Beacon

THE INSTITUTE OF

ELECTRICAL AND

ELECTRONICS

ENGINEERS, INC.

IEEE DELHI SECTION NEWSLETTER VOL. 18 NO. 1 JULY 1999

FROM THE CHAIRMAN'S DESK

International Conference on Environmental Challenges for the New Millenium (ECNM'99)

Region-10 Meeting in Bali, Indonesia

Annual Budget for the Year-1999

TECHNICAL & PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES (from January to June, 1999)

FORTHCOMING EVENING LECTURES

IEEE TUTORIAL ON 'RECENT ADVANCES AND TRENDS IN POWER ELECTRONICS AND DRIVES'

2000 IEEE IAS WORKSHOP ON ELECTRICAL SAFETY IN INDUSTRY

FEW WORDS FROM YOUR ECC

AN APPEAL

FROM THE EDITOR

DELHI SECTION EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

CHAPTER CHAIRMAN

CHAIRPERSONS OF SUB-COMMITTEES

Dear Members,

During the Annual General Meeting of Delhi section held on January 17, 1999, Dr. J. K. Pal took over as Chairman. However Dr. Pal suddenly passed away on January 28, 1999 due to a massive heart attack. We in Delhi section pray that soul of Dr. Pal may rest in peace. Due to sudden and un-timely death of Dr. Pal, I took over as Chairman on February 3, 1999. The composition of Section executive Committee is given elsewhere in this newsletter.

Shri H. L. Bajaj of Delhi section was IEEE Director of Region 10 for the years 1997 & 1998. His term has ended on 31/12/1998. During his Directorship he ensured that members in Region 10 get IEEE Magazine "Spectrum" in a reasonable time and got reduction in IEEE Student membership fee from $20.00 to $14.00. Delhi Section is proud to have Regional Director from the section and for his achievements.

During the year so far section has organized 20 activities. List of the same is appearing elsewhere in the newsletter. In addition, subsequent to last issue of Beacon, prestigious Region 10 conference "Tencon'98" was held at Hotel Taj Palace, New Delhi on December 17-19, 1998. Theme of this International conference was "Global connectivity in Energy, Computer, Communication & control".

This year Region 10 committee meeting was held at Bali, Indonesia on April 23-24, 1999. Dr. R. Balasubramanian, Vice-Chairman, represented Delhi section. His report is given elsewhere in the newsletter.

Membership Development Committee has done a good job. Due to efforts of sub-committee Chairman and its members, overall active membership has gone up from 876 as on 31/12/98 to 1040 as on 31/10/99 which means an increase of 18.72%. In this, corresponding figures for student members are 193 & 343 (an increase of 77.72%). Further overall active membership has gone up to 1068 as on 28/02/99 and 1188 as on 31/03/99. For the first time in the history of the section, membership has crossed 1000 mark in January 1999. An excellent job done by the Membership Development Committee and they deserve appreciation for the same.

During the year (March 1999) an IEEE student branch is formed at Seth Jai Prakash Mukund Lal Institute of Engineering & Technology, Radaur - 135 133, Dist. Yamuna Nagar (Haryana). This happens to be 9th Student branch of the section.

It is heartening to inform you that Electronic communication is picking up in our section.

Our Electronic Communication Coordinator is making more and more efforts to communicate with section members on e-mail. An important milestone in this direction is that our chapter's home pages have been created and details are as under:

Circuits and Systems - Control Systems :

www.ewh.ieee.org/r10/delhi/cas-cs.html

Computer :

www.ewh.ieee.org/r10/delhi/c.html

Communications :

www.ewh.ieee.org/r10/delhi/com.html

Power Engineering - Industry applications :

www.ewh.ieee.org/r10/delhi/pe-ia.html

Engineering Management

www.ewh.ieee.org/r10/delhi/em.html

In order to cut down on postal delays & ensure faster reaching of communications from the section to members & vice versa, I take liberty to suggest members to make use of more and more electronic communications. Details of section activities can also be obtained from section's web site at https://www.ewh.iee.org/r10/delhi

Section execom in its meeting held on 14/4/99 approved budget of Rs. 2,16,500.00. A perusal of the same will give you an idea of various activities taking place in the section in physical as well as financial terms.

