Monday 30 July 2012
Seminars/ Workshop
Seminars
The
department has been convening national level and state level symposiums /
workshops on topics of current issues relevant to the profession. The following are the topics:
Yukta ‘97
Theme: A
national level workshop focusing on Vedic architecture – Vaastu Shastra. The three day workshop was presented on the
basis of the research work based on Geo-bio energy studies.
Experts: A
team of experts including Dr. Prabhat Kumar Poddar, Chairman, Ahash Education
& Research Trust, Pondicherry, Prof. H.D. Chayya, H.O.D, Conservation, SPA,
New Delhi, Ar. Kerry Preas, Australia.
Drishya ’98
Theme: A
convention of Zonal Nasa having its theme as ‘A search for identity’. Students from the south zone participated in
full strength on all the three days. The
convention was inaugurated by the Council President, Ar. P.R. Mehta & Ar.
Rajagopalan, President IIA was the chief guest.
Experts: Ar.
D. Ramakrishna Rao, Ar. Srivatsan,
& Er. Benny Kuria Kose, Ar. Elias Koshi & Ar.
Narayana Rao spoke on the theme topic.
Maarg ‘99
Theme: A
state level seminar with focus on sustainable development. It dealt with issues of sustaining &
development of craftsmanship in the construction industry. Focus was on the construction methodologies
and use of sustainable building materials.
Experts: The
experts were from ‘ Build Collective’, represented by Ar. Sudhir,
Ar.Vishnupriya & Ar. Nizar.A.Sathar.
Arcon 2000
Theme: This
two day state level symposium deliberated upon the relevance and details of
Construction Management. The issue of
Sustainable Development which was deliberated during the Maarg seminar was
further developed in detail. The focus
of the symposium was to create a conductive institute – industry interaction.
Experts: The
construction management team had experts from ECC – L&T and other related
institutions. The Sustainable
Development issue was handled by Mr. G. Dattari, Consultant, Sustainable
Chennai Project, UNCHS along with his team.
Parampara ‘01
Theme: The
focus of paramapara 2001 was on “conservation” – an emerging area in
architecture. With the large inheritance
of heritage buildings in our country and recognition of the central & state
Governments on Tourism development the field of conservation has been getting
into prominence. Hence in this context the department shows to emphasize on the
issue of conservation in architecture to bring the awareness of the same.
Experts: The
symposium was addressed by Dr. Mathews, Heritage conservation in earthquake
prone areas, Ar. Kalpana, techniques and materials employed in conservation,
Dr. Srivatsan, case studies on conservation.
Yugam ‘02
Theme: The
45th Annual Convention was held in our campus from 26th
to 29th December 2002. The
Convention was titled “Yugam” – A desire to recollect, with the theme as
conservation.
Experts: Mr. S. Muthiah, Mr. G. Dattatri, Mr. Benny
Kuriakose, Ar. Vikas Dilawari, Ar. Balkrishnan, Mr.Poddar, Ar. Nalini Thakur,
Ar. Sathyaprakash, Ar. Nimesh Patel, Mr. Elango were some of the resource
persons who addressed various sub themes of conservation Ar. Satprem, Ar. Anupama Kundoo along with
artisans from Dakshin Chitra conducted workshops during the convention.
Mondial 04
Theme:
On the theme of Globalization , a two day
regional convention was held on 11th & 12th Feb 2004
.
Experts:
The resource persons who delivered lectures were - Ar.
Suresh Kuppuswamy. Professor, School of Architecture & Planning, Chennai,
Ar. Mahesh, Visiting faculty, School of architecture &
Planning, Chennai,
Ar.Venkatesh
L, Practicing Architect, C. N. Narayana
Rao, Chennai.
Ar.
Cheralathan & Ar. Jothiram presented their works.
Vergal 05
Theme: To look at the branches on which the
Architectural profession takes its strength, the symposium in 2005 titled “Vergal” (
meaning Roots in Tamil ) held on 17th & 18th March
looked at the influences &
contributions of Painting, Artistry, Lighting, Animation in Architecture.
Experts: Trotsky
Marudhu Art Director &
Illustrator spoke on the interdependence of various profession for
enrichment. Ms. Fowzia Fathima,
Cinematographer spoke on how Architecture & lighting affects
cinematography. Ar.A.Raghuram dealt on how the training imparted in
architectural education can be utilized on the Animation & Modeling field,
the scope for the same. Ar. Sai Shankar discussed the importance of conceptual
designs in Architecture and presented a few of his works.
