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ISHRAE Pune Chapter proudly announces, for the first time, a web-seminar! (Webinar). The most interesting part of the seminar is that the speakers will be from USA, in USA, but speaking to us in Pune! These include eminent names like ASHRAE Past President Ron Vallort. Topics would be : Recent Trends in Refrigerated Warehouse Designs’ and Air Doors for Cold Warehouses’ Details for the event are as below : Date: 1st August 2008 Time: 6.00 pm to 8.00 pm, followed by dinner Venue: Hotel President, Prabhat Road, Pune This is a unique event which you should not miss ! Registration : For ISHRAE Members: Rs 500/- For Non-Members: Rs 750/- Seats limited, so please register with ISHRAE office at the earliest ! Regards Mohan Bhagwat ISHRAE Pune Chapter
ISHRAE Chennai Chapter is pleased to invite you for a Technical Seminar on New tends in HVAC&R-Inroduction of "Atmos" (L&T's new offering of HVAC controls). The speaker is Paul Koshy,(Product Manager - Building Automation)& Torsten Szypulski (HVAC Controls Expert )-Larsen & Toubro Ltd (ESP - Building Electricals & Automation). Date & Time : Wednesday , the 26th September 2007. 7.00 pm onwards. Venue: Emperor Hall The Residency Towers Sir Thyagaraya Road, Chennai - 600 017. Phone : 2815 6363 ( Land Mark : Opp to Nagesh Theatre , Near Pondy Bazaar ) The meeting will be followed by cocktail and dinner. We kindly request you to confirm your participation to ishraechennai[AT]yahoo[DOT]com or to: S.Arul: 9840870075 ( sms only) D.Balaji: 9444067839 ( sms only) Kindly note your prior confirmation will help us to make better arrangements Thanking you yours truly, sd./- S.Arul
Ishrae Chennai Chapter formally launched Refresher course series on 8.9.2007. The first session was formally inaugurated by Mr N.Ramamurthy, Past President Chennai Chapter and Chairman of Ishrae foundation trust. Regional Director Mr C.Stephen Presided over the inaugural event. The Topic for First Course was Psychrometrics by Mr V.Sridhar, HVAC Consultant and President Elect Ishrae Chennai chapter. The number of participants was restricted to 15 to provide interactive sessions. As the registration outnumbered the number of seats available, it is planned to repeat the programme on 22.9.2007. Future planned topics are on Heat load on 6.10.2007 & 13.10.2007.
I am pleased to write this mail to you all about the launch of sub chapter at Indore. It is indeed remarkable that it looks just less than 3 weeks to activate this sub chapter and finally on May 23, 2007 the Indore sub chapter was launched. It was a collective effort of Mr. Ashish Shah – President and Mr. Nitin Karnik – Secretary from Ahmedabad chapter and Mr. Navneet Pandya, now president and Mr. Suresh Chouhan now Secretary of Indore sub chapter. The function was held at Hotel Sayaji and 56 people attended this function. We already have 36 paid members as on date and expect membership to cross 60 in couple of weeks. Navneet Pandya – President, npandya4[AT]yahoo[DOT]co[DOT]in Suresh Chouhan – Secretary, indorepda[AT]gmail[DOT]com Prashant Pavecha – Treasurer, coolaid[AT]vsnl[DOT]net Regards Ashish Shah President, ISHRAE Ahmedabad Chapter
ISHRAE Ahmedabad Chapter is celebrating its Silver Jubille Celebrations along with the launch of ACREX 2008, (to be held in Bangalore), on Sunday, the 4th of February 2007 from 6.00pm to 9.00 pm at GLS Auditorium, Opp Law Garden, Ahemedabad - 380 006. Along with the celebrations, the Baroda Sub-Chapter shall also be installed, and the Ahmedabad sub-directory shall be released.


