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Issue no. 56 | March 2013
PERSONALITY OF THE MONTH Jayant Narlikar Udaan mantra: The most technical and critical subject can also be put into the most simplistic language that can be understood by all.
Born Fields Institutions
: 19 July 1938 Kolhapur, India : Physics, astronomy : Cambridge University Tata Institute of Fundamental Research Inter-University Centre for Astronomy & Astrophysics Alma mater : Banaras Hindu University, Cambridge University Doctoral advisor : Fred Hoyle Doctoral students : Thanu Padmanabhan Known for : Quasi-steady state cosmology Hoyle-Narlikar theory of gravity Notable awards : Padma Vibhushan, Adams Prize, Padma Bhushan
Theoretical Astrophysics Group. In 1988, the Indian University Grants Commission set up the Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics (IUCAA) in Pune, and Narlikar became the Founder-Director of IUCAA.
JAYANT VISHNU NARLIKAR is an Indian Astrophysicist. He is a proponent of steady state cosmology. He developed with Sir Fred Hoyle the conformal gravity theory, commonly known as Hoyle–Narlikar theory. It synthesizes Albert Einstein’s Theory of Relativity and Mach's Principle. It proposes that the inertial mass of a particle is a function of the masses of all other particles, multiplied by a coupling constant, which is a function of cosmic epoch. In Cosmologies based on this theory, the gravitational constant G decreases strongly with time.
Narlikar is internationally known for his work in Cosmology, especially in championing models alternative to the popular Big Bang model. During 19941997, he was the President of the Cosmology Commission of the International Astronomical Union. His research work has involved Mach’s Principle, quantum cosmology, and action-at-a-distance physics. During 1999-2003, Narlikar headed an international team in a pioneering experiment designed to sample air for microorganisms in the atmosphere at heights of up to 41 km. Biological studies of the collected samples led to the findings of live cells and bacteria, which introduced the possibility that the earth is being bombarded by microorganisms, some of which might have seeded life itself on earth. Narlikar was also appointed the Chairperson, Advisory Group for Textbooks in Science and Mathematics, the textbook development committee responsible for developing textbooks in Science and Mathematics, published by NCERT, which are used widely as standard textbooks in many Indian schools.
EARLY LIFE : His father, Vishnu Vasudev Narlikar, was a mathematician who served as a professor and later as the Head of the Department of Mathematics at Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi. Jayant's mother, Sumati Narlikar, was a scholar of Sanskrit language. Jayant studied in Kendriya Vidyalaya Banaras (till class 12) and Banaras Hindu University (12th onwards) campus, Varanasi. PERSONAL LIFE : Narlikar married a mathematics researcher and professor Mangala Rajwade nee Dr. Mangala Narlikar. The couples have three daughters Geeta, Girija and Leelavati. CAREER : Narlikar received his Bachelor of Science degree from Banaras Hindu University in 1957. He then began his studies at Cambridge University in England, where he received a B.A. in mathematics in 1959 and was Senior Wrangler, namely the student who got the highest overall mark in the final-year mathematics examinations. This appears to have been the first time and perhaps the only time, that a student was Senior Wrangler who was not a member of one of Cambridge University's colleges at the time. In 1960, he won the Tyson Medal for astronomy. During his doctoral studies at Cambridge, he won the Smith’s Prize in 1962. After receiving his Ph.D. in 1963 under the guidance of Fred Hoyle, he served as a Berry Ramsey Fellow at King's College in Cambridge and earned an M.A. in astronomy and astrophysics in 1964. He continued to work as a Fellow at King's College until 1972. In 1966, Fred Hoyle established the Institute of Theoretical Astronomy in Cambridge, and Narlikar served as the founder staff member of the institute during 1966-72. In 1972, Narlikar took up Professorship at the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR) in Mumbai, India. At the TIFR, he was in charge of the
HONORS : Narlikar has received several national and international awards and honorary doctorates. India’s second highest civilian honor, Padma Vibhushan, was awarded to him in 2004 for his research work. Prior to this, in 1965, he was conferred Padma Bhushan. He received Maharashtra Bhushan Award for the year 2010. He is a recipient of Bhatnagar Award, M.P. Birla Award, and the Prix Jules Janssen of the French Astronomical Society. He is an Associate of the Royal Astronomical Society of London, and a Fellow of the three Indian National Science Academies and the Third World Academy of Sciences. Apart from his scientific research, Narlikar has been well known as a communicator of science through his books, articles, and radio & television programs. For these efforts, he was honored in 1996 by the UNESCO with the Kalinga Award. WRITINGS : One might feel that a son of Mathematician and Sanskrit Scholar who is himself very learned in Astrophysics and Cosmology would be talking very complicated language. But no, he has tried reach the spirit of Science to common man in a very creative and literary manner. Besides scientific papers and books and popular science literature, Narlikar has written science fiction, novels, and short stories in English, Hindi, and Marathi. He is also the consultant for the Science and Mathematics textbooks of NCERT (National Council for Educational Research and Training, India). AWARDS • 'Rashtrabhushan Award' - 1981 Rs. 1 Lac from FIE Foundation Ichalkaranji • Maharashtra Bhushan Purskar 2011 • Padma Vibhushan 2004
