Call for nominations...

Dear Young Professional colleagues

Call for applications from suitable candidates for the Young Professional Co-ordination Team (YPCT)

The Young Professionals Co-ordination Team (YPCT) is seeking applications for 1 position from all IET Young Professionals for the 2012/13 session (beginning October 1) for a period of 3 years. Full details of the role and composition of the YPCT are detailed below.

The Young Professional Forum (YPF) will be informed of the voting process and vote on the applications. Applicants will be notified of the outcome shortly after.

Eligibility Criteria

To be eligible for election to the YPCT, a YP should have, within the previous two years:

(i)         completed a term of office on an IET Board, Committee or Council, or,

(ii)        held an executive role in a Technical and Professional Network Executive Committee, Younger Members Section or Local Network Committee.  It is preferred that one or more executive roles have been held for a period of three years to coincide with the term of office above.

Applicants from all other regions will be considered.  Applicants from South Asia are strongly encouraged to apply.

Application
If you are interested in standing for election to the YPCT, please apply in writing to the YP & Volunteer Engagement Manager at youngprofessionals@theiet.org. Your application letter should include a brief Curriculum Vitae, and a supporting statement not exceeding 300 words explaining how you will add value to the YP Community through your involvement with the YPCT.

Additionally, letters of support from employers (confirming commitment to travel periods) and or local networks will be look upon favourably.

Applications should be received not later than 17th August 2012 and YPF voting will take place the following two weeks afterward this deadline.

Yours sincerely

David Leong
YPCT Chair

IET Kolkata Updates

by Dr. Surajit Chattopadhyay, Chairman IET YPS Kolkata

IET Kolkata continues its various activities and maintains its membership growth.

Technotica – 2012

Technotica, a technical project competition was held in MCKV Institute of Engineering in collaboration with young professional section of the IET, Kolkata network on 08-12 January, 2012. Dr. Surajit Chattopadhyay, Chairman YPS Kolkata informed that initially around 40 projects were submitted wherefrom around 14 projects compete in the final level. After competitions all models were exhibited for next few days. Mr. A N Chowdhury, past chairman of Mumbai and Kolkata Network graced the event being in the judge-panel. During answering to the questions by the news channel, he pointed out the need expectation of the industry from our engineering students. Senior faculty members from Jadavpur University and IEM, Kolkata came and praised the students. Among different projects, oxygen saver, unmanned railway crossing, etc got good attention from the visitors. Top five projects latter were sent to another technical project competition of eastern India organized by BITM and achieved good name and attention. Two projects “oxycon” and “railway traffic collision avoidance system” own best prize award.

Sensors and Their Networking

One day national seminar on 'Sensors and Their Networking' was organized by department of applied physics, university of Calcutta in collaboration with IET-UK Kolkata Local Network, IEEE PES Kolkata Chapter and Electronica India on February 25, 2012 at CRNN auditorium, University of Calcutta Saltlake Campus. It was a grand success. Almost around hundred technologists and students from various parts of the eastern India participated in this seminar. The inauguration ceremony was graced by Professor Samarjit Sengupta, Chairman IET Kolkata

Invited Speech on “Transformer Losses”

Renowned professor Dr. Anish Dev delivered an invited speech by series of two lectures on “Losses in transformer” at MCKV Institute of Engineering on 14.03.2012 and 21.03.20012. It was attended by 70 students of Electrical Engineering Department.

New 100 Student members

Young Professional Section of IET Kolkata has gained 100 new students members. Dr. Surajit Chattopadhyay, Chairman of IET YPS Kolkata handed over the details to Ms. Chitra Robinson, office Staff of Bangalore Office in an executive committee meeting of IET Kolkata Network.

Factory Visit

Young Professional Section of IET Kolkata organized a factory visit program for its students members of Techno India Chapter. They visited a near by thermal power plant and got some practical experience. Ms. Sawan Sen from YPS and Ms. Priyanka Roy, student coordinator organized this visit; they informed that around 50 students participated in this program.

