IE(I), UP STATE CENTRE

Report of 93rd Annual General Meeting

The 93rd Annual General Meeting of UP State Centre was held on Oct. 27, 2013. Er. Ashok Basa, President Elect, IEI was the Chief Guest and Prof.(Dr.) R K Khandal, Vice Chancellor, Gautam Buddha Technical University, Uttar Pradesh delivered prestigious Dr. Ghananand Pande Memorial Lecture during the inaugural session. The event was inaugurated by the Chief Guest Er. Ashok Basa, President Elect, IEI by lighting the lamp. Over 150 members & guests attended the inaugural session. Mr. V B Singh, Chairman, UP State Centre welcomed the guests.

Felicitation of President Elect

Er. Ashok Basa, FIE, President Elect, IEI was felicitated on the occasion in a grand manner by offering garland, shawl

Mr J S Mishra, Hony. Secretary & Mr V B Singh, Chairman presenting Citation to President Elect Mr Ashok Basa

and pagree. A citation was also presented to him. Present & Past Chairmen / Hony. Secretaries/ SCC members and other prominent members & guests also felicitated him by offering bouquets. Address by President Elect, IEI

In his address Chief Guest Er. Ashok Basa, President Elect, IEI said that the engineering education in the country is at par with the best in the world. He said that the technical education in the country was in a transition zone. The future of technical

Chief Guest Mr. Ashok Basa, President Elect, IEI addressing the audience.

education in the country is caught in a tug–of-war between the University Grants Commission (UGC) and the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE). In 2004 the country was producing around 4.5 lac engineering graduates when the same number was around 14 lac for China. So it was projected that in order to compete with China, we must produce that many number of graduates, said Mr. Basa. This jump from 4.50lac to some 14lac has been a big one and that too in a limited time. It has not been possible to manage corresponding increase in faculty & infrastructure in the available limited time. The IEI is the pioneer body to introduce a non-formal engineering education programme in the country since 1928. The IEI’s emphasis is on undergraduate education with the body encouraging funding for R & D projects. The IEI is having facilities to provide constant inputs to education planners and institutions. Emphasizing the need for engineers to constantly update knowledge, he said, the Engineering Staff College of India at Hyderabad, established by the IEI, provides training/refresher courses / continuing education

to serving engineers working in various Central and State government departments. He added that the IEI was also considering teaming up with various State Governments for undertaking training programmes for professional development of engineers.

Dr Ghananand Pande Memorial Lecture

The prestigious Dr Ghananand Pande Memorial Lecture was delivered by Prof.(Dr.) R K Khandal, Vice Chancellor, Gautam Buddha Technical University, Uttar Pradesh. He spoke on “Role of the Institution of Engineers (India) in Meeting Challenges of Technical Education”. He said that providing quality technical education to growing population of youth in India has always been a challenge. It has become more challenging in the present scenario where the capacity may no longer be a concern but capability is. India signing the Washington treaty, UGC issuing notification for mandatory accreditation by NAAC

Prof. (Dr.) R K Khandal, Vice Chanceller, GB Technical University, Uttar Pradesh delivering prestigious Dr Ghananand Memorial Lecture

of all Universities and Institutes, NBA to follow suite making accreditation of technical institutes as mandatory in the near future and focus on employability are some of the key developments worth noting here. Besides this, not even one out of approx. 4000 technical institutes of India including IITs, find place amongst the top 500 Universities / Institutes of the world. How to resolve issues related to the standards of quality of technical education? All the aspects of quality of technical education in India were

A section of audience

presented by him with the aim to explore the possibility of The Institution of Engineers (India) to play it’s role, in this regard. He expressed hope that some path forward will emerge soon.

Felicitation of Platinum Jubilee Members

The Chief Guest felicitated following Platinum Jubilee Members who have attained 75 years of age –

(i) Er. Rajendra Prasad, FIE, Retd. Chief Engineer, UP Power Corporation Ltd.(ii) Er. M K Goel, FIE, Retd. Executive Engineer , UP Avas Evam Vikas Parishad & SCC Member (iii) Er V P Ahluwalia, MIE, Retd. Executive Engineer, UP Irrigation Deptt.

R & D Awards

Prestigious Research and Development Awards were also distributed by the Chief Guest on the occasion. Er V S Chauhan – Rajyashree Chauhan Award for Environmental Engineering was given to Col. Probhas Bose from EME of Indian Army. Dr P S Nigam Power Sector Award was given to Mr. Anoop Shukla from IIT, Kanpur.

Annual Technical Session Awards

The Chief Guest Mr. Ashok Basa distributed following awards of Annual Technical Session:-

(i) Er. Hari Mohan Memorial Award for the best paper was given to Mr. Anoop Kumar Shukla from HBTI, Kanpur.

(ii) The Institution Award for the 2nd best paper was given to Mr. Dharmraj Chaudhary, Scientist ‘E’ DRDO.(iii) Er. Musaddi Lal Memorial Award to the best Civil Engg. Paper not covered under any other award was given

to Mr. M K Varshaney, Senior Lecturer, D. N. Polytechnic, Meerut.

The inaugural session ended with vote of thanks by Mr. J S Mishra, Hony. Secretary.

Business Session

In the afternoon, Business Session was held during which following items were taken up –

(i) Minutes of 92nd AGM held on Nov. 30, 2012 were confirmed, (ii) Annual Report and Audited Accounts for 2012-13 were adopted, (iii) M/s Singh & Nagaich were appointed auditors for the year 2013-14.