The Jaipur Chapter was installed on the 6th of January, 2007 by Mr Pankaj Dharkar (President Elect - ISHRAE HQ). Mr Mukund Goyal of the Goyal Group of Comapnies was the Chief Guest. Also present were Mr Sushil Chaudhury (RD North), Mr Amit Goel (President, Delhi Chapter) along with a host of Delhi CWC Members. Prof A K Saluja and Mr V K Seth of the IERF along with a host of other dignitaries from Jaipur made the evening a memorable one. There were over 150 participants including 25 student members. The current membership strength of Jaipur Chapter stands at 80 (regular) and 25 Student Members. Jaipur Chapter is the 11th Chapter in the ISHRAE Fold. The installation ceremony was followed by a presentation by HITACHI who sponsored the event along with AIMER Engineering Company. Mr Pradeep Sharma of AIMER was the person instrumental in promoting the formation of the Jaipur Chapter and also in organizing the evening program. The Jaipur Chapter Working Committee comprises : Anwar Ali Khan - President Brijesh Khurana - President Elect Sudhir Mathur - Secretary Yatendra Gupta - Treasurer Pankaj Goel - Member CWC Amit Kakkar - Member CWC Akashdeep Sharma - Member CWC Abhishek Sharma - Member CWC Kavita Sharma - Member CWC Malkeet Singh - Member CWC
Dear ISHRAE Pune member, it gives us immense pleasure to inform you that the Annual Diwali meet of all the ISHRAE Pune chapter members is scheduled on 18th Nov 2006. The details of the same are as follows: Date: Saturday, 18th Nov’06 Time: 7.00 p.m – 7.30 p.m. : Registration 7.30 p.m. – 8.00 p.m.: Diwali Meet 8.00 p.m. – 9.00 p.m : Dance programme by Ms.Dhanashree Natu & Ms.Mugdha Belvalkar (Dhanashree is a versatile dancer & the daughter of Mr.S.G.Natu who is a senior ISHRAE member & Past Secretary of Pune Chapter). 9.00 p.m. onwards: Fellowship & Dinner Venue: Hotel President Prabhat Road,Lane # 8, Pune 411004 We look forward to having you with us along with your spouse on 18th Nov. Guests with prior intimation are welcome (guests will be charged Rs.350/- per person). We will appreciate if you can confirm your participation for this evening meet to Mr.S.Narayanan (Off. Ph.No. 25468375; Res.Ph.No.: 25442856). This will help us to make better arrangements for your comfortable evening Anand Joshi Hon.Secretary p.s: Those who have not paid the Sustenance fee / Annual membership fee are requested to pay the same before the Diwali meet.
Clockwise: Hiru Jhangiani and Dilip Datey, Dr S.V.K Kotareddy, Kapil Purandare, Committee members, Dilip Datey, Rajeev Kakkar, Surendra Shah, and Arvind Desai flanked by A Nandi (left) and T.P. Singh (right) ISHRAE Mumbai chapter conducted its Annual General Body Meeting recently, on 29th July 2006, at the Hotel Orchid in Mumbai. Some of the highlights of the meeting included the Presentation of the audited accounts for the Financial Year 2005-2006 by the treasurer Dr. S.V.K. Kotareddy. Kapil Purandare, the Secretary for the year 2006-07 then introduced the members of the Chapter Working Committee to all those who had attended the function. Mr Dilip Datey, the incoming President, gave a plaque to the outgoing President, Arvind Desai. Dilip Datey highlighted the activities he intended to pursue with vigour for this financial year, viz., Technical programs, Goa Tech Fest 2006, Seminars, the HLCP Project, and improving member fellowship. The efforts put in by Hiru Jhangiani in taking the ISHRAe Journal to new heights was appreciated by Dr S.V.K. Kotareddy on behalf of all members. Rajeev Kakkar gave a presentation on www.hvacindia.com, and members were encouraged to utilise the wealth of information available on the portal. Finally, an audio-visual presentation of of the Society's activities of ISHRAE Mumbai Chapter for the year 2006 was presented to the members. This was followed by a presentation my Surendra Shah on innovative energy saving techniques, and the meeting concluded with dinner. The Air conditioning and Refrigeration Journal feature articles on CD ROM, Part 2, was presented as a freebie to all those attended the Annual General Body Meeting.
ISHRAE Chandigarh, has been elevated from a Sub-Chapter status to full Chapter. The ceremony was held at the CII Auditorium in Chandigarh, on the 29th of July at 1900 HRS. The Chapter was chartered and the Office Bearers were administered the Oath of Office by Mr Satish Iyengar, Society President. Also present on the occasion were Mr G C Modgil (Society Past-President), who had initiated the move earlier to form a sub- chapter at Chandigarh almost a decade ago, Mr Pankaj Dharkar (Society President Elect) and a host of other senior members from Delhi, Kolkata, Bangalore and Mumbai. The Chandigarh Chapter, is the tenth Chapter of the Society. Mr Iyengar in his presidential address informed that plans are afoot to expand the presence of ISHRAE in other locations with Sub-Chapters to be chartered soon in several cities like Lucknow, Kanpur, Jamshedpur, Ranchi, Patna and Coimbatore.It was only about a month ago that the Jaipur Sub-Chapter was also chartered. The present membership strength of the Chandigarh Chapter is eighty five. Mr P K Aggarwal, the President of this new Chapter has committed that he and his young team will endeavor to raise this strength to 150 within a year by garnering membership from it's rather large area which includes Haryana, Punjab. Himachal and J&K. The following are the newly elected office bearers of the Chandigarh Chapter - Mr P K aggarwal - President Mr Jaswinder Sra - President Elect Mr Ajay BansalL - Sexcretary Mr Deepak Verma - Treasurer Mr Anil Sahni - Member, CWC Mr Anant Singh - Member, CWC Mr Anil Sharma - Member, CWC Mr D P Singh - Member, CWC The chartering ceremony was followed by a technical presentation by SEVCON on the various energy saving products that are marketed by them. The evening concluded with a fellowship dinner.