PATW 2012 Kolkata

PATW 2012 Kolkata has been a big success in this year. Dr. Surajit Chattopadhyay, Chairman of YPS, IET Kolkata, was organizing Secretary of PATW 2012 Kolkata this year. It was organized in three venues and there was four venue coordinators, Ms Tista Banerjee, Ms. Priyanka Roy, Ms. Barnaly Kundu Sarkar and Ms. Bidisa Jana. Around 150 students from various engineering colleges participated in the mega event. From the twelve were selected for final. Six were selected from first prefinal held at MCKV Institute of Engineering on 20.03.2012 and other six were selected from second prefinal held at Techno India on 21.03.2012. The final of PATW 2012 Kolkata was held in BP Poddar Institute of Management and Technology on 27.03.2003. This year panel of judges included various distinguished and successful personalities of the region. For example, it included Dr. Swapan Kumar Gowsamy, former Director, Netaji Shubhas Open University, Mr. A N Chowdhury, Past Chairman IET Kolkata and Mumbai, Mr. M Chakraborty, Senior Fellow and executive committee member of IET Kolkata, Prof. S S Thakur, Professor, MCKVIE, Prof. R Mukherjee, professor, Techno India, Mr. Debasish Mitra, Executive Engineer, Bhushan Steel, Mrs. M Gupta from GNIT.

In the inaugural ceremony, Dr. Surajit Chattopadhyay, chairman IET YPS Kolkata, briefed about the program and YPS activity, Mr. R Gupta, secretary, IET Kolkata, focused on Kolkata Network activities and Mr A N Chowdhury, Former Chairman, IET Kolkata, gave a presentation on IET, professional home for life. At the award distribution ceremony, Dr. S Chaitterjee thanked all participants, supporters and venue coordinators of the events

Participants were given certificate for presentation. Md Saddam from MCKVIE became the winner and Tunir Saha from BPPIMT became second in this competition. They were awarded by money, certificates and medal.

IET 360 @ Chennai, India

INAUGURAL EVENT OF PICT-IET STUDENT CHAPTER

Saturday, 3rd March 2012, was amongst the most looked upon and a memorable day for the department of E&TC at PICT as PICT-IET student chapter was inaugurated. The inaugural event started at 11.30am by invoking the blessings of “Maa Saraswati” and followed by the felicitation of chief guests for the day-

• · Mr. Freddy Dinshaw, Chairman ,IET Mumbai local network
• · Dr. Mrs. Madhuri Joshi, Vice-chair, IET Mumbai local network.
• · Mr. Pravin Patil, Secretary, IET Mumbai local network
• · Mr. Rajesh Patwardhan, PRO, IET Mumbai local network

Senior faculty members of IET and Branch counselors from other institutes at Pune namely, Mr. S. P. Ranade, Senior Fellow Member of IET, Dr. A.M. Sapkal, COEP, Pune, Ms. Wrushali Mendre, SKN, Pune, Mr, Suraj Chavan, CCOEW, Pune, Mr. Ambore, VIIT, Pune also graced the function with their valuable presence.

After the formal welcome and felicitation of the chief guest and guest of honor by the Vice Principal, Management Representative and HOED during the Inauguration function, Dr. Mrs. Madhuri Joshi, Mr. S. P Ranade and Mr. Freddy Dinshaw introduced students to the many policies and ultimately the benefits of IET which encouraged many students in enrolling themselves as the student members of IET. Their experienced words also communicated the importance and necessity of professional association exposing them to the pool of opportunities IET has to benefit the young minds not only at the student level but also after their graduations.

They also encouraged the students to also have the zeal of learning and exploring which will bring success at each front. The IET Mumbai network office bearers handed over the check worth Rs. 1,00,000/- to Prof. Girish Potdar, Vice Principal, PICT, Dr. Y. Ravinder, HOD, Dept of E&TC, PICT , Prof. Narkhede for the yearly scholarship in name of “Mr. Kharas” to be given to a deserving IET Student member.

