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INAE Annual Convention 2015<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>[vc_column_text]<\/p>\n

The Annual Convention of the Indian National Academy of Engineering was held on Dec 10-11, 2015, at Defence Institute of Advanced Technology (DIAT), Pune. The Inaugural Address was delivered by the Chief Guest Mr. Sajjan Jindal, Chairman, JSW Steel. Dr Surendra Pal, Vice- Chancellor, DIAT, Pune delivered the Welcome Remarks. Dr BN Suresh, President, INAE also delivered his Address during the Inaugural Session. The e-version of book titled \u201cMind of an Engineer\u201d being published by M\/s Springer which contains articles written by INAE Fellows on their personal experiences and career paths leading to their success as eminent engineers of the country; was released by the Chief Guest, Mr Sajjan Jindal. The website of the INAE Research Journal being brought out shortly titled \u201cINAE Letters\u201d developed by M\/s Springer was also launched during the Inaugural Session of the Annual Convention. The Inaugural session also featured Award Lectures by Dr LK Singhal and Prof Sankar K Pal, Professor Jai Krishna Memorial and Professor SN Mitra Memorial Awardees 2015 respectively. Brig Rajan Minocha, Executive Director, INAE proposed the Vote of Thanks.<\/p>\n

The major scientific and engineering highlights of the Convention were the presentations by newly elected Fellows and Young Engineer Awardees. The presentations were held in two Parallel Sessions on Dec 10-11, 2015. The list of the technical presentations by Fellows and Young Engineers are given below.<\/p>\n

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<\/div>[vc_column_text]Presentations by Newly Elected Fellows on Dec 10-11, 2015<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Prof. Avinash K Agarwal<\/td>\nUse of Lasers and Optical Diagnostics for Next Generation IC Engine Development<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mr. Rajeev M Pandia<\/td>\nEngineering and Economics : Creation of Synergy<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dr. SK Biswal<\/td>\nTechnological Challenges on Low Grade Iron Ore Beneficiation<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dr BK Panigrahi<\/td>\nAdvanced Signal Processing and AI techniques for Power Quality Assessment<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dr. Kalyanasundaram Subramanian<\/td>\nA Virtual Liver to Predict Liver Toxicity<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dr. DR Prasada Raju<\/td>\nTechnological Solutions for Addressing Water Challenges in Rural Areas<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dr. Lalit Kumar<\/td>\nModern Microwave Tubes & Power Modules-Indigenous Technology Development<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Prof. Krishna Moorthy Sivalingam<\/td>\nHybrid Optical-Packet Switching Architectures for Data Center Networks<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dr. Manish Gupta<\/td>\nMy Journey in High Performance Computing<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Prof. Santanu Bandyopadhyay<\/td>\nEvolution of Pinch Analysis<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mr. VN Heggade<\/td>\nSustainability Options for Design & Construction Practices in India<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dr. P Sivakumar<\/td>\nDevelopment of Main Battle Tank Arjun and its Technologies<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dr. Rajendra N. Basu<\/td>\nKey materials issues to develop planar solid oxide fuel cell technology<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Prof. HB Hablani<\/td>\nApplied Research and Teaching Contributions in Space Flight Vehicles Guidance, Navigation and Control at IITs<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mr. Arun Ramchandani<\/td>\nNew Product Development for Indian Defence<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dr. Shivkumar Kalyanaraman<\/td>\nThe Energy-Transportation Nexus<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dr. Pushpak Bhattacharyya<\/td>\nThe Importance of Language Technology in our Life<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mr. Narasimhan Venkatesh<\/td>\nMultiprotocol Wireless in the Internet of Things<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Prof. Amrutur Bharadwaj<\/td>\nOn-chip Clock Delay Measurement and Applications<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mr. SK Chande<\/strong><\/td>\nGeneric Lessons from the Accident at Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dr. Amit Konar<\/td>\nBrain-Computer Interfacing For Perceptual And Rehabilitative Applications<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Prof SN Singh<\/td>\nAdaptive Wavelet Neural Network Based Long-term Wind Power Forecasting<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Prof. Bikramjit Basu<\/td>\nAdditive Manufacturing of three Dimensional Porous Scaffolds for Biomedical Applications<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Prof. Indradev Samajdar<\/td>\nExcitements in Microstructural Engineering<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dr. V Narayanan<\/td>\nCryogenic Propulsion Systems Development in ISRO<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Prof. Amit Agrawal<\/td>\nBlood plasma separation in a Microdevice<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Prof. Naresh Tandon\/td><\/td>\nVibration and Acoustic Emission Monitoring of Ball Bearings<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Prof. Anindya Deb<\/td>\nCAE-Driven Vehicle Crashworthiness and Occupant Safety Design<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dr. Rajiv Tayal<\/td>\nJourney of a Different Kind<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dr. R Kothari<\/td>\nDimensionality Reduction<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Prof. Debabrata Das<\/td>\nBiohythane process for the maximization of the gaseous energy recovery<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Prof. SA Soman<\/td>\nSynchrophasor Analytics for Smart Electrical Transmission Systems<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Prof Mukesh Sharma<\/td>\nDeveloping National Air Quality Index<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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<\/div>[vc_column_text]Presentations by INAE Young Engineer Awardees on Dec 10-11, 2015<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Dr. K V Mani Krishna<\/td>\nPhase Transformation and Deformation Studies in Zr Based Alloys : Basic knowledge to Product development<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dr Gurunath Gurrala<\/td>\nOverview of Research Contributions in Power System Stability and Control<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dr. Deepak Padmanabhan<\/td>\nFast, Accurate and Flexible Similarity Search<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dr. Arindrajit Chowdhury<\/td>\nExcitements in Microstructural Engineering<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dr. Arvind Pattamatta<\/td>\nEnergy Transport in micro and nano scales for microelectronic cooling application<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dr V. V. Raghavendra Sai<\/td>\nOptical Chemical and Biosensors for Clinical Diagnosis and Environmental Monitoring<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mr Jasbir Singh<\/td>\nLow Cost High Performance GNSS receiver<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dr. Abhishek Kumar<\/td>\nUnderstanding the Role of Earthquake Source, Propagation Path and Local Site Effect in Controlling the Induced Effects of Earthquakes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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Award Function on Dec 10, 2015<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>[vc_column_text]<\/p>\n

