Dear Members,
It gives me great pleasure to present you the annual report
of the Indian Society for Advancement of Materials and Process
Engineering for the year 2002-2003.
Honorary Membership of ISAMPE:
ISAMPE has honoured eminent persons in the field of Materials
and Processing with Honorary Membership of the Society. During
the 16th AGM on 9th Aug 2002, ISAMPE honoured Prof AK Rao, founder
President, ISAMPE, Padmashri Dr CG Krishnadas Nair, Chairman
Society for Indian Aerospace Technology and Industry (SIATI),
past President, ISAMPE and Former Chairman of HAL and Dr Kota
Harinarayana, former Program Director, of the prestigious Light
Combat Aircraft Project with Honorary Membership of ISAMPE.
As Dr CG Krishnadas Nair could not be present during the above
function a special function was organised to hand over ISAMPE
Honorary Membership Citation on 14th April 2003 at Dr Ambedkar
Institute of Technology, Bangalore. This function followed the
inauguration of "Vijay Zaveri Centre for Composites"
at Dr Ambedkar Institute of Technology. Technical lectures by
Dr PS Nair, Group Director, ISAC, ISRO, Mr M Subba Rao, Head,
Advanced Composites Division, NAL and Dr R Gopalan Executive
Director, RV-TIFAC Composites Development Centre were organised
on this occasion. All the ISAMPE members were invited for this
function.
ISAMPE Web-Site/e-Souvenir
Last year ISAMPE, Trivandrum Chapter had taken initiative to
launch the website www.isampe.org and this was extensively used
for organising the INCCOM-1 Seminar at Trivandrum. I am happy
to inform that on 11th July 2003 ISAMPE relaunched this web
site with necessary modifications and additional features like
e souvenir, an electronic version of souvenir. The function
had Dr BR Somashekar, past President, ISAMPE, as the Chief Guest.
Dr AR Upadhya, President ISAMPE addressed the members and invitees
on this occasion. Traditionally ISAMPE brings out a souvenir
on the occasion of its AGM. With the launch of e-souvenir, all
the advertisers will be benefited by having their services advertised
in the ISAMPE web-site for the entire year in addition to the
hard copy circulated at the time of AGM.
Members are requested to visit the web-site regularly to know
the activities of ISAMPE and give their suggestions and feed
back. It is proposed to list address of all the members in the
web-site. All the members are requested to check for the same
and inform when ever there is a change in their address for
better communication. The website has some new features like
technical articles, competitions in the field of materials and
processing, news items etc. I thank Dr PS Nair, past President,
ISAMPE for taking the initiative to upgrade the web-site with
e-souvenir and other features.
New Office Space:
In the previous year ISAMPE had acquired additional office space
adjacent to its office in the Aeronautical Society of India
Building, and renovated the entire office space. I am happy
to inform that the new office has been equipped with a computer,
printer with other accessories. This facility is being currently
shared by the Bangalore chapter for organising the INCCOM-2
Seminar.
Vijay Zaveri Centre for Composites
(VZCC):
Late Vijay Zaveri, founder Secretary, ISAMPE had a dream of
starting a school to train Technicians in the field of Composites.
His wife Rahsha Zaveri, an active member of ISAMPE Executive
Board has taken initiative to start "Vijay Zaveri Centre
for Composites" with the association of Panchajanya Vidya
Peetha Welfare Trust (PVPWT), PVP Polytechnic (PVPP) and Dr
Ambedkar Institute of Technology (Dr AIT) at Dr Ambedkar Institute
of Technology, Near Jnanabharati Campus, Mallathahalli, (outer
ring Road, near Nagarbahvi), Bangalore.
ISAMPE was closely associated with the establishment of VZCC
which was inaugurated by Prof UR Rao, Member, Space Commission
on 14th April 2003. VZCC has planned for a few training programmes
for technicians and teachers of polytechnics in the coming months
with a plan to introduce composites for diploma and degree courses
in future. On their request ISAMPE has agreed to help them in
organising these programmes. Dr CG Krishnadas Nair, Dr BR Somashekar
and Prof K Rajaiah, past Presidents of ISAMPE are on the Advisory
Board of VZCC.