The Inauguration function was followed by a series of lectures, which included

• · “Advantages of IET Membership” by Mr. Rajesh Patwardhan
• · “Necessity and Benefits of Professional Registration” by Mr. Pravin Patil
• · “Design Process for Embedded Systems” by Mr. Freddy Dinshaw

The interesting lecture series was followed by a lunch break at 2.00 pm. At 3.00 pm the “Debate

Competition” arranged by the PICT-IET student chapter started There were around 35 participants and the first round was the elimination round to shortlist only 12 participants in two teams of six each for the second round which was group discussion. Only one winner from each team had one to one and neck to neck fight for the final trophy. The entire event went on very smoothly and with a great gust of enthusiasm as the participants loved to speak on the subjects given and performed very well on stage. There were audience questions in between the rounds which kept interest of audience on peak. The judges for the afternoon event were –

• · Prof. S.S. Narkhende, E&TC Dept.
• · Dr. A.Y. Ravinder, HOED, E&TC Dept
• · Prof. R.B.Ingale, IEEE Branch counselor, Computer Dept.
• · Mrs. Shweta Dharmadhikari, IT Dept.
• · Prof. Mrs. A.A.Joshi, FE Dept.

After a tough judging time, the winner and the runner up was declared. The winner of debate competition was Sourabh Kulkarni and the runner up was Rasik Pansare.

The event went on as organized and coordinated by

• · Mrs. Mousami Munot , Branch counselor PICT- IET student Branch
• · Mr. Lalit Patil, Branch counselor PICT- IET student Branch

The tireless efforts of 38 volunteers made the event a grand success. The experience for volunteers was very enormous. The co-coordinators and HOED were very supportive and guided so very well that every volunteer was so relaxed but still a lot of zest. We organized the debate competition in PICT for the very first time and gained a very memorable experience in all the fields. The entire team is now looking forward to a very well organized and innovative intercollegiate and a national level event as a whole which will for sure take PICT and IET together to greater heights.

POSITIVE THINKING AND LIFE TIME ACHIEVEMENT - SAVEETHA SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING - INDIA

The Institution of Engineering and Technology (The IET)
was founded in 1871, as the Society of Telegraph Engineers. As
the application of electrical engineering spread beyond
telegraphy to power, lighting and other areas, the name was
changed to the Institution of Electrical Engineers. It was
granted a Royal Charter in 1921. In 2006, the IET was formed to
further reflect developing technologies.
The IET, as a registered charity (in England and Scotland),
exists to facilitate the exchange of information and ideas for the
advancement of science, engineering and technology. The IET
has two main roles as a professional body - the maintenance of
professional engineering standards and, as a global knowledge
network, the interchange and dissemination of knowledge and
information.
Increasingly, the IET is projecting its voice and
contributing to the major issues of our time such as climate
change, affordable energy, transportation, sustainable
development, the skills shortage and, perhaps one of the more
fundamental topics, education. The IET has a strong presence in
India, with an office in Bangalore and Local Networks of leading
engineers and IT professionals in Bangalore, Chennai, Delhi,
Kolkata and Mumbai.
The IET provides a global knowledge network to facilitate
the exchange of ideas and promote the positive role of science,
Engineering and technology.
The IET Chennai Local Network was formed in year 1950 with
good technical professional members from electrical
engineering field .Year 2010 was celebrated as Diamond Jubilee
Year for Chennai Local Network .The IET Young Professionals
Section Chennai formed in year 2006.
The IET YPSC regularly conducting various activities to
improve the technical skills of IET student members.
IET-SSE students chapter was inaugurated on November
2009 by IET Chennai network chairman Mr. Ellappan and
today(17-11-2011) 150 members were newly joined and 30
committee members were taken their responsibilities to make
SSE chapter the top one.
The Seminar & Techfest was inaugurated by Dr.D.N.
Ramachandran , Vice chairman, IET Chennai chapter. His
motivational speech inspired by all IET members , followed by
felicitation by our principal Dr. P. Shankar.
After the inauguration , a seminar was conducted by Prof.
Clement HOD/S&H to our IET students about “Positive Thinking
and Life Achievements”, the members were involved by doing
some activities about positive memory. “ I Shall, I Will, I do” that
was the final sound produced by our young dynamic members.
After the High Lunch, the program started with Technical
Games like Adzab, Just a minute, Dumzy and Role play. More
than 100 students participated in this competition and won
many prizes.
Finally the program ended with distribution of
Certificates to the students.