This year we have planned to hold the AGM at HOTEL ORCHID ,Vile Parle. The evening of July 29, 2006 will give you an excellent opportunity to meet all the CWC members as well as to exchange your ideas with other fellow members for the betterment of our Chapter. Brief Agenda for the evening is as under: 19.30 - 19.45 : Introduction of CWC to Members 19.45 - 20.00 : Plaque Presentation by present President (Mr.Dilip Datey) to Past President (Mr. Arvind Desai) & Address 20.00 - 20.15 : Presentation & Adoption of Accounts 20.15 - 20.45 : Review of the year (2005-06) and current year activities (2006-07) through Visual Presentation Cocktails and Dinner will follow the Visual Presentation. Request you to attend the proposed AGM and make the evening worth to remember. Please confirm your attendance thru fax/ mail/post on or before 26/07/06 to the Chapter Office. Looking forward to meeting you all on 29th July at the AGM. Thanks & Regards KAPIL PURANDARE Hon. Secretary ISHRAE Mumbai Chapter. PS: Balance Sheet for the year 2005 – 2006 is enclosed Confirmation Name: --------------------------------------------------------- Mem. No. -------- Signature and Date: ----------------------------
  (from left to right) Member, Ramit Khan Member, Goutam Mukherjee President, N.C. Ghosh President (Elect), P. Kondal Rao Secretary, B.N. Ghosh Treasurer, Sushoban Bhattacharya Regional Director-East, Pratik Dutta Roy Member, Sudip Mukherjee Member, Amitava Sarkar Member, Animesh Chakraborty Member, Sreechandra Banerjee Member, Dilip Nemani Member, Dr Alok Chakraborty Member, S.B. Sarkar (not in picture) Member, S.N. Bose (not in picture) President Emeritus, Manoj Chakraborty (not in picture)
President Jain B.K. 1395, 13th main, Kodihalli, HAL III stage, Bangalore -8 Co.: Airkool Consultants Ph : 25292667 airkool[AT]eth[DOT]net (m)98452-92662
Imm. Past President Prasanna Kumar S 409, Prestige Centre Point Cunningham Road, Bangalore –52 Co. Trane India Ltd. (0) 22250700 (m)98450-52496 prasannakumar[AT]trane[DOT]com
President Elect S.Bhagavan No.112, 6th Main, 5th Block Jayanagar, Bangalore – 41 Tel : 26545146 C/o. Race Technologies Pvt Ltd., raceban[AT]blr[DOT]vsnl[DOTnet[DOT]in (m)98440-66604
Secretary S.V.Venkatachalam P-191,Sector X 8TH Main LIC Colony HAL 3rd Stage Jeevan Bhimanagar Bangalore-560075 Ph.25084168 (m)9243456685 svv[AT]isac[DOT]ernet[DOT]in Treasurer Pradeep S KNND Associates pvt. Ltd. 153/166/1 East end main road 9th block, jaynagar Bangalore –69 Ph : 26588870 – 75 pradeep[AT]knndassociates[DOT]com (m)98450-77347
Suresh Kumar K Blue Star Ltd 11A Magrath Road Bangalore-560025 PH.25327441 (m)9880283122 sureshk[AT]bluestarindia[DOT]com
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Board of governer's meeting report by our very active 'MAN ON THE SPOT" V Krishnan, member, CWC Mumbai, and Regional director (West): ISHRAE Ahmedabad Chapter CWC Installed. Following are the Members.... MR CHETAN R SHAH PRESIDENT MR ASHISH D SHAH PRESIDENT ELECT MR YOGESH THAKKAR IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT MR ANAND PATEL SECRETARY MR ROHIT JOSHI TREASURER MR MITUL SHAH MS PAYAL PARIKH MR RAVI TYAGI MR PANKAJ PARIKH ME NITIN KARNIK MR S DASGUPTA MR SANDEEP SANGHVI MR DEEPAK PANDYA MR UMESH SHARMA The new CWC was sworn in by Mr Arvind Surange, President Emeritus ISHRAE Pune Chapter. ISHRAE Headquarter's BOG Installed. Following are the members........... MR SATISH IYENGAR PRESIDENT MR G ANANDKUMAR IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT MR PANKAJ DHARKAR PRESIDENT ELECT MR PANKAJ SHAH SECRETARY MR ASHISH RAKEJA TREASURER MR SUSHIL CHOUDHARY REGIONAL DIRECTOR - NORTH MR RAMESH PARANJAPEY REGIONAL DIRECTOR - WEST MR PRATEEK DUTTA ROY REGIONAL DIRECTOR - EAST MR B B N PRASAD REGIONAL DIRECTOR - SOUTH This is V Krishnan for hvacindia.com signing off ----- please upload on to web site as breaking news !!
