A national conference on Quality Guidelines and Power Safety was held recently at Vellore Institute of Technology campus. This two-week conference was a part of Electrical Safety Weeks inaugurated by AP Dwivedi, chairman, south zone Quality Estimation Centre, Chennai.
While addressing the conference, Dwivedi, who is also a renowned scientist in the areas of quality estimation and safety, pointed out that consumption of water and food was increasing among the people and it is important to know their quality and safety levels. The guidelines were given to laboratories to ascertain the quality of products made in industries. It would be possible to learn about the new technologies likely to be known through the proceedings of the conference towards ensuring quality norms are adhered to.
Organised by the School of Advanced Sciences and School of Electrical Engineering of VIT, Professor S Sivabalan, dean, School of Electrical Engineering welcomed the gathering. Professor Anand A Samuel, VC of VIT, presided over the function.
SR Venkatapathy of ISI, Bengaluru and Srikanth Chandrasekaran, senior director, quality and technology at Institute for Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Bengaluru, were guests of honour on the occasion. Dr A Mary Saral, dean, School of Advanced Sciences, and professors Vivekanandan, S Venkatesh, Sai Saraswathi and others took part.
