Newsdigest for the IITD Alumni Association

1. International Course on Transportation Planning & Safety - 10-16 December, 2007

The Transportation Research and Injury Prevention Programme(TRIPP) at the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, the French National Institute for Transport and Safety Research (INRETS) France and St. Stephen's Hospital, Delhi are organizing an 'International Course on Transportation Planning and Safety'. The course will be held in New Delhi, India, from 10-16 December 2007. TRIPP, IIT Delhi will be the host institution.

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2. Dr. Sujeet Chaudhary, Associate Professor, Department of Physics, IIT Delhi has been awarded

Dr. Sujeet Chaudhary, Associate Professor, Department of Physics, IIT Delhi has been awarded the MRSI Medal 2007 in the 18th Annual General Meeting (AGM) of Materials Research Society of India (MRSI) held at National Physical Laboratory, New Delhi during February 12-14, 2007. The award is given in recognitions of the significant contributions by the researchers to the field of Materials Science and Engineering. The award carries a medal, cash prize, a certificate and an invitation for medal lecture at the AGM. During the AGM, Dr. Sujeet Chaudhary delivered the MRSI MEDAL Lecture on "Room Temperature Ferromagnetism in the Transition Metal Substituted II-VI Semiconductors The Materials for Spintronics"

3. Free download of SHERLOCK HOLMES HINDI play by alumni

Hi,

DRAMATECH's audio plays- Sherlock Holmes stories in Hindi- are now available on the net. You can dowload them from-

http://www.archive.org/details/SherlockHolmesStories-DramatisedInHindi

The stories are- The Speckled Band; and The Valley of Fear.

Adapted and Directed by Ravi Raj Sagar (1978 Mech).

Actors include Sanjiv Chopra (1980), Renu Chopra (1981), Rakesh Gupta (1980) and others.The plays were broadcast by AIR as well.

4. A short 3-day course on Diagnostic Maintenance and Machine Condition Monitoring in December 10-12

We are organising a short 3-day course on Diagnostic Maintenance and Machine Condition Monitoring in December 10-12, 2007 at IIT Delhi. If anybody is interested to attend or depute any of their colleagues in the organisation, please let me know.

Vibration is an important factor that adversely affects both engineering structures and human beings. The increased levels of vibrations in structures cause wear and tear, loosening of parts, increased level of fluctuating stresses that ultimately lead to fatigue failure. In addition to these effects, vibrating structures are sources of noise. Vibrations signatures are also used for condition monitoring and fault diagnosis of mechanical systems. Shutdown of costly and critical machines for even a single day cause enormous financial loss to the organization. No wonder then, a number of companies are pursuing condition monitoring option with greater interest than ever before. Reduced transducer cost and availability of low cost data acquisition hardware and software is now enabling even smaller and medium sized industrial houses to employ diagnostic and monitoring strategies for their critical equipments. The predictive maintenance through such vibration based condition monitoring is therefore an important activity in industry. The course focuses on the practical strategies that can be adopted for industrial machineries. In addition, sizeable portion of the course also addresses an important related activity essential for condition monitoring and diagnosis: vibration signal processing and analysis. Hands on practical on the rigs and computer assignments form an important part of the course.

For further information please contact:

Coordinator

Dr. A. K. Darpe

Co-ordinator

Department of Mechanical Engineering

IIT Delhi, Hauz Khas

New Delhi – 110016

Phone: 2659 6095, 9911112446

email: akdarpe@mech.iitd.ac.in

5. Seeking help for training and placement of Mechanical Engineering Department students, IIT Delhi

Dear Alumni,

This mail is to explore the possibility of organizing the placements and training of students of Mechanical Engineering in your esteemed company. During their stint at IIT Delhi, the students are put through not only technically stimulating, but also managerially challenging environment. Our students are excited about the job and training opportunities available at your company. We take pleasure in inviting you to participate in our training and placement process. We believe that recruiting IIT Delhi students, can lead to great synergies, beneficial to both the organization and the students.

Our placements for the graduating batch of 2008 would begin in December. We feel glad in attaching with this email the placement brochure of Mechanical Engineering Department and IIT Delhi (in separate mails) to provide you more information about the institute, student activities, and the placement process. If you feel interested, you may like to visit our website http://www.tnp.iitd.ac.in and register your company as a participant of the recruitment process. Also available on the website is the Job Notification Form (JNF) which can be filled up on site or sent directly to the email id: hodtnp@admin.iitd.ernet.in . The dates for campus recruitment can be decided mutually after the JNF is received at our end.

