IEI Goa State Centre successfully hosts 25th IEI convocation

The Institution of Engineers (India), Goa State Centre has organised the Twenty-Fifth IEI

Convocation and Technicians’ / Students’ Convention at Kala Academy Panaji - Goa on

October 28-29, 2017. The major attractions of the program were the Job Fair, Technicians’/

Students’ Convention, AITC/AISC meetings and Convocation Ceremony.

Registration

The Registration Counter of the Headquarters was issuing the robes for the convocation and

the Goa State Counters was handling the registration of the students and guests for the

participation of the Convocation. The third counter was opened for the Registration of the

Alumni members of IEI. The In charge of the Registration Committee was Er. Anwar Khan

assisted by Ms. Arti Raul, Ms. Siddhi Arvind Chodankar and Ms. Sarika Ratnakar Naik.

Registration of the participants and Guests at the Counters of the Goa State Centre

Registration counters of Headquarters and IEI Alumni Association

Job Fair at Kala Academy Goa

Huge participants at the Job Fair at Kala Academy Goa

Participants registering at the Job Fair Shri Rohan Khaunte inaugurating the Job Fair

Shri Rohan Khaunte, Minister for Labour & Employment and IT visiting the stalls of the Job Fair

The two days event started with the inauguration of Job Fair by Shri Rohan Khaunte, Hon.

Minister for IT & Revenue, Shri Gopal A. Parsekar, and Commissioner for labour and

Employment, Shri G.B. Dhanashetti, Major Gen. S. Bhattacharya, Secretary and Director

General, Er. Gurunath M Naik Parrikar, Chairman of Goa State Centre and members of IEI

Goa State centre were present for the inaugural function. The IEI conducted the Job Fair

along with the interviews for the first time, for the students receiving the AMIE degree. The

Job Fair was also open for the students from the Engineering Institutions from Goa.

The Job fair consisted of display of the profile, Activities and Placement requirements by the

Companies through a stall in the Exhibition area provided at the Venue. The Job Fair was

organised by The Institution of Engineers (India) Goa State Centre in association with the

Office of the Labour and Employment, Regional Employment exchange, Model Career

Service and the Goa Chamber of Commerce and Industries. The day long job fair started at

9.30 am and ended at 5.00 pm. It aimed to increase the employment opportunities for

engineering students and offered wide range of selection to the recruiters. The Job Fair had

participation of 19 Companies and witnessed around 600 students visiting the Job Fair.

The Convenor of the Job Fair Committee was Er. Vaman Gaitonde, the other members of the

Committees were Er. Gerard D’Mello, Er. Chandrashekar Prabhudessai, Er. Yogesh Bhobe

and Er. Rajendra Hegde.

Inauguration of the All India Technicians’ / Students’ Convention

The Inauguration ceremony of the All India Technicians’ / Students’ Convention was held at

the Black Box of the Kala Academy. The Chief Guest of the event was Shri Rohan Khaunte,

Hon. Minister for Revenue & IT, Shri Gopal A. Parsekar, Commissioner, Labour &

Employment as Guest of Honour and Shri G. B. Dhanashetti, Principal, B. V.V. S

Polytechnic, Bagalkot as Keynote Speaker. The other members present on the dais were

Major Gen. S. Bhattacharya, Secretary and Director General, Shri Gurunath M Naik

Parrikar, Chairman of Organising Committee, Shri Deepak A. Karmalkar, Hon. Secretary,

IEI Goa State Centre and Shri Chandrasheker Prabhudessai, Organising Secretary.

Er. Gurunath M Naik Parrikar presenting the welcome speech to the audience, also dignitaries

lighting the traditional lamp.

The programme began with a beautiful Invocation song by Mr. Bhanudas Umraskar. The

Chairman of the Goa State Centre welcomed the dignitaries, guest and audience. In his

welcome speech he also mentioned that when the members of IEI had approached the Hon.

Minister, the Minister had accepted the invitation enthusiastically and was very happy to

know that IEI is taking keen interest to bridge the gap between Technical Education, Industry

and Skill Development.

Er. Chandrashekar Prabhudessai, Organising Secretary briefed on the theme of Convention

“Role of Engineers towards Skill India Mission” and thereafter Major Gen. S. Bhattacharya

Secretary and Director General addressed the gathering.

Er. Chandrashekar Prabhudessai briefing on the theme, while Major Gen S. Bhattacharya

expressing his views to the audience

Prof. Rajendra Hegde introduced the Keynote Speaker Prof. G B Dhanashetti. While

delivering the keynote address to the audience, Prof. G B. Dhanashetti explains that the skill

and knowledge are the two faces of the same coin. According to him, there are three

challenges before us, first to accelerate the pace of development, secondly to create jobs for

trainees and finally put whole ecosystem in order. He also explains the concept of

Community College which is empowered to grant diploma/Degree in the domain of skill.

