CEG ALUMNI E NEWS VOLUME 1 FEBRUARY 2017 ISSUE 5 Editor S.V.RAMASWAMY E-mail : [email protected] Editorial Advisors D. THIRUNAKKARASU D. S.L PRASAD E-mail : [email protected] E-mail : [email protected]

CONTENTS Page 2 – President's Message, COSS Lecture Initiative Page 6 – Quest for EMAIL IDS of AACEG Members, Page 3 – Kurukshetra, Mega Meet at Bangalore, Membership Registration Career Guidance Program, Feb. 2017 Page 7 – Distinguished Alumni, Yearly Calendar of Events Page 4 – Nostalgia, Golden Jubilee Reunion of 1967 Batch Page 8 – Guest Rooms at Alumni Centre, Memories of Page 5 – Donations for Social Causes, Workshop on Kalayaripattu Octogenarians, Robots and Jallikattu

OFFICE BEARERS OF AACEG President: D. Vasudevan Vice Presidents: Secretary: Treasurer: P. Narayanasamy, M. Shanmugam, V. Srinath P. Sakthivel P. Hariharan

Immediate Past President: Joint Secretaries: B. Karunakaran D.S.L. Prasad, Srikumar Srinivasan CEG ALUMNI E NEWS

FROM THE PRESIDENT'S DESK

Dear Alumni members, Alumni Day. This will be performed by the Students and

I am happy to share with you our Alumni of the college. Following seven persons have activities during January / February been selected for the

To mention a few of our important Distinguished Alumni Award activities: a. Mr.K K Arun Krishnan1971, B.E, Mechanical

1. I was fortunate to attend the b. Mr.S. Durga Prasad1982, B.E, Mechanical

Bangalore Chapter Mega - Meet where I could meet the c. Dr.MurugesanPonnavaikko1972, M.Sc, Power Systems members of Bangalore Chapter. The meeting was well Engg. organised by Er. Srinath, the Vice President of AACEG. d. Mr.Natarajan Narayanan1969, B.E, Electrical 2. We have finalised the subject and the speaker for the e. Mr.M R Ranganathan1966, B.E Civil Engg Lt.Col.S.Paul Memorial Lecture. The speaker is Er. P.Kaniappan, Managing Director of WABCO India Ltd., a f. Mr.K V Sundararaman1962, B.E, Mechanical German company in . The subject of the lecture g. Mr.S.Shanmugasundaram1948, B.E, Mechanical is “Industry 4.0”. This is the latest technology followed by We are contemplating to take action for the construction manufacturing companies. This involves the Industrial, of the pond and improvements in our incubation centre. Mechanical, Manufacturing and ECE Engineers. We are organising the lecture for all the four departments at Our office will also be improved to have a new look. CEG’s TAG Auditorium on 28th of February. I hope the I take this opportunity to thank our office bearers and EC subject will be interesting and useful for the students. members for their active support in making a marked 3. We are preparing for the Alumni Day to be held on 12th progress in our activities despite the constraints March. Dr.T.Hanuman Chowdary 1952 batch Alumnus Wishing you a happy and eventful Alumni Day of our college has kindly consented to be the Chief Guest. D.Vasudevan He has received the Padmashree Award recently. This President, AACEG year we intend to have a cultural program during the

COSS SEMINAR INITIATIVE

The COSS (1976 CEG BATCH) seminars are organised to equip the CEG students for their Employment and Career Path. The first seminar was organised on February 8, 2017 at Alumni Centre, CEG. The seminar was inaugurated by the Dean of CEG Prof. Narayanasamy and presided over by President AACEG Er.Vasudevan. The inaugural lecture was delivered by Er. Sundaram Parthasarathy (1976 Mech) to the Mechanical Engineering Students. The audience consisted of 125 students and about 40 persons consisting of Alumni, 1976 batch members and Faculty of CEG. The lecture was well appreciated by the Audience. The next lecture will be delivered by Prof Ganesh Babu, former Director, Central Building Research Institute, Roorkee to the Civil Engineering Students.