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PIONEERS IN CIVIL ENGINEER Name
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E. Sreedharan
Born
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June 12, 1932 Palakkad, Kerala, India
Other names
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Metro Man
Occupation
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Former Managing Director of DMRC
Known for
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Konkan Railway, Delhi Metro and Other Related Rail Developments
Awards
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Padma Vibhushan
Elattuvalapil Sreedharan a Civil Engineer from Jawaharlal Nehru technological University, Kakinada (Andhra Pradesh) was the Managing Director of Delhi Metro between 1995-2012. He is otherwise also popularly known as the "Metro Man". Early life : He completed his education at the Basel Evangelical Mission Higher Secondary School and then went to the Victoria College in Palghat. He later on completed his Civil Engineering from the Government Engineering College, Kakinada (known as JNTU). Career as a Lecturer : For a short tenure, he worked as a lecturer in Civil Engineering at the Government Polytechnic, Kozhikode and a year at the Bombay Port Trust as an apprentice. Later he joined the Indian Railways in its Service of Engineers. His first assignment was in the Southern Railway as a Probationary Assistant Engineer in December 1954. Government career : Pamban Bridge : In December 1964, a cyclone washed away parts of Pamban Bridge that connected Rameswaram to mainland Tamil Nadu. The Railways set a target of six months for the bridge to be repaired while Sreedharan's boss, under whose jurisdiction the bridge came, reduced it to three months. Sreedharan was put in-charge of the execution and he restored the bridge in just 46 days. The Railway minister's Award was given to him in recognition of this achievement. Kolkata Metro : In 1970, as the deputy Chief Engineer, he was put in charge for implementation, planning and design of Calcutta metro, the first ever metro in India. Cochin Shipyard launched Rani Padmini, the first ship it built, when he was its Chairman and Managing Director (CMD). He retired from Indian Railways as Member Engineering in 1990. On Contract : The 1,319 m (4,327 ft) long Konkan Railway bridge across the Zuari river in Goa.
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On Contract Konkan Railway : Though he retired, the Government needed his services and he was appointed the CMD of Konkan Railway on contract in 1990 by the then Railway Minister, George Fernandes. Under his stewardship, the company executed its mandate in seven years. The project was unique in many respects. It was the first major project in India to be undertaken on a BOT (Build-Operate-Transfer) basis; the organisation structure was different from that of a typical Indian Railway set-up; the project had 93 tunnels along a length of 82 km and involved tunneling through soft soil. The total project covered 760 km and had over 150 bridges. That a public sector project could be completed without significant cost and time overruns was considered an achievement by many. Delhi Metro : He was made the Managing Director of Delhi Metro and by mid-1995 by the Delhi Chief Minister Sahib Singh Verma, all the scheduled sections were completed by their target date or before, and within their respective budgets. Sreedharan was given the sobriquet of Metro Man by the media. In 2005, he was awarded the Chevalier de la Légion d'honneur (Knight of the Legion of Honour) by the government of France. He had announced that he would retire by the end of 2005, but his tenure has been extended by another three years to oversee the completion of the second phase of Delhi Metro. In July 2009, Sreedharan resigned as the Managing Director DMRC, taking moral responsibility for the collapse of an under-construction bridge (at Zamrudpur near Amar Colony) that killed five people. However, due to popular demand, Delhi's Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit rejected Sreedharan's resignation, and he withdrew it a day later Sreedharan stated after his withdrawal that he will ultimately be quitting from his position but only after the completion of the Phase II of the Delhi Metro Project. After 16 years of service with the Delhi Metro, Sreedharan retired from service on 31 December 2011. After his retirement from DMRC, Sreedharan has been appointed as Principal Advisor of the Kochi Metro Rail Project. Sreedharan also has an advisory board slot at Foundation for the Restoration of National Values, with members like business tycoon Ratan Tata and a former Chief Justice of India. The foundation aims to "bring in good values in all areas of national life, to cleanse corruption in high places," says Sreedharan. Awards and accolades • Railway Minister's Award (1963) • Padma Shri by the Government of India (2001) • Man of the Year by The Times of India (2002) • Shri Om Prakash Bhasin Award for professional excellence in engineering (2002) • CII (Confederation of Indian Industry) Juror's Award for leadership in infrastructure development (2002–03) • One of Asia's Heroes by TIME (2003) • AIMA (All India Management Association) award for Public Service Excellence (2003) • Degree of Doctor of Science (Honoris causa) from IIT Delhi. • Bharat Shiromani award from the Shiromani Institute, Chandigarh (2005)
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INERNAL TRAININGS TEMPO CONTINUES!! Hats off to all the trainers Congratulation to all the trainees!! Training conducted in Feb 2013
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KFI Sonipat During the safety training at KFI various safety issues like housekeeping, use of PPE, like safety harness etc. were discussed along with the do's and don'ts .