NATURE -Inspirations for design -October 2006
Theme: "When one tugs at a single thing in
nature, he finds it attached to the rest of the world" JOHN MUIR. The
world of nature is absolutely diverse, mobile, mutable and is surprisingly miscellaneous. It demonstrates to us a fancy
carnival of a diversification and originality
of creative combinations. In tact,
nature turns out to be an enormous wellspring of ideas. Even
everyday devices may benefit from nature-inspired improvements.Of all
the artists that we know, nature is by far
the most colorful. Nature's bright colors and exciting patterns have been copied by artists since
the days of the cave dwellers.
The workshop aims to expose
the participants to some of the immense ways nature has inspired artists,
architects, designers, scientists and researchers to come up with an endless variety of patterns, forms, materials and
methods to better our lives. It aims to invigorate the thinking
process with the endless inspirations from nature. letting nature be great
teacher.
The Seminar was conducted in association with
IIA Tamilnadu Chapter
Experts:
Mistry Architects, Bangalore
Ar .Kishore Kumar Bhatia,
Auroville
Ar. Roshanara, SRM
University
URBAN CONTEMPORARY
ISSUES - 18th – 20th
Feb 2007
A National Seminar on “Urban
Contemporary Issues” was held at our University from 18th – 20th February 2007.
Theme: Over
the last three decades, Urbanization has shown unprecedented rates of growth,
devastating the physical form of our cities which have been unable to deal with
the swelling numbers. While this compression of people in a limited space
symbolizes optimism and is characterized by many positive attributes, it has
spelt doom for the quality of urban life in our cities.The Conference aims at
interdisciplinary approach to explore spatial, demographic, political, social,
physical, economic and ecological aspects of contemporary urban life.
The objective of this
seminar is to help students improve their analytical skills to better understand
contemporary urban issues, the urban environment and government policy and how
these shape our understanding of urban conditions and experiences. Various
theories of relations between such
fragments and their significance as enclaves were discussed.
Experts:
Prof. S.Ravi, Dean, SAP Chennai
Prof. Suresh Kuppuswamy,
SAP Chennai
Dr. Sachithanandan,
Dean, MEASI Academy of Architecture, Chennai
Prof.Mohammed Harris ( retd.)Director,
SAP, Chennai
Dr.Sultan A Ismail, Prof & Head, New
College Campus, Chennai
WORLD HABITAT DAY CELEBRATIONS - 2007
Department of Architecture
of Sathyabama University, Chennai in collaboration with the Indian Institute of
Town Planners Association, TN Chapter and UN HABITAT celebrated the World
Habitat Day at Sathyabama University on 10th October 2007.
The United Nations has
designated the first Monday in October every year as World Habitat Day to reflect
on the state of human settlements and the basic right to adequate shelter for
all. It is also intended to remind the world of its collective responsibility
for the future of the human habitat. Our Honorable Directors Thiru Marie
Johnson and Mariazeena Johnson were kind enough to support the happening of
this occasion. Apart from the host college students, there were fifty students
from various city colleges who participated in the workshop followed by the “on
the spot competitions” on the theme.
PROJECT MANAGEMENT Training Programme - 8th-10th Oct 2007
A
certified Project Management Training Programme was organized jointly with
North American Business Institute (NABI) for PG students.
Mr.
Partheepan Director NABI held technical sessions for three days. The topics
covered include SMART goals, Work Breakdown Structure, Activity Crashing,
Creating WBS, MS PROJECT etc.
ECHDEM 2007 – 28th – 30th Nov 2007
“ECHDEM 2007”, is an
International Conference and Exhibition on “Emerging Challenges in Design and
Manufacturing Technologies”, Organized during 28th to 30th November 2007 at
Sathyabama University, Chennai. The Conference is jointly organized by
Sathyabama University, Chennai and Combat Vehicles Research and Development
Establishment, DRDO, Government of India, Chennai.
India has become an
important strategic destination for International Industries in the area of
Design and Manufacturing Technologies. The main theme of the Conference is to
focus the latest trends in the fields of Aeronautical, Architecture, Civil,
Mechanical and Production Engineering.
