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Vol. 15 : No. 9 December 2016

Dr. G. Ranganath, FIE

Chairman

Er. R. Ramdoss, MIE

Honorary Secretary

T.N. STATE CENTRE

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94th ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

MINUTES of the 94th Annual General Meeting of the Tamilnadu

State Centre held on 31st October 2016 at 5.30 pm at the IE(I)

Auditorium, 19 Swami Sivananda Salai, Chepauk, Chennai

600005.

Before taking up the agenda, Er K P Ramanathan, Chairman

requested all the members present to observe one minute silence

in memory of the following members who expired during the

year for their souls to rest in peace:

Er Kesavelu Balaraman, FIE, Er R Murugesan, MIE, Er K

Devaraj, MIE, Er J N Iyer, MIE , Er S Neelakantan, MIE, Er S

Srinivasan, MIE, Er V Janardhanan, MIE, Er CR Subramanian,

MIE, Er G Radhakrishnan, FIE, Er R Krishnamurthy, MIE, Er V

Venkatesan, AMIE.

1. To Confirm the Minutes of the 93rd Annual General

Meeting of the Tamilnadu State Centre held on 31st

October 2015.

Chairman informed that the minutes of the 93rd Annual

General Meeting held on 31st October 2015 was circulated to

the members through the Bulletin of Dec.2015 and was repub-

lished in the Oct. 2016 issue which may be taken as read.

As no comments were received, Dr R Murugesan, FIE proposed

that the Minutes may be confirmed. Er K P Sathyamurthy, MIE

seconded the same.

The Minutes of the 93rd Annual General Meeting was confirmed.

2. To Receive the Audited Accounts and the Annual Report

for the year ended 31st March 2016

Dear Engineers,

It gives me very great pleasure to meet you all

through this News Bulletin once again.

Before I start, I wish to convey my deepest

condolences for the sad demise of our Honourable

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Dr. J. Jayalalitha on 5th

December 2016, leaving whole of the State in tears.

Her contribution during her tenure of offices was

simply exemplary and she faced all challenges with

Lion's Heart. Let us pray the almighty to rest her soul in peace.

I am happy to announce that sub-committees consisting of a Chairman

and members were formed to take care of the activities of Tamilnadu State

Centre in full zeal. My team members are dyed-in-the-wool to complete

the tasks shouldered on them.

I would like to reiterate to my colleagues to help the Centre by involving

more and more industries to have a healthy interaction on the real demand

of the industries from academic side, to make the Industry- Institute

interaction meaningful.

It is my endeavor to establish Students' Chapters at all Engineering

Colleges and Polytechnic Colleges under the jurisdiction of Tamilnadu

State Centre. 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.

As a boon to students' community, our headquarters had introduced a

Student Membership (SMIE), where students studying 1st / 2nd / 3rd /

4th year of the B.E./B.Tech. can become a Student Member and the groups

consisting of SMIEs only will be given preference in release of grants for

their final year project/thesis work and other privileges which could be

downloaded from the website www.ieindia.org. The Members of

Tamilnadu State Centre and the Local Centres attached to Tamilnadu State

Centre may promulgate this unique opportunity to all Engineering college

students and make them to enroll as SMIEs.

My immediate concern is to increase the membership strength of our

Institution. The Chairman and members of the Membership Committee

should aim for a massive membership drive in Engineering Colleges and

Industries requesting their faculties and engineers to enroll themselves as

the members of IEI.

As I requested in my earlier message, 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. When

there is a wish there is a go! Let us join hands to strengthen our Institution.

Dr. G Ranganath

Chairman

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Chairman informed that the Audited Accounts and the Annual

Report for the year ended 31st March 2016 was circulated to the

members vide Bulletin October 2016 issue and may be taken

as read.

As no comments were received from the members on the audited

accounts and the annual report, Er Zacharia George, FIE proposed

that the Audited Accounts and the Annual Report for the year

ended on 31st March 2016 may be confirmed. Er N Senthilkumar,

MIE seconded the same.