With the achievement of the section-growing year by year, I along with the other office bearers have a greater responsibility to perform. For achieving the same I look forward to the support of all the members. For any suggestions, please get in touch with concerned office bearer or the undersigned.

Wishing you all the best

Delhi

June 30, 1999 (R. K. Asthana)

The Faculty of Engineering & Technology, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi in collaboration with Indian Society of Environmental Management is organising an International Conference on

"Environmental Challenges in the New Millenium" (ecnm 99)

on 25th-27th Nov. 1999

Venue : India International Centre, Lodhi Estate, New Delhi, India

The Conference would address subjects on Environmental protection and sustainable development which is major issue all over the world. The topics to be discussed in Conference shall include Environmental concern in 21st Century, Air and Water Pollution Management, Solid hazards, waste management, noise pollution, traffic management, land pollution, control & remediation, Environmental risks assessment and management, integrated energy systems - management of conventional and non-conventional source, instruemntation for environment Engineering and Environment education.

The conference will be a common platform for industry, researchers, academicians as well as planners and administrators to exchange ideas and evolve a common strategy for sustainable development for developing countries.

For papers participation and sponsorship, further details may be had from Dr. Mini S. Thomas, Organising Secretary (ecnm'99) Dean's Office, Faculty of Engg. & Tech. Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi-110025 (india).

Tel. : 6835831, 6311268, 6312651 (Off.)

6840118, 6476480 (Resi.)

Fax : 6311261 (Off.)

e-mail : iqbal_h_khan@yahoo.com

The IEEE Region-10 meeting for the year 1999 was held during April 23-24, 1999 in Bali, Indonesia. The meeting was attended by Prof. R. Balasubramanian, Vice Chairman representing the IEEE Delhi Section. Prof. Laker, IEEE President, Mr. D. R. Benigni, rab Vice President, Dr. Ray Findlay - Past Vice President and Dr. J. Snyder - Past Vice President attended the meeting from the Headquarters. Prof. T. Sugano, Director, IEEE Region-10 presided over the meeting.

The highlights of the morning session on the first day were the address by the IEEE President and presentations by the rab Vice President, Dr. Ray Findlay and Dr. J. Synder. In his address, the President described the various measures being taken by the IEEE in recent times to increase globalization of the organization through the Electronic Web-based Systems and Electronic Delivery Systems of the various IEEE Products and Services.

The afternoon session on the first day devoted to presentation of report describing the activities organized in 1998 and Goals and Plans for 1999 by the various Regional Committees viz. Membership Development Committee, Educational Activities Committee, Students Activities Committee, Chapter Coordination Committee, Section - Chapter Coordination Committee, Newsletter Committee, Conference Coordination Committee, Recognized Education Programs Committee, Awards Committee, Electronic Comunication Coordination Committee and Strategic Planning Committee. Following the Regional Committee Reports, the petition filed by the various IEEE sections of Japan proposing the establishemnt of the Japan council in Region-10 was taken up and approved. Then there were information items announcng the Section Congress'99 scheduled to be held at Minneapolis, Minnesota during 8-11 October, 1999, in which all the section Chairpersons can participate and the tencon-2000 (Region-10 Conference in year 2000) scheduled to be held in Malaysia.

The morning session of the Second Day was devoted to 3 Parallel Breakout Sessions.

In the first breakout session, the total 46 sections and councils of Region-10 broke into 4 parallel sessions in which each section / council reported the activities organized by them and the budget of 1998 and goals and plans for the year 1999. The Delhi Section report was presented by Prof. R. Balasubramanian. The highlights of the Delhi Section report were the membership growth of 36% from 787 in February, 1998 to 1068 in February, 1999, the 59 events (35 Technical Lectures + Executive Committee Meetings) organized by the section in 1998, the activities of the 5 chapters of Delhi Section viz. Power Engineering and Industrial Application Societies Joint Chapter, Computer Society Chapter, Communciation Society Chapter, Control System-Circuits and Systems Joint Chapter and Engineering Management Society Chapter. Details of the tencon'98 (Region-10 Conference) organized by Delhi Section during 17-19 December, 1998 were also presented.

