Journal of the Association of Engineers, India

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Engineering might have been derived from old french engigneor or latin ingeniatorem ingeniare. Ingenuity is more dignified than technique derived from Greek tekhnikos. While engineering knowledge is acquired through study of fundamental disciplines, technique may be mastered by means of trial and error. Engineering education starts with the learning of fundamental principles of sources of power and forces of nature. Some people call this technological education, for production of technologist or scientist trained in the application of science to industry. Engineering, therefore, embraces fundamental science and technology and of course, technique.

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Automation is transfer of skill from man to machine. Automation is the culmination of progress in mechanisation, though automation, mechanisation, cybernatics, robot, technological change, productivity are often confused as synonymous. While mechanisation is substitution of machine operation for manual operation, automation involves replacement of human operation by automatic control device. Cybernation is the application of computer as a decision-making device to control an automatic process. Productivity is the efficiency in production.

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The iron age succeeded the two former periods of culture known respectively as the stone age and bronze age. Iron smelting was practised in India as early as 3000 BC. The famous wootz or wooz steel of India has been mentioned by some western authors as "Hindoo" steel which appeared in western Europe via Damascus and known as Damascus steel in the west. Persian called this steel poulad jauher der.

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Men, Machine, Material are sinequanon for any undertaking. It has been estimated that material cost may mount upto 60 percent of overall cost and for effecting economy in production, due attention is warranted for material control.

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The Council condoled the death of Sri Naresh Chandra Bose, Associate Member since 1923. All the members present stood up and observed a minutes's silence as a mark of honour to the memory of the deceased.

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My article on "Standardisation of Engineering Education in India", read before the Science Congress (1960)-Roorkee, and published vide Vol. XXXVI No. 4 of the journal of the Association of Engineers evoked response from some quarters.

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Extract from the Minutes of Proceedings:

The Council condoled the death of Sri Benoy Krishna Rohatgi and Sri A. R. Muslim, Associate A.E. of the Association. All members present stood up and observed a minute's silence as a mark of honour to the memory of the deceased.

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The Council condoled the death of Sri Nalini Ranjan Bose, Associate Member since 1931, and Dr. George Wm. Osborn Howe. Hon. M.A.E., Prof., Glasgow University, of Electrical Engineering. All the members present stood up and observed a minute's silence as a mark of honour to the memory of the deceased.

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Association Notes.

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The law of supply and demand holds the balance in the economic spheres and repurcates on social spheres also. To augment the supply, we have to look for the efficiency of men behind the machine in the industrial arena; we have to look for the efficiency of men behind the plough in the agricultural field. Our country is pre-dominantly agricultural. The major population is in villages. While writing or thinking of augmenting supplies, we have to consider industry and agriculture. After the political emancipation of the country, attention was focussed for economic development. The 'National Planning Committee' which was formed under Congress aegis in pre-independence days, now found shape under the title of 'Planning Commission'. In its report, the Planning Commission remarks "In the final analysis, the level of productivity of a country determine's its national wealth and per capita income and the standard of living of the people".

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1 Chittaranjan Locomotive Works, Calcutta, IN

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Whenever an user finds that he is in possession of materials, which he no longer requires, he returns such materials to Stores. Materials which outlived their useful lives or for which there is no demand are also returned to stores by the constituents. The valuation of such stores is based on the principle of demand and supply. If there is no demand, then the supply has no value. In other words, the supply is valued according to the demand.

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An old definition of Engineer is one who can do a thing for one pound, which a fool would do for ten pounds. It is not a question of complex but the idea of throwing an Engineer against a fool, is an indication of Engineer's position in society in good old days. Are Engineers entitled to better definition in these days?.

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Procurement and Distribution of stores is fast becoming a technical subject. Engineers are now placed at the helm of stores organisation. In any project, about fifty percent of the expenditure is booked for stores and concommitant responsibility is vested on stores officer.

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1 The Federation of Professional Engineering Institutions of India, IN

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In any project material cost accounts for about 60% of the total outlay, if not more. Financial consideration therefore, places a VIP cap on material. Engineers, in their endeavour to harness the resources of nature, transform material and energy for the welfare of the mankind and for the wealth of the land. Feeding of right materials at right time to the engineers in the front line is, therefore, is an assignment whose failure is manifested through halt in progress, deadlock in production, stoppage of construction.

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In the absence of any system of registration of professional engineers, similar to the registration of lawyers by bar council or physicians by medical council, persons practising engineering are at liberty to attribute to themselves the appellation of “ENGINEER” without any restrain. In fact, the last census report has shown, that individual census slips furnished by occupants of premises have been accepted without verification and whoever has stated that he is an “Engineer” has been enumerated as such. This may account for the discrepancy in the statistics of Engineers in the country and there is no wonder that diverse figures are given by the ministers in their speeches, the employment exchange and so on.

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1 The Association of Engineers, IN

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“CONTROL” is the essence of all organisations. It is the focus of industrial sovereignty which enforces its own rules for itself and its constituents. Control is achieved by locating critical, key or limiting points and regulating current performance through strategic points. Control is often viewed with suspicion and criticised as something negative and restrictive in character; but control is not undemocratic and there is nothing in the function of control that prevents freedom of action or exercise of initiative, within the rules. Control is positive and constructive, intended to help and not to hinder. There is a marked tendency to change the designation of manager. The control of mental activities and manual activities is vested in respective competent authority, for direction, supervision and corrective action.

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