With inputs from Dr. R. Chandrasekaran (1976, Civil)

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KURUKSHETRA - ANNUAL TECHNO chapter. It was decided that elections should be held at an MANAGEMENT FEST OF CEG early date to elect the office bearers of the chapter. Vasudevan, President, AACEG who was the chief guest for the function, assured the members that the parent association at CEG will offer all the help for developing the chapter. Dr.M.Sekar former Dean of CEG and Er. M. Shanmugam Vice President AACEG also attended the meeting. Srinath and his team deserve appreciation for organising an extremely successful mega meet and activating the Bangalore Chapter. CAREER GUIDANCE PROGRAM, FEB. 2017

The driving spirit behind KURUKSHETRA, organized by CEG during February 15-18, 2017 is to provide young free minds a chance to explore, innovate and create. The state of G.L. RAMASESHAN DELIVERING THE INAUGURAL REMARKS the art technology and cutting edge research will be on One day program of career guidance for 6th semester display and eminent technologists and experts from the field students of B.TECH (IT) and fourth semester students of MCA will be explaining their innovations during the program. It is (Regular) and MCA (Self Supporting) were conducted on the only student organized event in India that is patronized Saturday, February 11, 2017 at Information Technology Hall by UNESCO. and at TAG Auditorium respectively. There are a plethora of events spanning all streams of 101 students of I T branch and 105 students of MCA branch engineering which are a test of engineering skills of the attended the program. The session was conducted by Senior students. Projects and Project K! are among Kurukshetra's Executives/ Entrepreneurs / Professionals attached to the IT highlights that brings forth the innovative and creative ideas. profession This year the emphasis will be on Climate Change. .With few more months to go for placement interviews for them, the students' feedback are that this session have been MEGA MEET AT BANGALORE very good and very useful for their start up career. Bangalore Chapter of AACEG organised the Reunion of CEG Mock interviews would be conducted for them to enable Alumni at Bangalore on January 22, 2017. The venue was them to be successful in placement interviews anticipated United Mission High School, Mission Road which is located during July 2017. close to Town Hall. The meeting was attended by Alumni Similar programs for Electrical and Electronic Engineering, and their families. The total strength was about 100. There Electronics and Communications Engineering, Mechanical was a good interaction between the Alumni who reminisced Engineering and Civil Engineering are planned depending about their days at Guindy. In the meeting that followed upon the availability and convenience of students. Alumni expressed their ideas for future activities of the

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Communication Skills and Career Goal Exercises, Psychological Tests in Selection, Group Discussion, Mock Interviews, Achievement Motivation Exercises and Technical Aspects of Career Choice. The faculty group included Mr. L.S.N. Gupta, Prof. T.K., Dr. M. Sukumar, Prof. P. Balaraman and Mr. K.G.S. Moorthy. All the classes were conducted with full vigour and the students had good interaction and lively discussions with the faculty members. In general the course was very useful and well received and arrangements may be made in future also for organising such courses more frequently. STUDENT AUDIENCE AT TAG AUDITORIUM With inputs from G.L. Ramaseshan Dr. C.P. Sarathy (1963 M) (Alumni Newsletter, April 1992) NOSTALGIA CAREER GUIDANCE COURSE GOLDEN JUBILEE REUNION OF 1967 BATCH

MUMMOORTHY, PRESIDENT, AACEG DELIVERING THE PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS GROUP PHOTO OF 1967 BATCH The Career Guidance Course was organised on January 31, IN FRONT OF MAIN BUILDING and February 1, 1992.Mr. K. Muthusamy, Deputy Director, College of Engineering, Guindy, Class of 67 (CEG 67) Board of Apprenticeship Training, Southern Region co- celebrated the Golden Jubilee of their graduation on January 7 and 8, 2017 with their spouses. There were 97 students of ordinated the conduct of the course. The course enrolled 123 1967 batch. They came from different parts of India and 13 sixth semester students of all branches. were from USA and other foreign countries. On the morning The course was inaugurated by Thiru N. Dhanushkody, Vice of January 7 they strolled round the CEG Campus for a trip President, SPIC Electronics and Systems Ltd. and the function down memory lane. They were greatly impressed by the was presided over by Thiru N. Mummorthy, President, growth of the college in the fifty years since they graduated AACEG. The course was conducted in two batches of 62 and found it difficult to recognise the class rooms and students. The faculty members included specialists from laboratories where they spent five years. In the afternoon there was a meeting in the TAG Auditorium. The Professors various organisations. The different topics covered in seven and the students shared the nostalgic memories of their sessions during the course are: Interview Techniques, college days.

