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SAEINDIA Automotive Board organized the 6th

Automotive Round Table spearheaded by SAEINDIA

Northern Section and the program was conducted

on 14th July at Le Meridien Gurgaon. It was hosted

by Siemens PLM Limited. The program was well

attended by Industry professionals drawn from

diverse segments of the Automotive Industry

including Managing Committee members Mr.Balraj

Bhanot, Ms.Pamela Tikku and Mr.I V Rao (Panelist)

and Mr.Suman Bose, MD of Siemens India.

The program began with welcome address by

Dr.Arunkumar Sampath who also touched briefly

on the importance of the topic and the need to

brainstorm for addressing the challenges posed by

Government regulations with a limited time frame

to comply with it. He also mentioned this is 3rd in

the series of ART, second time in succession jointly

organized along with Siemens PLM. The objective is

to analyse the industry trends and evolve

appropriate action plan to move forward.

Mr.Purushotam Panda, VP, MSIL in his keynote

address pointed out the complexity of the tasks

involved and how a large volume manufacturer

with multiple products in its range like Maruti will

have to grapple with the challenges in compliance

within the limited time frame. He explained the

difficulties arising from multiple sequenced

regulations with varied requirements like co2, RDE

and safety adding to complexity of BS VI.

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Dr. Christian Teich, VP, R&D Bosch India Ltd.

made the second keynote presentation on

“Impact of upcoming emission and safety

regulations to auto suppliers in India”. In

essence: The fast sequence of fundamental new

regulations calls for disruptive change of

technology approach. To meet the new BS VI

emission norms a holistic optimization of the

engine-, combustion, fuel injection, air and

exhaust system of a combustion engine has to

be performed to enable lowest emissions and

best performance at good value proposition.

Challenge is the high innovation degree of the

technology changes and the short remaining

time span of less than 3 years. OEM’s as well as

automotive suppliers have to adapt their

portfolio in a fast manner, R&D resources

should be increased and competencies have to

be built up. No doubt - the fast introduction

speed is putting the automotive industry under

pressure but the disruptive technology change

includes the chance to re-define actively future

mobility: more efficient, safer and with new

opportunities for exports. Precondition for

success is a good cooperation between OEM’s

and suppliers.

There were two presentations from Siemens on

their preparedness to help Industry in

compliance with BS VI regulations in terms of

products, services, simulation software etc.

Upcoming Major Events

iTEC 2017

AWIM 2017

BAJA 2018

FISITA 2018

Automotive Round Table (ART)

Contents

SAEINDIA Events P.1

Southern Section P.7

Bangalore Section P.12

Western Section P.13

Northern Section P.19

NE W S L ET T ER P a g e N o .

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Mr. Sanjay Nibhandhe Co-Chair, Sections Board

Mr. S. Radhakrishnan Co-Chair , Membership Board

Representing SAE International Dr. David. L. Schutt CEO, SAE International Mr.Murli M. Iyer Executive Global Advisor, SAE International

Dr.R.K.Malhotra President

Dr.Aravind Bharadwaj Immediate Past President

Dr. Bala Bharadvaj Sr. VP & Chair, Finance Board & Aerospace Board

Mrs. Rashmi Urdwareshe VP & Chair Membership Board

Mr. I.V.Rao VP & Chair, Engineering Education Board

Mr. Sanjay Deshpande Secretary

Dr.G.Nagarajan Treasurer & Co Chair Engineering Education Board

Prof. Prakash Joshi Member

Dr. Arunkumar Sampath VP, Chair Automotive Board & Vice Chair Finance Board

Mr. N.Balasubramanian Chair , Meetings and Exposition Board

Mr. P. Panda Co-Chair, Meetings and Exposition Board

Mr. Nitin Agarwal Chair, Off- Highway Board

Com.Rakesh B.Verma Co-Chair, Off Highway Board

Mr. Prakash Sardesai Chair, Professional development Program Board

Dr.R.Venugopal Co-Chair, Professional development Program Board

Mr. Balraj Bhanot Chair, Development Board

Dr. K.P.Murthy Co-Chair, Development Board

Dr.Sudhir Gupte Chair, Publications Board

Ms. Pamela Tikku Chair, Sections Board

SAEINDIA Managing Committee Members 2016 - 2018

Presented by SAEINDIA

Publications Board

Dr.Sudhir Gupte

Chairman

Mr. Asit Kumar Barma

Vice Chair

Mr. Vasanth Kini

Member

Mr. Rajesh Kumar

Member

Mr. Saravanan Natarajan

Member

Mr. Dhananjayan

Member

Dr. Vijaykanthan Damodaran

Member

Mr. Deepak Sawkar

Member

Mr. Jitendra Malhotra

Member

Dr.S.Selvi

Member

Mr.T.Bharathiraja

Member

Ms. Swati Milind Athavale

Member

Mr. Manohar K. Chaudhari

Member

Dr.M.K. Ravishankar

Member


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Dr.Arunkumar Sampath made a presentation on FISITA

World Congress 2018 and likened it to Olympics for

automotive industry brought by SAEINDIA for the 1st time to

India based on the successful APAC 16 organized in 2011 by

SAEINDIA. He invited industry and leaders to participate in

the event and make it a grand success as it is a prestigious

event for the automotive world.

The panel discussion was moderated by Mr.Deepangshu

Sharma, Editor in Chief, Autotech Review along with

stalwarts like Mr.I.V.Rao, Advisor to MSIL, Mr.Dinesh Tyagi,

Director, iCAT, Mr.Vishnu Mathur, Director General of SIAM

and Mr.S.M.Vaidya, E.D (Operations).

Mr.I.V.Rao also felt that enforcing BS VI within a short time

frame is a huge and complex task and will find the industry

gasping with preparations to conform to it. The ecosystem

has not been created for a smooth change over and the

complexity will seriously undermine the capability of

industry to cope with the challenges. He added that it will

be a huge challenge for OEM's to make their products BS VI

compliant and the impact on terms of investment would

also be substantial with many small and medium scale

manufacturers crumbling under it.

Mr.Dinesh Tyagi explained what exactly BS VI means to the

industry in terms of tighter emission norms, real driving

emissions, OBD, In-use compliance etc. He also explained

various steps taken by ARAI, GARC and iCAT to create the

supporting infrastructure to test the systems and products

and how they would be able to help the industry to get

ready for compliance with the regulations.

Mr.Vishnu Mathur said that while industry has committed

to Govt. of India (GoI) to take on the challenge of

leapfrogging to BS VI by 2020, he put forward a

fundamental question as to “what are we getting ready

for?” Are we getting ready for “manufacturing BS VI

vehicles from 1st April 2020 or are we getting ready for

“registering them from that date? He stated that the two

were very different and a change in the date of

manufacturing to date of registration would have a big

impact on the state of preparedness of the industry to meet

BS VI norms as it would further compress the time available.

Furthermore, there were some categories of vehicles

peculiar to India where BS VI solutions do not exist even in

Europe for which development work has to be done ab-

initio in India.

Mr. Mathur also mentioned that the issue of RDE would

also become quite critical as some quarters, especially

NGOs have been demanding that RDE should become

applicable from 2020 itself which would not give time to

industry to gather adequate data on the BS VI driving cycles

in the country. Also there was a misconception with these

NGOs that RDE would replace the PUC System for checking

pollution from in-use vehicles, which needs to be corrected.

He stated that SIAM is in constant dialogue with GoI to

voice the concerns of the industry to policy makers and is

requesting GOI to address the various concerns.

Mr.S.M .Vaidya stated that the Indian oil would be ready to

supply BS VI compliant fuels by 1st April 2020 at the retail

outlets as per plans to offer products to the industry

conforming to BS VI regulations. He mentioned IOCL is

exploring the feasibility to supply BS VI Complaint fuel at a

few select pumps in major metros ahead of the April 2020

deadline.