In the second breakout session, the four parallel groups formed had a meeting to identify 3 to 5 main issues of concerns and problems faced by the Sections / Councils. After the parallel Sessions, the group leaders presented their group decisions to the total assembly. The major issues identified were : (1) Student Member and General Member Retention; (2) Newsletter and Information Sharing; (3) Cooperation among Sections in the Region; (4) Relationship between Student Branches and Sections.

In the third breakout session each of the four parallel groups formed was chaired by one of the major Regional Committee Coordinators to chalk out an action plan for the eyear 1999. The group in which the Delhi Section participated was chaired by Prof. H. P. Kincha, the Coordinator of the Regional Educational Activities Committee. The suggestions made in this session were to coordinate the use for the Distinguished Lecture Programs of the IEEE Head Quarters and Region-10 and the use of the Video Educational Material etc. produced by IEEE between the sections better through the good offices of the Regional Committee and Councils and to Institute some projects to prepare a computerized data-base on the various educational activities available.

The afternoon session of the second day was devoted to discussing some Strategic Planning aspects of Region-10 and for passing the Regional Budget for the year 1999. It was decided to continue with the present practice of holding the Regional Meetings every year and all the Sections participating in it. However, it was decided to put to better use currently available Electronic Communication facilities to exchange all information between the Region and the Sections well before the meetings so that the regional meetings would be more effective.

With the Section getting a rebate of about US$5,400 from IEEE HQ., following is the schedule of expenditure under different heads of account:

July 1999

& beyond

September 19 & 20, 1999

Coordinators

Prof. B. P. Singh

Prof. Bhim Singh

In association with

IEEE Distinguished Lecturer

Prof. Bimal K. Bose

University of Tennessee, Knoxville, usa

Organized by

IEEE PES-IAS Delhi Chapter,

IEEE Delhi Section and

Department of Electrical Engineering, IIT Delhi

Venue

Committee Room, EE Dept.

IIT, New Delhi-110016

Web site

https://www.ewh.ieee.org/r10/delhi/tu.html

GENERAL

The tutorial is being organized by the Delhi Chapter of Power Engineering and Industry applications Societies of IEEE, IEEE Delhi Section and Department of Electrical Engineering, IIT Delhi. The main resource person for the tutorial will be Prof. Bimal K. Bose, who is a Fellow of IEEE and a Distinguished Lecturer of Industrial Electronics Society of IEEE. He had won several awards including prestigious IEEE Lamme Medal. He is an eminent specialist and has made significant contribution to the advancement of power electronics and electrical machine drives. In the tutorial, remaining lectures will be covered by the faculty drawn from the Electrical Engineering Department of IIT Delhi.

CONTENTS

Power electronics and variable frequency drives technology have gone through intense evolution during the last two to three decades and it is now finding widespread applications in industrial, commercial, residential, military, utility and aerospace environments. The applications include DC and AC power supplies, lighting and welding control, electro-chemical processes, active filtering and static var compensation, hvdc system, photo-voltaic and fuel-cell power conversion, vscf system, induction heating, wind generation system, pump and fan drives, electric vehicle and subway transporation, etc. Besides general industrial applications, there is realization of another important role of power electronics since the eighties, i.e., energy conservation and environmental pollution control. In the global industrial automation, its impact in the 21st century is inevitable. The dynamic evolution of power electronics and variable frequency drives has been possible by many innovations in power semi-conductor devices, power conversion circuits, microprocessors and asic's, personal computers, advanced simulation and cad tools, and advancement of control and estimation techniques. Very recently, artifical intelligence techniques, such as expert system, fuzzy logic, neural network and genetic algorithm are further extending the frontier of the technology. The complexity and interdisciplinary nature of the subject and fast evolution of the component disciplines are creating challenge to power electronic engineers.