Prof. Dhanashetti further stated that the biggest challenge is tying Industry and the Institution.

He also mentions that India is having only 2.3% workforce of formal training and it need to

be increased on the level of other countries who are dominating the workforce in formal

training like UK having 68%, Germany 75%, Japan 80%, South Korea 96% etc.

Er. Rajendra Hegde introducing the Keynote Speaker, while Shri G. B. Dhanashetti presenting

keynote address

The Immediate Past Chairman Shri Gerard D’ Mello introduced the Guest of Honour. On this

occasion the Souvenir was also released by the dignitaries. The Immediate Past Hon.

Secretary Shri Yogesh Bhobe introduced the Chief Guest. The chief Guest appreciated the

organisers for conducting such type of program. He also felt that conducting such type of

program is the need of the hour, and as such type of programs should be organised every

year. He even told that his Government want to capture the base of Information Technology

Professional in Goa.

Er. Yogesh Bhobe Introducing the Chief Guest. Shri Rohan Khaunte addressing the audience. The

dignitaries releasing the Souvenir

Mr. Riju, giving a presentation of Goa Shipyard Ltd. While Yogita Karkhanis compereing the

programme and Hon. Secretary Er. Deepak A. Karmalkar proposing the vote of thanks.

Mr. Riju, Representative of the Goa Shipyard Limited gave a presentation of their company

being a major sponsor. Finally Hon. Secretary of Goa State Centre Shri Deepak A.

Karmalkar proposed the vote of thanks. The compere of the programme was Mrs. Yogita

Karkhanis. Er. Austin Rodrigues was the Convener of the Technical Committee.

All India Technicians’/ Students’ Seminar

The All India Technicians’/Students’ Seminar was held at Black Box, Kala Academy on the

theme “Role of Engineers towards Skill India Mission”. Seven Authors presented their

papers on Seminar session. The session was chaired by Dr. Jitendra Saxena, Director (EEA),

IEI and papers were judged by a jury of three members Prof. Luis R. Fernandes, Prof. Joe

Kurian and Prof. George Paes.

A team of juries Prof. Luis R. Fernandes, Prof. Joe Kurian, Prof. Balkrishna Chodankar, Prof. Ajit

Salunke and Purnanand Savoikar judging the performance of the authors presenting paper

Technicians’ / Senior Technicians’/ Student Members’ (Technical Session)

The Technicians/ Senior Technicians/ Student Members session was held at Preview Theatre,

Kala Academy. Eight Authors presented their papers on topics of their choice. The

Chairman of the Technical Session is Mr. K C Sethi, Chairman AISC and Technical Session

was adjudicated by three jury of three person Prof. Purnanand Savoikar, Prof. Balkrishna

Chodankar and Prof. Ajit Salunke.

Meeting of IEI Alumni Association

The Meeting of IEI Alumni Association was conducted at Black Box at 6 pm. The President

of IEI AA, Dr. Enti Ranga Reddy was the Guest Speaker. Shri S A. Satyamurthy, Secretary

IEIAA coordinated the meeting and Shri Tennavarajan Joint Treasurer IEIAA presented the

slide presentation for the Alumni Members.

Shri S A Satyamurthi, Guiding the members of the IEI Alumni Association. Also co-ordinating with

the Alumni from Goa Er. Kiran Naik & Er. Vasant Nachinolkar

Dr. Enti Ranga Reddy, Chairman IEI AA presenting his views and Er. Deepak A. Karmalkar, Co-

ordinator for Goa proposing the vote of thank

The Vice President, IEI Shri S C Rudra and the Chairman of Delhi State Centre also spoke

on this occasion. All the Alumni present also introduced themselves and spoke about their

experiences. Er. Kiran Naik and Er. Vasant Nachinolkar, Alumni from Goa also spoke on this

occasion. Finally Shri Deepak A. Karmalkar, Co-odinator of Alumni for Goa proposed the

vote of Thanks.

Meeting of the All India Technician Committee & All India Students Committee

Members of All India Technical Committee Members of All India Students Committee

The meeting of All India Technicians Committee was held at Meeting Room of Kala

Academy Panaji at 9.30 am. Prof. (Dr.) T S Kamal chaired the meeting with the following

members present namely Dr. Enti Ranga Reddy, Mr. Ramesh Chandra Shrivastava, Mr.

Arvind Singh Bakshi, Mr. Sanjay Sen, Mr. R R Tanwar, Mr. Ved Prakash.

The meeting of All India Students Committee was held at Meeting Room of Kala Academy

Panaji Goa at 11 am, chaired by Mr. K C Sethi. The Members presents were Dr. Nutan

Kumar Das, Dr. M Chowde Gowda, Mr. Ranveer Singh Chauvan, Mr. Devendra Gill, Mr. B

Brahma Reddy, Prof. Malwale Nitin Pandurang.