The Grand Award Ceremony was held on the evening of December 10, 2015. Five theses at Doctoral level, Five Theses at Master\u2019s Level and 8 Projects at Bachelor\u2019s Level were conferred the Innovative Student Projects Award. Ten candidates were conferred the INAE Young Engineer Award 2015.<\/p>\n

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Dr Jagadish Vengala being conferred the Innovative\u00a0Student Projects Award 2015 at Doctoral level by Dr BN Suresh, President, INAE<\/p><\/div>\n

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Dr VV Raghavendra Sai being conferred the INAE Young Engineer Award 2015 by Dr BN Suresh President, INAE<\/p><\/div>\n

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Prof Kripa Shanker, Emeritus Fellow, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur and Prof Dipak Mazumdar, Ministry of Steel Chair Professor, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur were conferred the INAE Outstanding Teachers Award.<\/p>\n

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Prof Kripa Shanker receiving the Outstanding Teachers Award 2015 from Dr BN Suresh, President, INAE<\/p><\/div>\n

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Prof Dipak Mazumdar receiving the Outstanding Teachers Award 2015 from Dr BN Suresh, President, INAE<\/p><\/div>\n

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Dr LK Singhal, Director, JSL Ltd, Hisar and Prof Sankar K Pal, DAE Raja Ramanna Fellow, Distinguished Scientist and Former Director, Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata were conferred the Prof Jai Krishna Memorial Award and prof SN Mitra Memorial Award 2015 respectively.<\/p>\n

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Dr LK Singhal receiving the Prof Jai Krishna Memorial Award 2015 from Dr BN Suresh, President, INAE<\/p><\/div>\n

