54 papers presented at two-day conference

Tribune News Service

Bathinda, February 19

A two-day national conference on ‘Futuristic Environmental Challenges 2017’ concluded at the Bharat Institute of Engineering and Technology recently. The conference was sponsored by Maharaja Ranjit Singh Punjab Technical University (MRSPTU), Bathinda.

The institute is run by the Mahavir Education Trust in Sardulgarh. Mohan Paul Singh Ishar, Vice-Chancellor, MRSPTU, was the chief guest at the conference. RK Bansal, Dean, MRSPTU, was the guest of honour.

A total of 54 papers were presented during the conference. Delegates from Giani Zail Singh Campus College of Engineering and Technology, Bathinda; Shaheed Bhagat Singh State Technical Campus, Ferozepur; Malout Institute of Management and Information Technology; Baba Banda Singh Bahadur Engineering College, Fatehgarh Sahib, JCDU, Sirsa; Government Engineering College, Panniwala Mota; and Maharishi Markandeshwar University, Mullana attended the conference.

Papers related to all major disciplines of engineering and technology, besides sciences and architecture, were presented at the conference. A poster exhibition was also organised on the occasion on the theme of the conference.

Speaking on the occasion, The Vice-Chancellor of the MRSPTU said, “An intervention of advanced engineering technology is required to save the coming generations from the fatal effects of environment degradation. We woke up only when nature started affecting us in a big way and when lakes started becoming barren lands. There is a need for social and ethical consciousness in the present generation.”

The Vice-Chancellor also appreciated the efforts of the college in spreading education in one of the remote areas on the Punjab and Haryana border.

The Dean of the MRSPTU asked the scientific and engineering fraternity to think of evolving techniques which help in preventing the effects of environmental pollution on the products meant for human beings.

He said the MRSPTU was committed to the development of its affiliated colleges irrespective of the fact that they were private or self-sponsored institutions.