IOCL has already supplied BS VI diesel to certain automobile

companies like Honda motors and Mahindra and Mahindra

from their Mathura Refinery last year for their engine

testing purposes.

There was active and purposeful interaction from audience

and penetrating questions from the moderator to the

panellists on various aspects of BS VI regulations and

compliance and he also pointed out the first report from

Mr.Mashelkar and the progress so far including the sudden

enforcement within short time frame.

There was lively and active interaction from the audience

and interesting and relevant comments from the

moderator who raised the right concerns and issues for the

panellists to respond making the evening truly an enriching

experience.

Mr.Gautam Dutta, Director (Marketing) Siemens proposed

a vote of thanks for a well-rounded meeting making the

informed audience enlightened further on the topical issue.


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TWO WHEELER CONFERENCE:

SAEINDIA Automotive Board along with SAEINDIA Bangalore

Section hosted the first Two Wheeler Conference on 4th & 5th

August 2017 at PES University Bangalore. The Theme of the

conference was “Green Wheeler for Safe and Sustainable

Mobility”. The Conference was attended by more than 120

delegates from Industry and Academia.

The leaders were Dr.Arunkumar Sampath of Mahindra &

Mahindra as Conference Chairman; Mr.Girish Ramaswamy of

Continental as OC Chairman and Mr.C.Prakash of Ashok

Leyland as the Technical Committee Chair of the conference.

Mr.J.Munirathnam, Chairman, SAEINDIA Bangalore Section

inaugurated the conference and explained how the thought

provoking theme will engage industry professionals and

academia in an animated discussion on various aspects

concerning emission, exhaust, safety and introduction of ABS

and connectivity in two Wheeler. Industry and Road Ahead.

Mr.Girish Ramaswamy, OC Chair explained the objective of

the conference. He gave a broad overview on the program for

the two days with an emphasis on topics connected to the

theme Green Wheeler for safe and sustainable mobility.

The message from Dr.R.K.Malhotra, President SAEINDIA in

the form of a video tape set the tone for the first Two

Wheeler Conference. He emphasized that the conference

theme is aptly chosen as “Green Wheeler for Safe and

Sustainable Mobility” and will focus on key technology issues

relevant to two wheelers such as Safety, Design, Electronics,

Alternate Power train, and Emissions. These initiatives are to

address global challenges and to raise the bar for innovation,

improved processes and technology up gradation.

POLICY DEPLOYMENT MEET 2017:

The Policy Deployment Meet (earlier known as Presidential

Policy Meet), the strategy summit of all key leaders of

SAEINDIA was conducted in Radisson Blu GRT Temple Bay at

Mahabalipuram on July 28th & 29th 2017.

Having grown from strength to strength in India over the last

22 years, the purpose of this meet is to emphasis the theme

of delivering professional services to our members across pan-

India and partner with auto, aero and off-highway industries

and associations.

Our President, Dr.R.K.Malhotra has opened the policy

deployment meet with past year highlights and set the tone

for the conclave.

Action Taken Report was given by the DDG, followed by

presentations by each of the sections, verticals and boards.

Our Senior VP Dr. Bala Bharadvaj has outlined the need for re-

building our vision. Based on this theme, the team was

grouped into three teams to deliberate details on

Develop a Board Structure with Role Clarity, to

support our future.

Increased Collaboration with others, and strengthen

our Brand.

Enhance SAEINDIA Office capability to support more

activities.

The policy deployment meet 2017 is concluded with MC

meeting. The meet was well attended by more than 50

committed SAEINDIA leaders.


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Ms.Hemalatha Annamalai, MD and CEO of Ampere Vehicles,

an electric bike company, which has worked with individuals

at the root level by empowering them with low cost

transportation and commuting solutions, underlined an

interesting observation in this context. “Rural customers are

no different than the urban customers. In fact, rural

customers are more flexible and willing to adopt newer

means of commuting such as the electric two-wheelers. The

mind-set is fast-changing in the rural markets,” she added.

Talking on safety and giving supplier’s perspective,

Mr.Prashanth A, who looks after the engineering of

powertrain (ICE and electric tech), safety and connectivity at

Bosch said, “Bosch has the largest development centre in

India outside of Germany. While there are efforts to increase

the localisation of several technologies, there is a lot of value

addition in terms of engineering for tailor-made solutions for

India.”

ANSYS Mr.Guruprasad sees all the challenges around

emissions, safety and electrification in the industry as a pool

of opportunities. According to him, OEMs have become very

aggressive on their requirements on these areas.

EXPOSITION:

Exposition organized concurrently along with the conference

had over 8 exhibitors with reputed organizations like APPL,

BOSCH, Mathworks, Ansys, Hero Motocorp, Continental, PES

University and ASM Technologies. Electric Vehicle was

displayed by Bosch and Hero Maestro from Hero Motocorp

besides other vendors of the two wheeler industry.

Technical Sessions:

The topic for the first Technical session was Go Green -

Compliant with BS VI & Small Engines and Propulsion.

Mr.C.Prakash from Ashok Leyland on “Go Green”, Mr.Sounak

Basu from Continental on “Substrate technology update for

meeting BS VI legislation” and Mr.Deshpande from

Mathworks on “Addressing challenges in meeting the

emission norms using Model-Based Design”.

The topic for Second Technical session was Power Train -

Hybrid & Electric and Advanced System of Suspension /

Steering. Mr.Ravishankar – Ansys made a presentation on

“Automotive Emerging Trends & ANSYS Role”, Mr. Manish

Kondhare – Continental made a presentation on the topic

“ISG - Step towards greener 2 Wheeler “and Mr.Sanketh

from PES University made a presentation on "Experimental

investigation of wear of Two Wheeler Chain".

Mr.Vinay Harne, President, NPD, TVS Motor Company,

delivered the keynote speech on emerging challenges in the

two-wheeler industry. In his presentation. Mr.Harne touched

upon several key topics including how the clampdown on two-

wheeler exhaust emissions has progressed under many

regimes and the average city commuting speeds that consume

maximum fuel under the different traffic conditions.

Dr.Rajiv Basargekar, Director, APPL, the second keynote

speaker, spoke on the industry trends and evolving polymer

technologies for the industry. He spoke about the evolving

changes in application of polymer technology in various

aspects of manufacturing Two Wheelers and the increased

content without any compromise in Safety is expanding the

range of polymers in Two Wheeler production. He also pointed

out the advancement of technology and unique application

making the product robust and reliable.

The highlight of the first day was the panel discussion on

the theme of ‘Two-Wheeler Industry – Then, Now and the

Future.’ The session, which saw participation from Mr.Vinay

Harne, President NPD, TVS Motors; Mr.Suraj Agarwal,

Operating Head, New model VP, Honda Motorcycle &

Scooter India; Ms.Hemalatha Annamalai, MD and CEO,

Ampere Vehicles; Mr.Prashanth A, GM – Engineering, two-

wheeler & powersports – Bosch India and Mr.Guruprasad,

Regional Head, strategic business, ANSYS, was moderated

by Autocar Professional’s Assistant editor Mr.Amit Panday.

Mr.Suraj Agarwal from Honda, which has recently launched

its most affordable 110cc Cliq scooter in Rajasthan and

Maharashtra, spoke about achieving the right cost mix,

banking on the benefits derived from the economies of

large-scale manufacturing.


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The Second day of the Conference saw special presentations

by Prof.Dhruv Panchal, LD College of Engineering on the topic

“Challenges in Designing of Two Wheelers for Indian Market”

and Mr.Prabhu Panduranga, VP, Bosch on “Emerging Markets

Shaping Up Technology in Two-Wheelers”.