ISAMPE Chapters:
As you know there are three chapters of ISAMPE at Trivandrum,
Bangalore and Hyderabad. These are chaired by Mr M Enamuthu,
Dr R Balasubramaniam and Mr Prahlada respectively. The Chapter
activities are separately presented in their annual reports
and will be available in the web-site also. Efforts are being
made to start new chapters at Kanpur and other places to enhance
the activities of the Society.
Conferences, Seminars and Workshops: ISAMPE has continued its
tradition of organising and supporting technical events during
this year also.
INCCOM-2: ISAMPE, Bangalore Chapter has Organised the "Second
ISAMPE National Conference on Composites-INCCOM-2" combined
with twelfth "National Seminar on Aerospace Structures-XII
NASAS" in association with department of Aerospace Engineering,
Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore and Aeronautical
Research and Development Board (AR&DB), Ministry of Defence,
Govt of India. Proceedings of this conference in the printed
form will distributed to all the registered delegates.
" ISAMPE sponsored the following seminars during this year.
a) "Conference on Light Materials, Science and Technology"
organised by Depart of Metallurgy, IISc and Bangalore Chapter
of Indian Institute of Metals on April 16 and 17 2003, at IISc,
Bangalore. Prof ES Dwarakadasa, Dept of Metallurgy, IISc was
felicitated on this ocassion.
b) "Seminar on New Frontiers in Material Science"
organised by Dr Ambedkar Institute of Technology, on 29th March
2003 at Aeronautical Society of India, Bangalore.
c) "Symposium on Large Scale Deformations" by Dept
of Applied Mechanics, IIT, Delhi, on 1st September 2002. Prof
NK Gupta, one of the founder member of ISAMPE was felicitated
on this occasion.
Election to Executive Board
In pursuance of the Election Procedure, (vide Sec 5.3 of the
Rules and Regulations), elections were required to be held this
year to the offices of Vice-President, Director, Secretary,
Treasurer, and Joint Secretary-1 in the Executive Council of
the Society for the official years 2003-2005. According to the
Election Procedure, the Executive Board nominated following
candidates for election to each office.
i) for Vice-President : Dr PD Mangalgiri,
Group Director (Structural Technology)
Aeronautical Development Agency
PB No 1718, Vimanapura Post
Bangalore - 560 017
ii) for Director : Dr KT Shamasundar
M/s Technopolymers Pvt Ltd
B-185, 2nd Stage
Peenya Industrial Estate,
Bangalore-560 058
iii) for Secretary : Mr TM Naidu
Deputy Project Director (Structural Technology)
Aeronautical Development Agency
PB No 1718, Vimanapura Post
Bangalore - 560 017
iv) for Treasurer : Mr BR Anand Murthy,
Scientist, Structures Group,
Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO),
Bangalore-560 017
v) for Joint Secretary-2 : Dr K Vijayaraju
Deputy Project Director (Composites & SM)
Aeronautical Development Agency
PB No 1718, Vimanapura Post
Bangalore - 560 017
The Election notice was sent to all the members. Dr SA Seetharam
(L-580), Scientist, NAL had sent his nomination for the post
of Secretary but withdrew later. As no additional nominations
were received, the above members were declared elected to
the posts indicated for a term of two years.
Dr PD Mangalgiri and Dr KT Shamasundar are currently members
of the Executive Board of the Society, Mr Naidu is currently
Treasurer of the Society and Mr BR Anand Murthy is currently
Joint Secretary-1 of the Society. The nominations for all
the above posts are for a fresh 2 year term.
Dr AR Upadhya as President of the Society has been
an inspiring leader for all of us. He has served ISAMPE since
its inception in various capacities and is now laying down
the office as President. We are grateful to him for his services,
leadership and guidance in all these years. In the last two
years under his Presidentship the society has started organising
annual Seminar by the chapters under the name INCCOM, expanded
and renovated its office, opened its own web-site and supported
the activities of newly formed chapters. It has been a very
heartening and educational experience for me to serve as Secretary
for the past two years under him. I deem it my privilege to
place on record our sincere thanks to Dr AR Upadhya for his
contributions to the Society during his Presidentship.
Dr RV Krishnan will be laying down his office as Vice-President
and will be taking over as President as per the bylaws. He
has also served ISAMPE for a number of years and been guiding
us in various activities as Vice-President. On behalf of all
the members I thank him for his services and guidance and
wish him all the success as President ISAMPE.
