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RNI. No. Regd. No. HD/245/2015-17 for the years 2015-17 Vol. I Number - 03 28-29, July 2017 Price Rs. 0.25 Ps.

During 1 st to 9 th of November 2016, the Great smog of Delhi was an environmental event which saw New Delhi and adjoining areas in a dense blanket of smog, which was the worst in 17 years.

About 9 percent of India's emissions are from transportation (cars, trains, two wheelers, aero-planes & others). Traffic congestion is severe in India's cities and towns.

1 RNI. No. Regd. No. HD/245/ for the years Vol. I Number , July 2017 Price Rs Ps. From the Chairman's Desk In May 2014 the World Health Organisation announced New Delhi as the most polluted city in the world. During 1 st to 9 th of November 2016, the Great smog of Delhi was an environmental event which saw New Delhi and adjoining areas in a dense blanket of smog, which was the worst in 17 years. The vehicle population on the Indian roads is increasing exponentially. Recent reports have found problems with pollution increasing, especially because of increasing use of vehicle transport. About 9 percent of India's emissions are from transportation (cars, trains, two wheelers, aero-planes & others). Traffic congestion is severe in India's cities and towns. Traffic congestion is caused for several reasons. Traffic congestion reduces average traffic speed. At low speeds, scientific studies reveal, vehicles burn fuel inefficiently and pollute more per trip. Traffic gridlock in Delhi and other Indian cities is extreme. The average trip speed on many Indian city roads is less than 20 kilometers per hour; a 10 kilometer trip can take 30 minutes, or more. At such speeds, vehicles in India emit air pollutants 4 to 8 times more than they would with less traffic congestion; Indian vehicles also consume a lot more carbon footprint fuel per trip, than they would if the traffic congestion was less. These emissions are byproducts from the engine combustion process and from the evaporation of fuel. Some of the air pollutants associated with vehicle emissions are carbon monoxide, ozone (smog = ozone at ground level is different from the ozone layer in the upper atmosphere, which filters out harmful solar radiation), sulphur dioxide, nitrogen dioxide, lead, particulate matter etc., Exposure to particulate matter for a long time can lead to respiratory and cardiovascular diseases such as asthma, bronchitis, lung cancer and heart attacks. In order to regulate the output of air pollutants from internal combustion engines and Spark-ignition engines equipment, including vehicles, Government of India has instituted Bharat Stage Emission Standards (BSES). Since October 2010, Bharat Stage (BS) III norms have been enforced across the country. Bharat Stage IV emission norms have been introduced since April 2010 in 13 major cities of India and from April 2017 onwards, these BS IV norms are enforced for whole country. In 2016, the Indian government announced that the country would skip the BS-V norms altogether and adopt BS-VI norms by While the industry has been able to produce technologies to meet the above emission norms and limit the emission of the dangerous chemicals, transport using fossil fuels cannot completely eliminate these emissions. Given its importance in current and future emission scenarios, innovations in road transport particularly vehicle technology is receiving a lot of attention from decision makers and consumers searching for more efficient mobility. Currently, therefore, technologists are developing and adapting fuel cell & hybrid vehicle technology for practical use in exhaust-free automobiles. Due to its importance and relevance to the present environmental conditions, the Institution of Engineers (India), Telangana State Centre has contemplated to conduct an All India Seminar on "Fuel Cells and Hybrid Vehicle Technology" on August, 2017 under the aegis of Mechanical Engineering Division Board, to spread the awareness on the fuel cell technology and the working of hybrid vehicles to the engineering community and budding engineers. This Seminar covers various aspects of the advancements that this technology has to offer to the future generation. It will also cover the challenges posed to fuel cell technology as well as hybrid vehicles. With regards, Dr S Satyanarayana, FIE Chairman Chairman Dr S Satyanarayana, FIE VENUE FOR PROGRAMMES Hon. Secretary Er G Rameshwar Rao, FIE Jt. Hon. Secretaries: Dr G Shravan Kumar, FIE Er S P Anchuri, MIE Editorial Board : Dr G Shravan Kumar, FIE Dr A Jagannadha Reddy, FIE Visvesvaraya Bhavan Khairatabad, Hyderabad Ph : telanganasc@ieindia.org ieitelanganasc@gmail.com Website :

Past Events From the Hon. Secretary Desk Our New Building Complex was inaugurated in 2014.