The next topic for the Technical Session was “Safety - Passive

& Active and Infotronics - Recent Trend & Challenge”. Mr.Sai

Praveen from TVS Motors made a presentation on Safety and

Mr.Naveen Govindan from Continental made a presentation

on “Two Wheeler Active Safety Systems Made Safer”.

The next Technical session was “Infrastructure for Vehicle

Electrification & Homologation and Compliance with Indian &

Global market regulations”. Mr.Pradeep from Bosch spoke

about “Technology Evaluation for Two-Wheeler based

Personal Mobility in Emerging Markets beyond 2020”.

The highlight of the Conference was developing a new app

for obtaining the feedback from the audience for each of the

presentation and this was well appreciated by OC Members.

This was developed by Mr.Akshay, Intern Bangalore section.

Dr.Arunkumar Sampath, Chair Automotive Board summed up

the proceedings of the two days of the conference giving

brief details on each presentation, Keynote speeches and

panel discussion. He complimented the Bangalore section of

SAEINDIA for hosting the first Two Wheeler Conference and

thanked industry professionals and members of academia

who shared their knowledge with the enlightened audience.

SAEINDIA SKILL INDIA INITIATIVE (S2I2):

SAEINDIA launched the SAEINDIA SKILL INDIA INITIATIVE

(S2I2) Pilot program in CIT, Chennai on 24th July 17.

On completion of S2I2, we expect the students to be ready

for absorption by automotive industry and we shall extend

our support to share the Grades obtained in S2I2 in

confidence with prospective employers.

• The Industry expects engineers to have in-depth

knowledge of technical skill sets in the automotive

domain with clear understanding of fundamental

concepts, Unit conversions, Engineering drawing,

Assembly and Manufacturing methods.

• The Skill Development Pyramid (SDP) focuses on

imparting key technical skills an engineer must

possess before entering into an industry and is

devised to progressively achieve the goal of skill

acquisition.

Highlights of Program:

19 Students Participated, Course Module - 16 Days of Class

room sessions and 7 Days of Industrial Visit. Certification

with Grading to students based on assessment. 18

Professional Volunteers from Automotive Industry have

been imparting Knowledge sharing and training the

students.

Two Automotive Organisations to showcase their Products

& Technical Know How – SIEMENS & 3D PD. 6 organizations

such as M&M, AL, INDIA PISTONS, WABCO, CVRDE, and

TAFE approached for Industrial Visits. 5 Colleges across India

have already expressed Interest to host the event in their

campus and scale up this programme memento to Mr. S.

Sriraman as the token of gratitude.


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CHENNAI DIVISION LECTURE MEETING:

SAEISS Chennai Division organized Lecture Meeting

program on “Trend of Transmission for Tractors” on 8th

July 2017, Saturday at AIEMA, Chennai. Speaker of the

session is Mr T.R. Karthikeyan, Chief Design Engineer,

TAFE, Chennai.

Mr. M. Khader Basha, Additional Director, CVRDE,

Chennai Division Chairman welcomed the participants

as well introduced speaker to the participants and

handed over the session for his lecture.

Mr T.R. Karthikeyan started his lecture by explaining the

topic of the day Trend of Transmission for Tractors. He

explained about Manual / Straight Shift Transmission,

Synchronized Shift, Semi-Automatic Transmissions, CVT

Transmission, and Hydrostatic Transmissions of various

companies like TAFE, John Deer, Massey Ferguson, and

New Holland Tractors etc... . He also explained in detail of

the each transmission with mechanism video.

Mr. M. Khader Basha delivered a vote of thanks and Mr. S.

Shanmugam, Vice Chairman SAEISS, presented the

memento to Mr T.R. Karthikeyan for giving the useful

lecture.

Mr. S. Shanmugam also announced about the International

conference on, “Advances in Design, Materials,

Manufacturing and Surface Engineering for Mobility-

ADMMS 2017” during July 19th to 21st 2017 is being

organized by B.S.Abdur Rahman Crescent University jointly

with SAEISS.

STUDENT KNOWLEDGE IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM:

Student Knowledge Improvement Program (SKIP) program

on topic of “Latest Advancements in Welding Technology

for Automotive” was organised by SAEINDIA Southern

Section on 6th and 7th July 2017 at Jeppiaar Institute of

Technology, Kunnam, Chennai.

Speakers are Dr. D. Muruganandam, Professor & Head of

the Department at Jeppiaar Institute of Technology,

Kunnam, Chennai. Mr. Sasi Anand Parthasarathy, Fronius

India Pvt Ltd.

Inauguration was done by Mr. M. Khader Basha, Division Chair,

SAEISS - Chennai Division. Dr. D. Muruganandam started the

program and explained the basics of welding like definition of

welding, types of welding, and explain about Arc welding, Gas

welding, TIG welding, MIG welding, Pressure welding,

Resistance welding, Friction welding, spot welding and

projection welding. He also explained about Iron Carbide

equilibrium Diagram and briefly explained about Ferrite

cementite, austenite….etc.

Mr. Sasi Anand Parthasarathy explained welding power source,

types of electrodes and selection of electrodes depends on the

welding material. He also gave detailed explanation about

following electrodes Rutile electrodes, Basic electrodes, CrNi

electrodes, Cellulose electrodes, Aluminium electrodes, Cast

iron electrodes and explanation about Metal Inert Gas Welding

[MIG], Metal Active Gas Welding [MAG /CO2].

At the end of the session Principal of Jeppiaar Institute of

Technology presented Memento to Dr. D. Muruganandam &

Mr. Sasi Anand Parthasarathy. He also gave certificates to

participants. The Students gave their feedback about the

program at the end of the Session.

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AWIM MASTER TEACHER TRAINING PROGRAM:

AWIM (A World In Motion) Master Teachers Training

program was conducted successfully on 13th & 14th July 2017

at Kanchi Sri Sankara Matric Hr. School, West Tiruchendur.

The training was focused on jet-toy activities of AWIM

curriculum. There was overall participation of about 20 on

each of the day.

On 13th July 2017, Mr. C. Shanmugam, AWIM instructor

welcomed all participants. It was followed by introduction of

all individuals. The training started with the introduction of

SAEISS, explaining the different activities conducted by the

society for the members.

On the same day Mr. T. Kasiraja, Treasurer, SAEISS & Mr. C.

Shanmugam, AWIM Instructor thanked the management of

Kanchi Sri Sankara Matric Hr. School for hosting the Master

Teacher Training Program in their instruction and presented

the memento to the principal Mrs. R. Selva vaishnavi.

First day Mr. C. Shanmugam, AWIM instructor champion

presented the Jet-toy activities and he demonstrated the

building of chassis and Jet-toy. After Initial demonstration,

there were seven teams for the event.

Second day Mr. C. Shanmugam, AWIM trainer briefly

explained how to solve the problems in the jet toy vehicle to

participants and shared his experience and gave some expert

tips for training their students.

On July 14th Mrs. R. Selvavaishnavi, Principal distributed the

certificates and gift to all Master Teacher Training Program

participants.

ADMMS 2017:

SAEISS conducted International Conference on Advances

in Design, Materials, Manufacturing and Surface

Engineering for Mobility (ADMMS) from 19th to 21st July

2017 at B.S. Abdur Rahman Crescent University.

The conference started on July 19th 2017 with Workshop

on Model Based Systems Engineering in Automotive

Applications by Mr. Murugadass Kannan, Siemens in the

forenoon session. In the afternoon, the participants

visited MRV (Mahindra Research Valley) and they were

able to connect the applications in real life situations. 35

members attended the workshop.

Dr. Aravind S Bharadwaj, CTO, Mahindra & Mahindra,

Chennai inaugurated the conference on July 20th 2017 and

delivered the lecture on Light weight mobility.

