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01 News Bulletin September 2019 FORTHCOMING EVENT MEMORIAL LECTURE MEETING rd 3 September 2019 at 5.30 p.m. Dr. A K Seal Memorial Lecture Venue : Sir R N Mookerjee Hall Organised by : M M Engineering Division STATUTORY PROGRAMME th 9 September 2019 ROYAL CHARTER DAY Venue : Sir R N Mookerjee Hall Organised by : West Bengal State Centre th 15 September, 2019 at 5.00 p.m. ENGINEERS' DAY Theme : “Engineering for change” Venue : Sir R N Mookerjee Hall Organised by : West Bengal State Centre ONE DAY SEMINAR th 25 September, 2019 at 4.00 p.m. Theme : “Advancement in Marine Technology” Venue : Sir R N Mookerjee Hall Organised by : Marine Engineering Division September 2019 E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.ieiwbsc.in Chairman: Er. Sandip Kumar Deb, FIE Er. Kalipada Das, MIE Century of Service to the Nation NEWS BULLETIN OF The Institution of Engineers (India) WEST BENGAL STATE CENTRE 8, Gokhale Road, Kolkata - 700020 Er. Sandip Kumar Deb, FIE Chairman, West Bengal State Centre, IEI For the Sessions 2018-2019 and 2019-2020 Er. Kalipada Das, MIE Honorary Secretary, West Bengal State Centre, IEI For the Sessions 2018-2019 and 2019-2020 ALL INDIA SEMINAR 25-26 October, 2019 Theme : “Chemical and Biochemical Process Intensifications” Venue : Sir R N Mookerjee Hall Organised by : Chemical Engineering Division INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE 1-2 November, 2019 Theme Synthesis, Characterization and Application of : Nano-Materials” (SCAN) Organised by : The Institution of Engineers (India), West Bengal State Centre Under the aegis of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering Division, IEI In Collaboration with University of Central Florida (UCF) USA, Dr. M N Dastur School of Materials Science and Engineering, IIEST, Shibpur, World Federation of Engineering Organisation (WFEO) and Materials Research Society, Singapore (MRS-S) Venue : Hotel Novotel, Kolkata

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Page 1: NEWS BULLETIN OF The Institution of Engineers (India) WEST ...Kalipada Das, MIE, West Bengal State Centre (Sessions 2016-18), by which The President of The Institution of Engineers

01 News Bulletin September 2019

FORTHCOMING EVENT

MEMORIAL LECTURE MEETINGrd

3 September 2019 at 5.30 p.m.Dr. A K Seal Memorial Lecture Venue : Sir R N Mookerjee HallOrganised by : M M Engineering Division

STATUTORY PROGRAMMEth9 September 2019

ROYAL CHARTER DAYVenue : Sir R N Mookerjee HallOrganised by : West Bengal State Centre

th15 September, 2019 at 5.00 p.m.ENGINEERS' DAY

Theme : “Engineering for change”Venue : Sir R N Mookerjee HallOrganised by : West Bengal State Centre

ONE DAY SEMINAR th

25 September, 2019 at 4.00 p.m.Theme : “Advancement in Marine Technology”Venue : Sir R N Mookerjee HallOrganised by : Marine Engineering Division

September 2019

E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.ieiwbsc.in

Chairman: Er. Sandip Kumar Deb, FIE Er. Kalipada Das, MIE

Century of Service to the Nation

NEWS BULLETIN OFThe Institution of Engineers (India)WEST BENGAL STATE CENTRE8, Gokhale Road, Kolkata - 700020

Er. Sandip Kumar Deb, FIE Chairman, West Bengal State Centre, IEI For the Sessions 2018-2019 and 2019-2020

Er. Kalipada Das, MIEHonorary Secretary, West Bengal State Centre, IEI

For the Sessions 2018-2019 and 2019-2020

ALL INDIA SEMINAR

25-26 October, 2019Theme : “Chemical and Biochemical Process

Intensifications” Venue : Sir R N Mookerjee HallOrganised by : Chemical Engineering Division

INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE

1-2 November, 2019Theme “Synthesis, Characterization and Application of :

Nano-Materials” (SCAN)Organised by : The Institution of Engineers (India), West

Bengal State CentreUnder the aegis of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering

Division, IEIIn Collaboration with University of Central Florida (UCF) USA, Dr. M N Dastur School of Materials Science and Engineering,

IIEST, Shibpur, World Federation of Engineering Organisation (WFEO) and Materials Research Society, Singapore (MRS-S)Venue : Hotel Novotel, Kolkata