; 15-20 members capacity a/c conference room and also Stilt for Exhibitions purpose.

In addition to this there is a 300 members capacity a/c meeting hall in the old building available for very normal rentals.

2 Past Events From the Hon. Secretary Desk Our New Building Complex was inaugurated in An auditorium with capacity of 600 members and members a/c conference Room was constructed for executive meetings, conferences etc.; members capacity a/c conference room and also Stilt for Exhibitions purpose. So far highly reputed organizations like Eenadu, Hindu, TV9, Handicrafts etc organized exhibitions in our campus which is centrally located. In addition to this there is a 300 members capacity a/c meeting hall in the old building available for very normal rentals. In our campus State Bank of India, PB Branch has recently started their office. All technocrats, technical institutions, industry Govt. PSUs and reputed organizations are invited to use the facility at very nominal incidental charges and we seek all your support for effective utilization of the premises to support the IEI, TSC in its long term activities mobilizing financial support. Er G Rameshwar Rao, FIE Hon. Secretary, IEI, TSC ELECTION It is informed that the Council at its 691 st Meeting held on September, 2016 at Haridwar has decided that the candidates who desires to contest in the elections of the IEI shall deposit the following non-refundable earnest money: a) Election to the Council Seat Rs.10,000/- b) Election to the State Centre Committee Rs. 5,000/- c) Election to the Local Centre Committee Rs. 3,000/- The candidate shall deposit the money by a demand draft drawn in favour of The Institution of Engineers (India), payable at Kolkata to the Convener, Board of Scrutineers, Subsequently, the Honorary Secretary of the Centre shall forward the demand draft to the Headquarters office for depositing into the IEI Headquarters account. Yours faithfully, Maj. Gen. (Dr) S Bhattacharya, VSM (Retd.) Secretary and Director General, IEI TELANGANA ENGINEERS' DAY (on the occasion of 140 th Birthday of Nawab Ali Nawaz Jung Bahadur) The Chief Guest, Er G Prabhakar lighting the lamp and others from L-R:Er G L Rao; Dr S Satyanarayana; Dr G Shravan Kumar & Er G Rameshwar Rao. July, 11, 2017: The Institutionof Engineers (India), Telangana State Centre has organized Telangana Engineers Day Celebrations (on the occasion of 140 th Birtthday of Nawab Ali Nawaz Jung Bahadur). Pursuant to formation of Telangana State in 2014, the Government declared the birthday of Nawab Ali Nawaz Jung Bahadur, a legendary Engineer on 11 th July every year as Telangana Engineers Day. Accordingly, the Telangana State Centre of IEI has organized a Seminar on Optimal use of Water Resources in Telangana State inhonour of great unsung hero Nawab Ali Nawaz Jung Bahadur, a great Engineer of Telangana. Many Engineers attached to the Telangana State Centre have attended the Seminar and three papers on the theme covering the prestigious projects being implemented by Government of Telangana were presented by the eminent engineers. Shri G Prabhakar, FIE, Past President, IEI participated as Chief Guest. He narrated the life and achievements of Nawab Ali Nawaz Jung Bahadur, in his Chief Guest Address. Nawab Ali Nawaz Jung Abrader was born in the year 1877 and after completion of his secondary education he was sponsored by Government to study Engineering in London. He completed his degree in Civil Engineering in 1889 and returned back to Hyderabad and joined in the Department of PWD. After serving in several positions in the department, his contributions to the various sectors such as Irrigation, Roads and Buildings, Public Health etc. were considered and laudable. He was a great visionary and his dedication to the profession was manifested by several irrigation projects conceived, planned and constructed under his able guidance and supervision. His contributions were recognized not only by the Nizam Government but the then National Government also recognized and his services were requested by the Bombay Government to furnish a report on the technical and financial matters of Sukkur Barrage working with Dr M V. The Nizam Sagar Project was taken up by him in 1930 s as a major multi purpose project with indigenous expertise and it was considered as the first major irrigation project in the country. His name is ever remembered by the people belonging to Telangana when they see the great monuments like Osmania University, Osmania General Hospital, High Court Building, Hyderabad House at Delhi and many other. July