Mr.N.Balasubramanian, Deputy Vice President, RNTBCI,

appreciated the university in organizing this conference in

alignment with the SAEINDIA Centre for Automotive

Excellence (First of its kind) in Surface Engineering at BSA

University.

Mr.S.Sriraman, Sr.VP, TAFE, Chairman SAEISS highlighted

that 138 were shortlisted from 150 abstracts and 93

papers were received under Design, Materials,

Manufacturing and Surface Engineering and 52 papers

have been selected for technical presentation. 173

Professional members participated in the conference

from 28 academic institutions and from 15 industries

including Professors from International Universities. Dr. R.

Rajendran, Professor, B.S. Abdur Rahman Crescent

University, Chennai and Organizing Secretary of ADMMS

2017 proposed a vote of thanks.


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A total of 39 papers were presented in 9 technical sessions

in the areas of Product Design, Modelling and Simulation,

Materials and Surface Engineering on the two days the

session chair/co-chair and evaluators were from industries

like M & M, Ashok Leyland, WABCO, FORD, Caterpillar, TAFE

and from reputed institutions like IIT, MIT, Central

University of Tamilnadu. They appreciated the technical

content and quality of the papers. 80 % of the papers

presented were from industries like M & M, TAFE, IP Rings

Ltd, India Pistons, UCAL Fuel systems, and 20 % from

academia like IIT and Anna University.

In the closing session there was an panel discussion on light

weight mobility headed by Dr. Venugopal Shankar, VP &

DEAN of MTA, Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd with other

panelists Dr. A. Rajadurai, Professor and Dean, MIT, Anna

University; Mr. V. Sriram, Engineering Manager - Model

Based Systems Engineering, Siemens PLM; Dr. Subramani

Sellamani, Dy. General Manager, CAE Modelling

Automation, RNTBCI and Mr. Sushil S Mane, Director –

Technical Support- Altair. The discussion was productive

and constructive as it was based on design, materials and

manufacturing aspects.

5 plenary sessions were also organized during the

conference and are as,

Mr.P.Suresh, General Manager, RNTBCI delivered

talk on BIW a Competition between Materials.

Dr.N.Saravanan, M & M on Engine Emissions.

Design and Development of Hydro gas suspension

by Dr.U.Solomon, Scientist G from CVRDE, Avadi.

Dr Ahmad Mujahid Ahmad Zaidi, National Defence

University of Malaysia on Application of Modeling

and Simulation for Engineering Problems.

Recent Advances in Application of Laser Based

Surface Treatment Processes in Automotive Sector

Dr.S.M. Shariff, Scientist E, ARCI, and Hyderabad.

Dr. P. Sivakumar Director, C.V.R.D.E Avadi was the chief

guest for the valedictory program. He delivered the

valedictory address on new technologies used in Battle field

tanker. Mr. D. Ganesh, Lead Engineer, Mahindra &

Mahindra, Conference Champion SAEISS proposed the vote

of thanks.

ERODE DIVISION LECTURE MEETING:

SAEISS Erode Division organized Lecture Meeting program

on “Emerging Trends in Tractor Technologies” on 05th

August 2017 at K.S.R College of Engineering, Tiruchengode.

Dr. N. Shivasankaran, HOD, K.S.R College of Engineering

welcomed the participants and introduced the speaker.

Mr.S.Sriraman, Chairman, SAEISS opened the Knowledge

Round Table (KRT) Club at K.S.R College of Engineering and

inaugurated the function. Dr. P. Senthilkumar, Vice

Principal, K.S.R College of Engineering welcomed the SAEISS

Erode Division MC & EC Members and all the participants.

He introduced the speaker and handed over the session.

Mr.S.Sriraman started his lecture by introducing about the

TAFE Company and its product variants. He explained the

topic of the day Emerging Trends in Tractor Technologies.

The main problems of Tractor technologies and its effects in

human life and environment are also explained.

He also explained the formation of pollution and main

pollutants from engines, different emission norms and their

values along with the government’s interest cum action

taken for pollution control. The video on Emerging Trends

in Tractor Technologies is played to give audience a clear

idea about these technologies. There were many questions

asked by the participants related with emission reduction,

electric vehicle, hydrogen vehicle, etc. and all were well

answered by the speaker.

Dr. M. Eswaramoorthy, Dean, Nandha Engineering College

and Secretary, SAEISS - Erode Division, proposed a vote of

thanks and presented the memento to the speaker as the

token of gratitude.


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ONE DAY NATIONAL LEVEL SYMPOSIUM:

Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR) jointly

with SAEISS sponsored one day National level Symposium on

“Applications of Lightweight Materials for Automotive and

Defence Vehicles” was conducted at Institute of Road and

Transport Technology (IRTT) Erode on 5th August 2017

witnessed 550 participants from academia. The symposium

was inaugurated with welcome address by Dr.S.Selvi,

Professor, Mech. Engg, IRTT followed by Presidential address

by Dr.K.Mayilsamy, Principal, IRTT.

The Keynote addresses was given by Mr.S.Sriraman,

Chairman, SAEISS and Mr.S.Krishnan, MC Member, SAEISS

and were felicitated by Dr.R.Subramanian, Professor and

Head, Auto. Engg, IRTT. Dr.E.Rajasekar, Professor, Auto.

Engg, IRTT & Secretary, SAEISS proposed the Vote of thanks.

Mr. S. Sriraman delivered a lecture on “Weight Reduction

Techniques in Automotive Tractors &Off Highway Vehicles”.

Mr. S. Krishnan delivered an invited lecture on “Applications

of Lightweight Materials for Commercial & Defence

Vehicles”. Dr. E. Rajasekar delivered the lecture in the third

session on “Lightweight Materials for Passenger Cars”. Dr. S.

Selvi delivered a lecture on “Lightweight Materials Selection

and Characterization”.

The highlight of the symposium is the display of a Massey

Fergusson Lightweight tractor manufactured recently by

TAFE, Chennai at IRTT. All the participants were explained

with the new materials and weight reduction techniques

used in this tractor by the Technical experts from TAFE,

Chennai. All the sessions were more interactive and

participants asked many questions and all the queries raised

by the participants were clarified by the Speakers of the

symposium.

Outcome from the Symposium:

The wide openings in the Automotive Vehicles,

Aeronautical, Defence vehicles and Machines

manufacturing industries are exposed.

The importance of using the lightweight materials to

reduce emissions from the automotive vehicles to

meet the new emission norm BS VI explained.

The role of lightweight materials in improving the

performance of Automotive and Defence vehicles was

highlighted.

The participants both faculty members and students

were requested to do their research and project work

in the area of Applications of lightweight materials,

Weight reduction technologies, Emission reduction

technologies and Vehicle Performance improvement

aspects.

Recommendations and Plan of Action for Future:

In this symposium, various applications of lightweight

materials for automotive and defence vehicles were

exploded to the delegates.

The new lightweight materials characteristics,

manufacturing methods, testing methods are to be

developed and focused in the future symposium.

Design for materials, design for manufacturing and

design for assembly, design for maintenance and

design for murder (Recycling and reuse) studies can

be done.


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STUDENT KNOWLEDGE IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM:

Student Knowledge Improvement Program (SKIP) program on

topic “Off Highway and Special Types of Vehicles” was

organised by on 19th & 20th August 2017 at SAEISS Office,

Guindy, Chennai. Speaker of the session is Dr. E. Rajasekar,

Professor, Faculty of Automobile Engineering, IRTT & Secretary,

SAEISS. Inauguration was done by Mr. B. Senthil Kumar, SKIP

Champion - SAEISS. He also introduced Dr. E. Rajasekar to the

participants and handed over the session to speaker.