Vidisha Girl Wins Delhi Network final PATW-2012 at IIT Delhi

Delhi Network of The Institute of Engineering and Technology (IET), UK hosted this years’ final of Present Around the World (PATW) Competition at IIT Delhi on 3^rd March. Students from 30 reputed engineering colleges of Delhi, NCR, UP, MP, Punjab, Haryana and Uttarakhand participated in this event. They made their presentations on a range of topics like Green computing, Paper battery, Cloud Computing, E-Bomb, Robotics, Artificial Intelligence etc.

Students tried their best to impress the judges with their presentation and communication skills. Besides the content and depth of knowledge, presentations were evaluated on a range of criteria like; voice clarity, time management, lecture aids, and audience impact. In the end, Ms. Ashima Bansal from Samrat Ashok Technological Institute (SATI), Vidisha (Madhya Pradesh) succeeded in having an edge over all others and won a cash prize of Rs 11,000/-. Ms. Bansal will now represent the Delhi Network at the South Asian Finals being held at Bangalore in July, where she will have to compete with winners from Lahore, Kathmandu, Dhaka, Colombo, etc. besides the five zonal winners of Mumbai, Chennai, Bangalore and Kolkata for a ticket to London later this year. The team of Mr. Abhishek Tiwari and Ms. Aishwarya Singh from Krishna Institute of Engineering and Technology (KIET), Ghaziabad was declared runners-up of the event, thus winning a cash prize of Rs 7,500/-. Mr Abhinav Aggarwal from IIT Roorkee and Ms. Neha Singh from Deenbandhu Chhotu Ram University of Science & Technology, Murthal (Haryana) remained at 3^rd and 4^th places.

Due to large number of activities being organised under TRYST-2012 at IIT Delhi, it proved to be an arduous task to have two auditoriums exclusively for IET’s event. But thanks to the unstinted support from Prof S.S. Murthy from IIT-Delhi, himself a fellow of IET, we succeeded to have a smooth sailing. IIT-Delhi proved to be perfect hosts for the event by providing the infrastructure facilities. The Present Around the World (PATW) Competition encourages students from science background to polish their presentation skills while updating their technical knowledge.

Presentations were judged by two panels of eminent judges including Dr. Sriram Hegde and Dr. Sukumar Mishra, Sr Professors from IIT-Delhi; Mr Pawan Singhal, Director of DCPW (MHA); Sh. Basharat Ahmed Khan, Media Controller-Indira Gandhi National Centre for Arts; Ms. Sakal Bhatt, Sr Newscaster at Doordarshan; and Sh. Rakesh Mishra, Project Manager at Indian Oil.

Prizes were given away during the valedictory session by Sh. Dinesh Sharma, the Deputy Mayor of Delhi. While congratulating the winners, Sh. Sharma appreciated the format of competition and called upon the youngsters to make best use of such competitions in becoming better communicators and leaders for shaping tomorrow’s India. Speaking on behalf of the panel of judges, Ms. Sakal Bhatt, herself an ace broadcaster with AIR and Doordarshan, the Public Broadcast Network of India, pointed out the strengths and weaknesses of some of the presentations and provided some crucial tips for shaping their presentations skills in future.

Under the leadership of Ms. Taruna Jain, Assistant Professor at Barkatullah University, Bhopal a dedicated team of volunteers from Barkatullah University, Bhopal; IIT-Delhi and Sharda University, Greater Noida made all out efforts to see that things are in place.

During the finalisation of results a Quiz session was organised by Mr. Anshul Mishra, a student from BUIT Bhopal. IET T-shirts were given away to those hitting the bull’s eye. In fact this session proved to be a great unwinding one for the students after the gruelling presentation sessions of about 5 hours. Those winning the T-shirts were quite happy while others kept asking for more. This year we also requested the participants to fill-up feedback forms and the feedback seems to assure that IET will indeed be receiving help and contribution from these youngsters in coming years.