50 th ENGINEERS DAY (in commemoration of 157 th Birthday Celebrations of Engineer-Statesman, Bharat Ratna Mokshagundam Visvesvaraya) THEME: ROLE OF ENGINEERS IN DEVELOPING INDIA September 15 is

3 50 th ENGINEERS DAY (in commemoration of 157 th Birthday Celebrations of Engineer-Statesman, Bharat Ratna Mokshagundam Visvesvaraya) THEME: ROLE OF ENGINEERS IN DEVELOPING INDIA September 15 is celebrated every year in the country since 1967 as Engineers Day to commemorate the birthday of the legendary engineer Sir MokshagundamVisvesvaraya. Sir Visvesvaraya, an eminent Indian engineer and statesman was born in a remote village of Karnataka, the State that is incidentally now the Hi-tech State of the country. Due to his outstanding contribution to the society, Government of India conferred Bharat Ratna on this legend in the year He was also called the precursor of economic planning in India. His learned discourse on economic planning in India, Planned Economy for India and Reconstructing India, was the first available document on the planning effort of the country and it is still held as the parent source matter for economic planners. A theme of national importance is chosen every year by the Council of the Institution and deliberated at its various State/Local Centres to educate the engineering fraternity in general and the society in particular. This year the 50th Engineers Day will be celebrated all over the country and the Council of the Institution has selected the theme as Role of Engineers in a Developing India to mark the occasion. As an important part of Engineers day Celebrations, at the Institution of Engineers (India), Telangana State Centre, a system of recognizing the Engineers talent in Telangana State by way of instituting Engineers Day Awards were also introduced. Talented engineers in different categories are duly awarded/honoured on this occasion., Telangana State Centre is calling nominations for the following awards. 1. Bharat Ratna Sir M Visvesvaraya Award (One) Rs.20,000/- 2. Engineer of the Year Awards (Three) Rs. 5,000/- each 3. Young Engineer of the Year Award (Two) Rs. 5,000/- each 4. Best Essay Award (for final Year Engg. Student (One) Rs. 3,000/- The nominations forms are to be sent in a sealed cover addressed to The Chairman, Bharat Ratna Sir Mokshagundam Visvesvaraya Prize Awards Committee,, Telangana State Centre latest by August 31, 2017 at 1700 hrs. Nomination Forms 50 th ENGINEERS DAY AWARDS are available at IEI, TSC Office and can be downloaded from last date for submission of nominations 31 st August, Clarifications, if any, may be obtained from the IEI, TSC Office. Contact Numbers: Mobile Numbers: / / July 2017

00 lakhs from Shri Siva Kumar (on behalf of Smt.