CONFERENCE THEMES
- CAD, CAM and CIM
- CFD, DFA and FEM
- Robotics and Rapid
Proto-typing
- Modern
Manufacturing Processes
- Advancements in
Automobile Technologies
- Modeling and
Simulation
- Aerodynamics
- Aerospace Materials
and Measuring Systems
- Water Resources
and Waste Management
- Seismic and
Tsunami Resistant Structures
- Intelligent
Transport System
- Smart and
Intelligent Building Design.
INVITED SPEAKERS
- Prof. VIJAY. K. SOHONI,
President, Council of Architecture, New Delhi.
- Dr. K. RAMALINGAM, Regional
Executive Director, Airport Authority of India, Chennai.
- Dr. K. CHANDRASEKARAN, Dean,
RMK Engineering College, Kavarapet, Chennai.
- Dr. K. VENUGOPAL, Chief
Scientist, Centre for Water Resources, Sathyabama University, Chennai.
- Dr. JOB KURIAN, Head of the
Department, Aeronautical Engineering, IIT-Madras, Chennai.
- Dr. A. M. JUNAID BASHA,
Scientist “F”, Joint Director, CVRDE, Chennai.
- Dr. K. LAKSHMANAN, Director,
SERC, CSIR Campus, Chennai.
- Dr. A. VELAYUDHAM, Scientist
“E”, CVRDE, Chennai- 600 054.
- Dr. G. SEKARAN, Head,
Department of Environmental Engineering, CLRI, Chennai.
- Dr. A. RAMESH, Professor &
Head, IC Engines Laboratory, IIT Madras, Chennai.
- Prof. L. VIJAYARAGHAVAN,
Professor, Division of Manufacturing Engineering, IIT Madras, Chennai.
- Prof. SURESH KUPPUSWAMY,
Professor, School of Architecture & Planning, Anna University,
Chennai.
- Mr. K. N. KRISHNAMURTHY,
General Manager, Ashok Leyland, Chennai.
- Dr. V. BALASUBRAMANIAN,
Professor, Dept. of Manufacturing Engineering, Annamalai University.
- Dr. V. THAMIZHARASAN,
Professor& Head, Transport Engineering Division, IIT Madras,
Chennai
- Dr. K.V. KASIVISWANATHAN,
Associate Director, Group for Remote Handling Robotics, IGCAR, Kalpakkam.
- Mr. A. SHANMUGAM, Controller
of Air worthiness, Director General of Civil Aviation,
Meenambakkam,Chennai.
ESSTA 2008 – 13th – 15th Nov 2008
“ESSTA 2008”, is an
International Conference and Exhibition on “Emerging scenarios in Space
technology and Applications -2008”, Organized during 13th to 15th November 2008
at Sathyabama University, Chennai. The Conference is jointly organized by
Sathyabama University, Chennai and Indian Space Research and Organisation,
ISRO, Bangalore, India.
About
the Conference
Space systems across
the globe are playing significant role in various developmental efforts
benefiting the humanity. Having demonstrated its potentials for improving the
life on Earth, the international space community is currently engaged in many
exciting missions including the planetary exploration. Technology developments
to achieve cost effective space transportation system and efficient use of
space assets for the benefit of society and mankind are attracting a lot of
attention in recent time. Globally there have also been many initiatives from
the academic community towards exploiting the potentials of space science,
technology and applications including development of space systems themselves.
Similarly space commerce has attracted wide attention from the industries as
well.
To provide opportunity
for all the stake-holders including providers and users from national space
agencies, industries, academia, government and younger generation, to discuss
the technological developments, achievements and future directions, Sathyabama
University, Chennai jointly with Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO),
Department of Space, Govt. of India is organsing ESSTA 2008 - International
Conference on Emerging Scenarios in Space Technology and applications at
Chennai during November 13-15, 2008.
The emerging scenario
in Space technology development, covering both launch vehicle & the
spacecraft systems, and the supporting ground system elements as well as the
associated benefits for the humanity in terms of communication, natural
resources management, disaster management, etc are being addressed in this
Conference. This Conference will provide ideal platform to address and
deliberate all the achievements and broadly define the future directions,
particularly for the academic community in their quest for research in this
advanced technological field.
CONFERENCE
THEMES
- Space Science &
Exploration
- Earth System studies such as
climate change
- Space life sciences including
microgravity experiments & space medicine
- Planetary sciences – Solar
system & beyond
- Spin-offs: Space
Transportation, Space Tourism, etc.
