needs
and various ways of storing energy. Shri Vikram Kapur, IAS, Chairman
& Managing Director, TANGEDCO & TNEB Ltd stressed the
importance of storing energy since the share of renewable energy (in our
total energy produced) is growing up.
Dr T M Gunaraja, FIE, President, IEI and Dr T R Paarivendhar,
FIE Founder Chancellor, SRM Institute of Science and Technology
has inaugurated the Kattankulathur Local Centre which is the 124th
Centre of IEI at Kattankulathur.
I request all the corporate members to bring in more and more new
members into the IEI with slogan "EVERY MEMBER INDUCT NEW
MEMBER" to double the strength of IEI Tamilnadu
HAPPY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY NEW YEAR 2020 !
Er R Ramdoss
Chairman – TNSC
IEI–TSC–News Bulletin, December 20192
3. To Report on the composition of the Committee for the sessions
2019-2020
Chairman informed that the existing committee will take charge for the session
2019-2020 and the members are
• Er R Ramdoss, FIE, Chairman, IE(I),TNSC, Consulting Engineer, Chennai.
• Er P Gomathi Nayagam, MIE, Honorary Secretary, IE(I), TNSC, Consulting
Engineer, Chennai
The Following Members are serving in the Committee (Representing the
Engineering Divisions given in the parenthesis)
1. Dr J Arivudainambi, Professor & HOD, Aeronautical Engineering,
Adhiyamaan College of Engineering, Hosur (Aerospace Engineering
Division)
2. Er V Vasudevan, Consulting Engineer, Hosur (Architectural Engineering
Division)
3. Dr V Manivasagan, Professor, Dept. of Bio Technology, Adhiyamaan
College of Engineering, Hosur (Chemical Engineering Division)
4. Er M Harish Kumar, Professor, Dept. of Computer Science, Adhiyamaan
College of Engineering, Hosur (Computer Engineering Division)
5. Dr A Deiveegan, Assistant Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, UCE-
campus, Thirukkuvalai, Chidambaram (Civil Engineering Division)
6. Er C Kalyanasundaram, Superintendent Engineer, PWD, Govt. of
Tamilnadu, Chennai (Civil Engineering Division)
7. Er J Menaka, Executive Engineer, PWD, Govt. of Tamilnadu, Chennai (Civil
Engineering Division)
8. Er A Sekar, Additional Deputy General Manager, Solar Engineering Division,
Central Technical Office, NLC India Ltd., Neyveli (Electrical Engineering
Division)
9. Dr J Balamurugan, Assistant Executive Engineer, TNEB (Electrical
Engineering Division)
10. Dr V Karthikeyan, Principal, Thiagaraja Polytechnic College, Salem
(Environment Engineering Division)
11. Dr T Menaka Devi, Professor, Dept. of Electronics & Communication,
Adhiyamaan College of Engineering, Hosur (Electronics and
Telecommunication Engineering Division)
12. Dr R Kumar, Professor, Dept. of Electronics & Communication, SRM
Institute of Science and Technology, Chennai (Electronics Engg. Division)
13. Er R Periyasamy, Former Additional Deputy General Manager, Power
Station Engg., NLC India Ltd., Neyveli (Mechanical Engineering Division)
14. Er S Karuppasamy, Former Addl General Manager, BHEL, Trichy
(Mechanical Engineering Division)
15. Er D Kumar, Former Senior Manager Engineer, BHEL, Ranipet (Mechanical
Engineering Division)
16. Er S Kannan, Consulting Engineer, Chennai (Marine Engineering Division)
17. Er K N Sivaraju, Past Honorary Secretary, IE(I), Salem Local Centre, Salem
(Metallurgy and Material Science Engineering Division)
18. Er A Maheswaran, Senior Manager, Volvo Industries Pvt Ltd., Bangalore
(Production Engineering Division)
19. Er G Balakrishnan, Consulting Engineer, Trichy (Textile Engg. Division)
EX-OFFICIO MEMBERS:
20. Dr G Ranganath, Imm Past Chairman, IE(I),TNSC & Council Member, IEI
and Principal, Adhiyamaan College of Engineering, Hosur.
