•  Member of ASHRAE since May 1959 except from 1970 to 1980

•  Elected - Fellow of ASHRAE in Sept. 1996 and Life member in March 1999

•  Played an active role in formation & installation of ASHRAE India Chapter in 1990. Has served the Board of Governors continuously since

•  Declined the officership of the Chapter because he firmly believed that the younger members should be given an opportunity to serve as officers

•  Heavily involved in all activities of the chapter such as ACREX 1992, ACREX 1995, seminars & exhibitions

•  Presently serving the Chapter as Chair - Membership Promotion & Nominator of honours and awards for the chapter

•  Due to a substantial growth in membership of the chapter, he was awarded the prestigious and coveted 'Lincoln Bouillon Award' by ASHRAE in June 2004 in Nashville, USA. Mr. Pande personally received the award from ASHRAE President Richard Rooley

ISHRAE HQ

•  Promoted the Society along with Dr. P.C. Jain & other colleagues in 1979. Elected as member of the CWC, served the chapter in various capacities & then elected as President

•  As ISHRAE grew, various chapters in India & abroad were established

•  Was awarded the Honour of 'President Emeritus' of the Delhi Chapter.

•  Has been a member & coordinator of the Steering Committee and Technical Committee of ACRECONF 2001, 2003 & DISCONF 2002. Was mainly responsible for identifying authors, receiving technical papers, getting them screened by the Technical Committee & printed in 'Conference Proceedings'.

•  Currently co-ordinating preparations for a 2-day international technical conference under ACREX 2006 in New Delhi.

•  Responsible for amending the Constitution of ISHRAE to widen the scope of membership.

•  Coordinator and member of ISHRAE Project Committee for important research projects such as ''Weather Data Project'' and ''Hourly Load Calculation Programme Project.''

•  Elected for two consecutive terms as President of North India Refrigeration & Air Conditioning Trades Association (NIRATA).

•  Elected as President of All India Air Conditioning & Refrigeration Association (AIACRA) for 2 consecutive terms : 1982 to 1986.

•  Served as a committee member of BIS (Bureau of Indian Standards) for many years.

•  Served on the panel of Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) as external examiner for selection of government officers in the HVAC field.


Contact details

Top Line Build Tech Pvt. Ltd.
K-74 A, Hauz Khas Enclave
New Delhi - 110016
Ph: 011-265-11237 (O), 011-26148407 (R)
Fax: 011-26511239
Email: topline@del3.vsnl.net.in

Founded Airtron in the year 1975. Built it over the years into one of the leading Consultancy Firms in the Country with the the support of a dedicated,young & enthusiastic team.

Mr. Simha has over 45 years of experience in the HVAC Industry. He has been practicing as a Consultant for nearly 30 years.

As head of Airtron,, Mr. Simha has been involved in almost all Airtron projects. Projects include the whole gamut of applications in HVAC - IT Industry, Large Commercial Complexes, Malls, Corporate Offices etc., Industrial and Process Air conditioning Projects, Pharma and Biotech Applications, Labs, Clean Room Facilities, Precision Engineering Manufacturing, High Precision Metrology Labs etc.,.

•  Watch Manufacturing Unit for Titan Watches Ltd., Hosur, Tamilnadu.

•  Indian Telephone Industries Ltd., Mankapur (Near Lucknow).

•  Torrent Pharmaceuticals Ltd., Ahmedabad.

2. Exposure (in Dubai) to considerations involved in the design of Large Chilled Water Systems.

3. Making Technical Presentations & Authoring Articles published mainly in Seminar Volumes & AC&R Journal.

1956 B.E., Mechanical, University of Mysore

1957 B.E., Electrical, University of Mysore

Mr. Simha is a Member of ASHRAE ( American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air Conditioning Engineers, Inc.), and ISHRAE (Indian Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air Conditioning Engineers). He is a Past President of ISHRAE (in 1991-92) as well as of ASHRAE India Chapter (in 1995-96) and Founder President of ASHRAE South India Chapter (in 1999-2000). He served as Chairman of ASHRAE India Chapter's Technical Committee on IAQ in the year 1995. As President of the ASHRAE India Chapter, he took major initiatives to ensure that the ISHRAE-ASHRAE Weather Data Project took off. Mr. Simha is presently serving as Chairman of ISHRAE Foundation Trust, Bangalore. In this position, he was actively and closely involved in the Lab Project that ISHRAE was planning at the national level-till recently.

