Meetings
1st BOG Meeting held on 15th July, 2024
Venue: Sanelac Consultants Pvt. Ltd, Okhla.
12th BOG Meeting held on 27th June, 2024
Venue: The Grand Orion, Kailash Colony, New delhi
11th BOG Meeting held on 24th May, 2024
Venue: Sanelac Consultants Pvt. Ltd, Okhla.
10th BOG Meeting held on 20th April, 2024
Venue: Surjivan Resort, Manesar Gurugram
9th BOG Meeting held on 28th March, 2024
Venue: The Grand Orion Kailash Colony, New Delhi.
8th BOG Meeting held on 29th February, 2024
Venue: The Grand Orion Kailash Colony, New Delhi.
Glimpses of the 8th BOG Meeting
Glimpses of the 6th BOG Meeting
7th BOG Meeting held on 31st January, 2024
Venue: Sanelac Consultants Pvt. Ltd. Okhla.
Glimpses of the 6th BOG Meeting
6th BOG Meeting held on 28th December, 2023
Venue: AIC Office, Vardhaman Tower, Smart Works, Nehru Place.
Glimpses of the 6th BOG Meeting
5th BOG Meeting held on 29th November, 2023
Venue: Paharpur Business Centre, Nehru Place, New Delhi.
Glimpses of the 5th BOG Meeting
4th BOG Meeting held on 26th October, 2023
Venue: Paharpur Business Centre, Nehru Place, New Delhi.
Glimpses of the 4th BOG Meeting
3rd BOG Meeting held on 25th September- 2023
Venue: The Park Raddison Hotel, New Delhi.
Glimpses of the 3rd BOG Meeting:
2nd BOG Meeting held on 23rd August 2023
Paharpur Business Centre, Nehruplace New Delhi.
Glimpses of the 2nd BOG meeting:
1st BOG Meeting held on 21st July 2023
Venue: The Orion Hotel, East of Kailash- New Delhi
Glimpses of the 1st BOG meeting:
1st BOG Meeting held on 21st July 2023
Venue: The Orion Hotel, East of Kailash- New Delhi
| S.No | Name | Chapter Position | Attendance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Mr. Rajesh Jain | President | In-person |
| 02 | Mr. Kanagaraj Ganesan | Imm. Past President & Chair GAC | In-person |
| 03 | Mr. Sandeep Goel | Vice-President | In-person |
| 04 | Mr. Abid Husain | Mentor RP & Historian | In-person |
| 05 | Mr. Waliullah Siddiqui | BOG member & Membership Promotion-Chair | In-person |
| 06 | Ms. Nabila Mariyam | Membership Promotion- Vice-Chair | In-person |
| 07 | Ms. Nabila Mariyam | Membership Promotion- Vice-Chair | In-person |
| 08 | Mr. Deepak Kr. Gupta | Research Promotion Vice- Chair | In-person |
| 09 | Mr. Manik Goel | Research Promotion Co-Chair | In-person |
| 10 | Mr. Abhishek Jain | Secretary & Student Activity Co-Chair | In-person |
| 11 | Mr. Paresh Mishra | Treasurer & GAC Vice-Chair | In-person |
| 12 | Md. Adnan | BOG member & CTTC-Chair | In-person |
| 13 | Dr. Varun Jain | CTTC-Mentor | In-person |
| 14 | Mr. Gaurav Mathur | BOG member & CTTC-Vice-Chair | In-person |
| 15 | Dr. Rajinder Singh | Student Activity- Chair & Vice-Chair Refrigeration | In-person |
| 16 | Anubhav Garg | Student KIET College | In-person |
| 17 | Ankur Garg | Student KIET College | In-person |
| 18 | Kartik Gupta | Student | In-person |
| 19 | Mr. Sagar Bhardwaj | YEA- Co-Chair | In-person |
| 20 | Mr. Shelendra Singh Chauhan | CTTC Co-Chair | In-person |
| 03 | Mr. Mayank P. Chauhan | Research Promotion-Co-Chair | In-person |
| 21 | Dr. Om Taneja | BOG member && News letter & Home page Editor ECC | In-person |
| 22 | Ms. Indrani Rawat | Coordinator | In-person |
| 23 | Mr. Ranjit | Executive | In-person |
| 24 | Mr. Ravi Shankar | Membership Promotion-Co-Chair | Online |
| 25 | Ms. Shruti Gupta | YEA- Co-Chair | Online |
| 26 | Mr. Dinesh Gupta | Honors & Awards- Chair | Online |
The meeting was Call to Order and Attendance.
- The meeting started with reading of ASHRAE Code of Ethics. The meeting was presided over by Mr. Rajesh Jain-President, ASHRAE India Chapter. He introduced all the office bearers and BOG members and presented the MBOs for the current SY 2023-24. President requested all members to attend all the BOG meetings.
- He mentioned this year’s society theme is ‘Decarbonization’ and all our programs including webinars, workshops and conferences should be in line with the society theme.
