The three-day 38th Indian Engineering Congress under the aegis of Institution of Engineers (India) Local Center Jabalpur was inaugurated by Rajendra Shukla, Deputy Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh on 27 December.
On the inauguration of this Indian Engineering Congress organized on the theme "Reimagining Tomorrow: "Shaping the Future through Disruptive and Interdisciplinary Technologies",
Deputy Chief Minister of the state Rajendra Shukla said that such a big event is being organized for the first time in Madhya Pradesh. Madhya Pradesh government will fully benefit from organizing this effort. He said that whatever papers will be presented during the Engineering Congress, Madhya Pradesh government will get them fully studied.
He said that the Madhya Pradesh government will always be ready to consider and implement the suggestions of the Institution of Engineers.
He said that engineers are the backbone of our country's development. He said that Madhya Pradesh is a rapidly progressing developed state in which engineers have played an important role.
Speaking about the role of engineers in the society, he said that engineers also have the responsibility to save the country from national loss because engineers are able to get more work done at less expense.
He said that engineers have knowledge, ability and engineers contribute significantly to every section of the society.
The chief guest of the ceremony was UP Singh, former Secretary to the Government of India. On this occasion, Major General Dr. MJS Sayli, Secretary and Director General, Chairman of IEI Jabalpur Local Center, Brigadier VK Trivedi, newly elected Chairman of IEI, Dr. G. Ranganath, were present on the stage. Current Chairman of IEI is Engineer Shivanand Rai, Organizing Committee Chairman Rakesh Kumar Rathore and Secretary of Jabalpur Local Center Rajeev Jain,ex chairman of Jabalpur Local Center IK Khanna, Vinod Bilthare, Virendra Sahu, Tarun Anand, Many engineers and experts, famous industrialists including PC Dubey were present.
Memorial lecture presented on the first day
Engineer Tarun Anand, media in-charge of the organizing committee, said that several memorial lectures were presented on the first day of the 38th Indian Engineering Congress. In this, Sir M Visvesvaraya Memorial Lecture was presented by Dr. S. Sumanth, retired director of Karnataka Power Transmission Company Limited. In which he expressed his views regarding new technology in the power transmission sector and integration of electricity obtained from non-traditional energy sources into the transmission network.
Apart from this, Bhaikka Memorial Lecture, Sir Rajendra Nath Mukherjee Memorial Lecture, Needhu Bhushan Memorial Lecture, Dr. A.N. Khosla Memorial Lecture, Dr. Amitabh Bhattacharya Memorial Lecture, Professor C.S. Jha Memorial Lecture and Dr. K.L. Rao Memorial Lecture were presented.
Women Engineers Meet
Apart from various programs, other programs like Women Engineers Meet, Wish Nari Talk, Alumni Meet were also organized in this Congress.