21. Dr P Rajamani, Council Member, Electrical Engineering Division, IE(I)
22. Dr M Velan, Council Member, Environmental Engineering Division, IE(I)
23. Prof (Dr) Ms G Thilagavathi, Council Member, Textile Engineering Division,
IE(I)
24. Er Naga Maheswar Rao Nadella, Director, Planning & Projects, NLC India
Ltd., Neyveli (Chairman, Neyveli Local Centre)
25. Er P R Natarajan, Former Superintendent Engineer, TNEB, Coimbatore
(Chairman, Coimbatore Local Centre)
26. Dr N Kumaresan, Professor, Dept. of EEE, NITT, Trichy (Chairman,
Tiruchirappalli Local Centre)
27. Er S Rajagopal, Owner, OROR Flavours & Chemicals Pvt Ltd., Madurai
(Chairman, Madurai Local Centre)
28. Er Raju Ramakrishnan, Head, CIS/CFD, Scientific Officer/G, Indira Gandhi
Centre for Atomic Research, Kalpakkam (Chairman, Kalpakkam Local
Centre)
29. Er D Arulselvan, HOD, Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering,
Thiagarajar Polytechnic College, Salem (Chairman, Salem Local Centre)
30. Er Natesan Kangeyan, Former Senior Deputy General Manager, BHEL,
Ranipet (Chairman, Ranipet Local Centre)
31. Er T Retnavel, General Manager, L&T Ltd.,Tuticorin (Chairman, Tuticorin
Local Centre)
32. Dr T Menaka Devi, Professor, Electronics & Telecommunication
Engineering, Adhiyamaan College of Engineering, Hosur(Chairperson,
Hosur Local Centre)
33. Dr C Venkatesh, Principal, Surya Engineering College, Erode (Chairman,
Erode Local Centre)
34. Er J Sumathi, Proprietrix, M/s Noble Bricks, Thanjavur (Chairperson,
Thanjavur Local Centre)
35. Dr S Baburengarajan, Professor & HOD, Computer Science Engineering,
PET Engineering College, Vallioor (Chairman, Tirunelveli Local Centre)
36. Er V Sivathanu Pillai, Former Additional Chief Engineer, TNEB,
Udumalpet(Chairman, Kanyakumari Local Centre)
37. Dr K Palani Kumar, Principal, Sri Sairam, Institute of Technology, Chennai
(Chairman, Kanchepuram Local Centre)
38. Er G Jayarajan, Superintendent Engineer, Transmission Project, TNEB,
Chennai (Chairman, Tiruvallur Local Centre)
OUT STANDING ENGINEERS:
• Er M Kumar, Former Chief Engineer, Tamilnadu Police Housing Corporation
Ltd., Chennai
• Dr R Velraj, Professor, Institute for Energy Studies, Anna University
4. To Appoint the Auditors for the year 2019-2020 and to fix their
remuneration
Chairman informed that confirmation was received from M/s S Shankar &
Associates, Chartered Accountants & Associates, Flat No: 1, M N R Apartment,
No : 7A/1, Nadar Street, Velachery, Chennai - 600 042 to continue as Auditors
for the year 2019 - 2020 at the remuneration of Rs.17500/= + GST 18%.
Dr K Palani Kumar, FIE proposed that the services of the existing
Auditors may be continued for the year 2019-2020 at the remuneration of
Rs.17500/= + GST 18%. Er D Kumar, FIE seconded the same.
Er P Gomathi Nayagam, Honorary Secretary, IEI TNSC proposed the Vote of
thanks.
(contd. from page 1)
IEI–TSC–News Bulletin, December 2019 3
Report of 35th National Convention of Electrical Engineers
The Institution of Engineers (India), Tamilnadu State Centre organized the 35th National
Convention of Electrical Engineers on the theme 'Storing Energy for a Sustainable
Future - Future Energy in any Isolated World' at Clarion Hotel President, Chennai
during 07-09 November 2019. The programme was inaugurated by Shri K Pandiarajan,
Hon'ble Minister of Tamil Development, Culture and Archaeology, Government of
Tamilnadu on the evening of 07 November 2019 in presence of dignitaries from industry
and academia. While delivering the inaugural address on a philosophical note, Shri K
Pandiarajan mentioned that technology is gradually transforming the elliptical world into
a flat one. He also spoke about the Electrical Act 2003 which had for the first time
created separate provisions for transmission, generation and distribution and the
subsequent developments till date. The Chief Guest also touched upon the taxation
policies for storage equipment manufacturers and their amendments from time to time.
