GL Bajaj opens 3-day ICCEMME-2021, UP MoS Kapil Dev Agarwal lauds the initiative
Greater Noida, 11th February: The 3rd edition of 3-day International Conference on Computational and Experimental methods in Mechanical Engineering (ICCEMME), an international forum to exchange research results and address issues in various aspects of Mechanical Engineering, opened today at the GL Bajaj Institute of Technology and Management, Greater Noida.
Speaking at this international conference as a chief guest, Kapil Dev Aggarwal, Minister of State in UP government said that the conditions, at present, are not normal, classes in educational institutions are yet to return to the normal, in this context, such conferences provide an opportunity to directly connect with the youth.
Speaking about the leadership of PM Modi, Agarwal said, “The country is touching new dimensions of success under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the whole world right now is watching and learning from our fight with Covid-19.“
Kapil Dev Aggarwal further said that, “Today the world is looking at us in terms of possibilities because we have proved ourselves in every field, whether it’s about the talent among our youth or teaching in the Corona period. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has run the country like a head of a family and has made efforts to find opportunities in the disasters. The Chief Minister of our state, Yogi Adityanath, is also walking on his footsteps, he provided employment to people during the Corona period and inspired everyone to provide food to migrant laborers.“
Agarwal concluded his address by congratulating GL Bajaj Institute for organizing this international conference and he rooted for the need to have more such conferences.
In his address as a guest of honor, Prof. SK Garg, Pro-VC at DTU raised concerns over decline in the role of Mechanical engineering and other core engineering branches due to the advent of Computer Sciences and Electronics Engineering and IT sector. “Mechanical engineering is at the base of every technology, every product or service we are enjoying, still in the last 2 decades, all the core engineering branches have been dominated by CS, electronics and IT sector, and students choice is also shifted towards that, and this has created a challenge for the Mechanical engineering fraternity. We have to take a call on how to sustain and how to grow the Mechanical engineering branch and remain relevant in the coming years.“
Prof. Garg illustrated his point with an example of the automobile industry where the role of Mechanical Engineering has dropped due to the rising number of electronics components in an automobile.
On the rise of computational tools, Prof. Garg said, “20 years back analytical tools were used, now there are more computational tools, so in this context we have to see how we can enhance our level of curriculum, activities and our understanding of these computation tools. Industry is also using it, in one steel plant at Visakhapatnam, more than 100+ parameters are recorded in real time and then they are analyzed using a computational tool.”
Further, Prof. Garg explained the evolution of machines from the time of 60s to the current times. “In the last few years, intelligent machines which can make their own decision have appeared. The base is the same as it was in the 60s but on top of that several other layers of other technologies have been added and that has really made it exciting to use and manufacture.”
The International Conference was opened with a welcome address by Pankaj Agarwal, Vice Chairman, GLBITM.
“The quest of knowledge has been from the beginning of time but knowledge only becomes valuable when it is disseminated and applied for the benefit of the human kind. It is hoped that this conference will be a platform to gather and disseminate the latest knowledge in Computational and Experimental methods in Mechanical Engineering.” Agarwal said.
“I’m sure ICCEMME will serve its purpose well, its an opportune movement to debate upon the problems of mutual interest with the experts from academia, corporate practitioners and research scholars for identifying and discussing various challenges and modern technologies and practices available in the field of Mechanical Engineering,” Pankaj Agarwal concluded.
Towards the end of the inaugural session, Dr. Vinod Kumar Yadav shared the summary of a keynote lecture delivered by Dr. L.M Das, IIT Delhi on “Implementation of hydrogen technology in the field of IC engines.”
“The conference has received more than 650 papers, the rejection rate is at around 50%. The GLBITM has tied up with 18 journals out of which 2 are SCI journals, 2 are ESCI journals and 14 are Scopus indexed journals,” informed Dr. Yadav.
Lauding the efforts by Mechanical Department at GLBITM in organizing this international conference, Dr. Shashank Awasthi, Dean – Strategy said that it is rare that a conference receives more than 600 papers. “I’m thankful to the Mechanical Department, I hope they will make this institution feel proud, not just on the state level but on the national level.”
The conference is being organized during 11th February to 13th February, 2021.