The Audited Accounts and the Annual Report for the year ended

31st March 2016 were received.

3. To Appoint the Auditors for the year 2016-2017 and to

fix their remuneration

Chairman informed that confirmation was received from M/s S

Shankar & Associates, Chartered Accountants & Associates, Flat

No: 1, MNR Apartment, No: 7A/1, Nadar Street, Velachery,

Chennai - 600042 to continue as Auditors for the year 2016 - 2017

at the remuneration of Rs.12500/=

Er T M Gunaraja, FIE proposed that the services of the exist-

ing Auditors may be continued for the year 2016-17 at the remu-

neration of Rs.12000/. Dr G Ranganath, FIE seconded the same.

4. To Report on the composition of the Committee for the

sessions 2016-2017

Chairman informed that the New Committee will take charge for

the session 2016-2017 and the members are:

• Dr G RANGANATH, FIE, Chairman, IE(I),TNSC, Princi-

pal, Adhiyamaan College of Engineering, Hosur.

• Er R RAMDOSS, MIE, Honorary Secretary, IE(I), TNSC,

Consulting Engineer, Chennai.

The Following Members are serving in the Committee (Repre-

senting the Engineering Divisions given in the parenthesis)

1. Er P Gomathinayagam, Consulting Engineer, Chennai

(Agricultural Engineering Division).

2. Dr J Arivudainambi, Professor & Head/Aeronautical Engg,

Adhiyamaan College of Engineering, Hosur (Aerospace

Engineering Division)

3. Er M Palani, Former, Chief General Manager, NLC India

Ltd., Neyveli (Architectural Engineering Division)

4. Dr V Manivasagan, Professor, Dept. of Bio Technology,

Adhiyamaan College of Engineering, Hosur (Chemical En-

gineering Division)

5. Dr P Sakthivel, Associate Professor, Dept. of ECE, Anna

University, Chennai (Computer Engineering Division)

6. Dr V Karthikeyan, Principal, Thiagarajar Polytechnic Col-

lege, Salem (Civil Engineering Division)

7. Er K P Sathyamurthy, Deputy Chief Engineer, (Buildings),

PWD, Govt of Tamilnadu, Chennai (Civil Engineering Divi-

sion)

8. Er Col P Nallathambi, Principal Structural Consultant &

Managing Director, Sakthi Consultancy Pvt Ltd., Chennai

(Civil Engineering Division)

9. Er A Sekar, Chief Manager, Management Services, NLC

India Ltd., Neyveli (Electrical Engineering Division)

10. Dr M Ravichandra Babu, Deputy Director, National Power

Training Institute, (Ministry of Power, Govt.of India), South-

ern Region, Neyveli (Electrical Engineering Division)

11. Dr M Velan, Chief Manager, Environment, Energy Efficiency

& Corp Planning, NLC India Ltd., Neyveli (Environmental

Engineering Division)

12. Er M Anbalagan, General Manager, Electrical Services &

Communication, NLC India Ltd., Neyveli (Electronics and

Telecommunication Engineering Division)

13. Dr U Ramachandraiah, Head, Dept. of EIE, Hindustan

University, Chennai (Electronics Engineering Division)

14. Er R Periyasamy, Chief Manager, Power Station Engg.,

NLC India Ltd., Neyveli (Mechanical Engineering Division)

15. Er S Karuppasamy, Addl General Manager, BHEL, Trichy

(Mechanical Engineering Division)

16. Er D Kumar, Consulting Engineer, Chennai (Mechanical

Engineering Division)

17. Er S Kannan, Consulting Engineer, Chennai (Marine Engi-

neering Division)

18. Er K N Sivaraju, Past Honorary Secretary, IE(I) , Salem

Local Centre, Salem (Metallurgy and Material Science En-

gineering Division)

19. Dr S Muthu, Principal, DMI College of Engineering,

Chennai (Production Engineering Division)

20. Dr V Natarajan, Principal, Apollo Priyadarshanam Institute

of Technology, Chennai (Textile Engineering Division)

EX-OFFICIO MEMBERS:

Er K P Ramanathan, Imm. Past Chairman, IE(I), TNSC, Former

Chief Mechanical Engineer, Chennai Port Trust, Chennai

Er D Sundarasekaran, Imm Past Honorary Secretary,

IE(I),TNSC.

