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 45^th Annual Convention was held in our campus from 26^th to 29^th 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 11^th & 12^th 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 17^th & 18^th 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 - 18^th – 20^th 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 - 8^th-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 – 28^th – 30^th 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 – 13^th – 15^th 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 12^th and 13^th, 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 13^th -15^th September 2009.

                        

WORLD ENVIRONMENTAL DAY

A two workshop was inaugurated on the world environmental day on 15^th 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 29^th 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 13^th -15^th 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 22^nd , 23^rd, and 24^th 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 3^rd and 4^th 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.