Sh. H.B.S. Rana, the Chairman of IET Delhi Network thanked IIT-Delhi, the volunteers, and all the participants for the valuable contribution in making the event a grand success. From IET Delhi Network, Prof S.S. Murthy, Vice Chairman, Mr. V.K. Gupta, Hon. Secretary; Mr Ramesh Negi, Chairman-YPS, Mr. Rajeev Gupta, Secretary-YPS, Ms. Taruna Jain, Treasurer-YPS worked as a closed knit team under the leadership of Mr. H.B.S. Rana, the Chairman to make the event a success.

- Ramesh Negi, Chairman (YPS), IET Delhi Network

TEKNISKA-2012- Joint Effort of IET Delhi and BUIT Bhopal

A techno-cultural festival TEKNISKA 2012, organised by Barkatullah University Institute of Technology, Barkatullah University in association with Institution of Engineering and Technology, Delhi Network, was held during 15-19 February, 2012 in Bhopal. The five day festival covered a broad spectrum of student activities, ranging from technical and co-curricular to sporting events. Young researchers, budding engineers and sports persons displayed their latent talent in various engineering streams and related activities.

In fact the techfest started on 10^th February, 2012 itself with a mini marathon organized from Chetak Bridge (Bhopal) to Dhyanchand ground of Barkatullah University. It set the mood for the rest of the events with around 200 participants running for a cause. Knock-out rounds of other sporting events including cricket, football, volleyball, badminton, carom and chess also began on 10^th Feb. Twelve cricket teams, six volleyball teams, and eight football teams were registered in the event. An overwhelming response was also observed in indoor game like badminton, chess and carom. Participants from places like Delhi, Panipat, Mewad, Vidisha, Ujjain, Indore, Jabalpur, Guna, Gwalior and Bhopal registered in various events.

The formal inaugural ceremony of the festival was held on 15^th February at Gyan Vigyan Bhavan, an auditorium with 1200 seating capacity. For the inaugural, Guests of Honours were Mr. H.B.S. Rana, Chairman, IET Delhi Network, Mr. Ramesh Negi, Chairman, IET Young Professional Section, Delhi Network and Dr. D.C. Gupta, Director. Ms. Taruna Jain, Organizing Secretary in her Welcome speech provided a brief on the events being included in the festival during the next five days. Mr. H.B.S. Rana provided the information about the structure and motives of IET as a professional body and encouraged youth with his motivational speech. Mr. Negi introduced himself as a dedicated volunteer of IET while appreciating the efforts of coordinators and their team. Dr. D.C. Gupta motivated the BUITians towards organising more such events showing their importance in grooming of the students as future professionals.

On the very first day in the series of events i.e. on 15 February, more than.80 research papers were presented by young engineers in the streams of electronics engineering, computer science, information technology, mechanical engineering, civil engineering, management and humanities in three parallel sessions. The papers were judged by eminent experts of respective fields. Based on the performance and content top two authors were awarded for outstanding contribution in their streams. The day ended up in step-up (group dance competition) and clash of chords (Guitar competition) events with active participation from the Gen-X.

An expert session on thrust area of today’s world i.e. Green Architecture was presented by leading academician Prof. Ajay Khare, Director, School of Planning and Architecture, Bhopal on Feb, 16. The day witnessed word-war (debate) and Kaun Banega Technomaster (Who Will become Techno-master), a techno-quiz in 3 rounds; events like fashion show; followed by ‘I have talent’ during post lunch session.

Third day was filled with parallel conduction of four events in pre-lunch session named torque (robo race), code master, tattoo making and poster making. Semi final and final matches of carom and chess were also held on the same day. The treasure hunt too appeared very popular with record entries of 108 student participants hunting around BUIT campus.

Fourth day of the event started with blind coding with 56 participants, and LAN gaming (NFS and counter strike). The white line tracer (robotic competition), face painting and graffiti wall were the other events providing a feel of completeness to the fest with multitude of colours on canvass. Badminton finals were also held on the fourth day.