He concluded stating that the nature of technologies proposed to be discussed during
the Conference is hugely relevant to Tamilnadu as well as the nation. Mr R R Tanwar,
Chairman, Electrical Engineering Division Board, while presiding on the occasion,
mentioned that the topic is of paramount importance. He also said that the deliberations
by eminent engineers, professionals and practitioners will throw light on the best practices
in the area of energy storage and suitable recommendations will emanate which may
be placed before policy-makers for consideration. While speaking on the theme, Dr P
Rajamani, Convener and Council Member, ELDB, IEI said that indigenous technologies
aimed at mitigating challenges like storage, transmission needs to be encouraged in
order to stay relevant and deploy them suitably. He also spoke about various state-of-
the-art energy storage systems. Dr T M Gunaraja, President, IEI whileattending inaugural
function mentioned the role that the professional societies need to play for shaping the
engineering education in the next century. He informed the audience about the views
expressed by Shri Nitin Gadkari, Hon'ble Union Minister of Road Transport and Highways
and MSME on the occasion of recently concluded IEI Centenary Industry Excellence
Awards ceremony held at New Delhi on engineering education undergoing a paradigm
shift and the role of disruptive technology. He also mentioned that it is imperative for
the engineers to think beyond silos. On this occasion four eminent engineers namely,
Mr M Umapathi, Chairman and Managing Director, Voltech Group of Companies,
Chennai; Dr R A Gupta, Vice Chancellor, Rajasthan Technical University, Kota; Mr
Srinivasan S, Vice President and Head,Engineering - Power Transmission and
Distribution IC, Larsen&Toubro Ltd and Ms VandanaSinghal, Chief Engineer, Distribution
Policy and Regulations Division, Central Electricity Authority, New Delhi (in absentia)
were felicitated for their outstanding contribution to the profession of electrical
engineering.Dr Bharath H Aithal, Assistant Professor, RCG School of Infrastructure
Designand Management, Indian Institute ofTechnology Kharagpur, West Bengal; Dr
(Ms) AnkitaSamui, Senior Engineer, GE Power, Bangalore, Karnataka and Mr Giriraj R
Uttarwar, Manager, GMR Chhattisgarh Energy Ltd., Raipur, Chhattisgarhwere the
recipients of the IEI Young Engineers Award in Electrical Engineering Division and also
presented papers in the National Conference. Earlier, the welcome address was delivered
by Mr R Ramdoss, Chairman, Tamil Nadu State Centre and Mr P Gomathi Nayagam,
Honorary Secretary proposed the vote of thanks.
The inaugural session also included the prestigious M S Thacker Memorial Lecture
delivered by Prof Ashok Jhunjhunwala from IIT Madras on the topic 'Grid Storage: What
is it: What will it cost? ‘While delivering the lecture, Prof Jhunjhunwala stated that the
conventional sources of energy continue to be the first choice of energy generation
owing to its ease of storage; however, for others we don't have proper storage technology
thus escalating the cost. He mentioned that energy storage for non-conventional sources
of energy is possible through decentralized storage through roof-top solar energy devices
in office complexes and commercial spaces. He also mentioned about the efforts of the
research group at IIT Madras in extracting valuable metals like, cobalt, nickel, manganese
from discarded mobile batteries for indigenous manufacture of storage devices
economically. A Souvenir, containing the full text of papers presented, was released on
the occasion by Shri Vikram Kapur, IAS, Chairman & Managing Director, TANGEDCO
& TNEB Ltd., The other highlights of the event included a panel discussion on 'Microgrids
and Energy Storage' with panellists from EPC contractors, energy equipment
manufacturers and a debate on Suitability of Electric Vehicles in Indian context. The
National Conference was laced with several keynote addresses and presentations on
the state-of-the art technologies by experts from energy storage sector as well as
author presentations. The participation was from a right blend of academia like IIT
Madras, Rajasthan Technical University - Kota, College of Engineering, Guindy Chennai,
Prince Sultan University, Riyadh as well as prominent industries like ISRO, L&T ECC
Chennai, Customized Energy Solutions, Delta Electronics, APTransco, Tata Consulting
Engineers etc. The inaugural programme was well covered by print and electronic
media. The Conference was also supplemented by an engrossing panel discussions on
the topic 'Microgrids and Energy Storage' with panellists from EPC contractors and
storage equipment manufactures.The Valedictory address was delivered by Dr K
Kasthurirangaian, Chairman, Indian Wind Power Association. Dr J Balamurugan,
Organising Secretary proposed the Vote of thanks.The main sponsors of the event are
L &T, Voltech and PCRA.
7th-9th November, 2019
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