FOURTH NATIONAL CONFERENCE- NCDMC’15

SCHOOL OF MECHANICAL AND CONSTRUCTION ENGINEERING

                      FOURTH NATIONAL CONFERENCE- NCDMC’15

                                    Dignitaries releasing the conference proceedings

The School of Mechanical and Construction Engineering of VEL TECH Dr.RR & Dr.SR TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY, Chennai had organized the fourth National Level Conference on “Design, Materials and Constructions -NCDMC’15”.The Chief guest Mr.I.Prabhakara Rao, Chief Executive Officer of Delhi International Airport inaugurated the conference and narrated about the importance of conducting such conferences that would benefit young budding engineers.

He also spoke about the recent trends in aviation research, smart materials and advanced technology updates along with placement opportunities in aviation industry. The chief guest had released the conference proceedings. The conference had received 180 technical papers related to design, materials, civil and on many more topics out of which 110 papers were selected for publication.

The conference was felicitated by Col Prof Dr.Vel R. Rangarajan, Chancellor Dr.R.P.Bajpai, and Vice Chancellor Dr.Prof. Beela Satyanarayana.

Dr.P.Mathiyalagan, Dean of SOMCE delivered the inaugural speech emphasizing on the need of research activities in the areas of Engineering.

The conference is scheduled for three days in VEL TECH UNIVERSITY premises from 20.8.2015 to 22.8.2015.

Mr. Adarsh Nair, Student of Mechanical Engineering, Concluded the inaugural ceremony by proposing a vote of thanks.

VTU SPECIAL CONVOCATION

Padma Shri Dr.A.S.Kiran Kumar Chairman Space Commission advices student
engineers that process of learning and unlearning are equally important to adopt
to new technologies

VelTech University Confers Honorary Doctor of Science on Padma Shri Dr.A.S.Kiran Kumar , Chairman , Space Commission , Secretary ,Dept of Space , GOI, & Chairman ISRO at Special Convocation held on 4 th August at the University Auditorium

It was yet another memorable day in the golden tradition of VelTech University .

In his acceptance speech Dr.A.S.Kiran Kumar, appreciated the team work efforts at ISRO , the reason for its tremendous success. He stated that by conferring him with the Honorary Doctorate ,VelTech through him has recognized the efforts of ISRO. He also said that on interacting with the research faculty of the university it was heartening to know that in our country there are people who are putting their heart and soul for new ideas and are bringing the industry , international organizations and academia together . He acknowledged that it is worth disseminating what this University is doing.  He also advised the student engineer that process of learning and unlearning are equally  important to adopt to new technologies and he advised the youngsters to see the nature and to conceive many ideas from nature which will make us  to think more how to adopt it and implement .

Founder President Dr.R.Rangarajan , Chancellor Dr.R.P.Bajpai , Vice Chancellor Dr.Beela Satyanarayana , members of the Board of Management took part in the noble occasion.

Dr.Kiran Kumar also visited the Research Park, Knowledge resource centre, E waste Facility and Special labs of the University.

It was a rare honour and humble privilege for VelTech University students to interact with this great visionary , innovator and highly accomplished dignitary Padma Shri Dr.A.S. Kiran Kumar who inspite of his extremely busy schedule and security reasons spent a good time interacting with the students and faculty of the University.