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The highlight of the Reunion was the release of the attractive fund raising event held for helping the needy sections of the album containing photographs of the attendees taken in society. The 14th edition of Sangarsh is organized for the 1967, 1992, 2007 and 2016. It also contained the contact purpose of aiding the victims of Muscular Dystrophy through details of all the batch mates who were present. The Album Muscular Dystrophy Foundation, . It was decided by was released by officiating Dean, Prof.Hariharan. Professors the Executive committee to donate the Amount Rs.20, 000/- who taught the 1967 batch were honoured during the to support the event. meeting. There was a gala dinner at Alumni Club in the evening. Donation to Kurukshetra: It was decided by the executive On January 8 the families of the Alumni took a leading part in committee to donate the Amount of Rs.30, 000/- to support the activities which was organised at the Five-Star Hotel the event Kurukshetra, organized by CEG Students Raintree. All the class mates were presented with a specially With input from P. Sakthivel, Secretary, AACEG designed T-Shirt, a personalised plaque and a coffee mug WORKSHOP ON KALAYARIPATTU with photos of the individual and the spouses were presented with elegant sarees.

CLASS IN PROGRESS SAPTHAM, The Classical Dance and Carnatic Music Club of CEG organised a six day workshop on Kalayaripattu, the OFFICIATING DEAN HARIHARAN (TREASURER, AACEG) martial art of Kerala during January 7 to 14 at Alumni Centre RELEASING THE PHOTO ALBUM. VASUDEVAN (PRESIDENT AACEG) IS STANDING THIRD FROM LEFT) in collaboration with Navaneetham Cultural Trust. Balraj With inputs from T.A. Adikesavan (1967 C) and The Hindu Soni, a well- known expert from Mumbai was the instructor DONATION FOR SOCIAL CAUSES for the course. The workshop was conducted two sessions from 6.30 AM to 8.30 AM and from 4.30 PM to 6.00 PM. Donation to National Cadet Corps :Alumni Association College of Engineering Guindy has supported the “Halo In the first two days of workshop, the participants learnt basic Wings – 2017” an 8 Km Run with a donation of Rupees leg movements and kicks. Horse, elephant, lion postures and Fifteen Thousand, (Rs. 15000/-).The Marathon was held on stretches were taught on subsequent days of the workshop. Sunday, February 12, 2017 and organized by the Cadets of Exercises that can reduce about 5kilograms weight in a week NCC Naval Wing of College of Engineering Guindy. This were also taught in the workshop. event was held to support the Madras Dyslexia Association The participants felt that the workshop was very useful and and to create awareness about Dyslexia. About 650 students suggested that SAPTHAM should conduct such workshops in participated in this event. the future. Krishnaswamy, EC Member AACEG and Mentor, Donation to Rotaract Club of CEG: SANGARSH, a concert for SAPTHAM distributed the certificates to the participants on a cause, conducted by the Rotaract Club of CEG is an annual the successful completion of the course.

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The co-ordinators of the Reunion Meetings are requested to send the E MAIL IDS of their classmates to AACEG office or to me at an early date. This is essential for AACEG to communicate with their members and to conduct elections by E POLLING.

AACEG CONTACT DETAILS E-MAIL ID : [email protected] Phone: 91 044 22300111, 91 044 22351314, 91 044 22358987 PARTICIPANTS IN THE COURSE Website: http://www.cegalumni.in With inputs from S.Krishnaswamy (1961 M) QUEST FOR E MAIL IDS OF AACEG MEMBERS MEMBERSHIP REGISTRATION Keeping contact with members was not a problem till about 1989 or so. The number of members reached 1000 only then and keeping contact with them by post was not difficult. But the membership increased at a fast rate after 1990.The strength of AACEG membership at present is in the neighbourhood of 20000.. E MAILS are the only possible means of communication with members. VOTING DURING ELECTION 2016 (from Archives) However E MAILS made their presence only during the The Membership Registration was about 590 on October1. It eighties. Hence members who have joined the AACEG is now 742 as on February 13, 2017. There is an increase of during that period did not furnish their E MAIL IDs in their application. At AACEG office very few E MAIL IDS of 139 in about 140 days as shown in the Figure. The strength of members who have joined the association prior to 1990 are AACEG is estimated to be in the vicinity of 25000 or so. There available. is an urgent need to increase the number of Registered E MAIL IDS of those who joined after 1990 are available at Members. Since it is proposed to conduct the future elections the AACEG office. But the E MAIL IDS are out-dated since by E POLLING, there should be a substantial increase in the they pertain to their student days. They have to be updated number of registered members. Registered Members of and their present E MAIL IDS should be obtained for effective AACEG are requested to persuade their classmates, friends, communication. seniors and juniors to register in large numbers. CEG Alumni celebrate their Silver Jubilee, thirtieth year, The procedure for Registration is simple and easy. Log on to Fortieth year, Golden Jubilee, Diamond Jubilee etc. of their graduation. They meticulously collect the addresses of their the website www.cegalumni.in. Click the tab Register and classmates. Generally the attendance at these functions is verify your membership and follow instructions. significant.

