National Seminar On All Round Developments Achieved Through Advanced Technologies

A one day National Seminar was organised by 'The Institution of Engineers (India) Madurai Local Centre jointly with the college  on 15th October, 2010 (Friday) at 10.00 a.m at the college auditorium. This seminar was conducted on the theme 'All Round Developments Achieved Through Advanced Technologies.' After the invocation Er. S.Deenadayalan,Chairman Institute of Engineers (India) welcomed the gathering and appreciated the arrangements made by the Management, Principal and Staff of the College for conducting this seminar. After that the guests were honored by Er.V.Dhanaraj, Hon.Secretary,I.E.and Dr.S.Kathirrvelu,Principal. Er.M.K.S Sreenivasan M.E., Chairman gave a special address in which he said that this College has always been a forerunner in initiating any kind of seminar,function or awareness camp pertaining to the enrichment of the knowledge and information of the student and teacher community and will continue to do this in the future also. He also said that the college has always encouraged the students to upgrade themselves in the field of science and technology and has been giving scholarship to the 'have nots' to continue their education. He also announced that the there is also a proposal to introduce M.E Course in the near future.

Dr. R.Murugesan M.E., Ph.D., Vice Chancellor, Anna University of Technology, Madurai inaugurated the seminar. In his inaugural address he said that India is progressing in all the sectors namely Primary, Secondary and Tertiary and the onus lies with the youngsters who must shoulder this responsibility with the peer group to make our nation even more advanced by exploring all the possibilities. He conveyed the message to the youngsters to make'learning a life-long mission.' He also said that Indian Engineers are in popular demand in the developed nations too. Already many young Engineers have coined their name in abroad. He stressed upon the role of teachers to guide the young Engineers in the right direction. He released the Souvenir and the first copy of the Souvenir was handed over to Er. Anita Ramdass, I.T.S., Deputy General Manager (O), B.S.N.L., Madurai; who was the Guest of Honour for the function. In her key note address she said that Information and Communication technology has revolutionized the life of the people and one can connect to the world from anywhere at anytime. Towards the end, the guests were presented with mementos by the Chairman, Er.M.K.S Sreenivasan and Er.V.Sathappan,past Chairman, I.E.

After the Inaugural function, Technical Session I & II was held; headed by past Chairaman of I.E, Madurai Er.K.Chakrapany and Er.A.Durairaj. Prof.M.Palanikumar M.E.,Dean, and Dr.Suja Ravi Issac, Head of the Department,ECE were the Rapporteur. A total of 25 papers were presented in the seminar focusing upon various topics related to Quality Engineering, Automation, Advanced Manufacturing and Bio-Medical Engineering in Health Care.

The programme came to the end with the valedictory function conducted in the evening in which Er. B.T. Bangera, M.D, Hi-Tech Arai (Ltd),Madurai gave the valedictory address. He said that these kinds of seminar will help the scholars in this field to focus on all aspects of the applications and advancements in the areas of materials,manufacturing and management.The guests were honoured by Er.R.Nagalingam, Past Chairman, Tamilnadu State Centre. Er.V.Dhanaraj,Hon.Secretary I.E Madurai proposed the vote of thanks and congratulated Er.S.R. Vijayshrenivas Director, Er. M.S.R Rajsanthosh-Secretary and Administrative Officer Mr.S.Nagarajan for the success of the event.