Mysore sub-chapter has embarked on a mission to publish a "Service Directory" that will cover distributers, dealers and service stations for Air-conditioning and Refrigeration systems in Mysore and the neighboring districts of Mandya, Chamarajnagar and Coorg. By providing this directory free to all industries in this region, the chapter hopes to be of service to the industry besides promoting ISHRAE in the region. Chapter contacts may be accessed here.

The new CWC for 2005-06, comprising of the following, was installed during the AGM on 29th April 2005 by Anand Kumar, president ISHRAE HQ.
Rattan Kumar, President
S Bhagavan, President Elect
Prasanna Kumar S, Imm Past President
S V Venkatachalam, Secretary
Pradeep S, Treasurer
Members: B K Jain, R Sekar, Suresh Kumar K, M Ganeshan, Mukesh Tulsiani, Sudhakar N M, Anish Simha R, D Nirmal Ram

The new CWC for 2005-06 was installed on 2nd April 2005, by Arvind Surange, president emeritus and comprises of:
Suhas Deshpande, President
Jayant Deshpande, President Elect
Vijay Mane, Imm Past President
Sunil Gogate, Secretary
Anand Joshi, Treasurer
Members: S G Natu, Parag Riswadkar, Nandan Manohar, L P Dandawate, Bony Uppal, Pravin Salunkhe, Jayant Joshi, Mangesh Vanjape, Sanjay Phadke, Deepak Gadre, Prof Avinash Waghmare
At the AGM held on 20th April 2005, Uma Shankar, past president of ISHRAE installed the new CWC for 2005-06 which comprises:
Sushil K choudhury, President
Amit Goel, President Elect
Ashish Rakheja, Imm Past President
B P S Chaddha, Secretary
Rajnish Joshi, Treasurer
Members: V M Kohli, Udayan Chaudhari, Sachin Malik, Rahul Sood, Vivek Maheshwari, Rakesh Rao, M M Pande, (president emeritus)
The new CWC for 2005-2006 comprising of following members, took the oath of office on 11th June 2005:
Arvind Desai, President
Dilip Datey, President Elect
V Krishnan, Imm Past President
Viresh Ruhal, Secretary
Kapil Purandare, Treasurer
Members:
Vikram Murthy, Gautham Baliga, Adarsh Kaul, Akbar Bharmal, Prof Dr Kota Reddy, M Gopikrishna, Atul Ingawale, P G Churi
At the AGM held on 13th May 2005, M S Anand installed the new CWC for 2005-06 which comprises:
BBN Prasad, President
R Murali, President – elect
B Ravinder, Imm. Past President
N. Sridhar, Secretary
Naga Sridhar, Treasurer
Members: D Ravindra, V Madhav, P N Madan, O S Jenson, Ram Mohan, S Raj Kumar, Balaji, Srinivas goud, Gnaneswar Rao, Y C sunki, Rama Raju and Taseen Hashmi
The new CWC of the Chennai chapter for th year 2005-06 was installed by N Vaidyanathan, past president of the chapter and comprises of;
Raja M Sriram, President
M P Maiya, Imm. Past President
S Kalyaan, President-Elect
V Sridhar, Secretary
Mansoor J Bhavnagarwala, Treasurer
Members: D Balaji, S Chandrasekar, N Thiagarajan, Dr Saravanan, R Sundara Srinivasan, S Rajaraman

The new CWC of the Ahmedabad chapter for the year 2005-06 was installed on 10th June 2005 and comprises of;
Yogesh Thakkar, President
Ashok Patel, Immediate Past President
Chetan Shah, President-Elect
Ashish D. Shah, Secretary
Anand Patel, Treasurer
Members: Miyul shah, Rohit Joshi, Payal Parikh, Ravi Tyagi, Pankaj Parikh and S M Joshi
The CWC of the Mumbai chapter hosted a dinner party on 11th August 2005 in honor of Dr Prem C Jain on the occasion of his being awarded the “Louise and Bill Holladay Distinguished Fellow Award” by ASHRAE. Dr. Jain recieved the award in June 2005 in Denver, USA.
A BOG meeting was held in Goa on 27-08-2005 to coincide with TECHFEST 2005.
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