Dr. E. Rajasekar started the program with a brief Introduction

about Off Highway and Special Types of Vehicles. He explained

about Requirements with slides & Video to the participants. The

program explored the basic aspects of understanding the

construction, working and salient features of Heavy Goods

Vehicles, Construction and Earth moving vehicles, Land clearing

Vehicles, Wheeled and Crawler Tractors, Material Handling

vehicles, Military Vehicles etc.

He also explained the working mechanism of Dump trucks,

Excavators, Bull dozers, Military tanks, Loaders, Wheeled and

Crawler Tractors, Tree cutters, Scrappers and Bush cutters to

the participants along with the technical features of each

vehicle.

During the valedictory session Mr. R. Armstrong, MC Member

SAEISS explained the participants about his vast experience in

this field and the technical working of the TAFE Tractors. He

also requested the participants for feedback about the

program. He distributed the certificate to the participants and

also felicitated the speaker with the memento as the token of

appreciation.


SAEISS Chennai Division organized Lecture Meeting program on

“Value Methodology Approach using Functions” on 12th August

2017, Saturday at AIEMA, Chennai. Speaker of the session is Mr.

P. ARJUNRAJ, of Actuant India Private Limited.

Mr. M. Khader Basha, Additional Director, CVRDE and Chennai

Divisional Chairman welcomed all the participants of the lecture

meeting and introduced speaker to the participants and handed

over the session to Mr. P. Arjunraj.

Mr. P. Arjunraj started his lecture by explaining the topic of the

day Value Methodology Approach using Functions. He started

with the basics of Value Analysis and Value Engineering.

He also gave a lots of industrial case studies for better

understanding by the participants which was we attracted by

the participants. Mr. P. Arjunraj also explained the VA/VE

concepts in basic manner so that a beginner can also

understand the concept.

Mr. M. Khader Basha delivered the vote of thanks. He thanked

all the participants and the speaker for spending their time for

SAEINDIA Southern Section Chennai Division lecture.

He also welcomed Mr. V. Ramakrishnan senior member of

SAEINDIA Southern Section to present the memento to the

speaker. Mr. V. Ramakrishnan presented the memento to Mr. P.

Arjunraj for giving the great lecture.


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SAEINDIA Section News - Southern Section

(SAEISS)


SAEISS Chennai Division organized Lecture Meeting program

on “Design Aspects of Diesel Engine for Armoured Fighting

Vehicles” on 9th September 2017, Saturday at AIEMA,

Chennai.

Mr. M. Khader Basha, Additional Director, CVRDE & Chairman

SAEISS Chennai Division welcomed all the participants of the

lecture meeting and introduced speaker to the participants

and handed over the session to the speaker.

Mr.Hari Viswanath started his lecture by explaining the topic

“Design Aspects of Diesel Engine for Armoured Fighting

Vehicles”. Mr.Hari Viswanath also gave examples and case

studies in the design of Diesel Engine for AFV. He explained

the Methods for High specific output and typical transmission

of AFV in the Diesel Engine. He also explained the engine

performance characteristics, Driving characteristics and

Design of AFV Engine.

Mr. M. KhaderBasha delivered the vote of thanks. He

thanked all the participants and the speaker for spending

their time for SAEISS Chennai Division lecture. He also

welcomed Dr. K. Balasubramanian, Anna University & Senior

Member of SAEINDIA to present the memento to the speaker

for his excellent lecture on the specified topic.

SAEINDIA Section News - Bangalore Section

(SAEIBS)

TECHNICAL TALK AND MEMBERSHIP DRIVE:

ASM Technologies Limited is a publicly-listed company in India

with global presence in USA Singapore and UK. With over two

decades of experience, ASM has been providing world class

consulting and product development services in the areas of

Engineering Services and Product R&D with successful

Offshore Development & Support Centres in India and

Overseas for its global clientele.

On 21.08.2017 SAEIBS had organised and technical talk and

the membership drive at ASM Technologies.

The event had tech talk on Emerging Trends in Automotive

Industry and it was wonderfully delivered by Mr. Rakesh Bidre

Senior Engineering Manager, Advance Vehicle Development,

Business Planning of GMTCI. Before this Mr Munirathnam gave

detailed introduction on SAEINDIA and its role and motive to

world of automotive industries.

There were about 100 plus engineers who attended the event

and had good interactive Q&A section.


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SAEIWS FURNISHED OFFICE INAUGURATION:

SAEIWS Furnished Office was inaugurated on 5th July 2017 by

Mrs. Rashmi Urdhwareshe, in presence Dr. K. C. Vora. Some

of the founder board members of SAEIWS such as Mr. K.

Srinivasan, Mr. Prakash Kulkarni and current board members

participated in the event. All earlier board members and

secretaries were felicitated for their contribution towards

SAEINDIA activities. There were around 50 participants in the

inauguration.

TIFAN LAUNCH:

SAEINDIA Off-Highway Board, in association with Mahatma

Phule Krishi Vidhyapeeth (MPKV), Rahuri announced the

commencement of the first edition of a unique innovative

competition Technology Innovation Forum for Agricultural

Nurturing (TIFAN). A formal inauguration function for the

TIFAN competition was organized at the College of

Agriculture, Pune on 5th July 2017.

TIFAN is conceptualized by off-highway board and John

Deere engineers with an objective to provide a platform for

Agricultural product innovation by generating a talent pool

for off-highway industry. This competition will also provide

the undergraduate students hands-on experience towards

agricultural/off-highway machinery and process. It provides

platform for the engineering and agricultural engineering

students to connect with the real life challenges of

Agricultural sector in the country. The competition will

challenge the students to solve the real life challenges of

farm mechanization. Eventually, such endeavours will help

the society by enabling the small and marginal farmers with

farm mechanization for yield and productivity

improvement.

Mr. Nitin Agarwal, Chairman of SAEINDIA Off-Highway

board along with Mr. Mahesh Masurkar, Secretary of

SAEINDIA Off-Highway board and Mr. Krishnat Patil,

Convener TIFAN 2017 greeted all the guests on the dais

with a book.

Mrs. Rashmi in her inaugural speech talked about SAEINDIA

and its different initiatives aimed at students’ development.

She also echoed Off-highway board’s contribution through

different initiatives like SINE and FINE. Mr. Nitin Agarwal

emphasized the need of youth development and how off-

highway board is contributing with its various initiatives. He

also touched upon the need of focused approach towards

skill development in this sector to increase the productivity

and efficiency with increasing mechanization trend. He also

played the video message from Dr. Raghunath Mashelkar,

where Dr. Mashelkar congratulated the SAEINDIA off-

highway board and conveyed best wishes to TIFAN team.

Hon’ble Vice Chancellor, MPKV Dr. K. P. Viswanatha in his

speech pointed out the role of small and affordable

mechanization for the low land holding farmers. Hon’ble sir

appreciated the efforts from the board in starting this

innovative competition. He also reiterated the support from

MPKV, Rahuri for hosting the TIFAN competition along with

the technical support.

Mr. Venkataraj in his address talked about the SAEINDIA

role in TIFAN competition and expressed his gratitude for

extending the competition to agricultural engineering

students along with regular engineering students. He also

stated that SAEINDIA is feeling proud to start this student

competition, unique in the world.

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Mr. Krishnat Patil briefed the audience with the competition

details and various milestones of it. TIFAN will be organized

annually with a new challenge theme every three years. The

problem statement / challenge will be related to farm

operation like land preparation, intercultural operation &

harvesting.

The competition will be held in 2 stages viz; Virtual and Field

Competition. Field evaluation will happen at MPKV, Rahuri.

The challenge for TIFAN 2017 is ‘Self Propelled Onion

Harvester’. The evaluation criterion will be Innovation,

Productivity, Efficiency, Fuel Economy, Cost and Ease of

operation.

