MINUTES OF THE 9th ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING OF KOLKATA POWER ENGINEERING CHAPTER HELD ON THURSDAY, JANUARY 17, 2002 AT 6.30 PM AT THE CALCUTTA CLUB, 241, A.J.C. BOSE ROAD, KOLKATA-700 020
Members Present:
1. K.Bhattacharya (in the Chair)
5. S.K.Mallik
2. N.Chatterjee 6. S.B.Gupta
3. S.Basu
7. D.Sarkar
4. J.R.Biswas
8. S.Chakravorti
1. Confirmation of Minutes of the 8th Annual General Meeting
The minutes of the 8th Annual General Meeting had been circulated/read out in the house for confirmation. Resolved that the minutes of the 8th Annual General Meeting held on 18.01.2001 be confirmed as proposed by Sri N.Chatterjee and seconded by Sri J.R.Biswas.
2. Address by the Chapter Chairman
Sri K.Bhattacharya, Power Engineering Chapter Chair, welcomed the members present at the 9th Annual General Meeting and wished all members a very happy and prosperous 2002. He reported that the Power Engineering Chapter did many technical activities during 2001 in addition to usual executive committee meetings involving teachers, professional members and students.
Sri Bhattacharya mentioned that in 2001 IEEE-PES granted the Outstanding Chapter Engineer Award to Sri S.B.Gupta, an eminent power engineer attached to this chapter. A major achievement of this chapter in 2001 was the receipt of the high performance chapter award from IEEE-PES for fulfilling the standard set forth by IEEE-PES for this award. He also mentioned that this is the second year following 2000 when the PE Kolkata Chapter has received this award from IEEE-PES.
Sri Bhattacharya concluded with the hope that the activities of Power Engineering Chapter will continue in 2002 as in the previous years and requested all the chapter members to actively co-operate with the new committee in the year 2002.
3. 2001 Annual Report of the Chapter Secretary
2001 annual report had been circulated and read out by Sri S.Chakravorti, Secretary, Power Engineering Chapter for observation and acceptance by the members present. Sri S.Chakravorti presented a detailed statement of various activities of the chapter in 2001. In the end, Sri S.Chakravorti thanked the members for their constant co-operation and wished them a happy new year.
The aforesaid 2001 annual report was proposed for acceptance by Sri S.Basu and seconded by Sri S.B.Gupta.
Resolved that the 2001 annual report of the chapter secretary be accepted.
4. Office-Bearers 2002
The Chapter Chair Sri K. Bhattacharya read out the SLATE 2002 of Chapter office bearers as approved by the nomination committee. This SLATE 2002 has been circulated with the Annual General Meeting Notice.
Noted that the Chairman, Nomination Committee had received no additional nomination by petition within the prescribed date.
Resolved that the proposed SLATE 2002 be accepted.
The resolution was proposed for acceptance by Sri S.K.Mallik and seconded by Sri D.Sarkar.
Sri K. Bhattacharya then introduced the members of the Executive Committee for the year 2002.
The meeting ended at 18-45 Hrs. with a vote of thanks to the Chair.