Centenary Celebration
Department of Mechanical Engineering
IIEST Shibpur (erstwhile B.E. College and BESU Shibpur)
First Centenary Lecture by
Prof. Amitabha Ghosh
Honorary Distinguished Professor, IIEST Shibpur
Ex-Director, IIT Kharagpur and alumnus of the Department (1962)
Topic: Birth of Mechanical Engineering and the Future Trends
Date and Time: 28th December 2021 @ 5:30 PM onwards
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Second Centenary Lecture by
Prof. Achyut Ghosh
Ex-Director, Metco Group of Engineers
Professor & BOS Member, Jadavpur University and alumnus of the Department (1961)
Topic: How to be an Engineer
Date and Time: 4th January 2022 @ 5:30 PM onwards
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Third Centenary Lecture by
Prof. Asok Kumar Mallik
Retd. Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering IIT Kanpur
INSA Fellow and alumnus of the Department (1967)
Topic: An Hour with Leonhard Euler
Date and Time: 11th January 2022 @ 5:30 PM onwards
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Centenary Lecture Series (CLS) 2021-22
Under the Centenary Lecture Series, weekly invited lectures are being delivered by eminent speakers (including department's alumni) from industrial organizations as well as educational and research institutes. Please stay tuned to the weekly lecturers every Tuesday.
Information about the subsequent Centenary Lectures will be updated on regular basis.
Sixth Centenary Lecture by
Prof. Gautam Biswas
Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, IIT Kanpur
Alumnus (1979)
Topic: Kaleidoscopic Flow in a Liquid Pool due to Falling Drops
Date and Time: 01st February 2022 @ 5:30 PM onwards
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Fifth Centenary Lecture by
Dr. Purandar Bhattacharya
CEO and Jt Managing Director (Retd), Usha Martin
Alumnus (1967)
Topic: Management - Romancing with Corporate Life
Date and Time: 25th January 2022 @ 5:30 PM onwards
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Fourth Centenary Lecture by
Prof. Kamal Sarkar
Associate Professor, University of Texas (Rio Grande Valley)
Alumnus (1968)
Topic: A Tourist's Guide to the Nanoworld
Date and Time: 18th January 2022 @ 5:30 PM onwards
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Seventh Centenary Lecture by
Dr. Barun Chakrabarti
Head - Centre of Technical Excellence for Asset Management Business of Larsen & Toubro Hydrocarbon Engineering
Departmental Alumnus (1986)
Topic: Asset Management in the Digital Age: Enriching Expertise with “Smart” Solutions
Date and Time: 08th February 2022 @ 5:30 PM onwards
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Ninth Centenary Lecture by
Prof. Debes Bhattacharyya
Distinguished Professor (Retd.), University of Auckland, New Zealand
Departmental Alumnus (1967)
Topic: History, Applications and Fire Characterizations of Composite Materials
Date and Time: 22nd February 2022 @ 5:30 PM onwards
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Eighth Centenary Lecture by
Mr. Indrajit Sen
Managing Director, International Combustion (India) Ltd
Departmental Alumnus (1961)
Topic: Mechanical Engineers & Manufacturing Industry
Date and Time: 15th February 2022 @ 5:30 PM onwards
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Tenth Centenary Lecture by
Prof. Amaresh Chakrabarti
Chairman, Centre of Product Design and Manufacturing, IISc Bangalore
Departmental Alumnus (1985)
Topic: An Overview of Industry 4.0 and Its Implications for Design Led Innovation and Growth
Date and Time: 01st March 2022 @ 5:30 PM onwards
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Twelfth Centenary Lecture by
Dr . Arun Kanti Banerjee
Former Principal Research Scientist, Lockheed Missiles & Space Company, Palo Alto, California, USA
Departmental Alumnus (1962)
Topic: An Overview of the Theory and Application to the Dynamics of Elastic Multibody Spacecraft, Rockets, and Underwater Vehicles
Date and Time: 15th March 2022 @ 7:00 PM onwards
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Eleventh Centenary Lecture by
Air Vice Mshl Archan Kumar Bhattacharya
AVSM VSM (Retd)
Departmental Alumnus (1979)
Topic: Career Awareness Program on Drone Technology
Date and Time: 08th March 2022 @ 8:00 PM onwards (instead of 5:30 PM)
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Thirteenth Centenary Lecture by
Dr . Alok Majumdar
NASA/Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, USA
Departmental Alumnus (1967)
Topic: The Role of Numerical Flow Simulation in Space Exploration
Date and Time: 22nd March 2022 @ 7:00 PM onwards
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Fifteenth Centenary Lecture by
Prof. Mustafizur Rahman
Managing Director, Microtools Pte Ltd, Singapore
Topic: Innovation Keeps us Relevant
Date and Time: 5th April 2022 @ 7:00 PM onwards
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Fourteenth Centenary Lecture by
Mr. Debiprasad Palit
Former Vice President (Technical) of Lohia Starlinger Limited, Kanpur
Departmental Alumnus (1967)
Topic: A Fun walk through Mechanical Design
Date and Time: 29th March 2022 @ 7:30 PM onwards
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Sixteenth Centenary Lecture by
Prof. Sudipta De
Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Jadavpur University
Departmental Alumnus (1989)
Topic: Future Indian energy: should we step towards decentralisation?
Date and Time: 12th April 2022 @ 7:00 PM onwards
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Seventeenth Centenary Lecture by
Dr. Uttam Kumar Chatterjee
Former Head of the Regional Quality Function, Unilever AAC
Departmental Alumnus (1976)
Topic: Total Productive Maintenance - a Japanese approach to move towards ‘zero accident, zero breakdown, zero defects and losses‘
Date and Time: 19th April 2022 @ 7:00 PM onwards
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Eighteenth Centenary Lecture by
Mr. Subhankar Raha
Head - Mechanical Engineering Services, Arya Engineers & Contractors Pvt. Ltd.
Departmental Alumnus (1982)
Topic: Orientation of upcoming engineers to bridge the gap between College & Corporate
Date and Time: 26th April 2022 @ 7:00 PM onwards
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