sni iderRohan i t e

Issue no. 53 | December 2012

Dr. Avul Pakir Jainulabhudin Adbul Kalam, the twelfth President of India, is rightfully termed as the father of India's missile technology. He was born to parents Jainulabdeen Marakayar and Ashiamma on 15th October, 1931, at Dhanushkodi in Rameshwaram district, Tamil Nadu. Dr. Kalam as an eminent Aeronaut ica l Engineer, contr ibuted for the development of India's first Satellite launch vehicle SLV-3 and the missiles like the Trishul, Agni, Pritvi etc. He did his secondary education at Schwartz High School in Ramanathapuram, B.Sc. at St. Joseph's College (1950), Tiruchi, and DMIT in Aeronautical Engineering at the MIT, Madras during 1954-57. After passing out as a graduate aeronautical engineer, Kalam joined Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL), Bangalore as a trainee and later joined as a technical assistant in the Directorate of Technical Development and Production of the Ministry of Defence. In the 1960's Kalam joined the Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre at Thumba in Kerala. He played a major role in the centre's evolution to a key hub of space research in India, helping to develop the country's first indigenous satellite-launch vehicle. During 1963-82, he served the ISRO in various capacities. In 1982, he rejoined DRDO as Director, and conceived the Integrated Guided Missile Development Programme (IGMDP) for five indigenous missiles. Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam has established an Advanced Technology Research Centre, called 'Research Centre Imarat' to undertake development in futuristic missile technology areas. He also served as the Principal Scientific Adviser to the

Defence minister and later the Government of India. After retiring from the post Dr. Kalam joined Annamalai University till he became the President in January 2002. He is a member of Indian National Academy of Sciences, Astronautical Society of India and many other professional bodies. Dr. APJ abdul Kalam has been awarded Padma Bhushan in 1981, Padma Vibhushan in 1990 and India's Highest civilian Award 'The Bharat Ratna' in 1997. Other prestigious awards include Dr.Biren Roy Space Award, Om Prakash Basin Award for Science and Technology, National Nehru Award, Arya Bhatta Award etc. Dr. Kalam was conferred with the degree of Doctor of Science (D.Sc. Honoris-causa) by twenty eight universities. Dr. Kalam, a bachelor is a connoisseur of classical Carnatic music. He plays veena in his leisure. He writes poetry in Tamil, his mother tongue. Seventeen of his poems were translated into English and published in 1994 as a book entitled 'My Journey'. He reads the Quran and the Bhagavad Gita with equal devotion. He is also the Author of the books 'India 2020 : A vision for the New Millennium'(1998 with YS Rajan), 'Wings of Fire : an Autobiography' and 'Ignited Minds – unleashing the power within India'.Totally dedicated to the nation, Dr. Abdul Kalam's vision is to transform India into a developed nation by the year 2020 through hard work and perseverance. He holds a first world dream for the third world nationUdaan Mantra: When the minds are ignited and the wings have fire, the luminous sparks will lighten up the vision for the future…

PERSONALITY OF THE MONTH

Dr. A P J ABDUL KALAM (Former President of India)

2

PIONEERS IN CIVIL ENGINEER

3

Name : AJUDHIYA NATH KHOSLA

Born : 1892 Jalandhar, Punjab

Died : 1984(92 years)Monuments : Khosla International House at IIT Roorkee

A.N.Khosla Hall of Residence at IIT Bhubaneshwar

Nationality : Bhartiya

Education : B.A., 1912 C.E., 1916, IIT Roorkee Alma mater IIT Roorkee (then Thomason College of

Civil Engineering) Known for being an eminent Engineer, educationist and social activist

Awards : Padma Bhushan, 1954 Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize, 1974, Padma Vibhushan, 1977

A.N. Khosla is an eminent Indian engineer, educationist, visionary and a social activist in later part of his life. He is recipient of second highest civilian honor of India - Padma Vibhushan, awarded in 1977.

Education: After passing the matriculation in 1908 he took his B.A. with honours from D.A.V. College, Lahore, in 1912. He then joined the Thomason College of Civil Engineering (now IIT Roorkee) in 1913 and passed out in 1916 as Civil Engineer.

