A seminar on the above theme was conducted on Jan 24th 2014 at “HOTEL FORTUNE SELECT PALMS”, Thoraipakkam, Chennai.
Highlights of the programme:
- C.V. Shankar – Principal Secretary, Industries department, Tamilnadu was the chief guest. He spoke eloquently on the industrial atmosphere of the state and the various schemes initiated by the government..
- S. Thamarai Selvi, Dean MIT spoke about the institute and the industry interaction.
- N. Ramachandran – Chairman, Seminar Committee, MITAA spoke on the features of the seminar and how MITAA is trying to bridge the gap between the academics and industry.
- K. Srinivasan – MD, CUMI gave the keynote address.
- Balaji – President MITAA welcomed.
- Madhavan – Vice President MITAA gave the vote of thanks.
Session 1: Automation for productivity.
- The session was chaired by Dr. Prakash, HOD – E&I of MIT.
- A. Ramanathan of Reliance Group, Ms Gowri Kailasam of Rane Madras Limited and Mr. Dominic Savio of Valeo Thermal System spoke on how automation is used in their respective plants for productivity enhancement.
Session 2: Automation for quality
- This session was chaired by Dr. P. kanagasabapathy – MIT Professor.
- Sundarasekaran of Madras Fertilizers, Mr. Sairamesh of Technip India Limited and Mr. K. Srinivasan of Mel System and Service Limited spoke on quality improvement, done in their industry , through automation.
Session 3: Automation for work place safety.
- Lakshmi Narayanan consultant of GASCO, Mr. Umarkanth Safety Expert consultant, Mr. V. Venkateswaran of Saipem India Projects – spoke on how work place safety is ensured and improved by various process automation.
- Prof Murali and his team from Mechantronics department of MIT gave a demo on the various projects implementing automation for the regular process.
All session were followed by Question & Answer session. Lot of students from different colleges and professional from industries has taken part actively in the seminar.
The event was co-ordinate with ISA, South India chapter, Mr. Jayaprabakaran of ISA, addressed.
Mr. Senthil Nathan – MITAA gave the concluding remarks for the seminar.