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INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE23 – 24 November, 2019Theme : “Impact of changing energy mix in power sector” Organised by : The Institution of Engineers (India), West Bengal State CentreUnder the aegis of Electrical Engineering Division, IEIIn Association with : Damodar Valley Corporation, CESC Limited, Power Grid Corporation of India Limited, National Smart Grid Mission - Ministry of Power Government of India, India Smart Grid Forum, Solar Energy Corporation of India

In Association with Foreign Bodies : World Federation of Engineering Organisation (WFEO), Nepal Electricity Authority, Bangladesh Power Development BoardVenue : Hotel Lalit Great Eastern, Kolkata

ALL INDIA SEMINAR

3-4 December, 2019

Theme : “Flue Gas Desulphurization (FGD) for Coal Based Thermal Power Plants in India Mandate, Implementation, Challenges & Way Forward”.Venue : Sir R N Mookerjee HallOrganised by : Mechanical Engineering Division

INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE

9-10 February, 2020

Theme : “Innovative Approaches for the Development of

Sustainable Textile Products and Processes”

Organised by : The Institution of Engineers (India), West

Bengal State Centre

Under the aegis of Textile Engineering Division, IEI

in association with: M/s. Unicept Chema LLP, Navi Mumbai-

400 706 Indian Institute of Handloom Technology,

Khanapara, Guwahati, Assam.

The Conference will also expected Foreign association with

M/s. PT Indorama Synthetics Tbk, Bandung, Indonesia and

M/s. Walmart China, Shanghai, China.

Organised by : Textile Engineering Division

Venue : Kolkata.

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NOTICE

ToAll Corporate Members attached toWest Bengal State CentreThe Institution of Engineers (India)

th The Ninety-nineth (99 ) Annual General Meeting of West Bengal State Centre, The thInstitution of Engineers (India), will be held on Sunday, the 20 October, 2019 at 3.00

p.m. at Sir R N Mookerjee Hall of The Institution of Engineers (India), West Bengal State Centre, 8 Gokhale Road, Kolkata – 700 020 .

AGENDA

1.� To read the Notice convening the Meeting.

th th2.� To conrm the Minutes of the 98 Annual General Meeting held on 17 February

2019 (Minutes circulated herewith).

3.� To receive the Annual Report and Audited Accounts of the West Bengal State Centre

for the Financial year 2018-2019, year ended 31.03.2019

4.� To appoint the Auditors for the Financial Year 2019-2020 and to x their

remuneration.

(KALIPADA DAS) HONORARY SECRETARY

Date : September 17, 2019

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The Institution of Engineers (India)West Bengal State Centre

Minutes of the 98th Annual General Meeting of the West Bengal State Centre, The Institution of Engineers (India) held on Sunday the 17th February 2019 at 3.00 p.m. at Sir R N Mookerjee Hall, 8, Gokhale Road, Kolkata – 700 020.

Present

Er. Kashmir Lal Mallik, FIE, Chairman - in the Chair

Prof. (Dr.) Swapan Kumar Ghosh, FIE, Jt. Honorary Secretary (due to absence of Honorary Secretary)

&

163 Corporate Members attached to West Bengal State Centre

The Honorary Secretary, West Bengal State Centre being absent the Chairman Er. Kashmir Lal Mallik requested Prof. (Dr.) Swapan Kumar Ghosh, Joint Honorary Secretary to seat on the dias. Chairman then welcomed all the Corporate Members of West Bengal State Centre present in the AGM and greeted them along with their families who came here inspite of their busy schedule. Before taking up the agenda one minute silence was observed to pay respect to the departed souls of corporate members who passed away in the last year. The Chairman then called the 98th Annual General Meeting of West Bengal State Centre in order.

Item No. 01 : To read the Notice convening the Meeting

The Jt. Honorary Secretary read out the Notice convening the 98th Annual General Meeting.

Item No. 02: To conrm the Minutes of 97th Annual General Meeting held on 22 October 2017

The Minutes of the 97th Annual General Meeting held on 22 October 2017 at Sir R N Mookerjee Hall of the Institution, 8, Gokhale Road, Kolkata – 700 020 was circulated to all Corporate Members through e-mail, West Bengal State Centre Website and bulk SMS. Er. Kashmir Lal Mallik, Chairman invited Members for observations, if any, on the recording minutes. After a brief discussion members satised and the minutes of the 97th Annual General Meeting of West Bengal State Centre were conrmed unanimously and duly proposed by Er. Sovan Lal Bhattacharjee, AM – 100450-9 and seconded by Dr. Sivabrata Chatterjee, F-003320-7.

Item No. 03 : To receive the Annual Report and Audited Account of West Bengal State Centre for the Financial Year 2017-2018 (Year ended 31.03.2018)

Er. Kashmir Lal Mallik, Chairman invited comments, advice & suggestions from the Corporate Members present on the Annual Report and Audited Accounts. Er. R K Samanta, M-011230-0 pointed out that why Notice of AGM was not signed by the Honorary Secretary of the State Centre. He also surprised the State Committee for better Financial Report. He raised some of the points regarding Annual Accounts and Audited Report. Er. Syama Prasad Datta (F- 017847-7), asked the reason why President felicitatIon with so much delay. Threadbare discussion took place on Annual Report and Audited Accounts of WBSC. Finally, the Chairman claried all the points raised, one by one with justication and satisfaction to the members. The members were pleased to note that all their suggestions were well taken which were accepted by the house. Er. Mohit Ranjan Das, F-124763-4 proposed for acceptance of the Annual Report and Audited Accounts for the Financial Year 2017-2018 (Year ended 31.03.2018) and seconded by Er. S B Mallick, AM-057305-4. The Annual Report and the Audited Accounts of the West Bengal State Centre of The Institution of Engineers (India) for the Financial Year 2017-2018 were received, conrmed and accepted unanimously.

Item No. 04 : To announce the name of the Chairman and the Honorary Secretary for the years 2018-19 and 2019-20

The Chairman read out the letter no. SDG/SKB/053(19) dated 30.01.2019 addressed to Er. Sandip Kumar Deb, FIE, West Bengal State Centre (Sessions 2016-18), by which The President of The Institution of Engineers (India) appointed Er. Sandip Kumar Deb, FIE as Chairman of West Bengal State Centre for the sessions 2018 – 20 under provision of Clause 15 of Regulations of the Institution. Er. K L Mallik, FIE, Chairman (2016-18) then offered his Chair to Er. Sandip Kumar Deb, FIE (F-118142-0) as the Chairman of West Bengal State Centre, The Institution of Engineers (India) for the Sessions 2018-19 and 2019-2020.

The Chairman also read out the letter no. SDG/SKB/053(19) dated 30.01.2019 addressed to Er. Kalipada Das, MIE, West Bengal State Centre (Sessions 2016-18), by which The President of The Institution of Engineers (India) appointed Er. Kalipada Das, MIE as Honorary Secretary of West Bengal State Centre for the sessions 2018 – 20 under provision of Clause 16 of Regulations of the Institution. Er. K L Mallik, FIE, Chairman (2016-18) requested to sit Er. Kalipada Das MIE (M-111550-7) as the Honorary Secretary of West Bengal State Centre, The Institution of Engineers (India) for the Sessions 2018-19 and 2019-2020.

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Civil Engineering Division Er. Gautam Kumar Bysack, M-134806-4 Dr. Saibal Chakraborty, AM – 132206-3 Er. Somnath Roy Choudhury, F – 111713-7

Computer Engineering DivisionEr. Nirmal Das, F-018046-3

Electrical Engineering Division Er. Raju Basak, M – 152526 – 8 Er. Smarajit Das, AM- 090098-5

Mechanical Engineering Division Er. Santanu Sengupta , F-113240-3

Er. Sakul Islam, M-145558-8 Er. Anirban Datta, M-148986-5

Metallurgical and Materials Engineering Division Er Subrata Chandra, F-119571-5

Mining Engineering Division Er. Indranath Sinha, F-114295-6

Textile Engineering Division Prof. Sadhan Chandra Ray, F-017003-4

State to Council Er. S K Banerjee, F-017577-5

Er. Kashmir Lal Mallik, Chairman, West Bengal State Centre (Sessions 2016-18) and all the Corporate Members present congratulated both Er. Sandip Kumar Deb, newly appointed Chairman of West Bengal State Centre (Sessions 2018-20) and Er. Kalipada Das, newly appointed Honorary Secretary of West Bengal State Centre (Sessions 2018-20) and assured their wholehearted support during their tenure as and when required. Er. Sandip Kumar Deb, FIE, as requested, conducted the remaining part of the Annual General Meeting.

Item 05 : To receive the Report of Board of Scrutineers for election to the Committees for the sessions for the sessions 2018-19 and 2019-20 and one Corporate Member for the Council for the sessions 2018-22

Er. Kashmir Lal Mallik handed over the Report of the Board of Scrutineers for Election to the Committee for the Sessions 2018-2019 and 2019-2020 to Er. Sandip Kumar Deb, newly appointed Chairman, West Bengal State Centre and requested him to announce the name of the elected Members division-wise for the Sessions 2018-2019 and 2019-2020 who would be the Members of the Committee of West Bengal State Centre. Er. Sandip Kumar Deb, FIE, Chairman then announced the names of the elected Members of all the 15 Divisions and one Corporate Member from State to Council requested them to come to the Dais so that all Corporate Members present could recognize them individually.

As per Report of the Board of Scrutineers for Electio no the Committee, out of 15 (fteen) Divisions there were no contest for the following 7 (seven) Divisions and nomination of Architectural Engineering Division was cancelled and the name of the uncontested members are:

Aerospace Engg. Division : Dr Amit Kumar Ghosh, ( F-101231-9) Agricultural Engg. Division : Dr Laxmikanta Nayak ( F-120358-0 ) Chemical Engg Division : Prof. N K Brahma (F - 113278-0) Environmental Engg. Division : Er Debasish Chakraborty, (F-112799-5) Marine Engg. Division : Er Atanu Kumar Mukherjee FIE (F-017670-9) Production Engg. Division : Prof (Dr) Pradip kumar Ray FIE (F-116482-8) Electronics & Telecommunication Engg. Division : Dr Subir Kumar Sarkar FIE ( F-111456-1)

one nomination was cancelled. There is one seat to be lled up.

Election was held for the following 7 (Seven) Divisions - ( 1 ) Civil, ( 2 ) Computer , ( 3 ) Electrical, ( 4 ) Mechanical, (5) Metallurgical and Materials (6) Mining (7) Textile and One Seat for State to Council The following members have been duly elected from the respective divisions:

Item 06 : � To appoint Auditor for the Financial Year 2018-19 and x their remuneration

Er. Goutam Mukherjee, (M-110605-2) proposed that M/s. Gupta & Mitra Chartered Accountants, Windsor House, , Room No. 14 Second Floor, 29 R N Mookerjee Road, Kolkata – 700 001 be appointed as the Auditor of West Bengal State Centre for the Financial Year 2018-2019 with same remuneration of Rs. 10,000/- (Rupees ten thousand only ) + GST as applicable thereon. Er. Dipankar Saha M – 044154-0 seconded the proposal.

As there was no other proposal, M/s. Gupta & Mitra Chartered Accountant was appointed unanimously as the Auditor of West Bengal State Centre for the Financial Year 2018-19.

The meeting was ended with vote of thanks to the Chair.

KALIPADA DAS HONORARY SECRETARY

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The Institution of Engineers (India)West Bengal State Centre

Annual Report 2018-2019 (01.04.2018 -31.03.2019)

We are shifting from a mechanistic manufacturing industrial society to an organic, service based, information centered society. New issues are emerging as a sequel of this shift in focus. Classical engineering is to take the back burner. Multidisciplinary Engineering Sciences integrating the sciences with engineering has created a new demand on the engineering and technological institutions and has consequently brought in new challenges for them.

The period 2018-19 therefore witnessed resolute effort by the Committee of West Bengal State Centre to address the issues of clusters of high performance, knowledge based new technologies through organizing quality technical activities. Chairman, WBSC, IEI, on behalf of the committee extends sincere thanks and gratitude to all its Hon'ble Corporate Members for their valuable contribution, meaningful suggestions and services for smooth and eventful functioning of the State Centre during the period and takes pleasure in presenting its Annual Report of its activities for the Year 2018 - 2019 (ending on 31.03.2019).

The Committee pays respectful homage to the departed souls of the Members who have expired during this period and convey its sincere condolence to the members of the bereaved family. The Committee also welcomes the new Members who have been enrolled during the year and invites them to join with the activities of the Centre and to contribute for enriching its noble causes.

Pursuant with its objective to further the cause of engineering fraternity, in particular and society in general, West Bengal State Centre of IEI have been continuously taking move to formulate and implement decisions through WBSC Committee to extend efcient and transparent services to the large number of its corporate members. During the year, WBSC Committee which met number of times to manage the affairs of the State Centre and various Sub-Committees assigned with specic responsibilities assisted, the WBSC Committee in formulation and implementation of number of decisions for better management of the State Centre.

This Committee had given special endeavour in increasing Institutional Membership and establishment of Student Chapters in different Engineering Colleges. We are happy to announce that we achieved modest success in this venture and continuing our endeavor. We are also committed to establish IEI Student chapters in every department of all Engineering Colleges and every Polytechnic Colleges in West Bengal.

Having our own Website www.ieiwbsc.in and it is being periodically updated, Members are able to access all information of the activities of West Bengal State Centre, while visiting the website.

The Committee had been seized with the perennial problem of low growth in the strength of Corporate Membership, which, is the vital concern, and likes to request all Members to extend their special support in the matter to encourage all the Engineering Graduates who did not take our Membership still now. Membership statistics is given hereunder:

CORPORATE MEMBER (Division wise as on 31.03.2019)

Total: 18013

THE COMMITTEE thThe new Committee took over at the 98 Annual General Meeting held on February 17, 2019.

The composition of the State Centre Committee for the Sessions 2018-2020 is as follows :

Er. Sandip Kumar Deb, FIE : ChairmanEr. Kashmir Lal Mallik, FIE : Immediate Past ChairmanEr. Kalipada Das, MIE : Honorary SecretaryEr. Ranjan Dutta, FIE : Immediate Past Honorary Secretary

EX-OFFICIO MEMBERS

Er. Sisir Kumar Banerjee, FIE

Er. S C Rudra, FIEProf. H B Goswami, FIEEr. A Mukherjee, FIE

Er. Sujit Kumar Banerji, FIE

AG 85 CH 559 EL 3322 MC 4515 MR 530

AR 73 CP 499 EN 139 MM 317 PR 206

AS 24 CV 5300 ET 1902 MN 306 TX 236

CHAIRMAN OF THE LOCAL CENTRES

AsansolEr. Mukul Prasad, FIE

DurgapurProf. K C Ghanta, FIE

Kharagpur Prof. Khanindra Pathak, FIE

North Bengal Er. Gautam Das, FIE

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MEMBERS

EMINENT ENGINEERS

Prof. (Dr.) Saikat Maitra, FIEProf. (Dr.) Gautam Sengupta, FIE

Apart from aforesaid Engineering Division, the West Bengal State Centre has also been shading under its rigid and stout umbrella with the following Sub-Committees, which are functioning with untiring efforts for smooth and efcient running of the versatile activities of the Centre as per Regulation 3 (d) for one session i.e. 2018-2019

The composition of the West Bengal State Centre Committee for the Sessions 2016-2018 was as follows :

Er. Kashmir Lal Mallik, FIE�:� ChairmanEr. Sisir Kumar Banerjee, FIE� :� Immediate Past Chairman

Er. Ranjan Dutta, FIE� � :� Honorary Secretary

Er. Kashmir Lal Mallik, FIE� :� Immediate Past Honorary Secretary

EX-OFFICIO MEMBERS

Er. S C Rudra, FIE

Prof. H B Goswami, FIE

Er. Subrata Sanyal, MIE�Er. A Mukherjee, FIE

MEMBERS

EMINENT ENGINEERS

Shri Asok Kumar Ray Chowdhury, FIEProf (Dr.) Goutam Sengupta, FIE

Dr Amit Kumar Ghosh, FIE : (AS) Dr Laxmikanta Nayak, FIE, : (AG) Er. Ashok Kumar Guha, FIE : (AR) Prof. Nitosh Kumar Brahma, FIE : (CH) Er. Somnath Roy Choudhury FIE : (CV) Dr. Saibal Chakraborty, MIE : (CV)Er. Gautam Kumar Bysack, MIE : (CV) Er. Nirmal Das, FIE : (CP) Dr. Raju Basak, MIE : (EL) Er. Smarajit Das, AMIE : (EL) Dr Subir Kumar Sarkar, FIE : (ET)

Er. Ram Chandra Chakraborty, MIE : (ET)

Er. Debasish Chakraborty. FIE : (EV)

Er. Atanu Kumar Mukherjee, FIE : (MR)

Er. Santanu Sengupta, FIE : (MC)

Er. Sakul Islam, MIE : (MC)

Er. Anirban Datta, MIE : (MC)

Er. Subrata Chandra, FIE : (MM)

Prof. (Dr.) Indranath Sinha, FIE : (MN)

Prof. (Dr.) Pradip Kumar Ray, FIE : (PR)

Prof. Sadhan Chandra Ray, FIE : (TX)

Infrastructure Sub-CommitteeEr. Tapas Saha, MIE

Public Relation Sub-CommitteeEr. B K Jain, FIE

Technicians' Sub-CommitteeEr. Tarun Kumar Ray Choudhury, MIE

Students Sub-CommitteeEr. Avinash Singh, FIE

Technical Sub-CommitteeProf. (Dr.) Swapan Kumar Ghosh, FIE

Publicity Sub-CommitteeEr. Aparesh Kanti Ghosal, MIE

Membership Growth Sub-CommitteeEr. R N Lahiri, FIE

CHAIRMAN OF THE LOCAL CENTRES

AsansolEr. K V Rama Raju, FIE

DurgapurEr. Raj Kumar Roy, FIE

KharagpurProf. O P Sha, FIE

North BengalEr. G K Panda, FIE

Dr. Debasish Nag, FIE� � :� (AG)�Er. Sandip Kumar Deb, FIE � :� (AR)�Er. Sumantra Bhattacharya, AMIE� :� (AS)�Prof. Nitosh Kumar Brahma, FIE� :� (CH)� Porf. Indranil Basu, MIE � � :� (CP)� Er. Keshab Chandra Chakraborty, FIE� :� (CV)� Dr. Saibal Chakraborty, AMIE , � :� (CV)�Er. Somnath Roy Choudhury, FIE � :� (CV)� Dr. Raju Basak, MIE� � :� (EL)�Er. Manik Chandra Ghosh, FIE � :� (EL)� Er. Avinash Singh, MIE� � :� (EN)�

Er. Jayanta Kumar Dutta, MIE : (ET)� Er. Harendra Nath Pradhan, FIE � :� (ET)�Er. Tarun Kumar Ray Choudhury, MIE� :� (MC)�Er. Sekhar Basu Ray Chaudhuri, FIE � :� (MC)�Er. Shantanu Sengupta, FIE � :� (MC)�Er. Ranjit Kumar Pal, FIE � :� (MR)Er. Kalipada Das, MIE� � :� (MM)�Prof. (Dr.) Indranath Sinha, FIE � :� (MI)�Prof. (Dr.) Pradip Kumar Ray, FIE � :� (PR)�Prof. (Dr.) Swapan Kr. Ghosh, FIE� :� (TX)

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ACTIVITIES

General

During the year, the State Centre felicitated Dr. T M Gunaraja, FIE, President, The Institution of Engineers (India), Dr. Swapan Bhaumik, FIE and Mr. Arvinder Singh Bakshi, FIE both Vice Presidents, IEI.

th rd165 Birth Day of Dr. Rajendra Nath Mookerjee, the founder of The Institution was observed bettingly by the State Centre on the 23 June 2018.

stThe State Centre also celebrated 51 Engineers' Day to commemorate the Birth Day of Bharat Ratna Sir Mokshagundam Visvesvaraya, the great Engineer – Statesman, a visionary and an ever respected social worker whose entire life was devoted for advancement of engineering science & technology for the betterment of common people.

The State Centre observed the World Telecommunication and Information Society Day on 17.05.2018, World Water Day on 23.03.2019 World Environment Day on 05.06.2018 in a betting manner.

The State Centre successfully conducted Section A & B Examinations of IEI during June & December 2018. Total number of examinees appeared in the above examinations were as under:

Guidance classes for students of Section A & B Examination of IEI were arranged under Supervision of Technical Education Cell of the State Centre wherein good number of student are benetted.

TECHNICAL

During the year under review, several Lecture Meetings were organized by various Divisional Sub-Committees where distinguished Speakers from across the country and also from abroad delivered the lectures. Lecture meetings were well attended.

The State Centre also organized All India, One Day Seminars, National Convention and International Conference under the aegis of Architectural, Agricultural, Civil, Chemical, Computer, Environmental, Electrical, Electronics & Telecommunication, Mechanical, M M Engineering, Marine, Production and Textile Engineering Division, where a good number of quality technical papers by distinguished authors from all over India were presented.

th th thThe 98 Annual General Meeting of the West Bengal State Centre and 99 Inaugural Session were held on 17 February 2019. Shri Debashis Purkait, Dy. General Manager and Regional Head – Kolkata, United India Insurance Co. Ltd , graced the occasion as Chief .Guest.

TECHNICAL ACTIVITIES

Events

Division Date Attendance

LECTURE MEETINGTheme: “Different Retrotting Techniques and Suitability” CV 03.05.2018 76Speaker: Dr. Partha Ghosh, Associate Professor of Civil Engineering, Jadavpur University

Theme: “Values and Ethics in Human and Professional Life”� CV� 15.05.2018� 61Speaker: Shrimat Swami Suparanananda Maharaj Secretary, Ramkrishna Mission Institute of Culture, Gol Park

Theme: “Food Safety for Public Health Protection” AG 24.07.2018 59

Events Division Date� Attendance

Speaker: Prof. (Dr.) Utpal Raychaudhuri Former Professor and Head Department of Food Technology and Bio-Chemical Engineering Jadavpur University

ONE DAY SEMINAR

Theme: “Revolution in Communication” ET 11.04.2018 86Address by Guest of Honour: Er. Subhash Chandra Rudra, FIE Former Vice President, IEI & Council Member, IEIAddress by Chief Guest:� Er. Sisir Kumar Banerjee, FIE President, IEI

Speakers: Er. Saibal Gupta General Manager (South), BSNL

Dr. Sayan Chatterjee Associate Professor, Dept. of ETCE, Jadavpur University

Examination Section - A (D) Section - A (ND) Section - B Total

Summer 2018 543 84 503 1130

Winter 2018 463 64 470 997

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Events Division Date Attendance

Er. Biswanath Mandal Chief Manager Telecom Engg., State Bank of India

Theme :� � “Quality Concern in Indian Mineral Industry – MN 09.05.2018� 85 the Changing Perspective” Speakers: Er. Rajesh Bhushan General Manager (Marketing & Sales), Coal India Limited, Kolkata