4 Past Events Birthday Celebrations of Padmabhushan Dr K L RAO, Hon. Life FIE Shri Siva Kumar (relative of Late V Subba Rao) handedover a Cheque to Chairman, IEI,TSC alongwith Er D Hanumantha Chary; Er G Prabhakar and Er G Rameshwar Rao also present. Received Rs.6.00 lakhs from Shri Siva Kumar (on behalf of Smt. V Ramadevi, W/o Late V Subba Rao) by Dr S Satyanarayana,FIE, Chairman, IEI, TSC in the presence of Er G Prabhakar, FIE, Past President, IEI; Er D Hanumantha Chary, FIE, Past Chairman, IEI, APSC and Er G Rameshwar Rao, FIE, Hon. Secretary, IEI, TSC towards the contribution for organizing the Endowment Lecture in memory of Late Er V Subba Rao, FIE, Former Chief General Manager, HMWS&SB and Past Hon. Secretary, IEI, APSC annually on his birthday (26 th Jan.) and also for presenting a Gold Medal to the top ranking student of M.Tech (Water Resources) of NIT Warangal. IEI Industry Excellence Award 2017 The IEI Industry Excellence Award has been instituted to recognize industry leaders for their innovation, excellence in engineering operations and thereby, to lead their industry in competitive manner. The benchmarks created by the industries in India have included productivity, quality, safety and performance assurance thereby giving India the rightful place in the global markets. Realizing that such industries can provide the leadership to a large number of other industries in the country, it has been considered appropriate by the IEI Council to institute the IEI Industry Excellence Awards in the year ANNOUNCEMENT Applications in specified format are invited from prospective applicants for IEI Industry Excellence Award The last date of receipt of application for the Award 2017 has been extended to September 30, 2017 in view of the encouraging response received so far. Interested applicants are requested to send their applications (5 hard copies & 1 soft copy in CD) to the below mentioned address. The Director [Technical] 8, Gokhale Road, Kolkata The Chief Guest, Er G Prabhakar lighting the Lamp others from L-R: Er G Rameshwar Rao; Prof. T Narayana & Dr S Satyanarayana. 15 th July, 2017 : The then Andhra Pradesh State Centre of the Institution of Engineers (India) thought it fit that Engineer-Statesman, Padmabhushan Dr K L Rao should be remembered and revered by organizing his Birthday Celebrations on 15 th July every year in a befitting way at the State Centre. The Birthday Celebrations are being organized since 1989 with an aim that the present engineers and budding engineers should emulate the qualities of Engineer-Stateman, Padmabhushan Dr K L Rao., who made laudable contributions for utilizing Water Resources for Irrigation and Power. Pursuant to formation of Telangana State in 2014, the Telangana State Centre of the Institution of Engineers (India) organizing the birthday of Padmabhushan Dr K L Rao 15 th July, every year. Shri G Prabhakar, FIE, Past President, IEI participated as Chief Guest on 15 th July, He narrated the life and achievements of Dr K L Rao, in his Chief Guest Address. Dr K L Rao born in 1902 and obtained graduation, Post-Graduation and did his Ph.D., as the unique feature among the Engineering Fraternity in those days. He joined service initially in Madras Government and later he rendered yeomen service in the State of Andhra Pradesh. Recognizing his extraordinary intellectual contributions, the Government of India hnoured him with Padmabhushan Award. In 1953 at the instance of the then Prime Minister Late Jawaharlal Nehru, he entered the politics and contested from Vijayawada constituency. Later he was inducted into the Union Cabinet as Minister for Irrigation and Power. His vision was so great that he thought unless interlinking of rivers was not resorted to there will be great crisis with regard to water for the people of the country. So he made gigantic plans for Interlinking Ganga Cauvery with minimum lift of 15 M. But due to various reasons, the project could not be taken up for implementation. Many Engineers attached to the Telangana State Centre have attended the event. Dr S Satyanarayana, FIE, Chairman, IEI, TSC has presided the function. Prof. T Narayana, FIE, Past Chairman has delivered the welcome address. Er G Rameshwar Rao, FIE, the Hon. Secretary has proposed Vote of thanks. July

Past Events All India Seminar on "DIGITAL AND AUTOMATION ENTRY INTO THE FUTURE FACTORIES" 14-15 July, 2017, Telangana State Centre in association with Dept.

14-15 July, 2017. Inaugural Session 14.07.

5 Past Events All India Seminar on "DIGITAL AND AUTOMATION ENTRY INTO THE FUTURE FACTORIES" July, 2017, Telangana State Centre in association with Dept. of Mechanical Engineering (Mechatronics), Mahatama Gandhi Institute of Technology (MGIT) has organized a two day All India Seminar on Digital and Automation entry into the Future Factories during July, Inaugural Session Er Mohammed Ziauddin, FIE, Chief Engineer & Chief General Manger, Hyderabad Metro Rail Limited, Hyderabad was the Chief Guest and inaugurated the seminar. In his inaugural address he has emphasized on the need of digitalization and automation in factories. He has informed the gathering that Hyderabad Metro Rail is in the process of completion of the huge project only because of the adoption of the digitalization and automation technologies. He urged that the budding engineers should see that the Make in India initiative is realized by developing the technologies in India such that other countries should use our indigenous technologies. Er Sathaiah Potana, FIE, Vice-President, Satyam Venture Engineering Services Pvt.Ltd. has delivered the keynote address. He has appraised the participants with importance of digitalization and automation in the factories particularly with respect to automobile manufacturing. He also has given a note of new technologies viz. 3D printing, nanotechnology, IIOT, flexible automation, robotics adopted by SatVen in providing engineering services to world s top automobile OEMs. Er G Rameswara Rao, FIE, Hon.Secretary, IEI, TSC welcomed the gathering. Dr.A.Jagannadha Reddy, FIE, Convener of the seminar informed the participants about the details of sessions and sub-themes proposed to be covered in the seminar. Dr. S.Satyanarayana, FIE, Chairman, IEI, TSC in his presidential remarks, enlightened the gathering about the importance and relevance of chosen theme for the seminar. Dr.G.Chandra Mohan Reddy, FIE, Principal, MGIT has proposed vote of thanks. 5 July 2017 The Chief Guest, Er Mohammed Ziauddin addressing the gathering and others from L-R: Er G Rameshwar Rao; Er Sathaiah Potana; Dr S Satyanarayana; Dr G Chandra Mohan Reddy & Dr A Jagannadha Reddy. The Valedictory Chief Guest, Shri A Joseph addressing the gathering other dignitaries from L-R: Er G Rameshwar Rao; Shri Sandeep Jain; Dr Rvikumar Jain; Dr S Satyanarayana; Dr G Chandra Mohan Reddy and Dr A Jagannadhana Reddy. Eminent professionals, academicians, students from across the state and country have actively participated in the seminar. 16 papers and 7 invited talks across five sessions were presented. The papers and talks covered the topics like Role of digitalization, automation, Industrial IOT in future factories for manufacturing processes. Wg.Cdr. V L Nanda Kumar (Retd); Prof. T Narayana; Dr G Shravan Kumar and Prof. Sudhakar Reddy presided over the technical sessions. A technical crossword puzzle contest was conducted covering the papers presented in two days seminar across five sessions, wherein all the participants have participated enthusiastically. Two prizes are awarded for the best and next best solution. Valedictory Session The two day All India Seminar on Digital and Automation entry into the Future Factories culminated with the valedictory function presided over by Dr. S.Satyanarayana, FIE, Chairman, IEI, TSC. Er G Rameswara Rao, Hon.Secretary, IEI, TSC welcomed the gathering and introduced the Chief Guest and Guests of Honour. The details of the two days deliberations and recommendations of the seminar were presented by Dr.G.Chandra Mohan Reddy, FIE, Chairman, Technical Events Committee. Speaking on the occasion, Guest of Honour, Dr.Ravikumar Jain, Director, Symbiosis Institute of Business Management, Hyderabad has emphasized on the need for the technocrats to respond to changing technological challenges. Another Guest of Honour Shri Sandeep Jain, General Manager, India Government Mint, Hyderabad enlightened the gathering about how automation is being implemented and how Government of India is promoting the digitalization and automation in various sectors. Chief Guest of the function, Shri A Joseph, Scientist H, Outstanding Scientist and Programme Director, Advanced Naval Systems Programme, DRDL, Hyderabad informed the gathering about the Industry 4.0 revolution and the new technologies, in general, being adopted by DRDO to cope up with cutting edge competition in the defence sector. Chief Guest, Shri A Joseph presented awards to the winners of the best three paper presenters and to the winners of the technical crossword puzzle. contd...page 6

