Shape the Future by Designing a Safer World

Executive Committee | Profile of Chapter Chair | Current Activities | Future Activities

The focus of this society is theory, design, development and implementation of product safety engineering for equipment and devices used in the scientific, engineering, industrial, commercial and residential arenas. This society will provide a focus for cooperative activities, both internal and external to IEEE, including the promotion and coordination of product safety engineering activities among IEEE entities. In addition, the Society will provide a forum for product safety engineering professionals and design engineers to discuss and disseminate technical information, to enhance personal product safety engineering skills, and to provide product safety engineering outreach to engineers, students and others with an interest in the field.

Executive Committee

The following office bearers have been elected for the year 2011.

Sl. No.	Member Name	Designation	Contact Information
1.	Dr.G.V.Rao	Chairman SM 40280459	Chairman & Managing Director Rowsons Marketing Pvt. Ltd., # 260/1 A, Royapettah High Road, Mylapore, Chennai – 600 004. Phone: 24980603, 24980611 24980626, Fax: 24980361 E-mail: rowgvc@giasmd01.vsnl.net.in rmpl@rowsons.com
2.	Dr.D.Maheswaran	Vice Chairman-I M90921221	Head – EDRC, Electrical Instrumentation & Communication E-mail: dmaheswaran@lntecc.com
3.	Dr.N.Kumarappan	Vice Chairman – II SM 41385764	Professor of Electrical Engineering, Annamalai University, Chidambaram.
4.	Mr.V.V.S.Srinivasa Rao	Secretary M80460476	No.22, Canal Bank Road, Raja Annamalai Road, Chennai 600 028. Ph.044 – 24957386 e-mail: vadapallivssrao@yahoo.co.in
5.	Mr.Upendra Das	Treasurer M 91145946	No. 692, 6^th BLOCK, Mogappair (West), Chennai 600 037. Email: Upendradas01@yahoo.co.in Ph. 044 – 26532779

Profile of Chapter Chair

List of Contributions to IEEE:
Dr.G.V.Rao was PES Madras Chapter's Treasurer in 1999 & 2000 and Chapter Vice Chairman-II in 2001 subsequently elevated to Chapter chair from 2003 to April 2006. He has given six Technical presentations at the local PES workshops and seminars and presided over the PES meetings when the Chapter Chairman was away in U.S. during January and February 2001.

Dr. G. V. Rao is a senior member, IEEE. He is also a member of the following IEEE Societies:

He has conducted technical seminars and submitted papers on Power and distribution transformers, Industrial servo voltage controllers, mobile sub-stations, fire prevention system for transformers, unitized package sub-station etc.,

Vehicular Technology Society
Industrial Electronic Society
Engineering Management Society
Communication Society
Robotics & Automation Society
Industrial Application Society and

Milestones

Outstanding Chapter Engineer Award from Power Engineering Society, USA
Life Time Achievement award by IEEE –WIE Gold affinity Group, Madras Section.
Was awarded IEEE – PES Chapter Outstanding Engineer by the President, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, USA.
Recipient of the Great Chatrapathi Marata – Life Time achievement award for the year 2003.
Past Chairman of Pwer Engineering Society, IEEE-Madras Section

Present Chairman of,

Robotics & Automation Society (Madras Chapter)

                      Product Safety Engineering Society (Madras Chapter)

                    Former Chapter Chair of IEEE Industrial Aplications Society Madras Chapter upto November 2010

Awards:

The Great Chatrpathi Marata Life Time Achievement Award for the year 2003.
Doctorate conferment of Doctor of Philosophy in Marketing Management from the Inter American University of Humanistic Studies, Florida, USA, IEEE – PES Madras chapter was proud enough in obtaining high performance Chapter Award for the year 2002 & 2004, under his able leadership

He is also deeply involved with the following:

Probhus Club
Humour Club
Uratha Sindhanai
Dignity Foundation and other cultural clubs.

Dr. G. V. Rao has authored many books such as :

Rowsons Transformer Manual - English
March forward in the path of success – English
Vantage Tales of Marketing – English
15 books in Tamil on various subjects.

Activities

Activities for the year 2010		Future Activities (2011 and beyond)
	Current Activities

22nd Nov 2010

DR.G.V.Rao , Chapter Chair Welcomed the gathering & introduced Product Safety Engineering Society and its activities.

MR P.Sudhakar gave a lecture on Maintenance of Power & Distribution Transformers with interactive session and this was well appreciated by the members .