INVITED SPEAKERS
- Prof. U.R. Rao, Former
Chairman, Indian Space Research, Organisation (ISRO) & Chairman, PRL
Council, Bangalore
- Dr. Sang H. Choi, NASA Langley
Research Centre, United States of America
- Vijay K. Varadan,
Distinguished Profesor, University of Arkansas, United States of America
- Prof. Jaehwan Kim, Professor,
INHA University, Korea
- Dr. B. N. Suresh, Director,
Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology (IIST),
Thiruvananthapuram
- Dr. K.N. Shankara, Sathish
Dhawan Professor, ISRO Head Quarters, Bangalore
- Dr. R.R. Navalgund, Director,
Space Application Centre (SAC), Bangalore
- Dr.K.Radhakrishnan, Director,
Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC), Thiruvananthapuram
- Dr. R.V. Perumal, Distinguished
Professor, AU-FRG Institute for CAD/CAM, Anna University, Chennai-25
- Dr. Surendra Pal, Associate
Director, ISRO Satellite Centre (ISAC), Bangalore
- Dr.J.N. Goswami, Director,
Physical Research Laboratory (PRL), Ahmedabad
- Dr. P.S. Nair, Sathish Dhawan
Professor, ISRO Satellite Centre (ISAC), Bangalore
- Shri. A. Bhaskaranarayana,
Scientific Secretary, Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), Bangalore
- Dr. V. Jayaraman, Director,
National Remote Sensing Centre (NRSC), Hyderabad
- Dr. K.R. Sridhramurthy, Executive
Director, Antrix corporation Ltd., ISRO Head Quarters, Bangalore
- Dr. K. Balaveera Reddy, Former
Vice - Chancellor, Visvesvaraya Technological University, Belgaum
- Dr. K.N. Ninan, Ex. Dy.
Director, PCM, Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC), Thiruvananthapuram
- Dr. A. Jayaraman, Director,
National Atmospheric Research Laboratory (NARL), Tirupathi
- Shri. C. Varadarajan,
Associate Director, SCPO, Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO),
Bangalore
- Dr. V.S. Hegde, Director,
Earth Observation Systems, Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO),
Bangalore
- Mr. DVA. Raghavamurthy,
Project Director, Small Satellites, Indian Space Research Organisation
(ISRO), Bangalore
- Dr. S. Parameswaran,
Dy.Director, Master Control Facility, Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO),
Bhopal.
EPOCH 09
A
National Level Symposium on Building services and construction Management was
organized by the Department of Architecture on Mar 12th and 13th,
2009. The focus of the symposium was towards the state of the art facility and
technology advancement in the services and management disciplines. Leading
Experts from varying service backgrounds like air conditioning, electrical,
acoustics, lighting made presentations on integration of services in the
buildings.
INVITED SPEAKERS
- Mr. Ramesh
Nair, Managing director, Jones Lang la Selles Meghraj, Chennai and
Hyderabad.
- Mr.Faisal,
Regional business head for the Assist Services (facilities and property
management),CBRE for Kerala and
Tamilnadu
- Mr.Rajesh
Babu, Chief consulant of RECS group
- Mr.Bose,
advisor of civil project management
- Mr.K.Balasubramanian
director of pro consulting engineers (pvt ltd).
- Mr.Monsoor
J Bhavanaagarwala, president elect.Ashrae.
- Mr.Manivannan
of conserve consultants
- Mr.Palaniappan
,CEO , PAL designs
- Mr.Abdul
Nazar , director of omega sanitation pvt.ltd.
- Mr.N.Ramachandran
, president of future lighting
- .
Dr.S.Kandasamy , CEO of PS Associates.
SPACE BLOB
This zonal level NASA convention was hosted by the department from
13th -15th September 2009.
WORLD ENVIRONMENTAL DAY
A
two workshop was inaugurated on the world environmental day on 15th
july,2010 .The celebrations were based on the theme “MANY SPECIES, ONE PLANET,
ONE FUTURE –BIODIVERSITY, ECCOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT AND THE GREEN ECONOMY “. THE
PROGRAMME was conducted by the
Department of Architecture in association with Institute of Town Planners ,
India- Tamil Nadu Regional Chapter (ITPI-TNRC) and the Indian Insitituteof
Arcitects -Tamil Nadu chapter. The two
day workshop comprised of Technical presentation by Experts , Urban Environment
Exhibition and Competitions for students. A souvenir was also released to mark
the event.