The presentations will attempt to give a brief but comprehensive review of the recent technology that will include power devices, converters, drives and high performance control and estimation techniques. Wherever it is possible, the future trend of the technology will be discussed. In the power devices, igbt and recently introduced igct and MCT devices will be covered. The converter technology with particular emphasis to emerging soft-switching technology will be reviewed. Different types of drives and advanced drive controls, such as vector control, dtc control, sensor-less control, etc. will be covered. Several examples of recent advanced installations in Europe, Japan and USA will be given. Finally, attempt will be made to give a perspective of the technology in the 21st century.

PARTICIPATION

This course is open to Engineers from Industries, Govt. Depts. and Public Sector Undertakings, Utilities and Teachers / Research Scholars from Academic / Research institutions.

REGISTRATION FEE

Rs. 2500 (for participants from Industry and Govt. Dept. / psu)

Rs. 1500 (for participants from Academic / Research Institute)

Rs. 500 (for Student / Research Scholar)

A rebate of 20% will be given to IEEE Members in all categories.

The fee has to be paid in the form of Demand Draft / Banker's Cheque (for locals) drawn in favour of 'IEEE Delhi Section' at New Delhi / Delhi. The fee includes course materials, working lunch and tea. The participants are required to make their own arrangement for stay.

Last Date of Registration: September 10,1999

REGISTRATION FORM

for

IEEE Tutorial on

'Recent Advances and Trends in Power

Electronics and Drives'

(September 19 & 20, 1999)

1.Name:......................................................……...

2.Designation:....................................................

3.Address:........................................................

.............................................................

.............................................................

4. (a) Whether IEEE Member: Yes/No

(b) If yes, Grade & Membership No.: ...................

5. Mode of payment:

- Demand Draft on Delhi / New Delhi

- Delhi Local Cheque

(no ..................................... dt. ...............

on..........................................................)

6. Amount paid.................................................

(Signature of applicant)

countersigned by :

(on behalf of the sponsoring

organisation, if any)

To be mailed to:

Prof. Bhim Singh

Dept. of Electrical Engineering

IIT Delhi - 110 016

Tel. : 6861977/Ext. 2133 (O), 6516223 (R) 6591045 (O)

Fax. : +91 (011) 6966606, 6966264, 6862037 (O)

e-mail : bhim@ieee.org

THE INSTITUTE OF ELECTRICAL

AND

ELECTRONICS ENGINEERS, INC.

PES-IAS DELHI CHAPTER

& DELHI SECTION

with

IEEE INDUSTRY APPLICATIONS SOCIETY

as Technical Cosponsor

__________________________________________________________________

ABOUT THE PROGRAM

The Industry Application Society (IAS), the Technical Cosponsors of the Workshop, is one of the 36 Societies of IEEE. This Society through its Petroleum and Chemical Industry Committee (pcic) organizes workshops on Electrical Safety from time to time since 1992. For the first time outside North America ias lent its support to hold such workshop in Madras, India in September, 1998. Based on the response of the participants and the experience of the organizers at Madras, IEEE pes-ias Chapter along with Section in Delhi is hosting the current workshop on April 14 & 15, 2000 in New Delhi, India.

The workshop is intended to

- Provide a forum for Electrical Engineers to meet and exchange information, experience and skill for preventing electrical accidents in industry.

- Use this understanding and knowledge for influencing the codes, standards, technology and their practical application for increasing electrical safety.

PRESENTERS AND FACILITATORS

Experts from industry, standard bodies, Government Department, Universities and Institutes from India, USA, Italy, etc. have already expressed their desire to make presentations and facilitate discussion / interaction with participants.

Invitation is extended also to knowledgeable persons for further proposal on key presentations.

PARTICIPANT'S PROFILE

• Every one concerned / involved in standards, codes, regulations, design, installation, operation and maintenance of electrical equipment used in Industry.

- Workshop is limited to 80 registrants.

• Participants are encouraged to bring their electrical safety practices / problems / concerns to the workshop.