Career : After graduating in 1916, he started his career with the Irrigation Branch of the Punjab Public Works Department. In few years, the Indian Service of Engineers (ISE) was established (1919) and he was allotted his first assignment (September 1917- March 1921) for surveys and investigations of Bhakra Dam Project. During this period, he spent 18 months on deputation to Mesopotamia as a commissioned officer with the Indian Expeditionary Force. While serving there (1918–1920) he developed Khosla Disc for precision leveling across rivers and wide valleys. From 1921 to 1926 he was involved in the construction of the Suleimanke Barrage.

In 1931 he was deputed to the U.S. and Europe to study soil reclamation, water logging and the latest techniques in dam design. On his return he was posted to the Panjnad Head Works of Sutlej Valley Canals. Between June and September, 1936 while in charge of the Hafizabad Division, he wrote his magnum opus, the design of weirs on permeable foundation. This publication revolutionised the design of such structures in India and abroad. It not only lucidly presents the theoretical aspects of seepage flow but also provides a complete, simple and reliable method for design of weirs.

As engineer : He applied his methods to the design of the Trimmu Barrage and constructed it within two years (1937–1939), against the normal period of 4–5 years.He served as Superintending Engineer in 1939 and Chief Engineer in 1943 and in both capacities, cherished Bhakra project.He was appointed the first Chairman of the newly constituted Central Waterways, Irrigation and Navigation Commission in 1945.He developed the Poona Research Station at Khadakvasla into Central Water and Power Station.He undertook planning, design and, as in Hirakud Dam, construction of major Water Resources Projects.

He served as Vice-Chairman and later Chairman of the Board of Consultants of Bhakra Control Board till it's commissioning in 1963.He was instrumental in bringing about a number of agreements on negotiations for Indus Water Dispute

As educationist : He was appointed as the first Indian Vice-Chancellor of Thomason College of Civil Engineering (later named to University of Roorkee and then IIT Roorkee).He was the founder of two specialised engineering departments, which have made the University internationally known as the Water Resources Development Training Centre and the School of Research and Training in Earthquake Engineering.

As visionary : He was invited by the then Indian Prime Minister to serve as a member of Planning Commission in 1959.

He was appointed the Governor of Orissa in 1962, the first professional engineer to be given such a responsibility.

Recognition : Padma Vibhushan, 1977,Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize, 1974,Padma Bhusan, 1954

4

INTERNAL TRAINING STARTED WITH A BANG

Hats off to all the trainers

Congratulation to all the trainees!!!

Trainings conducted in Nov 2012

Sites that imparted Trainings – Nipro,Shirwal,ACG Pithampur, BKT Bhuj, Kayem food, Mahindra Chakan, Nestle Goa,

Nestle Una,RML Delhi

Internal Faculty – Amarsinh Patil, Adesh Kumar, Tripathi Yadavendra Nath, Mallappa Hukkeri, Gaurav Kumar, Thakare Nandkumar, Gadhave Yogeshkumar,

Ravi Kumar, Singh Jayprakash, Thakur Ashok.

Man Hours Training – More than 60

Total Trainings – 12

Participation – Almost 100

5

SAFETYCORNER

6

ROHAN MITHILA Safety training sessions conducted in Oct 2012

Weekly safety meeting was conducted at HUL Khamgaon site. During the meeting Mr.Rakesh Dhavale presented the weekly log and gave tips for working at height. The safety speech given by Mr. Roshan Gore.

Operator safety training was conducted by Mr. Lalesh D. He also explained importance of PPE and gave tips on mechanical material handling.

Mr. S. S. Chandra and Mr. A. K. Mishra also contributed to the tips regarding safety and shared information of the related legal documentation.

HUL KHMAGAON

ARCHITECTURAL WONDERARCHITECTURAL WONDERARCHITECTURAL WONDER 7

COBRA TOWERS IN KUWAIT

The main tower is 187 meters high and carries two spheres. The lower sphere holds in its bottom half a water tank of 4,500 cubic

meters and in its upper half a restaurant for 90 persons, a café, a lounge and a reception hall. The upper sphere which rises to 123

meters above the sea level and completes a full turn every 30 minutes holds a café. The second tower is 147 meters high and

serves as a water tower. The third tower houses equipment to control the flow of electricity and illuminates the two larger towers.