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Prof Sankar K Pal receiving the Prof SN Mitra Memorial Award 2015 from Dr BN Suresh, President, INAE<\/p><\/div>\n

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Prof BL Deekshatulu, Formerly Director, National Remote Sensing Agency, Hyderabad and Prof DV Singh, Former Director, IIT Roorkee and Former Vice-Chancellor, University of Roorkee were\u00a0 conferred the Life Time Contribution Award in Engineering 2015.<\/p>\n

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Prof BL Deekshatulu receiving the Life Time Contribution Award in Engineering 2015 from Dr BN Suresh, President, INAE<\/p><\/div>\n

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Prof DV Singh receiving the Life Time Contribution Award in Engineering 2015 from Dr BN Suresh, President, INAE<\/p><\/div>\n

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Annual General Meeting of Fellows on Dec 11, 2015<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>[vc_column_text]<\/p>\n

The 27th<\/sup> Annual General Meeting of Fellows was held on Dec 11, 2015. During the Induction Ceremony, the following were formally admitted into the Academy by the President, INAE and signed the Admission Register.<\/p>\n

Mr. VN Heggade, Prof. Mukesh Sharma, Prof. Krishna Moorthy Sivalingam, Dr. Manish Gupta, Dr. Shivkumar Kalyanaraman, Prof. Pushpak Bhattacharyya, Dr. Amit Konar, Dr. Ravi Kothari, Prof. Avinash K Agarwal, Dr. P Sivakumar, Mr. Arun Ramchandani, Prof. Amit Agrawal, Prof. Anindya Deb, Prof. Naresh Tandon, Prof. VK Jain, Mr. Rajeev M Pandia, Dr. CV Rode, Prof. SN Singh, Prof. SA Soman, Dr. BK Panigrahi, Dr. Lalit Kumar, Mr. Narasimhan Venkatesh, Prof. Amrutur Bharadwaj, Prof. HB Hablani, Dr. V Narayanan, Dr. SK Biswal, Dr. Rajendra N. Basu, Prof. Bikramjit Basu, Prof. Indradev Samajdar, Prof. Santanu Bandyopadhyay, Mr. SK Chande, Prof. Debabrata Das, Dr. Kalyanasundaram Subramanian, Dr. DR Prasada Raju, Dr. Rajiv Tayal and Dr. S. Venkata Mohan.<\/p>\n

During the Brainstorming session, Dr BN Suresh, President, INAE requested the Fellows to give their suggestions.\u00a0 A number of valuable suggestions were received on ways to enhance the visibility of the Academy in the industry and policy domains.<\/p>\n

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Sidelines Meeting held on Dec 10, 2015<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>[vc_column_text]<\/p>\n

A meeting of selected INAE Fellows chaired by Dr Anil Kakodkar, was held on Dec 10, 2015 on sidelines of the INAE Annual Convention to discuss and suggest recommendations on the ways to enhance the Academy and Industry Interactions and also to increase the outreach of INAE with policy makers and stakeholders. During the deliberations, a number of valuable suggestions have been received which will be progressed actively.<\/p>\n

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Plenary Session on Dec 11, 2015<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>[vc_column_text]A Plenary Session was held on Dec 11, 2015\u00a0 during which the Plenary Lecture on \u201cIndia\u2019s Nuclear Strategy: Meeting Challenges from the Neighbourhood\u201d was delivered by Dr Manpreet Sethi, Senior Fellow, Centre for Air Power Studies, New Delhi. The Award lectures by Prof Dipak Mazumdar and Prof Kripa Shanker, the Outstanding Teacher Awardees 2015 were also held during the Plenary session.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] The Annual Convention of the Indian National Academy of Engineering was held on Dec 10-11, 2015, at Defence Institute of Advanced Technology (DIAT), Pune. The Inaugural Address was delivered by the Chief Guest Mr. Sajjan Jindal, Chairman, JSW Steel. Dr Surendra Pal, Vice- Chancellor, DIAT, Pune delivered the Welcome Remarks. Dr BN Suresh, President, INAE also delivered his Address<\/p>\n