| S.No | Item Discussed | Action to be taken by |
|---|---|---|
| CTTC – Chair Md. Adnan | ||
| 01 | Announced the mega conference planned for the month of December, ‘India Decarbonization Conference’. Tentative committee has been formed. The event may be held in Hotel Pride Plaza, Aerocity in New Delhi. | Conference Committee Members |
| 02 | This event will be called -the event of RAL, to be hosted by AIC. DRC- Mr. Richie Mittal during discussion mentioned that AIC would not be able to have an association with ISHRAE for the conference, as this event is going to be a RAL event. This issue has to be discussed considering long-term association of AIC with DCI. | President AIC |
| 03 | Another event is to be planned with International Building Performing Simulation association or Importance of simulation studies in HVAC. IBIPSA is a society and the President of the Society Mr. Adil suggested to have a workshop, to be led by AIC A committee of 7-8 people has to be formed, in which 4-5 people from AIC and 3-4 from IBIPSA (International Building Performance Simulation Association). This may be planned with half/full day programs in India Habitat Centre for the gathering of 60-70 people preferably in either last week of September or first week of October-2023. |
CTTC Chair |
| 04 | It was discussed that the AIC flagship event ‘AIC TECH’, can be merged with the Installation ceremony of SY-2024-25. | CTTC Chair and President Elect to plan |
| 05 | AIC have set a target of minimum 25 seminars/webinars to be held in the current SY 2023-24. The Topics& the dates are to be finalized. | CTTC Chair along with concerned |
| 06 | Sh. Dinesh Gupta suggested that Mr. BRIAN MONK DL from the US will be traveling from the 6thto the 10thNovember 2023. A technical session to be planned by AIC and other chapters also to be proposed for his session. |
CTTC Chair |
| Student Activities: Chair – Dr. Rajinder Singh | ||
| 01 | Student Activities as held last year are to be planned for colleges of different student branches. | SA Chair |
| 02 | An email to be sent to engineering colleges of AIC region having relevant branches of engineering, mentioning about ASHRAE and a session can be provided mentioning the benefits for the colleges & students to have a student branch. | SA Chair |
| 03 | Various technical tour and visit to cold storage to be planned. | SA Chair |
| 04 | Flagship events for the students – Football and Cricket to be continued this year also. | SA Chair |
| YEA Activities: Chair – Dimpy Daroch | ||
| 01 | YEA membership needs improvement and various program are to be organized to attract them. | YEA Chair |
| 02 | YEA team to support in CTTC activities and should actively take part in all the programs to plan, manage, and execute as well. | YEA Chair and CTTC Chair |
| 03 | Leadership weekend to be planned at nearby areas of Delhi for the YEA and senior members. | YEA Chair |
| 04 | This year our society president has announced a project grant of $ 1000- $ 10000 for a project related to Decarbonization. Team YEA has been given the responsibility to find and encourage competitors from affiliate and associate members. | YEA Chair |
| Sustainability Activities: Chair – Arundhati Singh Khanna | ||
| 01 | Webinar and social events on sustainability to be planned. | Sustainability Chair with CTTC Chair |
| 02 | Awareness of sustainability to be developed among the school students. Known schools can be approached to organize sustainability programs. | Sustainability Chair |
| 03 | IPP- Kanagaraj Ganesan suggested to plan sustainability program with BEE. BEE conducts competitions for the school students, AIC cab also partner with them to conduct the competitions in 2-3 schools. | IPP, President and Sustainability Chair |
| 04 | In community sustainability, we need to plan the event for this society year. | Sustainability Chair |
| Refrigeration Activities: Chair-Ashish Gupta | ||
| 01 | Seminars and Webinars to be planned. | Refrigeration Chair with CTTC Chair |
| Membership promotion Activities: Chair- Waliullah Siddiqui | ||
| 01 | This year we have set a target to have 50 new members and to retain the existing members. | Membership Promotion Chair |
| 02 | AIC will plan for a membership support fund for those who have genuine finance-related issues.The office bearers will decide who should get the discount for MP. | |
| 03 | Sh. Sandeep Goel suggest making a flyer and circulate on social media mentioning the benefit of joining ASHRAE and to be a part of AICmembership group where a member can advantage of learning. | Secretariat Staff to prepare a flyer |
| 04 | All the new members to be welcomed on LinkedIn on joining& in the Newsletter every month. | Secretariat Staff along with ECC Team |
| Research Promotion Activities: Chair – Ashish Gupta | ||
| 01 | The RP target set by RVC for the society year 2023-24 is $ 2520 | |
| 02 | All the office bearers should contribute in RP fund before CRC to complete the full circle. | Office Bearers |
| 03 | President advised to plan RP collection in all the programs of AIC, even if it’s a half-day workshop. | |
| 04 | All AIC members to be encouraged to contribute to the research fund. | BOG Members and Chapter Officers |
| ECC Activities: Chair-Dr. Om Taneja | ||
| 01 | An ASHRAE template has been provided to the website developer and most likely in August 1stweek a new website of AIC will be there. All attendees were requested to visit the website and provide their valuable suggestions. | ECC Chair |
| 02 | The AIC Times newsletter to be published every month. | ECC Chair |
| 03 | Upcoming events to be published on a regular basis. | ECC Chair |
| 04 | All the chairs are requested to share their plans or activities with photograph to the team ECC every month. | All Committee Chairs |
| 05 | All the members should share AIC Times on their social media sites to showcase the workings of AIC. | All BOG Members and Chapter Officers |
| GAC Activites: Chair-Kanagaraj Ganesan | ||
| 01 | A half-day event with Delhi Fire Service (DFS) is to be planned. | President and Vice-President |
| 02 | The suggestion was to develop software in collaboration with DFS.Software should consist of smoke management-related calculations, Staircase pressurization etc. | President and Vice-President |
| 03 | The Bureau of Indian Standard to be contacted for AIC involvement in developing NBC next revision. | Vice-President |
| Historical Activities: Chair Mhd. Abid Husain | ||
| 01 | The last five years’ History to be collected & historical booklet to be published | Historian |
| 02 | A Booklet on history of HVAC is to be published during ‘India Decarbonization Conference’ | President, Historian and SA Chair |
| Honors & Awards: Chair Dinesh Gupta | ||
| 01 | The last five years’ History to be sent to ASHRAE H&A Committee for Gold Ribbon Award | Historical & Honors & Award Chairs |
| 02 | The prospective members for various awards to be identified and to be helped in their applications. | H&A Chair and all members |
The meeting ended with greetings to each other.
Glimpses of the 1st BOG meeting: