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the two sessions lasting 5 days had a record attendance

of 150+ delegates.

We have drawn up ambitious plans to scale up our

activities, improving quality and content with added

emphasis on deliverables in providing value added

services and programs.

We are also planning to conduct frequent development

programs in India jointly with SAE International. The

focus will be on the entire fraternity including practicing

engineers, students, faculty members, policy makers and

government officials involved in execution.

We are addressing an important need i.e.

communication by commencing this quarterly e-Bulletin

which will provide a synopsis on members, recent events

and a peep into technology trends.

We envision ourselves to grow at a much faster pace

providing valuable service to our members who will help

them in their careers and achievements. India is on a

growth path and hence this is not an impossible target to

achieve. However, everyones participation in achieving

this goal is vital. I would personally request every one of

you to communicate your ideas for achieving this

growth, which will go a long way in firming up our future

programs.

We trust that you will find this relevant, informative and

useful and would appreciate your constructive feedback.

Warmest Regards,

Shrikant R. Marathe.

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At the outset, I am delighted to extend Seasons Greetings and Best

Wishes for A Happy & Prosperous New year to all.

I wish Publications Board all the very best in reviving the

Newsletter which will come once in a quarter updating

all members on programs, projects and activities of

SAEINDIA.

In retrospect, the year that has gone by has been

eventful for SAEINDIA with healthy strides in many fields

of activities.

We began with 7th

International mobility conference in

New Delhi in January 2012 in a grand manner and it was

a spectacular success coinciding with the launch of

Automobile Board. This was followed by BAJA SAEINDIA

at Pithampur setting yet another milestone in terms of

participation, performance and standards achieved in

design and developmentof All Terrain Vehicles by bright

and brilliant young engineering students. Our team from

St. Columbas which won AWIM National Olympics in

New Delhi, participated in International Olympics in

Detroit winning the coveted honours in Time category

and over all 4th

position amongst world champions. A

proud moment for India.

We conducted Aerospace Standards Workshop for the

First time in India along with SAE International at

Bangalore and Hyderabad with huge success and

inaugurated a New Division at Hyderabad in June 2012

with over 145 members. We organized the second

edition of SUPRA SAEINDIA at Buddh International

Circuit drawing a large contingent of Student engineers

forming over 100 teams vying with each other to win

the coveted prizes and recognition.

We also conducted National Aerospace Conference at

Chennai with robust support from Aerospace industries

in August 2012. The second edition of Lubrizol Seminar

for Farm Equipment sector conducted along withSAE International drew more than 100 delegates at

Pune and the First International Lecture series was

organized in Chennai along with SAE International and

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Mr. Devendra Bahirat

Chair, Off-Highway Board

Mr. A. Akbar Badusha

Vice Chair, Meeting & Exposition Board

Representing SAE International

Dr. David. L. Schutt

Mr. Murli M. Iyer

Year 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012

Total 9867 12,505 17,723 24,157 22,225 40,042 48,665

SAEINDIA Managing Committee

Members.

Mr. Shrikant R. Marathe

President

Mr. R.Dayal

Immediate Past President

Dr. Aravind.S Bharadwaj

Sr.Vice President & Chair, Finance Board

Mr. R.K.Malhotra

Vice President & Chair, Meeting & Exposition Board

Dr. Arun JauraVice President & Chair Automobile Board

Dr. Bala K. Bharadvaj

Vice President & Chair, Aerospace Board

Mr. Ramesh S.Pasarija

Secretary

Mr. Pamela Tikku

Joint Secretary & Chair, Section Board

Dr. G.Nagarajan

Treasurer & Vice Chair, Finance Board

Mr. G.Vijayan

Joint Treasurer & Member, Finance Board

Dr. K.C.Vora

Chair, Development Board

Mr. S.K.Gupte

Vice Chair, Development Board

Dr. I.V.Rao

Chair, Membership Board

Mr. Sanjay P.DeshpandeVice Chair, Membership Board

Mr. Prakash V Sardesai

Chair, PDP Board

Dr. V.Balasubramanian

Member, Managing Committee

Mr. Asit K Barma

Chair, Publication Board & Web/Media

Mr.C.V.Raman

Vice Chair, Publication Board & Web/Media

Dr. S.Thirumalini

Chair, Engineering Education Board

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Seminar on Farm Tractor Power train

Emissions, Performance and Productivity:

Challenges for Engines, Transmissions, and

AxlesThis Seminar on Farm Tractor Powertrain Emissions, Performance, and

Productivity: Challenges for Engines, Transmissions, and Axles was held

on 30 & 31st

Oct, 2012 at Ista Hotel, Pune. This seminar was organized

jointly with SAE International and hosted by Lubrizol. The Educational

Content was reviewed and facilitated by SAE International Professional

Development.

The seminar addressed global emission standards, hardware designs for

the future based on performance, and the implications at the

component level design & innovations.

Delegates from all walks of Farm automotive Sector had the opportunity

to listen and interact with eminent experts from the Industry within

India and abroad. The hot topics included India Farm Tractor Market

Today & Tomorrow by Mr. Naresh Pednekar from AC Nielsen, Fuel

Injection Systems and Fuel Challenges by Mr. Sahadev. V. Panch from

Bosch, Lubricant Options and Challenges by Mr. Kailash Sawant from

Lubrizol, Engine and After Treatment Design for Future requirements by

Mr. Sandip Mahadik from John Deere, Emissions & Fuel Economy

Regulations & Challenges by Mr. Gopal Munankami from AVL,

Challenges in Drive train engineering and Future Trends by Mr. Satish

Wagh and Mr. Pramod Mahajan from John Deere. Overseas experts Mr.

Simon Evans from Lubrizol and Mr. Rich Dowell form Wellman also

shared their experiences on Lubricant options and challenges -

Transmissions & Axles and Oil immersed Brake material respectively.

National Aerospace Conference &

Exposition 2012

According to a report, In India alone, the Aerospace industry isbelieved to require a staggering investment between USD 200 to 300

Billion over 2009-2034 to leverage its full potential.

To unlock its growth promise, the Indian Aerospace industry would

require not just a good ecosystem comprising the industry and the

academia, but also very high quality talent pool that is capable of

driving increasingly larger programs through global collaboration.

This Two Day conference organized and conducted by SAEINDIA

Southern Section, had eminent speakers from the industry &

Academia who debated on the state of the Aerospace Industry in

India, its engineering imperatives and what the various opportunities

within this sector pertaining to R&D, Industry Best Practices,

Regulatory and Commercial, etc. With an exposition coinciding with

this conference, SAEINDIA created a great confluence of Aerospace

professionals.

This event was held at Madras Institute of Technology (MIT) Campus

in Chennai. MIT is renowned as the first institute in India to offer

Aeronautical related Courses and Degrees and had produced well

known scientists and engineers including Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam.

Eminent Speakers included Dr. Roddam Narasimha (Eminent Indian

Aerospace Scientist and former Director of NAL) who was the Chief

Guest for the Inaugural Ceremony while Dr. V. Sumantran (ExecutiveVice Chairman, Hinduja Automotive) was the Chief Guest for the

valedictory Function. Mr. S.R. Marathe, President, SAEINDIA,

delivered the Presidential Address. Dr. P. Kaliraj, Vice Chancellor of

Anna University and Dr. Thamaraiselvi Dean of MIT Campus, hosted

the event and felicitated the distinguished members and delegates.

The list of organizations with distinguished speakers included Boeing,

National Aerospace Laboratories (NAL), Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd

(HAL), HCL, GE Aerospace, Eaton, Axis, Assystem, Safran Engineering,

L&T Aerospace, VOLVO Aero, Godrej Precision Systems, Textorn India,

Infotech Enterprises, Defiance Technologies and Titanium Industries.

The Conference witnessed registration from 53 Industry Delegatesand additional 184 delegates from various Universities across India.

The event was sponsored by HCL, Textron, Assystem, Axis Aerospace,

Infotech Enterprises, Safran Engineering Services. And stalls were

sponsored by EGS Computers, Titanium Industries, etc.

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International Lecture Series by

Dr.William Mark McVea, P.E.The Basics of I nternal Combustion Engines

This two-day technology survey seminar covered, quite

comprehensively, the most relevant topics - ranging from the

chemistry of combustion to the kinematics of internal components of

the modern internal combustion engine.

This session discussed in detail the basic functioning and component

interaction in a modern internal combustion engine, specifically, two

and four-stroke cycles as they relate to reciprocating and rotary engine

designs including the general thermodynamic concepts governing the

operation of an internal combustion engine and its various cycles. It

also compared the principle operational differences of the various fuels

used in internal combustion engines, their availability, covering

functions and operations of all major components and systems within a

modern internal combustion engine. Apart from these, the delegates

had the opportunities to identify the operational principles behind the

timing and working relationships among all internal components, and

articulate the importance of this inter-relationship, recognize the

limitations of the current designs and implementations of the modern

internal combustion engine.

Internal Combustion Systems: HCCI, DoD,

VCT/VVT, DI & VCR

This seminar gave exposure to the emerging technologies in engine

design and operation that can significantly improve operationalefficiencies. The fundamental science and implementation technology

of the various internal combustion engine systems were presented.

It listed the typical sensors, the sensory information they collect and

described the use of that information as it addresses improved fuel

economy and reduced combustion emissions, significance, technology,

and application of Direct Injection (DI) of both gasoline and diesel fuels,

Homogeneous Charge Compression Ignition (HCCI), Displacement on

Demand (DoD) Systems, Variable Cam Timing (VCT), Variable Valve

Timing (VVT) and Variable Compression Ratio (VCR) engine designs.

The session explained in detail the fundamental physics of the various

technologies and specified the operational parameters and

interrelationships of each of the sub-systems of the enabling hardware.

It also threw more light on basic design synthesis and analysis

techniques for major operational improvement technologies.

SAEINDIA

SUPRA SAEINDIA

SUPRA SAEINDIA is an inter-collegiate student event which was

organised from 6th to 10th September 2012 Held at the Buddh

International Circuit, Greater Noida. The field competition which is in

its second year is being organized for engineering students. Indias

leading car manufacturer, Maruti Suzuki has teamed up with SUPRA

SAEINDIA to host the event. This is one more step by the company

towards aligning itself with the overall Automotive Mission Plan (AMP

2016) - a dream to make India an International Automotive Hub.

The first 3 day activities comprised of Technical Inspection of the 63

vehicles that made it through the Virtual round. The panel of judges

consisted of well known automobile experts across Indian Automotive

industry from companies like Mahindra, Maruti, ARAI, TATA, and John

Deere. The judges inspected the vehicles to declare them as

Technically Fit for the Dynamic Events to be followed during the

course of the 4th

day event.

Team Camber Racing from SRM University, Chennai bagged the

honours being the Overall Winners in the event. Team GEPARD Racing

from Sri Krishna College of Engineering and Technology was the

Overall First Runners up. All Girls Aious Racing Team from IGIT

finished creditably in the overall rankings.


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AWIM National Olympics 2012

AWIM National Olympics 2012, organized and conducted by

SAEINDIA Indore Division was held at The Daly College Indore on 21st

& 22nd

Dec, 2012. Inaugural function was attended by Chief Guest

Mrs. Anuradha Shankar IPS, Inspector General Police, Indore.

Session began with a welcome address by Dr N. Karuppiah, Addl

Director & Site Head NATRIP (Secretary SAEINDIA, Indore Division)

who explained how SAEINDIA is driving various initiatives for future

Engineers of Mobility Science. Mr. Shriramchandran K. suggested

teachers to convert classrooms into workshops and help kids to learn

Science in a practical manner to understand better. While Dr. P.K.

Chande, linked movies and stated that learning if made fun filled can

sustain for lifetime. The Chief Guest Mrs Anuradha Shankar,

addressed the Kids, Teachers and parents and explained how

learning of difficult fundamentals is made simple by initiatives likeAWIM. Guest of Honor Mr Nirmal Matharu, expressed how

Mahindra & Mahindra is driving its Corporate Social Responsibility

through supporting SAEINDIA initiatives e.g. AWIM, BAJA etc. Kr.

Sumer Singh, the Principal praised the Regional Champs and wished

them a healthy Competition and pleasant Stay at Indore. Mr. Heman

Saiwal correlated with examples how learning in childhood helps in

making quicker decisions in business process later in life.

For jet toy, this is the 5th National Olympics, where School Kids

adopted Fun Filled Learning opportunities to understand Science and

Mathematics. Overall 25 Teams from 13 Cities participated this yearin National AWIM Olympics.

For skimmer challenge, this Years Introduction from City Level to

National Olympics, Extensive Hard work was done by Technical Team

from SAEINDIA Development Board, right from the development of

Kits, Rules and extending support to organizing committee in

conducting the competition smoothly.

SAEINDIA

Mr. Shrikant Marathe in his address to the Kids extolled the Spirit and

active participation of Industry & Schools in the way of Participative

Learning of Science Fundamentals. He also expressed how SAEINDIA,

through its various initiatives is helping the Students Right fromSchool to the Engineering College. He expressed his happiness on

seeing the enthusiasm shown by the students during the event and

felt this is promising a great future for Indian Automobile Industry.

WINNERS

Skimmer Challenge 2012 JET-TOY Challenge 2012

National Champion, St.Columbas

School New Delhi

National Champion, St. Columbus

School New Delhi

1st

Runner-up, Pandit Rao Agashe

School Pune

1st

Runner-up, Wisdom High

International School Pune

2nd

Runner-up, St. Francis School

Nasik.

2nd

Runner-up P.S. Senior

Secondary School Chennai.

INNOVATION AWARD

From

EATON CORPORATION

EATON Corporation has announced Innovation Award for industry

professionals who are members of SAEINDIA as per criteria

formulated by an expert committee from 2013 onwards. The 1st

prize

will be Rs-1,00,000, 2nd

prize Rs-50,000 and 3rd

prize Rs- 25,000. More

details on the competition will be circulated to members shortly.

SAEINDIA lauds this excellent initiative from EATON Corporation to

encourage industry professionals to work and showcase their

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62 HYBRIDS from more than 1000

Engineers make SAEINDIA EFFI-CYCLE

2012 a Grand Success

It was the third successful edition of SAENIS EFFI-CYCLE 2012 and was

held at UIET Chandigarh from 12th-14th October 2012. EFFI-CYCLE is an

Inter-collegiate event organized and conducted by SAEINDIA Northern

India Section with the objective of providing an opportunity for the

students to explore Environment Friendly and Economical solutions

for the day-to-day mobility needs of people.

EFFI-CYCLE derived from EfficientCycle was started with the objective

of providing opportunity to the students to conceive, design and

fabricate a three wheel configuration vehicle powered by human

electric-hybrid power and capable of seating two passengers. The

event witnessed an overwhelming participation of 125 teams from

across the country in Virtual EFFI-cycle in the month of July12. Top

62 qualified teams including three All Girls' teams competed againsteach other in the main event at UIET.

The Inaugural Ceremony was presided over by Chief Guest Sh.

Bhupinder Singh, Additional Transport Commissioner, and Haryana

Govt. The dignitaries who were present included Mr. A.K. Bhandari

(Punjab University), Prof. Renu Vij (UIET), Mr. Alok Jaitley (MSIL) and

Mr. U. D. Bhangale (ICAT). Mr. Alok Jaitley, Convener, EFFI-cycle 2012

highlighted the need of EFFI-cyle as an opportunity not only to hone

the skills of young engineers in automotive technology, but also to

align them with the overall dream of making India self sustained in

green energy.

Various industrial affiliates supported the event wholeheartedly both

in financial and intellectual sponsorship. A team of 40 professionals

carefully picked from automotive companies like Maruti Suzuki India

Limited, ICAT, NATRIP and other partners and associates of EFFI-

CYCLE12 were present to evaluate the teams on various parameters.

Mr. Arun Grover, Vice Chancellor of Punjab University graced the

Valedictory event as the Chief Guest. Dr. I.V Rao (Chairman-SAENIS)

and Dr. Tapan Sahoo (Secretary-SAENIS) also lent lustre to the occasion

with their presence. The event culminated with the announcement of

winners. Mr. I V Rao announced an Innovation Award worth Rs.25,000

for the most innovative design. Mr. Arun Grover also announced a

Special Award for the winning team on behalf of Punjab University.

Prizes were given to the winners in different categories as listed below:

Overall Joint 1st Winner:

Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi

Amrita School of Engineering, Kerala

Overall Third Place: Walchand College of Engineering, Maharashtra

Design Award: PES Modern College of Engineering, Pune

Cost Award: Shri Govind Ram seksariainst of Technology and Sciences.

SAEINDIA

The event was sponsored by Maruti Suzuki India Ltd, Spark Minda, Motherson

Sumi Systems Ltd, Vee Gee Automotive Parts, ICAT, Subros Ltd, Lumax

Industries Ltd and Altair Engineering.

A Salute to Stalwarts of SAEINDIA Office

In a simple and elegant function organized at SAEINDIA Office on 2nd

January 2013, a farewell was given to Mr.R.R.Sankarasubramanian,

Executive Director & Advisor and Mr.Ravi Senji, Senior Assistant

Director (Project). Mr. Shriramachandran Deputy Director General paid

a glowing tribute to Mr. Sankarasubramanian and added he was truly

impressed with the work done by Mr. Ravi Senji even during the brief

interaction he had with him after joining SAEINDIA. .

Mr.D.Seshadri called RRS an inspiring role model with passionate

attachment to SAEINDIA and a deep sense of commitment to the

organization he had helped build over the five years he spent at

SAEINDIA. He described Mr.Ravi Senji a goal driven individual withabundant creative skills and praised the stellar role played by him in

formation of Aerospace Board and Off Highway Board which have

become shining examples of success since formation. .

Mr.RRS explained his journey with SAEINDIA in his inimitable style and

touched upon systems introduced and manuals created for smooth

functioning and transition to the new executives and emphasised the

bonds developed with SAEINDIA are truly deep and strong and he

would always be available for any help any time in future. He will also

play an active role as a Life Time member of SAEINDIA and would wish

the organization continued growth and achievements.

Mr. Ravi Senji explained his association with SAEINDIA more as

achievement oriented and filled with action and results in all spheresof work entrusted to him. .

A memento was given to each of them as a fond and affectionate

remembrance of their valuable services and association with SAEINDIA.


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Tech Talk Series Lecture

on Vehicle Technology

The Tech Talk Series Lecture on

Vehicle Technology was organized on

12th

Sept, 2012 at Sri Venkateshwara College

of Engg, Banglore. The speaker for the

lecture was Mr. Vijayakanthan

Damondaran, from GM and a

Management Committee member of

SAEIndia, Banglore Section.

Collegiate Club

Inauguration

SAEINDIA Collegiate Club Inauguration was

held on 15th

December, 2012 at MS Ramaiah

Institute Of Technology. S.M..Acharya, Chief

Executive, MS Ramaiah Institute of

Technology Dr. N.V.R.Naidu, Vice Principal,

MSRIT, inaugurated the Club. The event was

widely attended by Managing Committee

Members of SAEINDIA Banglore Section and

industry professionals

SAENIS Technical Seminar

Series Future Trends in

Passenger Car Engine and

Lubricant

The Technical Seminer Series Lecture on

Future Trends in Passenger Car Engine and

Lubricant was organized on 4th

Dec 2012 at

Gurgaon with SAENIS in association with

Shell India Markets Private Limited. The

Speakers were Dr Simon Dunning (Global

Technology Manager, OEM Passenger Car

Motor Oils, Shell Global Solutions), Mr.

Shaun Wakefield (Scientist, Passenger Car

Motor Oil, Shell Global Solutions), Mr.

Naoyuki Tachiki (Product Application

Specialist, Shell Global Solutions), Mr.

Purushottam Panda (Vice President-

Powertrain, MSIL).

The seminar was targeted towards

engineers, students and faculty interested in

engine technology, lubrication, emissions,

fuel economy improvement and related

areas.

Technical Seminar Series

Clutch Technology

This seminar focused on transmission

technology particularly clutch systems. An

insight was given about the Clutch Release

Systems and New Developments, Self

Adjusting Clutches, Dual Mass Flywheel.

The Speaker for the Lecture was Mr.Suresh,Krishanaswamy Naig (Professional from LuK

India Pvt. Ltd, member of Schaeffler Group,

Germany). The seminar saw participation of

over 40 people from SPIL, MSIL amongst

others, along with students from NSIT, GB

Pant College.

SAENIS Technical Seminar

Series Robotic Automation

System

The Technical Seminar Series Lecture

on Robotic Automation System

was organized on 6th

July, 2012 at Gurgaon.

The speaker for the lecture was Mr .

Ajay Gopalaswamy (Chief Executive

Officer, DIFACTO Robotics and

Automation Pvt. Ltd).

The Workshop started with warm welcome &

introduction session of all the speakers. In

this Lecture Latest trends in the field of

industrial Robots, its common applications

and various steps to implement robot

automation in industry were covered in the

seminar.

Case study was also presented to

demonstrate the detailed implementation

of Robot Automation in the industry.

*Organizers: SAENIS and DIFACTO Robotics and

Automation Systems.

Vehicular Emission

Measurement & Testing The Technical Seminar Series Lecture on

Vehicular Emission Measurement &

Testing was organized on 19th

July, 2012

at Gurgaon. The speakers for the lecture

were Mr. Michael Muehloegger (Global

Business Unit Manager Measurement &

Instrumentation, AVL List GmbH, Graz,

Austria), Dr. Thomas Kauffeldt (Sales

Support Manager,AVL Emission Test

Systems GmbH) and Mr. Kurt

Engeljehriner (AVL, GmbH).

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The Seminar focused on Engine, Emission,

Combustion, Test validation, and Fuel

economy improvement. Close to 100

delegates across Industry including 25

students and professors from different

colleges participated in the seminar.

Automotiv e We ldin g

Technology

The Technical Seminar Series Lecture on

Automotive Welding Technology was

organized on 29th

Aug, 2012 at Gurgaon.

The Speakers for the Lecture were

Mr.Toshiki Iwashima (Professional from

NADEX Co., Ltd Japan), Mr. Sanjay L.

Basarikatti(Professional from Denyo India

Pvt. Ltd), Mr. Anil Chaudhry (Application

Lead Welding, Cutting and BIW, ABB

Robotics India.

The Seminar gave an insight into the latest

developments in the areas of Resistance

Welding Technology for Automotive

application (aspects of Spot Welding, Tip

Dressing, Nut Welding & Welding Timer

Controller Covered).

EFFLCYCLE Virtual Round

EFFICYCLE An SAENIS Initiative, Regional

Virtual Rounds were held in July 2012,

Design & Fabrication of Three Wheel

Configuration vehicle powered by Human-

Electric Hybrid power. 125 teams

participated in three regions at Bangalore

on 12th

-13th

July, Chandigarh on 14th

-15th

July and Pune on 17th

-18th

July. 65 teams

were finally given go ahead to participate in

the final round in October at UIET,

Chandigarh.

SAENIS - AWIM Regionals

Chandigarh

AWIM Jet Toy Olympics Chandigarh Regionals

at UIET, Chandigarh. Design and fabrication of

balloon propelled Toy car called Jet Toy was

started in 2011. There were 17 Schools which

participated in Chandigarh Regional

competition.

Winners in Chandigarh Regional:

(1) Saupins School, Chandigarh

(2) AKSIPS School, Chandigarh

(3) Lawrence Public School, Mohali(4) The Gurukul School, Panchkula

Sponsors were Mahindra & Mahindra, Swaraj

and the SAE INDIA Collegiate Club of UIET,

Punjab University Chandigarh.

AWIM Regionals

Delhi & GurgaonThe AWIM Regional Delhi & Gurgaon

was held on 17th

Nov, 2012. There

were 32 Schools from Delhi , Gurgaon,

Faridabad and Hissar. St. Columbas

School, Delhi was Winner of Delhi

Regionals.

Inauguration of Hyderabad

Division

Inauguration of SAEISS Hyderabad Division

was held on 6th

June 2012 with Shri Shrikant

R. Marathe, President - SAEINDIA, as ChiefGuest and Dr. David Schutt, CEO, SAE

International was the Guest of Honor for the

event.

The response to the inauguration of the

Division surpassed all expectations with 120

participants attending the proceedings,

which augured well for the mobility

engineering movement in this region.

Hyderabad, which has a rich collection of

research institutions, aerospace companies

and other companies, engaged in design

related activities are pointers for it to be a

very active Division.

Prof Rameshwar Rao, Vice Chancellor, JNTU

is the Chairman and Mr Suman Nelluri Vice

President Automotive Robotics is the

Secretary of the newly created Division.

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Inauguration of New Office

premises of SAEINDIA

Southern Section

SEAINDIA Southern Section became a proudowner of a new office premises located at

the heart of Chennai city within SIDCO

Industrial Estate, Guindy. The office

premises was Inaugurated on 1st

December

2012 by Dr. R. Mahadevan Group technical

Advisor, India Pistons Ltd. The event was

graced by the presence of other eminent

stalwarts of SAEINDIA, Mr. M. S. Kumar, Dr.

Aravind Bharadwaj, Mr. R. Mukundan, Mr. S.

Govindarajan, Dr. Siva Kumar and Dr. G.

Nagarajan.

Dr. Mahadevan along with others addressed

the gathering and praised SAEINDIA

Southern Section on acquiring new premises

in the heart of the city.

Faculty Advisors Forum

The Faculty Advisors Forum was conducted

on 27th

November 2012 at Renault Nissan

Technology & Business Centre India (P) Ltd,

Chennai. It was a forum for industry

academia interaction to address skill gapsbetween industry requirements and academic

preparation. Industry experts from Renault

Nissan shared the skill requirements and Best

practices of the industry for the benefit of the

faculty. They also advised them to closely

work with the Industry requirements. A plan

of action is contemplated to bridge the

existing gaps. A Faculty Executive Council is

envisaged to achieve this objective.

SAE COLT

The SAE COLT (Club Officers Leadership

Training) was conducted on 31st

March & 1st

April 2012 at St. Xaviers Catholic college of

Engineering, Nagercoil. It was well attended

by Office-Bearers of SAEINDIA Southern

Section Collegiate Clubs.

7thStudent Convention 2012

Student Convention 2012 was conducted at

CHAITANYA BHARATHI INSTITUTE OF

TECHNOLOGY, Hyderabad on 5th & 6th

October 2012. About 1200 students & 49Collegiate Clubs participated in the

convention.

SAEINDIA Southern Section Annual Student

Convention was an opportunity for students

to showcase their skills & ideas to the industry

and to the student community as well as to

share, compete and learn in the process. It

was the festival of technology for students

and all different forms of technical skill and

knowledge pertaining to basic concepts of

mobility engineering, engineering design

challenges, and Technology Theatres were allpresent in one roof during those two days. It is

SAEINDIA Southern Section's flagship event

for students held year after year.

AWIM Regional Olympics

2012

AWIM (A World In Motion) Regional

Olympics 2012 was conducted successfully

on 9th

& 10th

November, 2012 at the

Maharishi Vidhya Mandhir Senior Secondary

School, Chetpet, Chennai.

SAEINDIA Southern Section AWIM Regional

Olympics 2012 being inaugurated by Dr. Arun

Kumar Sambath, Chairman Southern Section.

SAE Trek

SAE Trek was a unique two day programme

which is a blend of adventure and learning on

15th

and 16th

Sep, 2012 from JBIT Hyderabad

to Ananthagiri Hills. They are held at scenic

trekking locations which provide for great

sense of adventure and bonding while

providing some instructional learning

pertaining to mobility engineering on the

way. The trekking team was accompanied by

a highly experienced engineering mentor,

who blends learning with environment in theprocess. The students were challenged by the

mentor to solve a problem within a limited

time inspired by the natural ambiance.

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University. He has done his M. Tech in

Thermal Engineering from I IT Bombay.

This Lecture on Creative Engineering

aims at Creating Innovation mindset in

everything where engineers are involved in

any organization.

The innovation here refers to potentially

creative solutions which respect all the

constraints of the system. The presentation

provides a systematic framework of how an

engineering problem should be defined to

solve it in innovative manner under the given

constraints and resources. . This approach not

only provides a versati le framework toengineers to have innovation mindset for

problem solving but also provides basis to

appreciate technology solutions

prevalent in mechanical industry.

Eminent Speaker Series

Lecture by Dr. R. K. Malhotra

The Eminent Speaker Series Lecture on Fuels

& Lubricants for Fuel Economy and Emission

Control was organised on 10h Aug, 2012 at

ARAI, Pune, which witnessed participation

from engineers, scholars in various disciplines

of engineering. The speaker for the lecture

was Dr. R. K. Malhotra. He is Director of

Indian Oil Corporation (R&D) and Vice

President of SAEINDIA.

S POS013

One and Half day Workshop on Life Cycle

Assessment in Automobile Sectors was

conducted successfully on 17th & 18th May,

2012 at The Automotive Research

Association of India, Pune. This Workshop

witnessed participation of engineers,

scholars in the discipline of engineering,

environment science. The Workshop

focused on creating awareness about

various aspects ofLife Cycle Assessment of

Automobile for Environmental

Management.

This was the first workshop under

Automobile Board of SAEINDIA. The

Workshop started with warm welcome &

introduction session of all the speakers, by

Mr. Abdullah Jamal, Project Engineer,

Vehicle Evaluation Laboratory, ARAI.

Sh. Naresh Patil, Head Corporate

Sustainability Cell, M/s. M & M Mumbai,

was the Chief Guest for this workshop. The

Speakers for the workshop were Sh.

Juergen Stichling, Global Head for the

consultancy services, M/s. PE International

AG,

Life Cycle Assessment in Automobile Section:

A Holistic Environment Management ApproachSh. Rajesh Kumar Singh, Managing Director

at M/s. PE Sustainability Solutions Pvt Ltd.,

Sh. Abhay Pathak, Assistant General

Manager, Environmental Science, M/s. Tata

Motors Limited, Sh. Aashish Nohria Solution

Manager, M/s. PE International AG., Sh.

Ritesh Agrawal, Senior Consultant at M/s. PE

Sustainability Solutions Pvt. Ltd graced the

occasion.

Tech Talk Series Lectureon Creative Engineering

The Tech Talk Series Lecture on

Creative Engineering was organized on

7th

Sept, 2012 at ARAI, Pune, which

witnessed participation from engineers,

scholars and industry professionals. The

speaker for the lecture was Mr .

Tushar Kanikdale. He is currently working

as a Technical Lead for power generation

business at M/s. Cummins Research and

Technology India Limited.

Mr. Anurag Parmar welcomed all participants

and introduced Mr. Tushar Kanikdale. Mr.

Tushar is Mechanical Engineer from Nagpur

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proactive manner so that organizations

everywhere will embrace, value and utilize

project management principles and then

attribute their successes to it.

Welcome address was given by Mr. Girish

Kadam, President, PMI Pune Chapter.

Mr. Shrikant R. Marathe, President SAEINDIA,

and Director, ARAI, inaugurated the PMI Auto

Conference and addressed all the participants.

Key note address was given by Dr. Arun Jaura,

Vice President - Technology, Eaton.

Dr. Jaura gave a presentation with live examples

of Project Management.

In another session of the Conference, Mr. Atul

Karkhanis, General Manager, Mahindra &

Mahindra, gave a presentation on Power of

Project Management - Component Development

through Project Management approach.

Mr. Sujan Roy, Head Marketing Service and

Product Planning, Tata Motors, gave a

presentation on Risk Management-Best practice

in mobility industry.

After lunch; session started with panel Discussion

on Fostering Innovation while developing new

products in the mobility sector. The panelists

were: a) Mr. Sujan Rioy, b) Dr. Kamal C Vora,Deputy Director ARAI. C) Mr. Shekhar Pranjpe,

General Manager. Mahindra Navistar Ltd, d) Mr.

Viresh Shah, Country Head IT, Dana Corp.

After the panel discussion Mr. Vishwanathan

Subramaniam, General Manager, Bajaj Auto,

gave a presentation on Challenges in concurrent

Engineering from Project Managers Perspective.

Mr. Akbar Badusha, Co-ordinator, SAE India,

Western Section, welcomed all the

participants, Introduced Dr. R. K. Malhotra,Director (R & D) Indian Oil Corporation

Limited.


Chairman SAEINDIA Western Section and

Director, ARAI, welcomed Dr. R. K. Malhotra

with a flower bouquet.

Dr. R. K. Malhotralecture covered the followingtopics:

Energy and Environmental Scenario

Fuel Economy Standards

Fuel Quality - Indian Scenario

Fuel Economy and Emission Reduction

Imperatives & Options

Fuel Additives & Their Impact

Lubricants & Emission Compliance

Fuel Economy through Lubricants

Alternative Fuels

The New Fuel Economy

Mandate and Lightweight

Materials: Technical and

Business Challenges

by Mr. Prakash Krishnaswamy

The Eminent Speaker Series Lecture on The

New Fuel Economy mandate and Lightweight

Materials: Technical and Business Challenges

was organised on 20h Nov, 2012 at ARAI,

Pune, which witnessed participation from

engineers, scholars in the discipline of

engineering. The speaker for the lecture was

Mr. Prakash Krishnaswamy. He is CEO of

Xitadel.


Chairman SAEINDIA Western Section and

Director, ARAI, welcomed Mr. Prakash

Krishnaswamy with a flower bouquet. Dr. K. C.

Vora, Dy. Director ARAI Academy, welcomed

all the participants and Introduced Mr.

Prakash Krishnaswamy.

Mr. Krishnaswamy is the CEO of Xitadel, a

company that offers transformative expertise,

innovation and technologies.

His lecture covered the following topics:

Automotive Industry in

transformation.

Key drivers of Fuel Economy.

Lightweight Materials

Crashworthiness Major challenges.

2012 CAE Industry Survey.

Evolution Vs Transformation.

Transformative forces.

Fuel Economy and Light-weighting

Impact on CAE

Opportunities and Challenges

Value Rankings.

o Spark Ignition

o Diesel Technologies

o Electrical

o Transmission

o Hybrid Technologies

o Vehicle Technologies

The lecture was received well by all the

participants and led to interesting interactionwith the audience.

Project Management

Institute

Auto Conference

One day workshop was organized by Project

Management Institute and supported by

SAEINDIA Western Section, on 8th Dec 2012,

at Hotel Le Meridien, Pune.

PMIs primary goal is to advance the practice,

science and profession of project

management throughout the world in a

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Overall, the event was successful due to the

sincere efforts, hard work and dedication from

50+ volunteers

AWIM Master Teacher &

Volunteer Training Program

AWIM (A World In Motion) Master Teachers

& Volunteers Training Program was

conducted successfully on 20 & 21

July, 2012 at the Automotive Research

Association of India, Pune. This training

program witnessed response from industry

volunteers and teachers from various

schools. The training was focused on Jet-Toy

and the Skimmer activity of AWIM Curriculum.

There was an overall participation of 40

attendees on each day, including Industry

Volunteers, Student Volunteers & Teachers.

A W o r l d I n M o ti o n ( AW IM) i s ateacher administered, industry

volunteer assisted program that brings

Science, Technology, Engineering and

Maths (STEM) education to life in the

classroom for students. Developed by SAE

International, AWIM aims to promote science

and mathematics literacy of students in standard

5th through 8th by providing curriculum

materials for authentic engineering design

activities in the classroom that support a

multidisciplinary, cooperative working

experience.

On the 20 July, 2012, Mr.Sagar

Murugkar, welcomed all the industry /

student volunteers and teachers.

On 21 July, 2012, The Skimmer Toy was

presented by Dr.K.C.Vora, with demonstration

by Mr. Mihir Kulkarni & Mr. Sagar Murugkar.

Each team tested their toy on corresponding

tracks for Distance, Weight carrying capacity,

Speed, Accuracy & Turning ability. The results for

each round were noted by respective teams,

for demo competi t ion during the training

program. They were also rated for aesthetic

round.

SAEINDIA AWIM 2012 Pune

OlympicsAWIM Pune Olympics was held at SNBP

International School, Rahatani on 2nd

December

2012. The event was a grand success with more

than 200 students from 13 different schools

contesting and displaying their knowledge and

skills. This was the 1st

time in Pune Olympics, two

activities namely Jet Toy 6th

standard and

skimmer for 5th

standard were introduced. More

than 40 teachers trained 1600+ students in these

design contests and played an important role in

the development of future engineers and

scientists.

The event was adjudged by 14 Judges Inaugural

function, valedictory function and prize

distributions were glorified with the presence ofeminent dignitaries from industries and

academia. The prize distribution ceremony was

cheered by several parents.


Presented by

SAEINDIA Media,

Communications and

Publications

Committee

Mr. Asit K Barma

Chair

Mr. C.V.Raman

Vice Chair,

Mr. Umaanand Durai

Member

Mr. Arun Sivasubrahmaniyan

Member

Mr. R Rajendran

Member

Mr. Rajesh Kumar

Member

Mr. Deepak Panda

Member

Mr. Avnish Gosain

Member

Mr. Mohit Sehgal

Member

Supported by

K. Shriramchandran, D. D.G, SAEINDIA

D. Seshadri, Dy. Director, SAEINDIA

Creative by

A.V. Dhananjayan, SAEINDIA

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