Er. Siddharth Kuncalienkar graced the function

Er. Siddharth Kuncalienkar. Ex-MLA, Chairman, EDC and Vice Chairman, GSIDC Goa discussing with

the members of IEI

Er. Siddharth Kuncalienkar, Ex- MLA from Panaji Constituency Assembly, Chairman of

Economic Development Corporation and Vice Chairman of Goa State Infrastructure

Development Corporation has visited and graced the function. There was a fruitful

discussion between Major Gen. S Bhattacharya, Secretary and Director General, Er.

Siddharth Kuncalienkar and the members and officials of IEI.

“Goa State Centre has fulfilled my dream” – President of IEI Shri N B Vasoya

Mrs. Rucha Sawant presenting the Invocation song and Er. Gurunath M Naik Parrikar, Chairman Goa State Centre presenting welcome speech

The Invocation Song was presented by Mrs. Ruchi Sawant, then the floral bouquets were presented to the dignitaries on the dais. Shri Gurunath M Naik Parrikar, the Chairman of the Organising Committee welcomed the gathering. Then the President IEI Shri Navinchandra B Vasoya, presented the convocation address. In his convocation address he expressed that his dream was fulfilled by Goa State Centre by organising Job Fair first time during the convocation and he also expressed that such type of program should continue every year during convocation.

The presentation of Graduates by Secretary & Director General and Exhortation by the President

The Chief Guest was introduced by Major Gen S. Bhattacharya. In his introduction he mentioned that Shri Manohar Parrikar, is the First IIT Graduate to serve as Chief Minster who has been awarded a Distinguished Alumni Award in 2001 by IIT Bombay. He further told that that Mr. Parrikar is known to be a man of action and Principle, as he was responsible in streamlining a Defence Procurement Procedure and also indigenization of Defence Manufacturing.

Thereafter the Chief Guest gave his convocation address. In his address he expressed that Engineering is the best profession. He still considered himself as a good Engineer, he still designs, on many occasions when he was the Defence Minister and when certain dilemma occurs, he have suggested the way out as Engineering has given him a logical thinking pattern.

He expressed that Technology is reducing the availability of jobs and also creates new jobs, so one has to upgrade himself, he has to catch on the skill which is required and challenges before us. According to him, India is very low in skill trading, so he urged Engineers to develop skilling program which will take care of crores of unemployed youth. He further expressed that, Diploma holders as working Engineers know practical aspects and by acquiring degrees now, they will be facing designs and other aspects. So according to him, AMIE degree holders are

having double advantage.

Chief Guest Shri Manohar Parrikar, Hon’ble Chief Minister of Goa lighting the traditional lamp and presenting the convocation address

Shri Chandrasheker Prabhudessai introduced the Guest of Honour Dr. B. K. Mishra, Director of Indian Institute of Technology, Goa who delivered the Convocation Key note Address. In his keynote address he imparts the knowledge on twenty mission Skill India program, Bharat Nirman Program etc. He also explained the way Engineering solution has given to create an affordable membrane through clay with the help of innovative ideas to the product by the students which was used by common people usually Iron ore belt of India.

Er. Chandrashekar Prabhudessai introducing the keynote speaker, while Dr. B. K. Mishra presenting the keynote address.

Then the President IEI presented the trophies, IEI Merit Awards, IEI NDRF Student Design Competition Awards, distribution of certificates to Graduates and distribution of certificates to the authors of Seminar and Technical sessions.

Dignitaries Distributing the certificates to the delegates

Er. N. B. Vasoya, President IEI Er. S. K. Banerjee, President Elect Er. Gurunath M. N. Parrikar, Chairman

Er. Deepak A. Karmalkar, Hon. Secretary & Er. Chandrashekar Prabhudessai, Org. Secretary

Organising Committee with the President of IEI and President Elect IEI

The Other members who have contributed were

Er. Yogesh Bhobe (Accomodation & Catering Committee)

Er. Bramhanand Naik & Er. Vasant Nachinolkar (Printing & Advertisement Committee)

Er. Gerard D’Mello & Er. Kiran Naik (Sponsorship Committee)

Er. Purshottam Pai & Er. Anant V Moio (Transport Committee )

Er. Deepak A. Karmalkar, Mrs. Vallavi Sirsat and Shri Ruildo De Souza (Finance Committee)

Shri Tejas Salgaonkar, Shri Ritesh Porob, Shri Harshad Mandrekar, Shri Sahil Gawas (Volunteers)

The overall work was Managed and Co-ordinated by Er. Gurunath M Naik Parrikar Chairman Goa State Centre and Chairman of Organising Committee along with Er. Deepak A. Karmalkar Co- Chairman and Hon. Secretary IEI Goa State Centre and Shri Chandrashekar Prabhudessai Organising Secretary.

Finally Vote of thanks was given by was given by the Major Gen S. Bhattacharya. The Program ended with National Anthem. Er. Datta Kare was the Program Incharge of the Convocation Ceremony.