Dr S Thangavelu, Chairman, Sri Shakthi Institute of Engineer-

ing and Technology, Coimbatore (Chairman, Coimbatore Local

Centre)

Er R Ramanavasu, Prototype Fast Breeder Reactor (PFBR), 500

MW Project, Additional Chief Engineer, Kalpakkam (Chairman,

Kalpakkam Local Centre)

Er K Vijayakumar, Consulting Engineer, Madurai (Chairman,

Madurai Local Centre)

Er P Selvakumar, Director (Planning & Projects), NLC India

Ltd., Neyveli (Chairman, Neyveli Local Centre)

Er K Pandian, Deputy General Manager ( M-SS), Steel Authority

of India Ltd., Salem Steel Plant, Salem (Chairman, Salem Local

Centre)

Er R Selvaraj, Director General Manager, BHEL, Trichy (Chair-

man, Tiruchirappalli Local Centre)

Er P Sathianesa Kumar, Principal, Chandy Polytechnic College,

Tuticorin (Chairman, Tuticorin Local Centre)

Dr N S Bhadrinarayana, Dean, Adhiyamaan College of En-

gineering, Hosur (Chairman, Hosur Local Centre)

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Er D Sundarasekaran

Honorary Secretary

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The Tamilnadu State Centre of the Institution of Engineers (India) observed

the World Standards Day on Friday the 14th October 2016 at the IE(I)

Auditorium, Chennai. At the outset., Er K P Ramanathan, FIE Chairman

presided over the event and welcomed the gathering .

Er D Sundarasekaran, FIE , Honorary Secretary, IE(I),TNSC was the chief

guest and delivered the thematic address on the theme “Standards Build

Trust’’ with power point presentation. Each year on 14 October, the members

of the IEC, ISO and ITU celebrate World Standards Day, which is a means

of paying tribute to the collaborative efforts of the thousands of experts

worldwide who develop the voluntary technical agreements that are published

as international standards. Standards connect us with reliable modes of

communication, codes of practice and trusted frameworks for cooperation.

Introducing common interpretations on reciprocal sides of a communication

or transaction, standards are essential to mutually beneficial trade and

resource efficient international commerce.

Social interaction relies on common respect for fundamental sets of norms,

concepts or meanings – international standards codify these norms to ensure

that they are accessible to all. A product or service conforming to an

international standard is imbued with a trusted symbol of quality, safety or

compatibility. Standards speak to the diversity of our interconnected world,

introducing uniformity at the interfaces where we need to be certain that we

are speaking on the same terms.

Reliability and trust are fundamental components of any process, business,

or service. Behind the scenes, standards and conformity assessment ensure

this reliability and trust. In short, standards make everyday life work.

Everything from tech gadgets and the products we rely on in our offices and

homes, to services that fuel the global economy and ensure health and safety,

relies upon standards and conformance to ensure safety, dependability, and

interoperability. A product or service conforming to an international standard

represents a trusted symbol of quality, safety, and compatibility. Most of all,

standards—developed through a process that is balanced, open, and

transparent—help engender trust among the people, businesses, and

governments that have placed their confidence in the standardization process.

Er K P Ramanathan, FIE, Chairman presented the memento to the chief guest

Er D. Sundarasekaran. Er D Sundarasekaran, FIE, Honorary Secretary

proposed the vote of thanks.

