REPORT ON
2000 IEEE IAS WORKSHOP ON ELECTRICAL
SAFETY IN INDUSTRY
April 14 & 15, 2000 : India Habitat Centre,
NewDelhi
Inauguration & Award Presentation
- Inauguration by Mr. R.N.Srivastava, Chairman, Central
Electricity Authority
- Key-note address by Mr. S.Sethvedantham, Member, Central
Electricity Authority
- Address by Mr. Shahid Jamil, Exxon Chemicals and
representative of Petroleum and Chemical Industries
- Outstanding Chapter Engineer Award for 1998 & 1999 of
PES-IAS Delhi Chapter presented to M/S Bhanu Bhushan of
POWERGRID and Harbans L. Bajaj of NTPC respectively
Presentations & Participation
- Two state-of-the-art lectures on 'Arc
Flash Injuries and Protection' and 'A
guide to the Maintenance, Operation and safety of
Industrial and Commercial Power Systems' by M/S
Shahid Jamil and Erling Caspar Hesla respectively
- 14 out of 16 papers presented in five
sessions - Standards and Regulations, Safety
Programs and Implementation, Accidents and Hazards Cases,
Earthing, High Risk Areas
- video display on arc flash hazards
- 60 registered delegates coming from
petroleum, chemical and cement industries, manufacturers,
power consultancy organizations, Government bodies
(regulatory, standards, inspection, railways), etc.
- 9 participants from abroad
Panel Discussion & Feedback
- early registration for proper organization
- focussing on electrical safety exclusively for particular
industry, such as, petroleum, mining, etc.
- introduction of electrical safety aspects into curriculum
during undergraduate studies, may be through summer
training
- lesser number of presentation with more time for each
presentation
- sending of proceedings before workshop and thus
minimizing presentation time to allow for more discussion
- for a particular topic instead of a number of
presentations from different organizations, preference
for working together for a joint presentation
- tutorial(s) preceding or following workshop
- in addition, for joining IEEE / IAS membership,
acceptance of fee in Indian currency
Availabilty of Workshop Proceedings
For obtaining copies of the Proceedings of the Workshop
(costing US$50 per copy) order may be sent to:
Dr. S.Mukhopadhyay
(Secretary General of the Workshop)
DII - 62 Pandara Road
New Delhi - 110 003, INDIA
with payment through banker's instrument (like, Demand Draft,
Banker's Cheque, etc.) payable in Delhi / New Delhi in favor of
"IEEE PES-IAS Delhi Chapter".