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Report on CPYLS Programme held NAL conducted two-day CPYLS Programme during 21-22 December 2009. This was the ELEVENTH CPYLS programme conducted by NAL. The top 75 students from State, CBSE and ICSE boards were invited to NAL. The programme included lectures by eminent scientists and visits to the various Divisions to get acquainted with the R&D activities of NAL.... Saturday, 14th Nov 2009 was a three times memorable day for NAL as it marked three major events – NAL Foundation Day, Curtains down for the year long Golden Jubilee Celebrations and Inauguration of the splendid golden jubilee Aircraft Hangar at NAL, Belur campus built by CPWD, backed by the unstinted support from the DG-CSIR. The atmosphere at the well decorated Belur hangar was vibrant and packed with the excited and enthusiastic NALites... NAL's Vigilance Awareness Week 2009 The valedictory function of NAL's Vigilance Awareness Week 2009 had a very distinguished guest, Swamy Bodhamayananda, Swamiji, Ramakrishan Mission, Chennai. The function was held on 9 Nov 2009 at the S R Valluri auditorium. INAUGURATION OF NEW CRECHE BUILDING On seeing a beautiful building coming up adjacent to the Vidyodaya School, many used to wonder what the building was meant for! It is the new building to house the NAL Creche, very tastefully christened as “Nanda Gokula” by the Chairperson of Creche, Prof. Sarala Upadhya... CSIR-NAL celebrated the sixty-seventh CSIR Foundation Day at the S R Valluri auditorium on 30th Sep 2009.Dr A R Upadhya, Director, CSIR-NAL welcomed the gathering and introduced the chief guest , Mr Ashok Nayak, Chairman, Hindustan Aeronautics Limited, Bangalore, who delivered the CSIR Foundation Day Lecture titled Indian Aerospace Industry - An Odyssey... Mar 8 International Women's Day has assumed a new dimension for women. It’s the time to reflect on progress made and celebrate acts of courage and determination by ordinary women who have played an extraordinary role in the history. At NAL we invited Ms Flavia Agnes a Legal scholar, Feminist Activist, Women’s Rights Lawyer and Writer to deliver the the Women’s Day lecture on 15 June 2009. Ms Flavia Agnes has been actively involved in the women’s movement for the last two decades. She has written extensively on issues of domestic violence, feminist jurisprudence and minority rights. Currently she co-ordinates the legal centre of MAJLIS.
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Prof. Narasimha Flies High on RTA Wings For many of the old timers in NAL, July 20 is eagerly awaited. It is not that we get our increment or so. It happens to be Prof. Roddam Narasimha's (RN) birthday. Thanks to Dr. U. N. Sinha, this day is when Prof. RN is compelled to feed NAL staff with a technical cake. Year after year, Prof. RN has fed us well. Cakes have always been very different each time. This time it seemed like a bigger cake well suited to the taste of NAL since Prof. RN chose to speak on "New wings for New Turboprops". Introducing the problem he said that the turboprops have some great advantages which we could afford to ignore so far owing to low fuel costs. But no longer we can do so since the fuel prices have started to rise. National Science Day is celebrated every year to commemorate the discovery of the “RAMAN EFFECT” by Sir C V Raman. This year at NAL, National Science Day was organized as a part of the National Conference on Recent Advances in Surface Engineering (conference was a part of NAL’s golden jubilee celebrations) at the S R Valluri Auditorium, NAL on 27 Feb 2009. Dr M R Nayak welcomed the gathering and introduced the chief guest Prof H P Khincha, Vice Chancellor, Visvesvaraya Technological University (VTU), Belgaum. NAL's Footprint at AeroIndia 2009 The seventh edition of the Aero India was held from February 11-15, 2009. The format of first three days for business and the next two days for general public continued into this year as well. NAL had set up an even bigger stall this year. A good 160 square metres in all. The stall was based on “open access” concept and provided ample space for people to see the exhibits. The technologies were displayed on the periphery of the stall and a good number of plasmas provided an overview for the casual onlooker. The central area displayed the one is to one scale mock up of the NM5, scaled version of Saras. It turned out that the NM5 and the Saras models were the biggest attractions. India made an important tryst with destiny in the desert sands of Rajasthan on May 11 1998 by successfully carrying out nuclear tests at the Pokhran range. This significant day is now celebrated in India as National Technology Day. At NAL, this year we celebrated National Technology Day on 11 May 2009. The programme started with a welcome address by NAL Director Dr A R Upadhya. Dr Upadhya stated that Technology Day symbolizes India’s technology prowess - conducting a nuclear test at Pokhran, the successful test firing of the Trishul Missile and the maiden flight of the indigenous two-seater Hansa-3. These achievements in Science and Technology has given our country enviable strength and self-confidence to stand on our own. He introduced the chief guest Mr H N L N Simha, Vice President (Strategic Electronics Center), Larsen & Toubro Limited, Bangalore as a young, dynamic, next generation leader.
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