Nihal S. Hukmani
Member, Board of Governors, BALI

Consulting Engineer


Significant Achievements

1. Development of WeDCO weather data for Indian cities.

2. Conducting training programmes for HVAC engineers for last 20 years.

3. Working on the software Program for hourly Load Calculation (HLCP).

Career

24 years association with Voltas Ltd. and was responsible for complete operations comprising sales, construction, erection and service.

Since 1982, operating as Consulting Engineer.

Specialization in Heating, Ventilation, Air-conditioning & Refrigeration.
Conducting training programmes and workshops. Carrying out audit of system design and plant operation.

Total experience of over 47 Years.

Education

Bachelor of Engineering (Mechanical) - 1957
Post Grad. Diploma ( Applied Thermodynamics) - AC&R - University of Roorkee - 1958

Memberships and Honours

Member - American Society of Heating, Refrigerating & Air-conditioning Engineers.
Member - Indian Society of Heating, Refrigerating & Air- conditioning Engineers (Past President)
Member - Institution of Engineers India.

Technical Papers

Contact details

B-20, Ist Floor
Shivalik
New Delhi - 110017
Ph: 011-26691742, Ph: 9350301743 (Mob.)
Email: nhukmani@nde.vsnl.net.in

Ramesh Paranjpey
Member, Board of Governors, BALI

Technical Advisor & consultant

Technical Adviser & Consultant to

1. Voltas Ltd.

2. Blue Star Ltd.

3. Kishor Pumps Pvt. Ltd.

4. Push Engineers Pvt. Ltd.

5. LG Electronics Pvt. Ltd.

6. Fellow Member AHSRAE USA

7. Life Member ISHRAE India

8. Life Member Institutions of Engineers, India

9. Chartered Engineer

10. Visiting Professor -College of Engineering , Pune


Significant Achievements

While working in Kirloskar Pneumatic co. Ltd. Pune, I was responsible for obtaining collaborations and manufacturing for many AC&R products for the first time in the country, notable amongst them are

1. Reciprocating compressors, with Grasso Holland collaboration consisting of 2 to 12 cylinder reciprocating compressors in single and two stage versions, suitable for Ammonia and CFC refrigerants. Today this company is the largest compressor manufacturer in the country.
2. Semi sealed compressors with Westinghouse design in 5 and 7.5 HP, suitable for packaged air conditioners, were manufactured for the first time in the country.
3. For the first time in the country, I was responsible to introduce indigenously manufactured centrifugal machines in technical collaboration with Hitachi Japan; these were in two sizes, 200 Ton -HS12 and 600 Ton HS-17 models. Many prestigious installations like international airports, five star hotels and industrial process plants were provided with these machines. More than 300 machines were installed.
4. I was also responsible to introduce in India for the first time world-class screw compressors from Howden UK by entering into tie up for manufacturing license. These have been installed in many petrochemical plants, fertilizer plants and process industries. Howden UK is sourcing the components currently manufactured in Indian plant for assembling in their country is being sold under their brand name.
5. In the year 1984 I was again the first to introduce transport Air conditioning units in India with a technical tie up with Sutrak Germany. Many tourist operators, public buses still continue to use these units manufactured in the factory for their use.
6. Since I was responsible also for setting up in house R & D facility, we had developed enough expertise to develop a product; totally with our own resources and the notable product developed in house was manufacture of Flake ice machines. This product was again first time in the country and became very successful. More than 400 machines continue to perform in chemical/dyestuff plants, fisheries, and concrete cooling applications for construction in dams.