VENUE & DATE

India Habitat Centre

(Lodhi Road, New Delhi-110003)

April 14 & 15, 2000 (09-00 to 17-00 hours)

TOPICS

• Electrical Safety in Plants and Equipments, Protective Devices.

- Safety Regulations, Standards and Inspection Requirement.

• Arc Flash Hazards and Electrical Safety in Explosion Hazardous Areas

- Electrical Safety Program, Practices and Implementation.

• Case studies on Major Electrical Accidents and Preventive Measures Adopted

REGISTRATION

The registration for the workshop may be made by payment of appropriate fee through Demand Draft (payable in Delhi / New Delhi) / Delhi Local Cheque in favour of 'IEEE Workshop on Electrical Safety' alognwith the registration form.

Upto February 15,2000 fee for participants from :

Non-Members : Rs. 3,000 (US$ 150)

IEEE Members : Rs. 2,500 (US$ 125) Rs.2,000 (US$ 100)

Students/Research Scholars /

Faculty from Academic Institutes : Rs. 1,000

20% extra for registration after February 15,2000

REGISTRATION FORM

for

2000 IEEE IAS Workshop on

Electrical Safety in Industry

1. Name: .......................................................

2. Designation : ...............................................

3. Address :..................................................

...........................................................

...........................................................

4. (a) Whether IEEE Member : Yes/No

(b) If yes, Grade & Membership No. : ...................

5. Mode of payment :

- Demand Draft on Delhi / New Delhi

- Delhi Local Cheque

(no ..................................... dt. ............... on .........................................................)

6. Amount paid .................................................

(Signature of applicant)

countersigned by :

(on behalf of the sponsoring

organisation, if any)

To be mailed to:

Dr. S. Mukhopadhyay

(Secretary General, IEEE Workshop)

DII-62 Pandara Road

New Delhi-110 003

WORKSHOP TEAM

General Chairman

Prof. B. P. Singh (IIT)

Tel. : 6861977/Ext. : 2209 (O), 6868245 (O)

Fax : +91 (011) 6966606 (O)

e-mail : ieeedsec@nda.vsnl.net.in

Secretary General

Dr. S. Mukhopadhyay (CEA)

Tel. : 3381502 (R), 6170541 (R)

Fax : +91 (011) 6197267 (O)

e-mail : subrata@ieee.org

Treasurer

Prof. Bhim Singh (IIT)

Tel. : 6861977 / Ext. : 2133 (O), 6516223 (R) 6591045(O)

Fax : +91 (011) 6966606 (O)

e-mail : bhim@ieee.org

Program Committee Chair

Mr. C. Satish (IEEE IAS R10 West Area Chair)

Program Committee Co-Chair

Mr. Shahid Jamil (Exxon Chemicals, USA)

PCIC / IAS Liaison

Ms. Kim Eastwood (Thermon Manufacturing, USA)

Mr. P. Y. S. Babiarz (Crouse Hinds, Usa)

Other Members of the Organisation Committee

Prof. R. Balasubramanian (IIT)

Prof. Ajay K. Tandon (DCE)

Mr. Dinesh P. Gupta (BHEL)

Mr. A. Velayutham (CEA)

Website

https://www.ewh.ieee.org/r10/delhi/ias.html

You may recall, about a year ago, on June 13, 1998 we set up our Section Website (https://www.ewh.ieee.org/r10/delhi). Not only our esteemed members, but also others interested as well are taking advantage of its existence. Recently it has been revamped to be more user friendly and more utilities which the user will find beneficial have been added to it, courtesy our Webmaster. One of the major changes is the inclusion of webpage(s) dedicated to each Society Chapter, viz.

