IEI celebrated 46th Engineers Day at Sunabeda

Sunabeda: The Institution of Engineers (India) Sunabeda local center celebrated
46th Engineers Day on 15th September 2013 to a packed auditorium at
Bhanja Mandap Sunabeda-2. Engineers from the region including HAL and
NALCO attended in good numbers and shared their views on this year’s
theme “Frugal Engineering-Achieving more with less resources” in the
main event and subsequent technical sessions. A souvenir edited by
Er.B.N Nanda containing write ups to mark the occasion was released.

The dignitaries who graced and gave valuable insight were Er.B.N
Mohanty,ED(Nalco), Er.Aniruddh Kumar,ED(HAL),Er.Asish Kumarv Roy,
GM(HAL), Er.Debabsis Deb, GM(HAL), Er.SC Acharya GM(Project)NALCO.
Er.S.C Naik former President of IEI (Kolkata) was the Chief Speaker
for the event. The inaugural ceremony was followed by a technical
session chaired By.Er.D.Deb and the speakers Er. P.Shanmugam,Er.S.S
Mishra,Er.J.M Sahu & Er. S.K Biswal. Eminent Engineers Er.A.K
Roy,Er.S.P Nanda & Er.D.Deb were felicitated on stage.Er.Ajay Behera
CM(HAL),Chairman of the center readout the life sketch of Legendary
Engineer Statesman Bharat Ratna M.Visvesvaraya and Er.J.Behera
Manager(Maint) Hon.Secretary of the center gave backdrop of IEI Local
center. Sri Asutosh Rath AGM NALCO managed the stage and helped by
other members of the Local Center namely Er.R.C Sahoo, Er.J.Acharya,
Er.T.G Rao, Er.G.P Dash, Er.S.K Das, Er.S,Panda, Er.D.G.M Rao,
Er.Jagannath Pradhan, Er.Srinivas & Er. A.K Gahan.

It was deliberated in the event that Frugal Engineering holds immense
potential for a country like India where both resources & energy are
scarce. Moreover India has a tradition of frugal innovations and has
achievements of highest value such as astronomy, urban sewer
treatment, encryption etc. The modern innovations like Mitticool,
India Mark-II Hand Pump, Jeypore foot, agricultural retrofitting
equipments to achieve tasks are very very innovative and useful. The
products that are flooding the market have a primary feature and a
secondary feature. Sometimes the stress on the secondary feature is so
intense that little is done to improve the primary objective of the
product. Engineers should remain sensitive to such issues while
designing products or erecting facilities.

The event culminated with a dance performance titled “Hari Om” by
Miss.Satarupa from Damanjodi.

Source: Odishabook.com