The last day began with bridge making competition, where a bridge carrying around 174 kg weight was declared as the winner, out of tough competition amongst 10 teams in two rounds. The competition of hydro turbine making named “Neer-pankh” also attracted good attention of mechanical engineers with participation of large number of teams. The volleyball, football and cricket finalists also fought it out for the top honours. Clickography results were also declared in the evening with the photo of a security guard titled ‘duty in adverse conditions’ making it to the top.

Valedictory session of this fest was held at 3 pm on 19 February. Mr. Ghanshyam Singh, Divisional Railway Manager, Bhopal (and Ex-chairman, IET Delhi Network), was the Chief Guest. Dr. Shashi Yadav presented the Welcome Speech. Dr. D.C. Gupta congratulated the team TEKNISKA for successful conduction of fest. Dr. Ghanshyam Singh enlightened the audience with his motivating words, he also recalled the memories of his student life. The prize distribution ceremony followed the event and winners and runners-up of all the events were given away the winner’s trophies, mementoes and gift hampers. Vote of Thanks was presented by Ms. Taruna Jain. The grand finale included a rock band competition with eight rock bands rocking the stage and everyone gyrating to the tunes in the auditorium.

This event could not have been a success without the backing and support from IET Delhi and our sponsors – AISECT University, Step-up, Career Launcher, Cute Devil, Café coffee day, Top-n-Town, Swastic Creations, Tupperware and our media partners – Patrika and Red FM 93.5, who in many ways extended their generosity in strengthening the TEKNISKA team to organize the techno-cultural festival. Value of the contribution of our sponsors is even larger considering the fact that it is only by mutual co-operation and contribution by technical society and industrial sector that various such activities can be run and promoted in the society, which are necessary for the betterment of society.

Daily highlights of the tech-fest were carried to the people around Bhopal by the mainstream media with reports in Times of India, Dainik Bhaskar, Dainik Jagran, Patrika, People’s Samachar, and on-air promotions by Red FM 93.5.

- Taruna Jain, Treasurer-YPS, IET Delhi Network

Delhi Network YPS: Seminar at JRE School of Engineering, Greater Noida (India)

On 18^th February, a seminar was held at JRE School of Engineering, Greater Noida. YPS of IET Delhi was one of the participants in the seminar. JRE Group is a joint venture of Singapore’s Raffles Education Corporation Ltd and Educomp Solutions Ltd., India. The group has ventured into management and engineering education recently and this seminar was organised to familiarise the first year engineering students about different aspects of engineering education. Attended by about 70 faculty members and first year students, it was a good opportunity to communicate the message espoused by IET. On behalf of IET Delhi Network, Prof. S.S. Murthy (Vice Chairman) and Mr. Ramesh Negi (Chairman-YPS) attended the seminar. Besides providing a brief about IET and its rich heritage, the audience was informed about recent India specific initiatives like the Graduate Advantage Package, Academic affiliate program, and the scholarships. Students were quite inquisitive about the process of joining, fees involved and the PATW competition. In fact some of the young faculty members pursuing their doctoral studies also desired to know about their participation in the forthcoming PATW competition. Prof. Steve Rawlinson, the dynamic President of JRE Group and Dr. V. Krishna Rao, Dean-Engineering appeared keen in having a strategic partnership with IET. The YPS will certainly keep following it up, with guidance and support from the seniors in Delhi network.

- Ramesh Negi, Chairman-YPS, IET Delhi Network

Delhi YPS tries to Broaden its Reach

Delhi YPS tries to Broaden its Reach

- Ramesh Negi (Chairman – YPS), IET Delhi Network

In an effort to widen the reach of IET amongst budding engineers, we recently had a series of meetings with the officials of some reputed engineering institutions in Bhopal (MP) in the Central west part of India. Bhopal, known as the city of lakes, not only holds a strategic place in the national political scene, but it is also known as an educational hub in Western India.