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ACG Pithampur Ground breaking ceremony of Phase-II was performed on 14th Feb 2013
SMC Ground Breaking Ceremony
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Status : Complete Type : Office, Hotel, Museum, Observation, Parking Garage, Retail Location : 100 Century Avenue, Pudong, Shanghai, China Construction : Started 1997 Completed : 2008 Opening : August 28, 2008 Cost : RMB ¼ 8.17 billion (USD $ 1.20 billion) Height : Architectural492.0 m (1,614.2 ft) Tip : 494.3 m (1,621.7 ft) Roof : 487.4 m (1,599.1 ft) Top floor : 474.0 m (1,555.1 ft) Observatory : 474 m (1,555.1 ft) Technical details Floor count : 101 Floor area : 381,600 m2 (4,107,500 sq ft) Lifts/elevators: 91 Design and construction Owner : Shanghai World Financial Center Co., Ltd. Architect : Kohn Pedersen Fox Developer : Mori Building Co. Structural engineer : Leslie E. Robertson Associates RLLP Main contractor : China State Construction Engineering Corp and Shanghai Construction (Group) General Co. The Shanghai World Financial Center is a skyscraper located in the Pudong district of Shanghai, China. It was designed by Kohn Pedersen Fox and developed by the Japanese Mori Building Company. It is a mixed-use skyscraper, consisting of offices, hotels, conference rooms, observation decks, and ground-floor shopping malls. Park Hyatt Shanghai is the hotel component, containing 174 rooms and suites. Occupying the 79th to the 93rd floors, it is the second-highest hotel in the world, surpassing the Grand Hyatt Shanghai on the 53rd to 87th floors of the neighboring Jin Mao Tower. On 14 September 2007, the skyscraper was topped out at 492.0 meters (1,614.2 ft), making it, at the time, the second-tallest building in the world and the tallest structure in Mainland China. It also had the highest occupied floor and the highest height to roof, two categories used to determine the title of "world’s tallest building". The SWFC opened on 28 August 2008, with its observation deck opening on 30 August. This observation deck, the worlds tallest at the time of its completion, offers views from 474 m (1,555 ft) above ground level. Construction The tower's foundation stone was laid on 27 August 1997. In the late 1990s, the Pierre de Smet Building Corporation suffered a funding shortage caused by the Asian financial crisis of 1997-98, which halted the project after the foundations were completed. On 13 February 2003, the Mori Group increased the building's height to 492 m (1,614 ft) and 101 stories, from the initial plans for a 460-metre (1,509 ft), 94-story building. The new building used the foundations of the original design, and construction work was resumed on 16 November 2003. A fire broke out in the incomplete SWFC on 14 August 2007. The fire was first noticed on the 40th floor, around 16:30 (GMT +8), and soon the smoke was clearly seen outside the building. By 17:45, the fire had been extinguished. The damage was reported to be slight and nobody was injured in the accident. The cause of the fire is still unknown, but according to some sources the preliminary investigation suggested workers' electric welding caused the fire. The building reached its total height of 492 m (1,614 ft) on 14 September 2007 after the installation of the final steel girder. The final cladding panels were installed in mid-June 2008, and elevator installation was finished in mid-July. The Shanghai World Financial Center was completed on 17 July 2008, and was officially opened on 28 August. On 30 August 2008, the tower's observation floors were opened to the public.
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HATS OFF Certificate of Appreciation
10th March : Mahashivratri 26th March : Holi 27th March : Dhulivandan 29th March : Good Friday 30th March : Chatrapti Shivaji Maharaj Jayanti
John Deere Received an appreciation letter from John Deere regarding achievement of 0.8 million safeman hours.
Rohan Group has been awarded 2 prestigious projects: 1) INBISCO India Private Limited. The proposed Green field Project is Manufacturing Unit at Sanand GIDC Phase II, Gujarat near Ahmadabad and is to be constructed in 11 months. 2) SMC Pneumatics India Private Ltd – The construction of factory building at Noida Delhi & it is to be constructed in 6 months. 9
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