Reshaping Engineering Education
A talk by Dr B N Suresh, Director, IIST, Trivandrum
Venue: Hassan Marikar Hall (Near A K G Centre), Thiruvananthapuram
Date & Time: Sunday, 21st February, 2010 at 10:00 AM
Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, university is conducting a half day seminar on “Which branch to choose in B.Tech?”. The objective of this seminar is to educate B.Tech aspirants of 11th and 12th standard. This talk entitled “Reshaping Engineering Education” will be delivered by Dr B N Suresh, Director, Indian Institute of Space Science & Technology, Trivandrum. The talk is scheduled on Sunday, 21st February, 2010 at Hassan Marikar Hall (Near AKG Centre), Thiruvananthapuram at 10:00 AM.
Today, most of the students who joining B.Tech degree, especially in Kerala, do not have much knowledge on the future. The fact is that most of the students after doing their B.Tech in core engineering discipline move to information technology sector as a software developer. This is near to a harmful situation both for the student’s future and our country. When the students having analytical ability and logical skills join the IT sector, and it brings a fall down in the research activities and innovative methodologies in our country.
This talk will give a perfect view on the objectives of engineering education and what the students can do after their graduation in engineering discipline. All the attendees are welcome to clarify their doubts on the engineering education. There is no registration fee to attend this talk. For more information, please call +91 476 280 9400 / 9402.
Speaker’s Profile: Dr. B. N Suresh has made significant contributions to Engineering Sciences particularly in the area of Aerospace for the design and development of Launch Vehicles. He is actively involved in the development of complex technologies like, a) Space navigation guidance and control (NGC) systems involving both hardware and software, b) Aerospace control actuation systems and, c) Integrated simulation for aerospace systems. He has been providing the dynamic leadership for the development of launch vehicles and contributed significantly for the successful launches of ASLV, PSLV and GSLV. Before taking over as Director he lead a team of 500 engineers in the development of complex technologies particularly in the navigation, guidance, control and simulation of launch vehicles. He is instrumental in establishing full fledged and state-of-the-art actuation and simulation laboratories for the evaluation of these complex systems. His role in defining the activities for advanced technology development and their planning for launch vehicles in general and for on-board avionics in particular is very significant.