Besides the above mentioned product development activity and introducing new technologies in the country for the first time, I was also responsible for designing turnkey installations for various applications in the field of AC&R`

.Some of the most important projects where I was involved from the conception till completion are

1. Hindustan Aeronautics Nasik - A Mig aircraft manufacturing facility where I supplied a test room operating at minus 80 deg C, uses cascade system.
2. India's largest petrochemical complex at Baroda, having 2200 Tons of refrigeration facility at minus 27 deg C using 23 no. 12 cylinder reciprocating compressors. This plant was designed, manufactured and installed to the latest and most stringent international standards, under the supervision of India's leading consultants M/S Engineers India Ltd.
3. I was also responsible to execute India's largest Air Conditioning plant at Delhi air port using 11 machines each of 1000 Ton capacity, followed by 6600 Ton plant at Mumbai airport.
4. 4.5 million liter per day ice cream manufacturing plant in Nasik for Hindustan Lever, one of the world's largest ice cream manufacturing company

Started air conditioning and refrigeration projects division in Kirloskar Pneumatic in 1967 and worked there for 27 years. At the time of leaving in 1992, was Vice President of the Division.

In 1992 selected by Carrier USA to start its operations in Bangalore for manufacturing Truck and Bus air conditioning units. I was the first Managing Director of Carrier Transicold now known as Carrier Refrigeration. Subsequently worked in Carrier Singapore as Director Projects .

In 1997, joined Voltas and was appointed as Chief Executive to start operations in Pune to Develop/manufacture passenger car A/C systems for Telco Indica/Sumo/Safari vehicles.

Since June 2003, and is working as Technical Advisor to major leading companies like Voltas, Blue Star, Thermax, Kishor Pumps etc. in India. Besides consultancy to small scale companies

Conducting training programs for LG, Emerson, ISHRAE and other companies

Teaching in College of Engineering for Graduate and Post Graduate studies and guiding post graduate students.

Education

1. B.E.(Mech), 1964 First Class with Distinction

2. M.Tech (Refrigeration), I.I.T., Mumbai-1966-First Class First in the Institute.

Memberships and Honours

•  President ISHRAE Pune Chapter 98-99

•  President ASHRAE Western India Chapter 2001-02

•  Fellow Member since August 2004 ASHRAE, USA, Member since 1974 No. 561087, and associate member since 1970.

•  Fellow life Member - Institution of Engineers No.F-12364-8.

•  Chartered Engineer : NO. F12364-8

•  Visiting professor, Govt. college of engineering, external examiner and paper setter for Pune University for graduate and post graduate course in Refrigeration & Air Conditioning.

•  Committee member on National Strategy for phasing out ozone depleting substances appointed by Ministry of Industries, Govt. of India in 1991.

•  Published more than 35 papers in National and International seminars. Have been a regular writer in ISHRAE Journal and have written 9 articles so far.

•  Worked as consultant to TERI, Delhi and visited along with them to participate in conference in Washington USA. Was invited by UNEP in 1991 to participate in seminar in California on ODP substances. Rockefeller Foundation cosponsored the seminar.

•  Have traveled widely through out the world and was also a member on Carrier Global Product Strategy Committee.

•  Have conducted more than 500 hours of training for students/fresh engineers and professionals working in the HVAC & R field.

Technical Papers

•  A paper on testing of small refrigeration compressors on air was published in CLIMATE CONTROL Vol.2 number 4 in October 1969 issue.

•  A paper on Design and Installation of Low Temperature Testing Chamber using cascade refrigeration system published in CLIMATE CONTROL Vol. 3, December 1970.

•  4 th /5 th January 1982, presented paper on Choice of Refrigerants for Refrigeration Systems for Industrial Process Plants conducted by the Institute of Energy Management, Bombay in collaboration with All India Air conditioning and Refrigeration Association and The Refrigeration and Air conditioning Trade Association. Reproduced in Indian Refrigeration Journal July/Sept 1987

•  Installation, start up, commissioning and maintenance of Refrigeration & Air conditioning plants , Irrigation Dept, Govt. of Maharashtra on 21 st August 1986

•  Paper presented on Ozone Layer Depletion and its effects on refrigeration industry, on 28th July 1989 at Council of Scientific & Industrial Research Workshop held at National Chemical Laboratories, Pune.