Dr. Vora walked the audience through the journey of TIFAN

from concept to reality. He also mentioned that team, with

their previous BAJA experience, worked for more than 1 year

to detail out the various aspect of this competition. He

congratulated the team stating TIFAN will be one of its kind

of competition.

Mr. Rafiq Somani, Country Manager, India, Asia, Anz, ANSYS

and off-highway board member wished the team a grand

success and said Ansys will continue support TIFAN along

with other initiatives from the board.

Mr. Biswa Mandal, Head engineering Mahindra stated the

relevance of TIFAN to the needs of the farmers and assured

full support from Mahindra. Mr. Ravi Prashantha, Head

engineering Caterpillar and off-highway board member

congratulated the team and conveyed his support.

Other dignitaries in the auditorium included SAEINDIA

western section members, off-highway board members as

well as senior leaders from organizations like John Deere,

Cummins, ARAI and MPKV.

Vote of thanks was proposed by Mr. Mahesh Masurkar,

Secretary SAEINDIA Off- highway board and it was followed

by networking dinner.

COLLEGIATE CLUB (CG) INAUGURATION:

SAEINDIA Collegiate Club at Thakur College of Engineering &

Technology (TCET) was inaugurated on 17th July, 2017.

Collegiate club started with membership of 52 students and

3 teaching faculties.

The Chief Guest of the inaugural function was Dr. K. C. Vora,

Chairman SAEIWS & Dy. Director and Head, ARAI, Pune.

Senior leaders of the Institute were also present. It includes

Dr. B. K. Mishra (Principal), Dr. R. R. Sedamkar (Dean

Academic), Dr. Sanjay Kumar (Dean-Mentor, Mechanical &

Civil Engineering), Dr. Siddesh Siddappa D. (Head,

Mechanical Engineering,), Mr Rajeshwar Deshmukh (Dy.

Head, Mechanical Engineering). Faculty members along with

nearly 100 students from various departments of TCET were

also present.

Mr. Rupesh Deshbhratar & Ms. Sneha Rodrigs started

inaugural function. Dr. Siddesh Siddapa welcomed all the

guest and students. It was followed by felicitation of Chief

Guest, Principal and Dean (Academic). Dr. Sanjay Kumar

addressed about importance of SAEINDIA activities and

future challenges in automotive sector.

Principal, Dr. B. K. Mishra welcomed the Chief Guest and

congratulated Mechanical Engineering Department for

starting SAEINDIA Collegiate Club in TCET. Dr. R. R.

Sedamkar also put forward his valuable guidance. Student

Vice Chair Person, Mr. Nimit Maheshwari and Student

Publicity Chair, Mr.Pawan Yadav were among the students

to share their views on SAEINDIA Collegiate Club.

SAEINDIA Presentation and interactive session by the Chief

Guest, Dr. K. C. Vora enlightened the students. He talked

about events organised by SAEINDIA, membership benefits

and informative videos of BAJA and SUPRA Competitions to

the students.


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AWIM MTTP - SOLAPUR:

AWIM Master Teacher Training Program (MTTP) was held at

Valentine Circle School, Solapur on 29th July 2017 jointly

organized by SAEIWS along and N. K. Orchid College of

Engineering, Solapur. Mr. Sagar Murugkar & Prof. Dipak Bhoge

were the trainer for the event. There were around 27 teachers

and 5 student volunteers participated in the training.

EMINENT SPEAKER SERIES LECTURE:

The Eminent Speaker Series Lecture on “Nano Engineered

Materials for Future Aerospace and Automotive Applications”

was organized on 31st July 2017 at ARAI, Pune, which witnessed

participation from engineers, scholars, students and faculty in

the discipline of engineering. The speaker for the lecture was

Dr. Ajit D. Kelkar, Professor and Chair, Nano Engineering at

North Carolina A & T State University.

Mr. Prakash Sardesai, welcomed all the participants. He

Introduced Dr. Ajit D. Kelkar and welcomed him.

Dr. Ajit D. Kelkar has a degree in Mechanical Engineering

along with masters from South Dakota State University. He

has done Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from Old

Dominion University, Norfolk, Virginia.

In his presentation he presented on following subtopics:

• Advances in conventional tape laminates and textile

composites.

• Delamination of composite laminates via low velocity

impact loadings and fatigue loadings.

• Dispersing nanoparticles using high energy mixing.

• Electrospinning technique to manufacture nano-

fibers.

• Development of novel resin system for

multifunctional applications.

Mr. Nitin Agarwal felicitated Dr. Ajit D. Kelkar with a

Memento as a token of appreciation. Mr. Ramesh Pasarija

proposed the vote of thanks for the event. The delegate

feedback for the event is 9.4 out of 10.

AWIM MTTP - KOLHAPUR:

AWIM Master Teacher Training Program (MTTP) was held

at KIT’s College of Engineering, Kolhapur on 5th & 6th Aug

2017 jointly organised by SAEIWS along with the host

college. Dr. K. C. Vora, Mr. Amol Patil and Mr. Sagar

Murugkar were the trainer for the event. There were 18

teachers and 15 student and 2 professors who

participated in the training.


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AWIM MTTP - PUNE:


ARAI, Kothrud, Pune on 11th & 12th Aug 2017 jointly organised

by SAEIWS & ARAI. Mr. Yatin Jayawant and Mr. Mudassar

Sayyed were the trainers for the event. There were 12 teachers

and 15 students and 10 industry professionals who participated

in the training.

MEMBERSHIP DRIVE:

Membership drive at Symbiosis Open University, Kiwale was

conducted on 19th Aug 2017 by SAEIWS. Mr. M. K, Chaudhari,

Mr. Ramesh Pasarija, Mr. Paresh Shitole, Mr. Sagar Murugkar

and Mr. Shubham Bhavsar participated in the SAEINDIA

presentation to students and faculty of Symbiosis Open

University at Kiwale.

SAEINDIA OFF-HIGHWAY BOARD FEST:

SAEINDIA Off-Highway Board’s Forum for Engineering

Students on technologies of Tomorrow (FEST) lecture on

“Indian Emission Regulations” was held at Zeal College of

Engineering & Research, Pune on 22nd Aug 2017. Mr.

Ramesh Pasarija of SAEIWS presented the session and was

appreciated by the participants.

SYMPOSIUM ON WOMEN EMPOWERMENT:

SAEINDIA Off-Highway Board organized “Symposium on

Women Empowerment” in Cummins College of Engineering

for Women on 29th Aug 2017. The program was for women

engineering students and professionals.

The symposium had an panel discussion and the key points

of the panel discussion were as follows,


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Everybody should have 5 year plan and you can review and

revise every year.

• Empower, Connect and Inspire.

• One has to build her own brand.

• If woman gets educated, family gets empowered.

• Education gets confidence. Confidence of decision

making.

• Education gives economic independence.

• For Empowerment, Communication is important.

• Way of education is also important.

• We should have abundance mentality.

• Fortune favours prepared mind.

• Be Sincere Be Honest Be Open

• Don't fear the fear

• Empowerment does not mean over power.

• Empowerment is freedom to make choice.

AWIM MTTP - KUCTH:


HJD Institute of Engineering & Research, Kera on 31st Aug & 1st

Sept 2017 jointly Organized by SAEIWS and the host college.

Mr. Hardik Sarsvadiya & Mr. Ritwik Raman, were the trainer.

There were 15 student volunteers and 4 school teachers

participated in the training.

PROFICIENCY IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM:

Proficiency Improvement Program (PIP) on “Welding

Technology” was held at Zeal College of Engineering &

Research, Pune from 31st Aug to 2nd Sept 2017 Jointly

Organized by SAEIWS, ARAI and the host college. Mr. Martin

Dos, Mr. Vinay Mundada, Mr. Sanjay Nibandhe & Dr. K. C. Vora

were the speakers.

