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Announcement
IDA(EZ) Organises One Day Regional Workshop
The Indian Dairy Association (EZ) in association with National Productivity Council, Kolkata, organized a One Day Regional Workshop on “ Efficient Operation & Maintenance of Boilers” on 15th December, 2011, at NDDB (ER) BOHO Hall , Salt Lake, Kolkata.
Prof A K Bandopadhyay, Chairman, IDA(EZ), welcomed the participants at the Workshop. Sri G Namchu, IAS, Managing Director, West Bengal Co-operative Milk Producers’ Federation Ltd. was the Chief Guest and spoke on the need for conducting such workshop. Sri A K Sinha, Regional Director, NPC Kolkata delivered the Key Note address. He emphasized on the implementation of workshop presentation and energy saving recommendations for efficient & safe operation of Boilers by the boiler users. Sri P Roy Chowdhury, Ex-Secretary, IDA (EZ), gave the Vote of Thanks.
The workshop was divided into three Technical Sessions. Session – I covered “Fuel Characteristics & Combustion Principles” which was taken by Sri A K Sinha, Regional Director, NPC Kolkata, Session – II was on “Boiler Safety, Inspection and Regulations & Preservation of Boilers” which was delivered by Sri B K Mondal, Joint Director of Boilers, Govt. of West Bengal, while the Post Lunch Session – III was deliberated by Dr S Biswas, Director, NPC Kolkata, on “ Efficient Boiler Operation and Boiler Efficiency Calculations and its importance with CDM benefits”. He also covered boiler house instrumentation requirement for effective analysis of boiler performance and boiler water treatment.
In the concluding Session, Sri T K Mukhopadhyay, Manager (Projects), W B Milk Federation & Convenor of the Workshop, Sri A K Sinha, Regional Director, NPC Kolkata And Sri S Biswas, Director, NPC Kolkata, informed the participants to ensure efficient operation of their boilers and also to contact NPC Kolkata in respect of any query relating to boiler operation and maintenance.
A total of about 45 participants from Bihar, Orissa and West Bengal Milk Federations/ Milk Unions, Private Dairies, Dairy Technology Deptt. of WBUAFS and some ZEC members of IDA(EZ) attended the workshop. |