Er. Anupam Lahiri Coal Controller, Kolkata

Dr. Sujay Majumder OSD, Ofce of the Coal Controller, Kolkata

Er. Kingshuk Mukherjee OSD, Ofce of the Coal Controller, Kolkata

Theme:� � “Internet of Things (IOT)- Technologies and Applications” ET 21.06.2018� 72Guest of Honour: Er. Subhash Chandra Rudra� � � � � � � � � Former Vice President , IEI & Council Member, IEIAddress byChief Guest:� � Er. Sisir Kumar Banerjee President, IEI

Speakers: Prof. Susanta Chakraborty Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Indian Institute of Engineering Science & Technology (IIEST) Shibpur

Prof. Nandini Mukherjee Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Jadavpur University

Dr. Moumita Mukherjee Associate Dean & Associate Professor Adamas University, Barasat, Kolkata

Theme: “Green Polymer Composite and its Applications” MM 25.07.2018� 71Key-Note Address: Prof. Dipankar Chattopadhyay & Department of Polymer Science and Technology, In association with University of Calcutta Dr. M N Dastur School � � � of Materials Science and� � � � � Engineering, IIEST, Shibpur� �Invited Talk: Er. S.K Roy , Amersil-Ketex, Kharagpur

Dr. Prosenjit Saha, MNDSMSE, IIEST Shibpur

Dr. Arijit Sinha MNDSMSE, IIEST Shibpur Contributory Presentation: � Er. Rajib Bhattacharya, DJFT, CU

Topic:� � “Essentials of Sustainable Mining of Social and� MN 17.11.2018� 75 Environmental Impacts of Mining”

Welcome Address by:�Er. Kashmir Lal Mallik Chairman, WBSC, IEI

Inaugural Address by: Er. Sisir Kumar Banerjee President, IEI

Address by:� � Er. David Pichamuthu Chairman, MNDB, IEI

Chief Guest:� � Prof. S P Banerjee Former Director-in-Charge, IIT-ISM, Dhanbad

Theme: “Memoirs For Pioneering Chemical And Biochemical Industries � CH� 12.01.2019� 74 By Acharya Jagadish Chandra Bose And Acharja Prafullya Chandra Roy

Guest of Honour : Prof. Debabrata Ray Council Member, NCE, BengalKey-note Speaker : Padmashri Prof. (Dr.) Ajoy Kr. Ray Ex. Director, IIEST, presently Prof. & Head School of Medical Science and Technology, IIT, Kharagpur

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Events� Division Date Attendance

Prof. Shyamal Chakrabarty C.U., Science College

Chief Guest : Prof. Parul Chakrabarti Co-ordinator, JCB Trust

ALL INDIA SEMINAR

Theme:� � “75 Years of Howrah Bridge – An Icon of City of Joy” CV� 7-8.06.2018� 320

Address the Inaugural Session: Shri Sisir Kumar Banerjee,�President, IEI

Address by Guest of Honour:�Shri S Balaji Arunkumar, Dy. Chairman, Kolkata Port Trust

Address by Special Guest:�Shri Ashok Kumar Basa, Past President, IEI

Address by Chief Guest:�Shri Rajiv Jaruhar, Member (Engineering), Railway Board (Retd.)

Key Note Address :�Shri Amitabha Ghoshal, Chairman, Technical Committee

Theme :� � “Recent Trends in Chemical Engineering CH 17-18.08.2018� 121 and Biotechnology in Mitigation of Global Warming (GW)”�

Address by Chief Guest:�Dr. P K Mukhopadhyay, Chairman, Damodar Valley Corporation

Address by Guest of Honour:�Shri P K Raychaudhuri Director & Chief Regional Coordinator, PCRA Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas, Govt. of India

Key Note Speakers:� Padmashri Prof. (Dr.) Ajoy Kr. Ray

Prof. & Head School of Medical Science and Technology, IIT Kharagpur

Prof. Chiranjib Bhattacharjee Registrar and Dean, FT, Jadavpur University

INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE

Theme: “Emerging Technologies for Sustainable and Intelligent Heating, IEI, WBSC 27-28.07.2018 210� Ventilating , Air Conditioning and Refrigerating (HVAC & R) Systems” Under the aegis of ICC

Welcome Address

Er. Kashmir Lal Mallik Chairman, WBSC, IEI & Organising Chairman, ICHVAC& R

Inaugural Address by Chief Guest:� Er. Didier Coulomb Director General International Institute of Refrigeration, Paris, France

Address by President:� Er. Sisir Kumar Banerjee President, IEI

About the Conference:� Prof. (Dr.) Parasar Bandyopadhyay Working Chairman, ICHVACR 2018

Address from Industry:� Er. Monaj Chakraborty Former National President of ISHRAE & President, Emeritus, Kolkata Chapter Address from Industry:� Er. Yatish Kumar CMD, Braithwaite & Co. Ltd.,

