27th National Convention of Environmental Engineers held in city

27th National Convention of Environmental Engineers held in city

Mangalore Today News Network

Mangalore, Jan 24, 2012: N. Vinay Hegde, the chancellor of Nitte University, inaugurated the 27th National Convention of Environmental Engineers organized by the Institution of Engineers at Hotel Deepa Comforts on January 24 Tuesday. 

In his inaugural address, Mr. Hegde said that the engineers produced by over 195 engineering colleges in Karnataka hardly bother about nature in their quest for financial success. Speaking of the need for industries to be environment friendly, he mentioned examples such as the mining industry in Bellary, which has wrecked the environment of that place. He also spoke of the necessity of a national policy on environment preservation.

 

The guest of honor of the occasion was Dr. Vinod Tare, the professor of civil engineering at IIT Kanpur. A. K. Sinha, the chairman of the environmental engineering division board of the IEI, presided over the event. K. Balakrishna, the chairman of the organizing committee, and Dr. S. Shrihari, the organizing secretary, were also present. 

The event will include sessions on sources of alternative energy, challenges facing green construction, metallurgical and mining technologies friendly to nature, and others.