World Standards Day. Theme: Standards Build Trust

14.10.2016

A technical guest lecture meeting was held on 19th November 2016 at 5.00 pm

in IE(I), Tamilnadu State Centre auditorium. The topic of the day was on

“Technological disruptive ideas in farming - opportunities for all engineers”.

Dr G Ranganath, FIE, Chairman IE(I) TNSC welcomed the gathering and introduced

the Chief Guest Er P Gomathinayagam, MIE, Committee Member, Agricultural

Engineering Division, IE(I) TNSC, Chennai.

Er P Gomathinayagam delivered the lecture on the above topic with power point

presentation.

In his speech, for the Past 7 years has seen an unprecedented growth in technology,

which has moved from playing a supportive role in business to “running the

business itself”. In the VUCA world (volatile, uncertainty, complex, Ambiguous

world) of today people are not ready to think of innovation in Farming for fear of

failure, fear of nature, lack of data, lack of “T experts”, in the field of farming.

And Engineer Gomati Nayagam highlighted that today's World, everyone is VUCA

World, and the farmer and farming is always in in VUCA world, and encouraged

the - participants to shift their thinking. And India has abundance sun shine and

26 Agro climatic zones; we have to concentrate on our strengths and instead of

weakness. Crop rotation, seasonal change, has to be seen as opportunity instead

of weakness, the Entrepreneur need not put all his eggs in one single basket. There

are proven cases, where strength alone going to matter in success

Disruptive technological efforts are happening in Delivery, organic retail outlet,

Organic products etc. and people are thinking farm to fork etc. Organic products,

organic shops etc. is not scalable, people are starting with small scale. They have

to aim for minimum target within short period of launch of business. And there are

tremendous opportunities in Lab to land, as our yield levels are very low, the average

farmer is ignorant of his land, soil, water, do not have proper tools, farmer is not

master of his chosen crops, and he is not properly using his resources .

Lab to land itself, there are plenty of opportunities in resource optimization, bringing

expertise, technology, tools, and making the farmer strong to face the unknown. and

we have to think of Crop based, land based, hi tech machinery based, skilled worker

based, B to B, B to C, EOU units, customized online farm management consultancy,

pulse village, etc. . Ola and Uber are running taxis without owning car, why not

Engineer is doing farming without owning the land? Lot of Aggregation models

like OYO rooms, … etc., full inventory, partial inventory, franchise based, market

place model etc., has to be developed, and they has to work both on lab to land

and farm to fork. Instead of setting up vegetable shop, people has to think of

exclusive shop of particular group of vegetables, say like Capsicum or cucumber

or Ooty vegetables, and one has to master of specific activity and should not mix

up with too many products.

Engineer has also highlighted E- National Agriculture Market, which will allow

direct procurement by private players, direct selling by farmers, and single levy in

throughout the one state. E- NAM will help transparent price discovery, marketing,

supply chain inventory etc.

The ground reality is that Farmer producer organizations with more than 100 farmers

are not doing well due to too many equal share holders. And 20 to 50 farmers can

join together to form FPO and in turn, the FPO has look for private equity partners.

“FPO plus Private equity” model can change the face of Agriculture, which will

lead to doubling farmer income. Due to information, education, overall development

of economy, every human being is thinking that he is Raja, to become successful

in Farming, it is necessary be “Raja Rishi” that is “even-minded”, treat all others

as Raja(s), as “Your customers” except U . One has to work on pentagon of success

theory, where one has to work on all five sides equally.

Dr G Ranganath, FIE, Chairman presented the memento to the Chief Guest Er P

Gomathinayagam. About 95 members participated in the thought provoking program.

Talk on “Technological disruptive ideas in farming - opportunities for all engineers”

19.11.2016

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Lecture: 5.00 p.m. Venue: IE (I) Auditorium (Unless mentioned otherwise) Tea: 4.45 p.m.

