Year-wise List  2004  2003                                                        Programs after 2004


Educational Activities

 

Year: 2004

A) An educational program was organized by Power Engineering Chapter in collaboration with Electrical Engineering Department of Jadavpur University as detailed below. The program was highly successful as more than 30 participants comprising significant number of students took part in this program.

 
Topic:                  Digital Library Networks
Speaker:              Prof. Saifur Rahman, Director, ARI

                             Virginia Tech, USA.

Date:                    January 05, 2004
Venue:                 Seminar Room, Electrical Engg Dept

                            Jadavpur University, Kolkata.

Time:                   3-30pm to 4-30pm

 

Prof. Saifur Rahman delivering his lecture A section of the audience

B) A round table discussion on 'Emerging Trends in Illumination Engineering' was organized jointly by the Electrical Engineering Department of Jadavpur University and the Power Engineering Chapter of IEEE Calcutta Section on 22nd December 2004 in the Photometry Laboratory of EE Dept, JU. This program was organized as a part of the educational activities of the Power Engineering Chapter.

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Year: 2003

A) The workshop on 'Impact of Electricity Privatization on the Existing Electric Power Systems' was organized jointly by IEEE Calcutta Section and its Power Engineering Chapter on 19th December 2003 in the Seminar Room of Electrical Engineering Department of Jadavpur University, Kolkata. This workshop program was organized under the aegis of IEEE-PES Distinguished Lecturer program and was a part of the educational activities of the Power Engineering Chapter.

  

 

  
Inaugural Session of the workshop Prof. M. Shahi- dehpour delivering his address A section of the distinguished audience  Prof. S. Chakravorti proposing the vote of thanks

Detailed Report on the Workshop

B) A one-day tutorial on 'Wavelet Transform and Fractal Analysis in Pattern Recognition' was organized jointly by IEEE Calcutta Section and its Power Engineering Chapter on 6th November 2003 in the Regency Ballroom of Hyatt Regency, Kolkata. This tutorial program was organized as a part of the Silver Jubilee celebration program of IEEE Calcutta Section and is a part of the educational activities of the Power Engineering Chapter.

Inaugural Session of the tutorial Prof. Sankar K Pal, FIEEE, delivering the inaugural address Dr. C.A.Murthy delivering his talk

    Detailed Report on the Tutorial

C) A half-day seminar had been organized by the Power Engineering Chapter of IEEE Calcutta Section in Collaboration with the student Branch of BIT Mesra (DU) as detailed below. This seminar was organized as a part of the educational activities of the chapter.

Topic:                           Power System Problems in Jharkhand

Speakers:                     a) Mr. U.C.Rastogi

                                        GM, Electrical, MECON, Ranchi.

                                     b) Mr. K.Singh

                                        DGM, Electrical, MECON, Ranchi.

Date:                            September 13, 2003

Venue:                          Management Seminar Hall

                                     Dept. of Electrical and Electronics Engineering

                                     BIT Mesra (DU).

Time:                           From 11:00 Hrs to 15:00 Hrs.

 

Inaugural Program of the seminar

A section of the audience at BIT,Mesra(DU)

 

D) An educational program was organized by Power Engineering Chapter as detailed below. The program was highly successful as more than 150 participants comprising large number of students took part in this program.

 
Topic:                  Computer Networks and Power Systems
Speaker:              Prof. Kalyan K Mallik, ETCE Dept, JU.
Date:                    September 15, 2003
Venue:                 Asansol Engineering College, Kanyapur, Asansol.
Time:                   12-30 pm to 2pm

                   

a) Prof. K.K. Mallik delivering his lecture           b) A section of the audience 

E) A tutorial program was organized by Power Engineering Chapter as detailed below, as a part of the educational activities of the chapter.

Topic:      Application of Soft-computing Techniques in Power Systems

Speakers:         a) Dr. P. Purkait, Lecturer, 

                                   Haldia Institute of Technology, Haldia, West Bengal.

                               b) Mr. A. Lahiri, Lecturer,

                                   Asansol Engg. College, Kanyapur, West Bengal.

Date:                 September 20, 2003

Venue:              Seminar Hall, High Voltage Laboratory

                               Electrical Engg Dept, Jadavpur University, Kolkata.

Time:                From 14:00 Hrs to 18:00 Hrs.

Brief Report:    At the outset, Dr. K. Bhattacharya, Secretary, PE Kolkata Chapter outlined the objective of the tutorial program and introduced the speakers to the participants. Dr. Purkait spoke on the application of wavelet transform for fault identification in transformers. Mr. Lahiri then discussed in details on the usefulness of genetic algorithm coupled to artificial neural network for optimization of 3D electric field distribution with particular reference to GIS. Altogether there were 27 participants in this tutorial program. Prof. S. Chakravorti, Chair, PE Kolkata Chapter presided over the program.

Dr. Prithwiraj Purkait delivering his lecture Mr. Abhijit Lahiri in the course of his talk

 

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