Kaizen 2k21-Online Open House Project Demonstration Event organized by L. D. College of Engineering from 17th April to 24th April,2021
CORONA Posters
An expert lecture on “Steam cracker” was arranged by the chemical engineering department on 10th April 2021 through Teams online platform. Mr Utkarsh Mishra, Senior Manager, Reliance Industries Ltd, Jamnagar was the invited speaker of the session. Around 100 students of final and pre-final year were present in the session. Mr Utkarsh had given an overview of the refinery and focused on the steam cracker unit. He explained the role, importance, major key points associated with the cracker unit. He started with the basic fundamentals and explained the cracking and its mechanism in detail. He also talked about the major issues and problems of the unit.
Final year students of the Plastic Technology Department successfully completed 15 days training at Indo German Tool Room organized under the Rashtriya Uchchatar Shiksha Abhiyan (RUSA) during March to April 2021.
Department of Instrumentation and control
The department of Applied Mechanics of L.D. College of Engineering under the aegis of Indian Geotechnical Society, Ahmedabad Chapter and Institution of Engineer (I), organized a Short term training Program in Online mode on Recent Trends in Environmental Geotechnics for Sustainable Development” from 22nd-26th March 2021. This STTP was sponsored by GUJCOST, IGS & IEI and approved by DTE & ISTE. The 5 day long program had an array of eminent speakers from prestigious Academic, Indus trial and government bodies deliberating on crucial issues. The speakers made an invaluable contribution through their insightful lectures on currently relevant topics such as mitigation of environment hazards, solid waste management, waste disposal using nano-technology or innovative lining materials, migration rate of nuclear waste and its safe disposal methods. The Inaugural session of the STTP was presided over by Prof.Dr.D.N. Singh(Institute Chair Professor) from IIT Bombay & Dr.Amit Prashant (Professor & Dean of R&D, IIT Gandhinagar). The major takeaway from the STTP was “waste if treated appropriately can be utilized effectively for sustainable development”. A total of 110 participants inclusive of academicians, research scholars and industry persons took the benefit of enlightening sessions. The STTP opened an entire new avenue of R&D works in areas such as valorization of legacy waste, Industry byproducts, carbon capture utilization and storage, energy geotechnics. The speakers from esteemed bodies such as IIT Bombay, IIT Madras, IIT B huvneshwar, BITS Pilani, NIT Trichi, IIT Guwahati, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Irrigation department (GoG), Macferri India Ltd, IIT Gandhinagar were invited for the online sessions during the training program. The valedictory session was presided over by Prof.Dr.N.M.Samidhya (President, IGS) & Dr.Sachin Parikh ( Joint Director, Directorate of Technical Education, Gandhinagar). The entire STTP was efficiently conceptualized by Dr.M.V.Shah and well co-ordinated by Dr.M.V.Shah & Prof. Alpa J. Shah and co-coordinated by Prof.Shalini Singh under able guidance of Prof.Dr.C.S.Sanghvi.
