IEI celebrates World Engineering Day

Arun Aggarwal alongwith Dr Bhawna Sharma during a function in Jammu on Monday.
Arun Aggarwal alongwith Dr Bhawna Sharma during a function in Jammu on Monday.

Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Mar 4: The World Engineering Day for Sustainable Development was celebrated by the Institution of Engineers (India), Jammu Centre in collaboration with the Model Institute of Engineering and Technology (MIET) here today.
The theme of today’s celebration was “Engineering Solutions for a Sustainable World”.
On this occasion, Arun Aggarwal, Deputy Director General, Department of Telecommunication, Jammu J&K (Ministry of Communications)was the Chief Guest, whereas Prof. (Dr.) Bhawna Sharma, Chairman, IEI Jammu Centre presided over the function.
At the outset, Prof. (Dr.) Bhawna Sharma while welcoming the august gathering said that the rapid technological progress including advancements in Artificial intelligence, internet of things and renewable energy, empowers engineers to devise innovative and eco friendly solutions. These emerging technologies are being leveraged to optimize resource use, improve environmental monitoring, and enable data driven decision making for sustainable development.
Arun Aggarwal, Chief Guest highlighted the role of engineers in achieving the goal in sustainable development through development of holistic solutions to the problems being faced by the mankind.
During the seminar, P. K. Nanda, Ajay Sharma, B. L. Rawal, Ranjeev Sawheny, Sumil Goyal, Joy Ganjoo, LovneeshTalwar, and Rajnish Magotra, presented their papers.
The event was attended by Engineers from various Departments, Organizations and corporate members along with Members of the Committee of IEI, Jammu Local Centre.