Bhopal: Global meet on engineering research

BHOPAL: A two-day International Conference on ‘Advances in Engineering Research and Applications ICAERA-2016’ was inaugurated at Oriental College of Technology on Thursday. Vivek Porwal, Managing Director; MPMKVVCL Bhopal was the chief guest and the keynote speakers were Prof. Ramesh Bansal, Professor, University of Pretoria South Africa, and Dr. S.N. Singh, Professor IIT Kanpur. Conference Convener Prof. Preeti Gupta welcomed all the guests and informed the delegates about advances in engineering research and technologies for future generations and emphasize on its applications towards social welfare. Praveen Thakral, chairman of Oriental Group of Institutes, Niraj Ghei, Chairperson, Oriental College of Technology, Dr NK Agarwal, Director, Oriental College of Technology and Prof N.K. Mittal , Director, Planning and Development gave their best wishes for the success of the conference.