In view of the short notice given only Fifteen members including Electrical Contractors were present. Dr.G.V.Rao summarized the meeting and informed that there will be another formal meeting for inaugurating the Product Safety Engineering Society Chapter along with Tamil Nadu Electrical Installation Engineers Association, Chennai on the 18th December 2010 at Hotel Deccan Plaza.

Mr. V.V.S.Srinivasa Rao gave the vote of thanks.

Dinner was arranged after the meeting

18^TH DECEMBER 2010

TECHNICAL SEMINAR ON 18^TH DECEMBER 2010 AT CHENNAI

“CAPTIVE POWER GENERATION”

“EMERGING TRENDS IN DG SETS”

“IDEAL INSTALLATION GUIDELINES FOR DG SETS”

“ENERGY CONSERVATION IN HT INDUSTRIES”

– A BRIEF REPORT

With explosive increases in the prices of fuel especially crude oil, the crisis faced on energy front of our country is becoming serious with no quick solution insight. This being the national scenario, the energy situation in Tamilnadu is no way different. It is still in precarious condition. Our state depends on wind energy a seasonal energy source and we all know how scarce power situation in our state is with power cuts and load shedding. One of the immediate measures to meet this situation is “Energy Conservation.” Considering the significance of Energy Conservation and to create an awareness amongst the consumers about the difficult power situation.

Energy conservation day has been celebrated on 14^th Dec 2010 at Chennai. We all know that it always pays to be different. On recognizing the valuable contribution made by the captive power generation in facing the difficult power situation and also the importance of Energy conservation in HT Industries and M/s Cummins India Ltd, Chennai have jointly organized a Technical Seminar on these topics at Chennai on 14^th Dec 2010. The salient features of this seminar are brought out as follows.

Thiru A.K.Venkatasamy, President TNEIEA delivered the welcome address. Thiru S. Appavoo, Chief Electrical Inspector inaugurated the seminar and delivered the Inaugural address. The chief guest briefly explained the significance of Energy conservation in all sectors and the need for utilizing energy efficient products.

On this occasion, Dr. G. V. Rao, chairman, Product Safety Engineering Society of IEEE, USA have made a presentation and explained the benefits that would accrue by becoming a member in the above society. His presentation mainly focused on the need for the safety in the design and operation of all electrical equipment and devices.

In the ensuing technical session three presentations were made.

1. Energy conservation in HT industries by Mrs .K. Selvam, Electrical Inspector (Tech), Chennai. This presentation mainly focused on the benefits that would accrue to the industries by Energy Conservation and the areas in which energy savings could be achieved in adequate measures. Among the areas covered are,

Ø Power delivery system

Ø Motive power load

Ø Compressed Air System

Ø Lighting

Ø Refrigeration and air conditioning

Ø Pumps

The speaker then dealt in detail the losses caused by Harmonics and the methods to eliminate it.

2. Captive Power Generation-Emerging Trends in DG Sets by Mr. S. Shankar, Regional Manager, Cummins India Ltd.

The speaker mainly focused on the issues that require attention while selecting a DG set. Among them are

§ Generation and load mismatch

§ Unclear understanding of the nature of the load

§ Improper installation

§ Inadequate ventilation

§ Inadequate maintenance

§ Operation at low load levels

§ Maximum voltage drops (Starting and running)

§ Maximum frequency Dip

§ Incorrect specification of ambient temperature and altitude

§ Use of Capacitors in DG sets for Improving the Power Factor.

3. Ideal installation guidelines for DG sets by Mr.V.Lakshmanan, BDM HHP TN&KL.

The speaker explained the issues connected with the installation of DG sets with case studies and pictures. The maintenance aspects of DG sets were also explained in detail.

Finally the seminar was concluded with a questions and answers session. There were lively discussions. Thiru K. Sridharan, Vice President from Powerica while thanking the participants and others, he specially mentioned Mrs. K. Selvam, Electrical Inspector, for the excellent speech in connection with the Energy Conservation and Harmonics. He also mentioned Mr. S. Shankar, Regional Manager – HHP and Mr. V. Lakshmanan –BDM, HHP – TN & KL from Cummins, for their valuable presentation for selecting the DG sets and other information. Nearly 100 participants have attended this seminar.

The attendees of this seminar have got very useful informations on Product safety engineering, Emerging trends in Diesel Generating Sets, Ideal installation of DG sets and Energy saving measures in HT Industries.

Future Activities

To be scheduled…

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December 2010