MINUTES OF THE 11th ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING OF KOLKATA POWER ENGINEERING CHAPTER HELD ON THURSDAY, JANUARY 15, 2004 AT 6.30 PM AT THE CALCUTTA CLUB, 241, A.J.C. BOSE ROAD, KOLKATA-700 020
Members Present:
1. S. Chakravorti (in the Chair)
6. D. Sarkar
2. N. Chatterjee
7. S.K. Mallik
3. S.B. Gupta
8. S. Kar Chowdhury
4. S. Basu
5. K. Bhattacharya
1. Confirmation of Minutes of the 10th Annual General Meeting
The minutes of the 10th Annual General Meeting had been circulated/read out in the house for confirmation. Resolved that the minutes of the 10th Annual General Meeting held on 16.01.2003 be confirmed as proposed by Sri N. Chatterjee and seconded by Sri S. Kar Chowdhury.
2. Address by the Chapter Chairman
Sri S. Chakravorti, Power Engineering Chapter Chair, welcomed the members present at the 11th Annual General Meeting and wished all members a very happy and prosperous 2004. He reported that the Power Engineering Chapter did many technical activities during 2003 in addition to usual executive committee meetings involving teachers, professional members and students.
Sri Chakravorti mentioned that in 2003 IEEE-PES has granted the Outstanding Chapter Engineer Award to Sri N. Chatterjee, an eminent power engineer & educator attached to this chapter. A major achievement of this chapter in 2003 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 fourth successive year from 2000 when the PE Kolkata Chapter has received this award from IEEE-PES.
Sri Chakravorti concluded with the hope that the activities of Power Engineering Chapter will continue in 2004 as in the previous years and requested all the chapter members to actively co-operate with the new committee in the year 2004.
3. 2003 Annual Report of the Chapter Secretary
2003 annual report had been circulated and read out by Sri K. Bhattacharya, Secretary, Power Engineering Chapter for observation and acceptance by the members present. Sri Bhattacharya presented a detailed statement of various activities of the chapter in 2003. In the end, Sri Bhattacharya thanked the members for their constant co-operation and wished them a happy new year.
The aforesaid 2003 annual report was proposed for acceptance by Sri S.B. Gupta and seconded by Sri D. Sarkar.
Resolved that the 2003 annual report of the chapter secretary be accepted.
4. Office-Bearers 2004
The Chapter Chair Sri S. Chakravorti read out the SLATE 2004 of Chapter office bearers as approved by the nomination committee. This SLATE 2004 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 2004 be accepted.
The resolution was proposed for acceptance by Sri S. Basu and seconded by Sri S.K. Mallik.
Sri Chakravorti then introduced the members of the Executive Committee for the year 2004.
The meeting ended at 18-45 Hrs. with a vote of thanks to the Chair.