Mr G Balasubrahmanyam, is one of the key persons instrumental
in formation of ISAMPE Hyderabad Chapter. He is laying down
his office as Director. He is currently Co-Chairman, ISAMPE
Hyderabad Chapter. On behalf of all the members I thank him
for his services as Director, ISAMPE.
It is to be noted that Mr TM Naidu, and Mr Anand Murthy are
laying down offices as Treasurer & Joint Secretary 1 respectively.
On behalf of the Executive Board and the members of the society,
I would like to place on record our sincere gratitude and
thank them for the invaluable service rendered to the Society.
They will be joining the new board as Secretary and Treasurer
respectively. I am sure their vast experience will be of invaluable
help to the Society in promoting its activities.
I will be laying down my office as Secretary after completing
two terms. On this occasion would like to thank all the ISAMPE
members for having given me an opportunity to serve ISAMPE.
I would like to specially thank the current and past Executive
Board Members for the guidance and support given in executing
my duty as Secretary. I wish the new Executive Board all the
success in their endeavour to strengthen the Society and promote
its activities.
ISAMPE Awards
As you are aware the Society has instituted in 1993, awards
for excellent contributions in the materials and process field
at two levels:
" Vijay Zaveri Award for Best Technician (in the field
of Composites) of Rs 2000/-.
" ISAMPE Award for Outstanding Design and/or Process
Development of Rs 3000/-.
The Vijay Zaveri Award for Best Technician-2002 was bagged
by, Mr N Venkatesh, Composite Technician, ARDC, HAL, Bangalore-560
037, for his work on "Innovation in Sealant Injection
System, Efficient Assembly of Insulator Pipes and Efficient
Drilling of holes to close tolerances for LCA Wing Assembly."
Isampe Outstanding Design And/Or Process Development Award-2002
was awarded to Mr TVL Setty, Scientist 'F' and Mr Tamil Mani,
Scientist 'C, Aeronautical Development Establishment, DRDO,
Bangalore-560 093 for their work on "Design, Development
and Validation of all Composite High Pressure Gas Bottle"
In the year 1999 ISAMPE instituted following awards in the
field of Smart Technology Development.
" K Suryanarain Rau Memorial Award for Smart Technology
Development of Rs 6000/-
" K Suryanarain Rau Memorial Senior Student Award for
Research and Development in Smart Technology of Rs 5000/-
" K Suryanarain Rau Memorial Junior Student Award for
Research and Development in Smart Technology of Rs 3000/-
These awards also carry Appreciation Award/s of Rs 1000/-
and are sponsored by M/s Pyrodynamics, Bangalore in memory
of Late Shri K Suryanarain Rau, father of Mr S Raviprakash,
Director, M/s Pyrodynamics.
K Suryanarain Rau Memorial Award for Smart Technology Development-2002
was awarded to Dr Reji John, Scientist 'D', and Dr G Suresh,
Scientist 'B', NPOL, Cochin for their work on "Development
of Smart Fluids such as Magnetorheological Fluid and Magnetoresponsive
Electrical Switching Fluid and its Applications such as Vibration
Damper and Magnetic Field Sensor"
No nominations/applications were received for K Suryanarain
Rau Memorial Senior Student Award for Research and Development
in Smart Technology-2002.
K Suryanarain Rau Memorial Junior Student Award for Research
and Development in Smart Technology-2002 was awarded to two
persons.
Mr Anurag Ganguli, Graduate Student, Indian Institute of Technology-Bombay,
Mumbai-400076, for his work on "Optimal placement of
Actuators for Shape Control"
Mr Rohit BS, Engineer, ADA, DRDO Bangalore-560017, for his
work on "Theoratical Modelling of Structures with Surface
Bonded Piezoelectric Actuators/Sensors"
On behalf of ISAMPE Executive Board and members I thank Ms
Raksha Zaveri of M/s Guli Enterprises and Mr S Raviprakash
of M/s Pyrodynamics for having come forward to institute these
awards. I hope many more companies will similarly extend their
support to ISAMPE in promoting Materials and Process Technology
in the country.
On behalf of the Executive Board, I would like to thank you
all for your support and co-operation, and hope the same would
be forthcoming this year and in the years to come. I wish
you a professionally satisfying association with the Society
during the year.
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