•  Paper on 'Screw Compressor for Refrigeration' presented at National productivity Council Convention, New Delhi, 19/20 th October 1989.

•  Paper presented on 'Compressor Technology- Refrigeration industry' at workshop organized by Ministry of Environment, Govt. of India, at indo-us workshop 9-11 April 1990, New Delhi.

•  Article contributed for 'The Hindu' Madras, on 'Selecting Right Kind of Refrigeration Compressor for the Application', Dec. 1990.

•  Paper entitled 'Effect of Ozone Depletion Issue on Refrigeration Industry' submitted at International Workshop by National Academy of Engineering, held at Irvine, California from 22 to 25 April 1991.

•  Paper presented on 'Application of Screw Compressors in Industrial, Petrochemical and related industries and comparative evaluation of screw versus centrifugal' at National Symposium on Advances in Utility Systems for Industrial & Nuclear Installations, January 9-11 1992., reproduced in Innovative ACR Jan-March 1993

•  Participated in conference on 'CFC free domestic refrigerators' held at Washington, organized by Tata Energy Research Institute, between Indian Refrigerator manufacturers and US manufacturers-Sept 92.

•  Presented paper on 'Use of Copper in Air Conditioning industry' at Indian copper development centre-12 th March 1992.

•  Presented paper at Institution of Mechanical Engineers seminar on Air conditioning and Refrigeration in Bombay, co-sponsored by ASME. Subjects were -a) Refrigeration compressors, b) Modern troubleshooting techniques in AC&R.-August 96.

•  Article in Innovative ACR July/Sept 96 on training in HVAC

•  Article in Innovative ACR Jan/March 97 on Phase out of CFC Scenario in India

•  Presented paper on Transport Air Conditioning at ACREX 97 held in Bombay. The exhibition and seminars were co-sponsored by ASHRAE western India chapter.-2 nd March 97.

•  Presented paper on Car Air Conditioning at Institution of Engineers organized by ISHRAE, Pune chapter.-December 97

•  Presented Paper on Transport Air conditioning during seminar held at Walchand College of Engineering Sangli, Golden Jubilee celebrations-January 98

•  Presented paper on automobile air conditioning at Nehru centre, Mumbai at ISHRAE chapter on 4 th September 98

•  Presented paper on applied Psychrometrics at Institution of Mechanical Engineers Mumbai, on 26 th November 1998

•  Paper on Recent Developments in Air Conditioning & Refrigeration in Innovative ACR Jan-March 1999

•  Presented paper on refrigeration compressors at I.I.T. Mumbai to senior faculty and post graduate students on 10 th Feb. 99

•  Published paper in Air conditioning Refrigeration Journal April-June 1999 issue on Use of Ammonia for Air Conditioning applications

•  Presented paper on transport refrigeration at Ishrae Ahmedabad chapter on 19 th June 99.

•  Presented paper on Mobile Air conditioning at National Chemical laboratory on 19 th July 2000.

•  Paper on Refrigeration Technologies at Army Institute of Technology, Pune for final year B.E. students on 15 th September 2000.

•  Presented paper on Car Air conditioning -Expectations/Limitations/Emerging Trends at Institution of Engineers , Pune 17 th July 2001

•  Presented a paper on "Mobile Refrigerated vans-The key design/construction issues" at ACRECONF 2001 organised by ISHRAE Delhi Chapter/ASHRAE India Chapter during the International conference held in Delhi from 26-28 September 2001.

•  Lecture on Car & Bus Air conditioning at College of Engineering. Pune on 27 th Dec 2001

•  Lecture at VIT pune engineering college on Career Opportunities in AC &R field on 21 st March 2002

•  Lecture on Career Vision at Institute of Engineers on 17 th April 2002

•  Workshop on alternate refrigerants at I. I.T. mumbai between 22-25 August 2002, paper on Car Air conditioning systems-Expectations/limitations/emerging trends

•  Paper on Transport Refrigeration During COMFEX Pune on 27 th April 2002

•  Lecture on career opportunities in AC & R at Modern College of Engineering Pune on 6 th Feb 2003

•  One day program at irrigation Dept. mechanical workshop Pune, on service, safety, maintenance, and trouble shooting on 28 th Feb 2003

•  Published article on "Cooling coils-Understanding the factors that influence their design and selection'- April-June 2003 issue of ISHRAE Journal.