The towers hold 9,000 cubic meters of water altogether. Although there are three towers, the structure is often referred to as

Kuwait Tower in singular.

Kuwait Towers were designed by the Danish architect Malene Björn as part of a

water distribution project, run by the Swedish engineering company VBB (since

1997 "Sweco").Chief architect of the company Sune Lindström erected five

groups of his typical "mushroom" water towers, the Kuwait Water Towers, but

the Amir of Kuwait, Sheikh Jaber Al-Ahmed, wanted a more attractive design for

the sixth site. Out of ten different designs, three were presented to the Amir,

who chose this one.

Projecting of Kuwait Towers was done by VBB, who commissioned the actual

building task to the Energoprojekt company of Belgrade, Yugoslavia.

Approximately 41 000 enamelled steel discs cover the three spheres in eight

shades of blue, green and gray, recalling the tiled domes of historic mosques.

The discs are arranged in spiral patterns around the spheres. According to the

architect, the Kuwait Tower group refers to ideals of humanity and technology,

symbolised by the globe and the rocket. Kuwait Towers were, together with the

Kuwait Water Towers, awarded the Aga Khan Award for Architecture (1980

Cycle).During the First Gulf War 1990-1991, the towers were damaged and

during 2012 they are being repaired.

8

ACG PITHAMPURClient's delegates from Brazil visited at our site ACG -Pithampur.

HUL KHMAGAONSweet distribution on the occasion of Diwali.

DECEMBER

9

HATS OFF

Hindalco - Mahan Aluminum ProjectCompleted 15 million Safe Man hours without any LTI.

HUL Khamgaon,

27th Dec

Shri Gurudev

Datt Jayanti

25th Dec

Christmas

Abhijit Dandge,

Swapnil Magdum,

Sandeep Sharma,

Arvind Lohokare,

Mubbashir Khan

WELCOME TO ROHAN

10

HAPPY BIRTHDAY1st Dec Khadse Bharat, Karki Govind Singh, Yadav

Prakash, Shendage Kashinath, Daleep Raj,

Shri Prakash A, Telavekar Ajit, Soni Santosh

Kumar, Nath Mrinmoy, Nimbalkar Santosh

2nd Dec Narendra Kumar, Ramdasi Prasad

4th Dec Jogdeo Vasant

5th Dec Sharma Avinash Kumar, Saket Shrawan Kumar

6th Dec Shilwant Sanjay, Devkar Dnyaneshwar, Anil

Antony

7th Dec Ghule Sachin

8th Dec Ram Chander, Ram Lal

9th Dec Mondal Ajoykumar, Ranjankumar, Tambde

Amol

10th Dec Rajkishor Raman, Singh Gyanprakash Kumar,

Patil Vikas, Shri Prakash N

11th Dec Gund Mohan

12th Dec Noronha Marian X, Sengar Brijesh Singh,

Pathak Prabhakar Kumar, Nishad Sohanlal

13th Dec Mishra Prajeshkumar, Patil Pramod,

Singh Deependra

15th Dec Singh Kartar, Krishna Kumar,

Mishra Amit Kumar

16th Dec Rathore Vijay Singh

17th Dec Ransing Prashant, Pande Dadasaheb

20th Dec Sabale Somnath P

21st Dec Thakur Ajay Kumar

22nd Dec Jain Yashawant Kumar

23rd Dec Wadnere Anand A

24th Dec Nakade Nilesh, Jain Kunal

25th Dec Sontakke Pravin, Shashikant, Jadhav Sachin H

26th Dec Rana Dharmesh C, Rana Shoorvir, Bhaumik

Subhuo, Bhave Pravin, Alok Kumar Jha

28th Dec G Krishna Kumar, Pankaj Kumar

29th Dec Yelkar Mohan, Yadav Arbind Kumar

30th Dec Syed Zakir Hassan, Khem Raj Upreti,

Nath Tapan Kumar

31st Dec Pardeshi Sanjay H

11

Archana: welfare@rohanbuilders.com

Sujatha: careerbgl@rohanbuilders.com

Juhi: juhi@rohanbuilders.com

M.Karki: msckarki@rohanbuilders.com

Write to...