6 Future Programmes contd... page 5 The programme ended with Dr.A.Jagannadha Reddy, FIE, Convener, Organizing Committee proposing the vote of thanks. Recommendations: 1. In order to realize the Make in India initiative, time has come to look towards the Future Factories. The Future Factories by way of digital and automation technologies will definitely contribute to enhancement of the economic development of the country on one side and providing job opportunities to young talent. 2. To encourage all sectors which contribute to economic growth, to adopt Digitalization, Automation in general and Industrial Internet of Things (IIOT) in particular. This is needed for convergence of technology and in gaining competitive advantage. 3. Organizations like Satven, Hitachi Consulting etc. operating from Hyderabad are implementing IIOT for OEMs across the Globe. The Government of Telangana is proactive in attracting industries to take advantage of these organizations for up scaling the productivity across all the sectors. 4. The participants, especially, students have to adapt to the changing technologies in matching skills and knowledge base requirements of the future factories. PROGRAMMES IN AUGUST, 2017 Date & Time Event Chief Guest / Speaker Dr S Raghava Chari 3 rd Endowment Lecture on Prof. M R MADHAV, FIE Tuesday "Geotechnics of Pavements" - a collaboration between Emeritus Professor, JNTUH 3:00 pm Geo Technical & Transportation Engineers (Venue: NIT Campus, Warangal) & Visiting Professor, IIT, Hyd August, 2017 All India Seminar on Friday & Saturday "Fuel Cells and Hybrid Vehicle Technology" 1100 hrs. WATER MANAGEMANT FORUM A Peripheral body of the Institution of Engineers (India) Bhaikaka Bhavan, Opp Law Garden, Ellisbridge, Ahmedabad wmf-iei@ieindia.org, watermanagementforum@gmail.com WMF announces award for Best Contribution towards Conservation of Water in Individual as well as Institutional categories Awards : One best nomination in both categories shall be selected by the Jury of eminent persons appointed by WMF. Winner shall be conferred upon an Award, a certificate and a cash prize of Rs /- each. Individuals/ Institutions shall make an application before 31 st October 2017 in the format enclosed and send by post / courier to The Director, Water Management Forum, c/o, Bahikaka Bhavan, Opp Law Garden, Near Ellisbridge Gymkhana, Ahmedabad watermanagementforum@gmail.com. FORTH COMING SEMINARS/CONFERENCES All India Seminar on Safety Management and Energy Conservation in Process Industries October 6-7, 2017-Hyderabad. 33 rd National Convention of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineers and National Seminar on Recent Advances in IOT November 29-30, 2017-Hyderabad. 33 rd National Convention of Architectural Engineers on Architectural Engineering Aspect for Buildings Envelopes November 10-11, 2017 All India Seminar on Transport Oriented Development in Urban Areas December 15-16, 2017, Hyderabad. For Further Details Er G Rameshwar Rao, FIE, Hon. Secretary, Telangana State Centre Printed by Er G Rameshwar Rao, FIE, Hon. Secretary, O/o, Telangana State Centre, Khairatabad, Hyderabad. Published by Er G Rameshwar Rao, FIE, Hon. Secretary, O/o, Telangana State Centre, Khairatabad, Hyderabad on behalf of, Telangana State Centre, Khairatabad, Hyderabad and Printed at M/s Atlas Stationery and Printing Industries, Ashok Nagar, Hyderabad and Published at, Telangana State Centre, Khairatabad, Hyderabad, T.S. Editor Er G Rameshwar Rao, FIE, Hon. Secretary, O/o, Telangana State Centre, Khairatabad, Hyderabad If undelivered please return to : Telangana State Centre, Visvesvaraya Bhavan, Khairatabad, Hyderabad Date of Publication : 25 th July, 2017 Date of Posting 28 th -29 th July, 2017 To RNI.No. Regd. No. HD/245/ for the years A Bulletin of IEI, Telangana State Centre

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Rs. 2/- Institution of Engineers (India) T.N. STATE CENTRE Dr. G. Ranganath, FIE Chairman Er. R. Ramdoss, MIE Honorary Secretary Vol. 16 : No. 11 February 2018 Valedictory Session of the 32nd Indian Engineering