The NIT and the Institution of Engineers (IE), India, here, jointly organised a national seminar on ‘Recent advance in power, energy and control’ last month.
In the inaugural function, NIT Director Prof SK Sarangi encouraged electrical engineers to contribute towards research on achieving clean energy and supplementing fossil fuel-based power with renewable sources of power generation.
Banaglore based CPRI additional director Dr RSS Aradhya graced the occasion as the chief guest and also gave a key note address on smart grid technology. Convenor of seminar Prof B Subudhi highlighted about the importance and organization of seminar. Chairman IE (India), Prof U Mishra gave the welcome address.