24th Dec. 2016 Talk on “Internal Combustion Engine Development, Testing and Emission Control Technologies”

by Er P Arjunraj, M.E., MBA., Deputy Manager (Engines-R&D), Mahindra and Mahindra Limited, Chennai

7th Jan. 2017 One Day Workshop on “Computer Aided Design” for Civil Engineering Students / Civil Engineers – A Practical

9.30 am - 5.00 pm Approach by Er K P Sathyamurthy, MIE Committee Member, Civil Engineering Division, Chennai

21st Jan. 2017 Topic: ‘Smart, Safe and Digital India’. In association with L& T Construction (Smart World & Communicaiton)

10.00 am - 2.00 pm Venue : L&T, Manapakkam, Chennai 600 089 by Er P. Gomathi Nayagam, MIE.

TECHNICAL PROGRAMME FOR DECEMBER 2016

FORTHCOMING EVENTS

A technical guest lecture meeting was held on 21st November 2016 at 6.00 pm in

IE(I), Tamilnadu State Centre auditorium. The topic of the day was on “Lean

Manufacturing ”.

Er P R Seshadri, FIE, Past Chairman of IE(I) TNSC welcomed the gathering and

introduced the Chief Guest Er D Krishnamachari, MIE, Manufacturing Consultant,

Chennai.

Er D Krishnamachari delivered the lecture on the above topic with power point

presentation.

Manufacturing has been recognized as the main Engine for growth of the economy.

Ever changing globalized environment posing challenges of competitiveness and

survival. Manufacturers in the India face heightened challenges such as rising

customers’ expectation, fluctuating demand, and competition in markets. Manufacturers

are always embracing changes and improvements in their key activities or processes

to cope with the challenges. One way to stay competitive in this globalized market

is to become more efficient.

Lean manufacturing has been receiving a lot of attentions in the industry and many

have benefited in implementing it. Lean manufacturing includes a set of principles

that lean thinkers use to achieve improvements in Business Lean Culture installs a

long standing capability to compete in the highly changing and competitive

environment .It guides Operations leaders to improve Productivity, Quality, Cost and

Lead-time by eliminating waste.

Lean manufacturing is a set of tools. Lean certainly possesses a powerful set of tools

for problem identification, root cause analysis, and problem solving.

Lean manufacturing just for cost reduction. . Lean manufacturing is about making

the work easier and less frustrating so that time at work can be spent on what matters,

serving customers and growing as people. Cost reductions will follow.

Assembly lines, work cells, work teams = Lean manufacturing. The main difference

is the perception that a certain arrangement of people, material and equipment

represents what is Lean manufacturing. Creating cells and working in teams may be

Lean, but the thinking behind why this is a good idea is the important thing, not the

physical or organizational configuration.

Lean = identify value by product, map value streams, flow, pull, pursue perfection.

The emphasis on value streams, flow and pull are somewhat redundant in that they

are all dealing with the idea of overall optimization, which is important but is only

one pillar (JIT) while leaving out the build-in quality pillar of the Toyota house.

Lean is the elimination of waste. Much of Lean is about getting rid of waste (muda).

There is also the elimination of variation (mura) and overburden (muri).

The goal is to provide the customer with a defect free product or service when it is

needed and in the quantity it is needed at a cost which is competitive.The lecture

is aimed at giving an over view of Lean principle. It alleys fears in the minds of

business leaders as well as implementers; managers and workers that it is a fashion

statement & not implementable.

The Presentation is designed to guide the participants through benefits of Lean

Manufacturing. By an example it exposes the Myth of fear amongst the workmen

& managers.

By enlisting various wastes in a Manufacturing environment the presentation brings

out clearly the areas of waste. Helps participants in identifying the wastes & ways

to reduce / eliminate the same.

Er P R Seshadri, FIE, Past Chairman presented the memento to the Chief Guest Er

D Krishnamachari. Er R Ramdoss, MIE, Honorary Secretary proposed the vote of

thanks. About 30 members participated in the program.

Talk on “Lean Manufacturing”

21.11.2016