Registration Advisory committee NWPE 2008 Individual Academic institutes Rs.3,000 Dr. M. Chidambaram, National Workshop on Power Electronics Industries & Govt. organizations Rs.5,000 Director, NIT, Tiruchirappalli. Students Rs.1,000 Dr. V. K. Aatre, Industry-Institute-R&D Interaction Chairman, National Steering Committee, NaMPET. Group (for 3 Registrations) Academic institutes Rs.8,000 Shri. S. Ramakrishna, Industries & Govt. organizations Rs.12,000 Director General, CDAC.

Exhibition Stalls : 10 ft. x 10 ft. : Rs.15,000 Shri. T.K. Sarkar, Sr.Director, DIT, Govt. of India. Two free registrations will be provided for the sponsors of each exhibition stall. Shri. Rajan T Joseph Executive .Director, CDAC, Thiruvananthapuram Sponsorships Organized by Institutional sponsors are invited to support NWPE 2008. Prof. V. Ramanarayanan, IISc, Bangalore. Dept. of Electrical and Electronics Engg., For sponsors contributing Rs.30,000 and above we shall National Institute of Technology, be happy to acknowledge their support in the official Dr. N. Ammasaigounden, Tiruchirappalli. proceedings and all subsequent announcements. Free Dean (IC & SR), NIT, Tiruchirappalli. registration to 3 members of the sponsoring organization th th will also be provided. Registration fees will be accepted Organizing committee 12 – 14 November 2008 only through Demand Draft drawn in favour of “The Director, NIT, Tiruchirappalli” payable at Tiruchirappalli Mrs. K.A. Fathima, CDAC, Thiruvananthapuram (preferably payable at State Bank of India, NIT Branch, Mr. V.S. Suresh Babu, CDAC, Thiruvananthapuram Code:1617). Completed Registration forms Mr. V. Anathakrishnan, BHEL, Tiruchirappalli accompanied by registration fee should reach the Mr. R. Chellapan, Numeric Power Systems, Chennai coordinators not later than 30th September 2008. Mr. R. N. Manickam, TNPL, Kagithapuram Mr. S. Natarajan, Grasim Industries Ltd. Ariyalur The registration fee includes workshop kit with course Prof. V.T. Ranganathan, IISc, Bangalore material, lunch and refreshments on all the three days of Dr. G. Narayanan, IISc, Bangalore the workshop. A visit to the Big Temple of Tanjore on Dr. M. Subbiah, Rajalakshmi Engg. College, Chennai the evening of 12th November and a banquet dinner on th Dr. N. Anantharaman, NIT, Tiruchirappalli the night of 13 November are complimentary for the Dr. G. Uma, Anna University, Chennai delegates / registered participants. Dr. S. Arul Daniel, NIT, Tiruchirappalli Mr. G. Saravana Ilango, NIT, Tiruchirappalli Address for correspondence Dr. M.P. Selvan, NIT, Tiruchirappalli under the aegis of Dr. N. Kumaresan Ms. M. Venkata Kirthiga, NIT, Tiruchirappalli The coordinator – NWPE 2008 Mr. P. Raja, NIT, Tiruchirappalli The National Mission on Dept. of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Mr. S. Moorthi, NIT, Tiruchirappalli Power Electronics Technology National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu – 620 015 Co-ordinators (NaMPET) an initiative of Tel : 0431 – 2503251 / 3257 Dr. C. Nagamani, NIT, Tiruchirappalli. Mobile : 9486001122 / 17 Dr. N. Kumaresan, NIT, Tiruchirappalli. Department of Information Technology, e-mail : [email protected] , [email protected] Government of India. Preamble campus. The lectures and presentations by eminent NWPE 2008 The National Mission on Power Electronics personalities will cover recent developments, case 12th – 14th November 2008. Technology (NaMPET) is a national mission programme studies, showcasing of expertise, entrepreneurial aspects launched in November 2004 by the Department of etc. Every session will provide a forum for open-house discussion wherein the participants and the experts can REGISTRATION FORM Information Technology (DIT) under Ministry of Communications & Information Technology, constructively exchange their ideas. Panel(s) discussions will identify and summarize the road-map for efficient Name : ______Government of India. It is a pioneering endeavour to galvanize and streamline the academic, research, energy solutions through Power Electronics technology. engineering and entrepreneurial activities within India in Designation : ______the area of Power Electronics Technology. Principal Workshop schedule Organization : ______objective of NaMPET is to enable Indian Power 12th November 2008 (Wednesday) Electronics Industries to attain a dominant position in the 08.30 a.m. : Registration international market. A National Steering Committee Official Address : ______09.30 a.m. : Inauguration comprising of eminent experts from different agencies ______11.00 a.m.- 5.00 p.m. : Technical sessions and institutions in India guides the activities of NaMPET and NWPE-2008 is one of such major activities. ______13th November 2008 (Thursday)

09.30 a.m.- 5.00 p.m. : Technical sessions ______Application of Power Electronics ranges from power supplies to motion control, factory automation, th transportation, energy storage, multi-megawatt industrial 14 November 2008 (Friday) Mobile / Telephone : ______drives, power quality and electric power transmission / 09.30 a.m.- 01.00 p.m. : Industry Interaction & Panel distribution. Further it is expected to evolve in several discussion e-mail :______directions such as integrated systems for electronic power processing, intelligent control and energy management, How to reach NIT, Tiruchirappalli distributed generation, automotive applications, electric Accommodation Required :______Yes / No traction, emerging applications in commercial / National Institute of Technology is located on the residential areas. Power Electronics will play a dominant Tiruchirappalli-Tanjore highway (NH 67) about 20 km st role in the 21 century in industrial and utility from the main city. One can avail bus no. 128 or Tanjore Payment details applications with increased emphasis on energy saving bound buses from the Central Bus Stand (CBS) to reach and efficient control of industrial processes thereby NIT-T. The journey takes about 45 minutes from CBS to DD No. :______helping to preserve the environment. NIT-T. Taxis may charge around Rs.300/-.

The National Workshop on Power Electronics Tiruchirappalli (also known as Trichy) is connected by Date :______(NWPE 2008) aims to bring together experts from major road to Chennai (320 km), Madurai (142 km) and to all industries, premier academic institutions, distinguished major towns in South India by regular bus services. Rs. :______practitioners in Power Electronics technology deployment Tiruchirapalli is an important junction on the Southern and research scholars to exchange their experiences, new Railway. It has an international airport and is connected (DD should be drawn in favour of “The Director, NIT, ideas, practical challenges encountered and the possible with Chennai (Madras), Calicut, Singapore, Colombo, Tiruchirappalli” payable at Tiruchirappalli) solutions. Kuwait and Sharjah. NIT-T is about 20 km from Tiruchirappalli Railway station / International Airport. NWPE-2008 will include a number of technical Date :______sessions with individual themes pertaining to latest trends Accommodation for the participants may be arranged in and developments in Power Electronics field. Two the institute guest house / hostels on request (chargeable sessions will be exclusively on the activities of NaMPET. basis). Normally it will be a twin shared accommodation. The workshop will be held at NIT, Tiruchirappalli Signature :______