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21 Feb 2013-22 Feb 2013|Noida | Amity University Campus, Sector-125 Noida

Two day Conference on “Recent Developments in Control, Automation and Power Engineering” begins at Amity School of Engineering and Technology

Amity School of Engineering and Technology (ASET) commenced two day Conference on “Recent Developments in Control, Automation and Power Engineering” at Amity Campus, Sector- 125, Noida.

Mr. A. K. Gupta, Executive Director (Engg.), NTPC Ltd, Dr. M. Gopal, Director, School of Engineering, Shiv Nadar University, Noida; Dr. K. M. Soni-Dy. Director & Head, Amity School of Engineering and Technology, Dr. H.P. Singh, HOD, EEE, ASET and Prof. A.K. Jairath, Deputy Director, ASET inaugurated the Conference.

Welcoming the august gathering and distinguished speakers, Dr. K. M. Soni-Dy. Director & Head, Amity School of Engineering and Technology assured that the discussions and deliberations that will unfold during the two days of the Conference will facilitate further research and innovation in the field of “Control, Automation and Power Engineering”, enriching the Engineering fraternity pan India.

Sharing his views on the challenges faced in setting up power plants in India, Mr. A. K. Gupta, Executive Director (Engg.), NTPC Ltd said, “out of  two lakh plus MHz of power generation in India , 67% is coal based causing a great amount of environmental pollution. Solar energy, Wind energy and other sources of energy account for only 12-13% of the power generation in the country.” In order to combat the prevailing situation in power sector, Mr. Gupta suggested that availability, reliability and quality of power has to be enhanced in India so that people would use more of grid connected electricity. Safety of machines and the people using them have also to be considered at the same time. All these parameters have to be achieved along with the affordability factor, which is the biggest challenge today.” Sharing his views, further, Mr. Gupta said a solar power plant generating around 1 MHz of energy would need around 5 acres of land escalating the cost of solar power generation manifolds as compared to coal power generation. This puts a great responsibility on Electrical Engineers to research and devise newer ways for making the solar energy affordable and viable in the country. The peak usage of power in households is mostly during morning and night and that is time when there is no sun to generate solar energy. World wide research is going on in the area of “Smart Grids” which will help the households to generate solar energy during the day and sell it to the smart grids which will supply it back to the households when needed. Mr. Gupta shared that one such pilot “Smart Grid” is coming up near Gurgaon very soon which will try to make solar energy a feasible source of power in terms of affordability and availability.

Sharing tips to become successful in life, Dr. M. Gopal, Director, School of Engineering, SNU, Noida stressed that the present education system and entrance examinations put great pressure on the students, as a result of which  by the time they enter the colleges, their enthusiasm gets exhausted. He advised that it is important for students to keep their enthusiasm burning to become globally visible and successful. In the absence of enthusiasm, although one can fill his belly with money but the brain will always starve resulting in unhappiness and disappointment. He called upon the budding Engineers to always keep their thirst for education alive and think out of the box in an endeavor to stand out from the crowd.