We would also like to know how many training seats can you offer to the students of Mechanical and Production & Industrial Engineering. during summer 2008 and also, your selection criterion, if any.

For any queries, clarifications or further information, please feel free to contact me at the address given below.

IIT Delhi placement brochure

We look forward to a fruitful and long lasting relationship with your company.

With Best Regards,

Sanjeev Jain

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Dr. Sanjeev Jain
Faculty of Mechanical Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi
Hauz Khas, New Delhi -110016, India.

Ph : 91-11-26591060
Fax : 91-11-26582053
E-Mail : sanjeevj@mech.iitd.ernet.in
sanjain65@hotmail.com

6. Tech. Seminar & Exposition on Steam Systems - "Steam Tech 2007", 29-30 Nov, 2007

Dear ALL

I am pleased to inform you that FICCI, with the support of Central Boilers Board and PCRA, is organising a Technical Seminar cum Exposition on Steam Systems "STEAMTECH 2007" on 29 & 30 November 2007 at Federation House, New Delhi. This event is being organised following the overwhelming response to `Steam Tech 2006' – which was also supported by Central Boilers Board, Government of India.

This two-day Technical Seminar is designed to

q Update Indian Industry with futuristic market trends in emerging Steam Technologies

q Disseminate latest trends and technological advancements in Steam Generation, Distribution, Usage & Control etc.

q Expose Industry personnel to various cost reduction, energy efficient and environment friendly measures associated with steam applications

Alongside the technical seminar, we are also organizing an exposition featuring the latest technologies. Participants will have an opportunity to interact with renowned manufacturers and get a direct feel of the latest technologies available in field of Boilers, Heat Exchangers, Evaporators, Condensers, Steam Turbines, Steam Traps, Insulations, Water Treatment, Valves & various other steam controls & Instrumentation.

The technical sessions will be handled by the experts from Regulatory Authorities, Academia, Technology Providers, Consulting Organizations and Industries to share various aspects and experiences on various steam systems & technologies.

The target groups are Decision Makers and Key Personnel in the area of Operation & Maintenance, Projects, Design, Equipment Selectors, Specification Writers, Marketing, Equipment Developer, Consultant etc. The details of the program can also be seen at the following link-

http://ficci.com/events/events-ahead/oct07/oct25-stemtech.htm

May I request you to kindly send nominations from your organization at salil.dutt@ficci.com OR duttsalil@gmail.com at the earliest (to the undersigned).

Thanks and Warm Regards

Salil Dutt

Email: salil.dutt@ficci.com / duttsalil@gmail.com

7. Pan IIT 2008 in Chennai

My dear fraternity brothers from IITs,

I am V.Varadarajan of 1966 batch B.Tech Mechanical from IITM.

The current secretary PS Ramanathan of IITMadras alumni association has worked hard behind the scenes to get Chennai selected as the next venue for the paniit 2008 event. This also will coincide with the golden jubilee celebration of iitmadras starting from July 2008 extending to July 2009.

I volunteered to lead the participation activities for the forthcoming paniit 2008. This is being finalised for the 3rd week of December 2008. But before we do anything else we need about 200 active alumni preferably in Chennai, from all iits to take ownership for this event and give this event a direction to make this a success.

Mr. Santhanam an alumnus of IITM has kindly agreed to chair this event. We had couple of gatherings to brain storm on what and how to go about this.

A few core activities have been identified. Some of them are to chart a program for the 3 day function, organizing the venue. Marketing and PR, entertainment, and participation etc. Now we need to populate these activities with volunteers to take this forward. We like to have at least one from each iits in these committees.

All those interested in this are requested to reply with the activity you interested in. We will get you included in a committee of your choice wherever possible. Those who have attended the earlier conferences may have realized what a great opportunity this is to bring the alumni together.

I am sure you have all experienced greater friendship develop, when we take on a project like this and complete it a team. You are welcome to send this note to any one who you know will be interested in participating.

Please do respond.

raj

9381031380

raj_varadarajan@yahoo.com

8. Indian Angels Network

Dear Alumni,

Indian Angels Network (earlier called Band of Angels) wishes to associate with IIT Delhi Alumni Association and help prospective entrepreneurs to carry forward their ideas.

You may peruse the details in the website (http://www.indianangelnetwork.com/) and forward your comments.

IIT Delhi Alumni Association