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EDITORIAL

Dear Members, SAEINDIA
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Drive Beyond COVID-19 Welcome 2021. Dr. Bala K. Bharadvaj
President
The COVID-19 had its share of impact on the Indian Automotive Sector, both Aerospace and Dr. R. K. Malhotra
Automobiles, ranging from cancellation of domestic and international flights and restricted Immediate Past President
Mrs. Rashmi Urdhwareshe
Vande Bharat flights to bring in stranded Indians to dip in vehicle sales, restrictions on the Senior Vice President
number of people on the shop floor and reduced number of new vehicle launches. Your Mr. I. V. Rao
Vice President
technical Society, SAEINDIA, is not spared either though we learned to “convert crisis into Mr. Deepak Sawkar
opportunity”. All our in-person events, conferences, and webinars were converted into digital Secretary
Mr. S. Sriraman
and virtual platforms with unprecedented acceptance and response from the members and Treasurer
participants that helped us fare much better in the digital space than anticipated. Dr. Arunkumar Sampath
Member
We had over 160 webinars with an average attendance of 75 for each of them since the first Mr. N. Balasubramanian
Member
lock-down in the country. We have set up a full-fledged digital studio @ our Chennai HQ, made Mr. Dinesh Shyamsundar
significant changes to Mobility Engineering magazine outlook and saeindia.org website. Member
Mr. Munirathnam Javaji
We have partnered with FISITA UK and NATRAx, Indore to launch the second edition of the Member
Dr. D. Muruganandam
Vehicle Dynamics Workshop and conducted over ten professional development programs Member
across auto and aero for you on a variety of mobility engineering topics. Ms. Pamela Tikku
Member
The first-ever large-format technical conference in Aerospace, AeroCON 2020, was a runaway Prof. Prakash B Joshi
Member
success, albeit digitally! The two-day conference witnessed virtual footfalls of more than 500 Mr. Prakash Sardesai
attendees on each day with 34 speakers and a panel discussion with the Joint Secretary of the Member
Mr. Purushottam Panda
Cover 2 ALTAIR Ministry of Civil Aviation as one of the panelists. We could not have asked for more in the Aero Member
sector. As a follow-on, there will be a hackathon for Aero students and a joint event with CII Dr. SSV Ramakumar
Member
25 HITS Karnataka Aero & Defence wing. Dr. R. Rajendran
39 SMALLEY The functional safety segment surprised all of us with over 200 attendees in each of the seven Member
Mr. S. Shanmugam
Cover 3 VITESCO complimentary webinars. Given the enthusiasm, we are going ahead with a virtual conference Member
Dr. K. C. Vora
on Functional Safety in January 2021. The iconic Collegiate Design Series Baja & TIFAN will also Member
Cover 4 COMSOL be digital / virtual this year. Mr. Subodh Morye
Member
Mr. R. Velusamy
I am sure you would have noticed the refinement and creativity in the magazine over the Member
last few issues, thanks to the tireless efforts and relentless enthusiasm of our Branding & Representing SAE International
Communications Board of SAEINDIA. Dr. David. L. Schutt
Chief Executive Officer
We have successfully conducted Elections to the next Management Committee with the Mr.Murli M. Iyer
change of guard expected on 22nd December 2020 and the first-ever woman President of Executive Global Advisor, Global
Affairs Office of the Chief Executive
SAEINDIA, Mrs. Rashmi Urdhwareshe, ready to assume office. In her tenure for the next two Officer
years, she envisions taking us through the ISO Certification journey. Presented by SAEINDIA
Branding and Communication
Expect More from us! Board
Dr. Arunkumar Sampath
Stay Home. Stay Safe. Innovate despite Interruptions. Chair
Dr. Manish Jaiswal
We wish you a COVID-19 free and healthy 2021. Member
Mr. Sirish Batchu
Member
Dr. Shankar Venugopal
Member
Mr. Subodh Morye
Member
Mr. U.D. Bhangale
Member
Dr.Satyanarayanan R Chakravarthy
Member
K. Venkataraj Dr.G.M. Kamath
EDITOR Member
Mr.P.K. Banerjee
Member

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