MEMORIAL LECTURE

Haridas Nandy Memorial Function MM 07.08.2018 73

Topic: “Inuence of Casting Defects in Ferrous and Non-Ferrous Castings on Microstructural Evolution and Mechanical Properties During Subsequent Metal Processing”

Commemorative Lecture by: Dr. Debalay Chakrabarti Associate Professor Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur

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Prof. A K Seal Memorial Lecture MM 01.09.2018 74

Topic: “Development Of Hsla-100 Steel Plates For High Strength Structural and Naval Applications”

Commemorative Lecture by: Dr. S K Dhua Deputy General Manager & Head Physical Metallurgy Group, R & D Centre for Iron & Steel Steel Authority of India Limited, Ranchi

th15 Prof. J K Choudhury Memorial Lecture EL 05.10.2018 65

Topic: “Trends and Issues in Sensories”

Speaker: Prof. Sugata Munshi Professor, Electrical Engineering Dept. Jadavpur University

STATUTORY PROGRAMME

National Technology Day – 2018 WBSC 11.05.2018 73

Theme: “ Science and Technology for Sustainable Future”

Speakers: Er. Sibaranjan Banerjee Management & Project Consultant

Er. Soumitra Chatterjee The Centre for Personal Transformation

World Telecommunication and Information Society Day – 2018 ET 17.05.2018 98

Theme: “Enabling the Positive Use of Articial Intelligence for All”

Guest of Honour: Er. Subhash Chandra Rudra Former Vice President, IEI and Council Member, IEI

Address by Chief Guest:

Er. Sisir Kumar Banerjee, President, IEI

Speakers:� � Dr. Durbadal Mondal Asst. Professor, Dept. of ECE, NIT, Durgapur

Prof. Amit Konar, Dept. of ECE, Jadavpur University

World Environment Day 2018 EN 05.06.2018 127

Theme: “Beat Plastic Pollution”

Address by Chief Guest: Er. R C Saxena Sc. E & Regional Director, Central Pollution Control Board

Key-note Address : Er. Alok Tibrewal President, Indian Plastics Federation (IPF)

th165 Birthday Celebration of Sir R N Mookerjee WBSC 23.06.2018 150

Theme: Engineers are the Flag Bearers of Corporate Ethics and Culture

Speakers: Dr. Arup Roy Choudhury Chief Commissioner West Bengal Right to Public Service Commission Former CMD, NTPC and NBCC

Royal Charter Day WBSC 09.09.2019 90Address by Eminent Speakers: Prof. (Dr.) N R Bandyopadhyay Professor and Head Dr. M N Dastur School of Materials Science and Engineering,Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology, Shibpur

Er. Yatish Kumar Chairman and Managing Director Braithwaite & Company Limited Govt. of India Undertaking

Dr. Prabir Kumar Mukhopadhyay Chairman, Damodar Valley Corporation, Govt. of India.

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Events Division Date Attendancest51 Engineers Day

Theme: “Digital Transformation : A New Industrial Revolution” � WBSC� 15.09.2018� 195

Speaker: Prof. Parthasarathi Chakraborti Director, Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology, Shibpur

Felicitation of Seven Eminent Engineers Prof. Amiya Kumar Chatterjee Dr. Nilangshu Bhusan Basu, FIE Dr. Debabrata Chowdhury, FIE Er. Gopal Chandra Sadhukhan, FIE Er. R N Lahiri FIE Er. Anik Kumar Roychowdhury FIE Dr Abhijit Dasgupta FIE

World Water Day – 2019 AG 23.03.2019 53

Theme: “Leaving no one behind”

Chief Guest: Prof. (Dr.) Sarajit Basu, FIE Former Prof. IIT Mumbai

FELICITATION PROGRAMME

Felicitation to: Er. Ashish Sharma MC 19.09.2018 40 Mechanical Engineer

Speakers: Er. Sisir Kumar Banerjee President, IEI

Er. Kashmir Lal Mallik Chairman, WBSC, IEI

Er. Yatish Kumar Chairman and Managing Director Braithwaite & Company Limited Govt. of India Undertaking

Felicitation Programme of WBSC 21.02.2019 100Presidents & Vice Presidents, IEI Dr. T M Gunaraja, FIE President, IEI

Er. Arvinder Singh, FIE and

Dr. Swapan Bhaumik, FIE, Vice Presidents, IEI

ANNUAL GENERAL MEETINGth98 Annual General Meeting & WBSC 17.02.2019 185th99 Inaugural Session

Chief Guest: Er. Debashis Purkait Dy. General Manager and Regional Head – Kolkata United India Insurance Co. Ltd.,

CONTINUING EDUCATION COURSE

Guidance Classes Section A & B: WBSC-TEC January to June 60Section – A / AD : 2 Classes per week & July to December

WBSC Committee Meetings: 7 NOS.

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