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YEARLY CALENDAR OF EVENTS

DISTINGUISHED ALUMNI

The following Eminent Persons have been selected as CEGAM Date and Month yet to be decided

Distinguished Alumni for the year 2017. They will be CAREER GUIDANCE PROGRAM – During the months of felicitated during the Alumni Day Celebrations which will be December, January and July – Saturdays and Sundays during held on March 12, 2017. The Chief Guest for the function is third and fourth weeks (first program held on February 11, Dr. T. Hanuman Chowdary (1952 TC) 2017)

Mr.K.K.Arun Krishnan1971, B.E, Mechanical, Patent ROAD SAFETY SEMINAR – January 7 (held on January 9, 2017) Designer and All round sportsman Lt. Col. PAUL MEMORIAL LECTURE – February 28 (see Mr.S. Durga Prasad 1982, B.E, Mechanical, Co-Founder, forthcoming events Director and CEO, Bahwan Cybertek Group Sri V.C.A. PADMANABHAN MEMORIAL LECTURE – Dr.Murugesan Ponnavaikko1972, M.Sc., Power Systems, March 6 (see forthcoming events) Vice-Chancellor, Bharath University Prof. K.R. SUNDARARAJAN MEMORIAL LECTURE – Mr.Natarajan Narayanan 1969, B.E, Electrical, former Chief March 18

Secretary, Government of. of ALUMNI DAY – During third or fourth week of March – To Mr.M R Ranganathan1966, B.E Civil, President and be held on March 12, 2017 Chairman (Nihon Technology (An IT Company only with PON MALAI POZHUTHU PART TIME BE STUDENTS – Japanese Clients)) During April or May

Mr.K V Sundararaman1962, B.E, Mechanical, International GENESIS DAY – May 17 Construction Expert for Major Projects in all the leading PADMASHREE DHARMARAJAN MEMORIAL LECTURE – countries of the world JULY 18

Mr.S.Shanmugasundaram1948, B.E, Mechanical, former Prof. K.S.HEGDE MEMORIAL LECTURE – July 21 Chief Engineer, Public Works Department, Government of Prof. T. ANANTHARAJAN MEMORIAL LECTURE – Tamil Nadu. September 4

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TEACHER'S DAY CELEBRATIONS – September 5 ROBOTS AND JALLIKATTU Dr. N.V. ARUNACHALAM MEMORIAL LECTURE – September 13

Dr. N.G. ANUTHAMAN MEMORIAL LECTURE – September 24

Dr. P. PURUSHOTHAMAN MEMORIAL LECTURE – October 5

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETINGS – First Wednesday of Every Month

GUEST ROOME AT ALUMNI CENTRE

KEEN COMPETITION BETWEEN ROBOT BULLS DESIGNED BY STUDENTS Jallikattu made its presence felt at CEG, during the Annual Robotics Competition (ROBOTZINDIA) organized by the Robotics and Artificial Intelligence Foundation. The fourth edition of the competition aimed at promoting robotics among the students as a means of encouraging creativity. An interesting Robo Jallikattu match was held between N. KUMAR INAUGURATING THE AACEG GUEST ROOMS, robots designed by CEG students and organisers was one of JANUARY 2010. the items in the program. The students had built a mini (from left) MANNAR JAWAHAR, SEKAR AND NATARAJAN representative Jallikattu Arena and a “Vaadivasal”. The Air Conditioned Rooms with Double Beds are available for competing students operated the bulls and the bull tamers. CEG Alumni and ther guests The objective is to evade and bypass the others and get to the Convenient Location at AACEG Alumni Centre within the other side of the arena. The persons who succeeded were declared winners. CEG Campus

Contact AACEG Office for further details.

MEMORIES OF OCTOGENARIANS

The second volume of Memories of Octogenarians of College of Engineering, Guindy available. It was compiled by Late Er.P.Ramaswamy, Former President of AACEG and contains contributions from one hundred and seven members. It is priced at Rs. Rs. 150/- Contact AACEG office for more details

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