- CAS-CS Societies Chapter at

https://www.ewh.ieee.org/r10/delhi/cas-cs.html

- Communication Society Chapter at

https://www.ewh.ieee.org/r10/delhi/com.html

- Computer Society Chapter at

https://www.ewh.ieee.org/r10/delhi/c.html

- Engineering Management Society Chapter at

https://www.ewh.ieee.org/r10/delhi/em.html

- PES-IAS Chapter at

https://www.ewh.ieee.org/r10/delhi/pe-ia.html

Some of these pages have also been linked from IEEE entities at HQ. level. These pages contain in detail, about the chapter, its history, members of its executive committee along with the details of proposed and past activities, viz. workshops, lectures, tutorials, etc. The required registration forms can also be found at the respective Society pages and can be downloaded for submission. Please visit the website and be in touch with the events organized by "your" Section.

On the aspect of electronic mailing to members, earlier too I have approached you for a specific purpose. With Section membership crossing 1,000 (now in fact it's over 1,200) physical handling of circulars to members has become quite difficult by the Section volunteers. Gradually, we may have to depend on your internet access, more specifically to the Section Website. However due to limited access by members (as evident from the number of visitors to the earlier Section Website even after one year of its inception), this idea is still in its infancy. But as a starting point sometime back we started using a facility based on the member's e-mail addresses (as available on the IEEE Membership Database) as a method to communicate with each other electronically. But unfortunately due to ignorance of some members this facility was improperly used. So we had no other alternative but to stop using this facility.

As of now the list is very much trimmed down; but we urge you to join the list voluntarily as soon as possible. This will not only save a lot of our postal expenses (which then can be diverted for the Section activities), but also wil safeguard against any postal delays. Members are requested to avail this facility by sending an e-mail (requesting for addition to the list) at subrata@ieee.org. Only those who do not have e-mail access will be qualified to receive the paper-postage in the days to come.

(Dr. S. Mukhopadhyay)

Electronic Communications Coordinator

IEEE Delhi Section

June 27, 1999

The members are aware that the IEEE Delhi Section and its various chapters in association with other local Institutes IEE (UK), IE (India), IETE, IIT etc. organise evening lectures, seminars, workshops for dissemination of knowledge, exchange of ideas and sharing of knowledge amongst technical professionals in the broader fields of Electrical/Electronic Engineering. Under the above activities during 1998, 27 lectures & 8 seminars/workshops had been arranged. Action is on to maintain the same tempo this year too. In general the standard/content of these programmes was of high quality. However it is noticed that the response of members to participate in these programmes is very poor, though all members are intimated well in time about the programme. The attendance is very thin particularly in evening lecture programmes. It appears that the local members are not able to prioritize their evening time to attend the lectures. In the case of outstation members, it may be attributed to their inability because of distance. In this information technology age all members are requested to make use of these golden opportunities arranged for their benefit.

A Velayutham

Secretary, IEEE Delhi Section

Dear Fellow Member

The July 1999 issue of your newsletter beacon is in your hands and I hope, you will find it informative, keeping you abreast with the activities of our Section.

The year started on a very sad note. Within a few days of taking over as Chairman, Delhi Section, Dr. J. K. Pal left this world leaving a big void in the IEEE, Delhi Section. Dr. Pal was one of our most dedicated volunteers and was keenly involved in most of the technical and professional activities of the section. All of us are already feeling his absence from amidst us.

Shri R. K. Asthana has taken over as Chairman for the year 1999. Shri Asthana has been an old hand in the IEEE, having already held responsible positions in Delhi Section, India council and Region 10 committee. With his vast experience, we hope he will make significant contribution to further enhance the image of Delhi Section.

The prestigeous International Conference tencon'98. held in December 1998 had been quite a successful event, even though there was general recession and industrial slowdown in the country. The foreign participation was also in good number enhancing the technical content of the conference. Dr. Charles Alexander, former President IEEE was the guest of honour and made an interesting presentation.

The membership growth in the section has suspassed all the previous records. As against about 750 members in 1998, the number has crossed 1200 in 1999. This is really commendable and the membership development sub committee deserves all the congratulations.

On the technical activities front also, the section has continued to be very active and organised over 20 lectures / talks from eminent experts, details of which you will find in this issue elsewhere.

With best wishes

(P.K.SRIVASTAVA)

Editor & Chairman

Dated : 30th June 1999                                    Publicity & Publication

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