AWIM MTTP - AHMEDABAD:


held at Nirma University, Ahmedabad on 2nd Sept 2017 jointly

Organized by SAEIWS and the host college. Mr. Hardik

Sarsvadiya & Mr. Ritwik Raman, were the trainer. There were

more than 30 teachers and 20 student volunteers participated

in the training.


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SAEINDIA Section News - Western Section

(SAEIWS)

INAUGURATION OF SAEIWS ELECTRONICS BOARD:

On 06th September 2017 Electronics Board of SAEIWS was

inaugurated by Mrs. Rashmi Urdhwareshe. Mr. Nilkanth

Devshetwar from John Deere was announced as the Chair for

the electronics board. He would take up the activities in the

electronics section through this Electronics Board. Mr. Parag

Mengaji presented upcoming ITEC conference details to board

members and requested their contribution through the board.

OFF-HIGHWAY BOARD FEST LECTURE:

SAEINDIA Off-Highway Board’s Forum for Engineering Students

on technologies of Tomorrow (FEST) lecture on “TRIZ - theory

on inventing problem solving” was held at MIT College, Pune on

15th Sept 2017. The presenter for this lecture was Mr. Santosh

Khadasare from John Deere. He is Level 3 TRIZ certified

professional. This was a great occasion for having this lecture

on Engineer’s Day to deliver the lecture on such a topic!

SAEINDIA Section News - Northern Section

(SAEINS)

EFFICYCLE 2017- WORKSHOP:

SAEINS in association with Maruti Suzuki India Limited (MSIL)

and International Centre for Automotive Technology (ICAT)

organized one day workshops for the participants of the

Efficycle 2017 event at 4 different locations viz,

Venue Date Region of

India North Cap University,

Gurugram 8th July 2017 North

KIIT University, Bhubaneswar

9th July 2017 East

Bangalore Institute of Tech., Bangalore

15th July 2017 South

College of Engineering, Pune

16th July 2017 West

Workshops started with the formal inauguration followed by

the welcome speech by Mr.U.D.Bhangale (Sr. GM - ICAT &

Convener - Efficycle 2017). Workshops were delivered by the

Technical Committee speakers Mr. Jitendra Singh Gaur & Mr.

Harpreet Singh Juneja of ICAT.

Out of all 4 sessions, in the first two sessions teams were

explained in detail about the rules to design and fabricate the

vehicle. The theme for this year is “Drive Excellence Season”

and emphasis was given to the theme. The teams were guided

about the better drive performance for both mechanical and

electric drives. Some useful tips about the electric drives

including the battery specification & connections, throttle

body, motor specifications etc. based on the previous

experiences were also shared with the teams. The 1st two

sessions concluded with the Q&A from teams followed by the

lunch.

Third seasons focused on the explanation of report formats


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In the 3rd session focused on the explanation of report formats

which teams have to submit at different stages of the event. In

the 4th and final session, teams were informed about the

procedure of main event which is going to be held at Lovely

Professional University from 1st to 5th November 2017.

Elaboration of technical assessment at college level, on-site

technical inspection, static event (design, cost, build quality

evaluation and marketing presentation round) and dynamic

event (acceleration, gradient simulation, Drive Excellence test

and endurance run) helped the teams to understand the

evaluation process. During open sessions at the end, teams

asked their queries to the speakers. Efficycle alumni members

also shared their experience with teams. About 80 teams from

all over India attended the workshops in all four locations.

Organizing committee members, Mr. Abhishek Dewan from

MSIL and Mr. Bibhu Sinha from SAEINDIA were also present

during the workshop at Gurugram. Alumni Committee

members supported organizing committee in successful

organizing of workshops at all locations. The workshop ended

with National Anthem and the vote of thanks to host institutes.

AWIM MTTP - DELHI-NCR REGION:


held at Mapple Emerald Hotel, RAJOKRI, New Delhi on 21st July

2017 jointly Organized by SAEINS and Maruti Suzuki India

Limited (MSIL). The event was inaugurated by Mr. Alok Jaitley,

Convenor, SAEINS and Mr. Anup Kacker, ED, SAEINS and the

trainers are Ms. Harshita and Mr. Sanjay Khan for jet-toy and

Ms. Megha Gupta and Mr. Dikshaant for skimmer as volunteers

from both Indira Gandhi Delhi Technical University For Women

and Jamia Millia Islamia University. There were more than 25

teachers and 10 student volunteers participated in the training.

TECHNICAL LECTURE:

The Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Bennett University organized a seminar on SAEINDIA activities for initiating SAEINDIA Collegiate Club at Bennett University, Greater Noida, India on 24th August, 2017. The Chief Guest of the function was Mr. Anup Kacker, ED, SAEINS. Another technical speaker was Mr. Soumen Kundu, Manager from Maruti Suzuki India Limited (MSIL), Gurugram. The events of the seminar was managed by Dr. Deepali. The seminar was inaugurated by Dean, School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Prof. Suneet Tuli. Prof. Vinayak Ranjan, Head, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering welcomed Chief Guest, speaker, faculties, students and staff. Mr. Kacker addressed the audience and explained about the importance of SAEINDIA in current scenario. He explained to students about the activities of SAEINDIA and how it could help students to build up their skills to come up with innovation. He called for innovation in design projects so that Bennett University gains an international recognition. He emphasized and provoked students to take part in SAEINDIA events to enhance their talents tremendously. He advised students to take initiative of conducting workshop and activities in the very premise of our University. Mr. Soumen Kundu delivered his technical lecture on “Emerging Engine Technology”. He explained about how engine stroke occurs i.e. how the four strokes like suction, compression, power and exhaust strokes take place in an engine and why currently there is phase shift between connecting rod’s center and crankshaft’s center. He emphasized the students should develop strong basics. The vote of thanks was delivered by Dr. Danish.


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STUDENT CONVENTION:

SAEINDIA Student Convention 2017 with objective of

establishing an interaction amongst industry, SAEINDIA

personnel and students of engineering colleges, was organized

on 12th September 2017, Tuesday in the premises of ABES Engg.

College, Ghaziabad.

Inaugural session was organized in the Auditorium of Raman

block at the host college premises with around 500 people

from 9 neighbouring colleges. Prof.M K. Jha, Director, ABES

Engg. College, presented his inaugural speech and greeted the

audience open heartedly and conveyed his best wishes. Prof. D.

K. Sharma – Director, R & D, ABES Engg. College, gave his

motivational speech to the audience and highlighted the

importance of research and product development. He also

made the audience aware of the vision of Center of Excellence

– Automobile at ABES Engg. College, Ghaziabad.

Prof. Hemant Ahuja – HOD EN, ABES Engg. College,

subsequently opened the session with his speech and

underlined the performance of ABES Engg. College and

SAEINDIA Collegiate club in various competitions. He also drew

the attraction of the dignitaries to the fact that the college has

pioneered such event in the zone and finally released the

Constitution of SAEINDIA Student Collegiate Club at ABES Engg.

College, Ghaziabad.

The session was then handed over to Chief Guest Mr. V. K.

Jayaswal - ED, Shriram Pistons and Rings Limited for his key

note speech. He presented motivated the participants by

presenting facts and figures of automotive sector. Mr. Anup

Kacker, ED, SAEINS highlighted the importance of availing the

membership of professional societies and in particular how

SAEINIS is trying to bridge the Skill Gaps based on Industry

Expectations through Competitions, Student Conventions,

Technical Lecture etc..

The event also witnessed Technical talks from Mr. Sandeep

Sharma, DGM Technology of UNOMINDA, Gurgaon on

Product Development, Mr. Yogendra Singh Kushwaha, AGM,

Subros Limited, Noida on “Future of Mobility Engineering” and

Mr. Manas Tripathi, Manager, MSIL, Gurgaon on “Future

Engine Technologies”. Participants were also given certificate

of participation in the technical talk. Post Lunch there were

sessions on Paper Presentation & Project Exhibition.