Our first stop was TIT Group of Institutions, in Anand Nagar, Bhopal. Besides discussing the membership issue with Dr Bhupendra Verma, the Director of ‘Technocrats Institute of Technology’, we also met the Group Director Dr. C.L. Saxena who appeared quite enthusiastic about opening IET Student Chapter in their college and sought more details about having an institutional affiliation. The officials appeared impressed when we told them about the level of energy displayed by Delhi Network Chairman (Mr. HBS Rana) even at the age of 85, who has been with IET for over 50 years. While underlining the importance of a strategic tie-up, they sought to emphasise that IET will have to come up to expectations in terms of value for money.

Next, we went to Oriental Institute of Science and Technology (OIST), Thakral Nagar, Bhopal. This institute is considered one of the best in terms of standards of education. Having colleges and institutes in many cities across Madhya Pradesh, OIST is also known for the … design of its buildings. This institute has also made headlines for being a preferred location for a number of famous bollywood movies. The young and energetic Director, Dr. T. Hamsapriya appeared keen in allowing the participation of their students in the forthcoming PATW Delhi round competition. Though she was not much aware about IET and its activities, she opined that opening of a student chapter can be considered if she is confident about a fruitful long-term association with IET.

Our next stop was the NRI group of institutions at Sajjan Singh Nagar in Bhopal to meet Dr. S.C. Kapoor, the Director. Dr. Kapoor informed us that as of now plans are in final stages for starting a student chapter of Institution of Engineers (I). On being told that IE(I) and IET are strategic partners now, Dr. Kapoor assured that efforts would certainly be initiated for IET activities as well in near future.

Subsequently we visited the Bansal Institute of Research & Technology (BIRT) in Bhopal and met Dr. S.C. Soni, (Director) and Dr. N.K. Tiwari (Principal). While appearing convinced about an association with IET, Dr. Tiwari suggested that IET will be in a better position to widen its membership base if it can offer memberships for 10-20 yrs or allow the prevailing concept of life-fellows in India. Dr. Soni desired to have more details about the steps and procedures for becoming an academic affiliate.

Though it was a hectic one day tour, but we kept hopping from one place to another for about 9 hrs. Our lunch became the casualty, but we had no option as the meetings could be arranged after consistent pursual from Prof. Taruna Jain, the flag bearer of IET in Bhopal city. Two young first year students from Barkatullah University Mr. Aviral Patle and Ms. Shivani Dube were the local guides and support lines for us all this while. If the enthusiasm and motivation level of Aviral and Shivani is an indication, then I am sure, IET is bound to have an array of activities in coming years in Bhopal. Well, what is required – is a mild nudge and requisite support from the Delhi YPS team. Amen.

Attached Figure: Mr. Aviral, Ms. Shivani with Mr. HBS Rana at one of the institutes in Bhopal

PATW-2012 Campus Round Competition at Sharda University, Greater Noida (India)

On 4^th Feb, the newly formed student chapter of IET at Sharda University (Greater Noida) organised this year’s Campus round competition of PATW. Sharda Univerisity is a leading educational institution offering opportunities in management, medical, law, creative arts, architecture & planning etc. besides Engineering & Technology, within Delhi NCR region.

This was the first time that Sharda University students took part in a competition like this and the enthusiasm with which 35 students participated to secure berth in the forthcoming ‘Delhi round finals’ seems to suggest that there is ample scope for more IET’s activities in the University. Due to high number of participants in the event, two-tier selection structure was adopted. Six shortlisted students from first round competed with each other in the second round for the top two slots. The eminent panel of judges finally declared Ms. Ekta Sinha as the winner and Ms. Mitali Sahu the runner-up of the event. Both these students will now compete with students from other Universities/ institutions from Delhi network region on 3^rd March at IIT Delhi. Mr. HBS Rana, IET Delhi Network Chairman, was kind enough to grace the occasion and gave away cash prizes of Rs. 4000/- and Rs 2000/- to the winner and the runner-up respectively. Certificates were also given away to all the participants.

Coordinating team for the event included Prof. Rakesh Kumar, Prof. C. Mohan, Prof. Venkat Babu, Mr. Ambarish Shukla and Ms. Preeti Chaudhary.

Ramesh Negi, Chairman-YPS, IET Delhi Network