MECHANICAL ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT BLOG

T he Annual confe rence of AJCE  Aicera 2015 was conducted on the  23rd ( Thursday ) and 24th( Friday)  July 2015. The Theme of the conference covered Manufacturing and Materials Engineering  aspects.    The 2-day event  provided ample exposure to scholarly works and personal interaction by researchers in  fields of engineering. The Welcome Address was delivered by  Prof. K. SREEKUMAR , Head of the Mechanical Engineering, AJCE. The  Presidential Address    by  Rev. Dr. JOSE KANNAMPUZHA , Principal, AJCE.  Sri. M. NARAYANA RAO, Chairman & Managing Director, MISHRA DHATU NIGAM LIMITED, Kanchanbagh, HYDERABAD. initiated the Inaugural Ceremony, and an  Invited talk was in the first day of the program,  along with 12 paper presentations from delegates all over India. Six paper presentations was carried out during the second day along with around 35 oral presentations from selected papers in three venues. Poster presentations also gave a technical platform

S pace Museum is Situated near the northern boundary of Thumba Equatorial Rocket Launching Station (TERLS), a few metres from the coastline, St Mary Magdalene Church, lined with high-tech artefacts and visuals, speak the tell tales on the birth of Indian Space Programme. It was in this church that the first rocket systems were assembled and integrated in 1962. The Bishop House, forming part of the church, functioned at that time as the office of the Director, TERLS. As the scientific activities gathered momentum, new projects came up, which necessitated the construction of new buildings. The first in the line were the Control Centre and then the R&D complex on the Veli Hills, all of which relegated the church building into the background. But the good old church refused to go into oblivion! It sprang back to life with renewed vigour. It was converted into a photographic facility, this time as the official chronicler of the Indian Space Programme. In 1985, the church was con