The displayed projects were judged by the industry expert

speakers for technical talk and Prof. H. P. Sinha was invited to

become the member of jury for evaluating the research

papers along with Prof. Sanjay Singh, Mr. Anup Kacker, Mr.

Ashish Malik and Mr. Deepak Garg all from the host college.

Results of the competition were compiled and declared in the

valedictory session and the certificate of achievement were

bestowed to the participants by guests. The results are as,

Category Rank Title Institute

Competitive Projects

1 Solar Vehicle ABES,

Ghaziabad

2 Smart Garbage

Collection System ABES,

Ghaziabad

3 Designing of Wheel

Hub ABES,

Ghaziabad

Research Papers

1 Smart Driver’s

Authentication System AKG,

Ghaziabad

2 Nanomaterial in

Lubrication JSSATE, Noida

2

Toll Booth Self-Transactions for

Vehicles Using RFID Enabled Cards

AKG, Ghaziabad

3

Design and Analysis of Air Intake System of SAE Supra Student

Formula Car

AKG, Ghaziabad


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SEMINAR:

A seminar on “Finite Element Analysis (FEA) for Automotive

Industry using Simcenter” organized in association with

SIEMENS by SAEINDIA Northern Section (SAEINS) on 19th May

2017 at Gurgaon.

The welcome address was given by Mr. Ajay Pandey of

Siemens & the Inaugural address along with a brief on SAEINS

activities was given by Mr. Sunil Malhotra, Vice Chairman

(Seminar & conferences). To get insight on the impact of

Finite Element Analysis (FEA) for Automotive Industry using

Simcenter in the mobility sector which delivers unmatched

modelling realism and computational performance. This will

help you predict real product behaviour, and put 3D

simulation on the critical path for complex product

development.

The lined-up experts are Mr. Kamanasish Biswas, Mr.

Geetanand Kedilaya and Mr. Khushpreet Singh having

combined experience of 30 plus years who presented the

salient feature & advantages of Simcenter for mobility

experts. The seminar had participation from cross section of

Industries and 3 Colleges with total participation of 38. The

valedictory address was given by Mr. P Panda – Sr. Vice

Chairman SAEINS. Mr. Rakesh Sood – Vice Chairman Student

Activities SAEINS was also present.

SEMINAR:

A seminar on “Bharat Stage VI – How it impacts Testing,

Instrumentation and Development” organized in association

with AVL by SAEINDIA Northern Section (SAEINS) on 19th May

2017 at Gurgaon.

The aim is to get insight on the impact of BS VI on testing

Instrumentation and Development in the mobility sector. A

brief on SAEINS activities was given by Mr. Anup Kacker, ED,

SAEINS.

It is followed by Expert talk by team of experts from AVL

namely Mr. Michael Muehloegger, Global Business Unit

Manager, Measurement &Instrumentation Products, AVL

Graz; Mr. Manoj Kusumba, HOD, Diesel Development, PTE /

DED, AVL India; Mr. Jean Baptiste Paquereau, GM, Engine and

Vehicle Development, AVL India; Mr. Alexander Painsi - BDM,

Emission Instrumentation, AVL Graz; Mr. Marco Schoeggl –

BDM, In-Vehicle Measurement, AVL Graz; Mr. Franz Murr –

BDM, Combustion Measurement, AVL Graz; Mr. Peter

Domjan - Group Product Manager, Consumption

Measurement, AVL Graz.

The seminar had participation from cross section of Industries

and 5 Colleges with total participation of 65.

COLLEGIATE CLUBS VISIT & EXPERT TALK:

On 8th & 15th June 2017 Mr. Anup Kacker, ED, SAEINDAI

Northern Section (SAEINS) visited ABES Engineering College,

Ghaziabad; GL Bajaj Institute, Greater Noida and NIET

College, Greater Noida.

There he briefed about the plans and current activities of

SAEINS to Vice Chairman, Director, Principal, HOD, Faculties

and Key student industries by bringing the students with

requisite skills like Communication, Leadership & Technical

which are needed to them.


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TECHNICAL LECTURE:

On 15th Sep 2017 SAEINS made a visit to Sanskriti University

and Hindustan College of Science and Technology Mathura on

Engineers Day. Plenary talk was given on “Role Engineers have

to play” by Mr.Anup Kacker, ED, SAEINS. Meeting and

discussions were also held with Vice Chairman and Directors of

respective colleges along with their senior Faculty Advisors /

Head of Department and key student members.

Brief on functioning of SAEINDIA and its Membership benefits

along with how SAEINS is helping student become more

employable by bringing out Industry expectations and gaps and

Skill development like communication skills, leadership skills,

Technical skills etc. which is needed in the students to bridge

the gap between academia and industries. They also were

appraised of Flagship Events planned in near Future like FISITA

World Congress 2018, iTEC 2017 and SAEINDIA Foundation

Awards. The aim of these events is to provide students a

platform for holistic development and showcase their

knowledge and creativity.

COLLEGIATE CLUB ORIENTATION PROGRAM 2017:

SAEINDIA GLBITM COLLEGIATE CLUB organized a felicitation ceremony for members of Team Synergy Racing for their achievement in BAJA SAEINDIA 2017 VIRTUAL held at Chitkara University, Chandigarh in July 2017 followed by unveiling new logo of SAEINDIA GLBITM Club. Mr. Anup Kacker, ED, SAEINS blessed the occasion with his presence as chief guest. The event was inaugurated by Head of the Mechanical Engineering Department Dr. V. R. Mishra by lightening the candle under the blessings of Maa Saraswati followed by his speech on SAEINDIA Collegiate Club and guiding the audience of 250 students to take part in SAEINDIA events.

The ceremony was accompanied by expert lecture by

Mr.Soumen Kundu, MSIL on bridging industry academia gap

followed by guest lecture of Mr. Anup Kacker on introduction

to Automobile Engineering. Mr.Kacker further briefed about

the benefits of joining SAEINDIA.

The memento was presented by Mr. Vinod Kumar Yadav, Sr.

faculty Advisor, SAEINDIA of GLBITM Collegiate club to Mr.

Kacker and his team. Mr. Vinod Yadav and Dr. Ashish Mishra

unveiled the new official logo of the club.

The members and faculty advisor of Team Synergy Racing

were awarded with the certificates by Dr. V. R. Mishra for

their achievement. The event was concluded with

motivational speech and vote of thanks by Mr. Vinod Kumar

Yadav.

TOPTECH SEMINAR:

SAEINS in association with ALTAIR organized a TOPTECH

seminar on "Engineering Synergy with Simulation for OEMs and

Suppliers" on 18th September 2017 at Atrio Hotel, New Delhi.

The Technology showcase was targeted towards CAE/Test

Validation engineers, design engineers involved with Product

Design and FEA from OEMs and their key suppliers. The

seminar was witnessed by 60 participants of both from

Industries and Colleges.


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Supported by

K. Venkataraj,

Deputy Director General, SAEINDIA.

D. Seshadhri,

Executive Director, SAEINDIA

Created by

R. Srinivasa Raghavan,

Dy.Manager– Projects, SAEINDIA

The Key Note address was given by Mr. Alok Jaitley – VP, MSIL

& Welcome address by Mr. Pawan Kumar, MD of Altair along

with a brief on SAEINS activities by Mr.Sanjay Gupta, DGM,

MSIL. In this workshop, international speakers of ALTAIR

presented cutting-edge methods, applications and industry

examples of CAE-driven innovations.

In addition, the workshop gave the opportunity to network

with them and help you learn more about latest applications

of Altair's simulation technologies and how leading OEM's /

suppliers are applying latest simulation technologies and

processes in their R&D setups.

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