INVITED
SPEAKERS
·
Mr. Aminur Rahman , Australian Consul
General
·
Dr. S. Balaji, I.F.S., Chief Conservator
of Forests , Government of Tamil Nadu
·
Mr. M.B. Nirmal , Founder Chairman,
Exnora
GREEN ARCHITECTURE FOR RESIDENTIAL BUILDING , ‘10
Green
architecture for residential building was a
one day seminar which focused on
Sustainable Architecture for Residential buildings on 29th
September, 2010. the focus of the seminar was towards smart and sustainable buildings. Leading
experts from various service backgrounds made presentations on the necessity of
green architecture.
INVITED
SPEAKERS
·
Ar. Chitra Viswanath, Biome
Environmental Consultancy, Bangalore
·
Ar. Anupama Mohanram, Green Revolution
Architectural Consultancy , Chennai
·
Mr. Anand, Senior Counsellor, Indian
Green Building Council (IGBC), Hyderabad
·
Ar. Varsha P. Jain , Chief Architect,
Creative Architects & Interiors , Chennai
RSTS &CC -2010
An
International Conference on Recent Advances In Space Technology Services
&Climate Change (RSTS &CC-2010)
was hosted from 13th
-15th November, 2010. The event was marked as the first major
Internationalconference on Climate Change in the southern part of India . The
conference provided an avenue through an innovative , annual face – to – face
interaction on the Climate Change among the members of this knowledge community
which include academics, educators, administrators, policy makers, consultants,
researchers and research students expressing insights on technology transfer to
developing countries and to enhance the scope for cooperation on research and
development.
As
a part of conference schedule , a space bridge was arranged through which the
pioneers on climate change addressed through video conferencing to the core
group of attendees during the schedule .
CONFERENCE
SUB THEMES
·
Science of climate and climatic change
·
Climate change parameters and
observational tools
·
Climate change impacts
·
Paleoclimate and india in the past
·
Climate predicton
·
Sustainable cities
·
Climate change policies
·
Sun-earth system processes
INVITED SPEAKERS
·
Dr.V.S. Hegde, Scientific Secretary
/Director , Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO)
·
Dr. A. Jayaraman, Director, National
Atmospheric Research Laboratory( NARL),
ISRO
ARCHESIS 2011
Council
Of Architecture (COA) through its academic unit – National Institute Of
Advanced Studies in Architecture (NIASA) is organizing an “AWARDS PROGRAMME FOR
EXCELLENCE IN ARCHITECTURAL THESIS” for students who submitted their thesis, in
the undergraduate courses, this academic year, from colleges of Architecture in
India. This is an annual event conducted to identify the best thesis projects
in India. The awards programme showcases the best architectural design concerns
by becoming a public event. Stalwarts from the field of Architecture are
involved in choosing the winners, in a public jury attended by the general
public, including students and faculty from all regional Colleges of
Architecture, eminent citizens and the media. The programme simultaneously acts
as a public awareness event, to promote the subject of Architecture.
This
year, the department of architecture , sathyabama University proudly hosted the “Awards for Excellence in
Architectural Thesis 2011”, “archesis 2011”, for the zone V, which was held on
the 22nd , 23rd, and 24th September 2011.Along
with this a technical session was held by Ar. Deepa Rani from the Energy Cell –
L&T on “Building Energy Analysis And
Performance”
INVITED DIGNITERIES
·
Ar. Sujata Shankar
·
Ar. Tara Murali
·
Jury Members –Ar. Ayan Sen
Ar. Jaimini Mehta
Ar. Savita Punde
PUNARNAVA 2012
Punarnava-
reinventing the past, 2012 was a 2 day seminar held on 3rd and 4th
of July, 2012 which revolved on a wide range of topics related to Heritage and
Conservation. The seminar focused on topics related to the preservation and
conservation of historical sites, latest trends in conservation and
revitalization of degraded sites and so on.
Leading
experts from various service backgrounds made presentations on heritage and
conservation and revoked the passion for the protection of the heritage among
the audience.
INVITED SPEAKERS
- Mrs.
Sathyabama Badrinath, Superintending Archaeologist, ASI, Chennai Circle.
- Prof.
Dr. M. S. Mathews, Department of Civil Engineering, IIT-M, Chennai.
- Ar.
Xavier Benedict, M/s Anameka Architects & Designers, Chennai.
- Dr.
T. Satyamurthy, REACH Foundation, Chennai.
- Dr.
Chitra Madhavan, Historian, Chennai.
- Ar.
Sumam Panjikaran, Research Scholar, SAP, Anna University, Chennai.
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