•  Participated in teacher training program at Bharati Vidyapith's Jawaharlal Nehru Institute of Technology on 16 th -26 th June 2003 by presenting a paper on Overview and Basic Technology of Refrigeration and Air Conditioning

•  Presented paper on "Recent Trends In Automobile Air Conditioning" at International Conference, ACRECONF 2003 Delhi on 11 th September 2003

•  Presented a paper on "do's and Dont's for Refrigeration Plant" at a one day seminar on Dairy, Cold storage and Food Processing Plants organized by ISHRAE Pune on 15 th November 2003.

•  Paper titled " Why Compressors fail" ISHRAE Journal Jan-March 2004

•  Presented paper on Mobile air conditioning and Ammonia Refrigeration at I.I.T. Kharagpur on 30 th Jan 2004 organized by Hydecor

•  Presented paper on " Challenging Encounters in Trouble shooting of Refrigeration plants at Pune , During ASHRAE Distinguish lecturer Mr. Richard Hayter's visit to Pune on 26 th March 2004 at Hotel Pride Executive, Pune

•  Paper titled " Lubricating Oil & Tear-down Analysis of Reciprocating Compressors" ISHRAE Journal July-Sept 2004

•  Presented paper on " Transport Refrigeration" at National workshop on Cold Chain Management and Rural Warehousing at Mumbai on 22 nd December 2004

•  Presented paper on " Transportation Techniques for Perishables" at Comfex 2005 Ahmedabad on 9 th Jan 2005

•  Basics Of Air Conditioning- * Articles in ISHRAE Journal from July 2002 to April 2004.

Training Programs Conducted

Contact details

3A/A1/11- New Ajanta avenue, Paud Road, Kothrud
Pune-411029

Ph: 020-25436142
98223 98220 (Mob.)
Email: pramesh@vsnl.com

• Member ASHRAE ( American Society of Heating Refrigerating and Air conditioning Engineers)
• President Elect. ASHRAE India Chapter
• Presidential Member ISHRAE (Indian Society of Heating Refrigerating and Air conditioning Engineers)
• Visiting Faculty School of Planing and Architecture, New Delhi (Dept. of Building Engg. And Management)
• Member panel of BIS for revision of HVAC Section of 'National Building Code"
• Member panel of BEE for development and implementation of "Energy Conservation Building Codes".

Technical Papers

Papers Presented
• Presented paper on "Energy Conservation Through Efficient Design" in *Seminar organized by Delhi Productivity Council

• Presented paper on "Efficient Building- a case study on India Habitat Centre" in Distinguished Lecture Seminar organized by Ashrae India Chapter

• Presented paper on " INNOVATIVE DESIGN ASPECTS OF A LARGE MULTIPURPOSE OFFICE COMPLEX" in "ACRECONF 2001" an international conference organized by ASHRAE and ISHRAE in Hotel Hyatt in September 2001.

• Presented paper on "Low Flow High 'Delta T' An Energy Efficient Design for Large Air conditioning Systems" in "ACRECONF 2003" an international conference organized by ASHRAE and ISHRAE in Hotel Hyatt in September 2003.

• Presented paper on "Energy Efficient VRV System Design" in Seminar organized by Indian Institute of Technology Delhi in November 2003.

Publications
• Article on " Building automation systems" in "SOURCING HARDWARE"

• Article on "Indoor Air Quality" in "SOURCING HARDWARE"

• Article on "Efficient Buildings" in "SOURCING HARDWARE"

• Article on "LIGHTING DISCIPLINE" Cut down costs with intelligent systems in "SOURCING HARDWARE"

• Article on "Water conservation" in "SOURCING HARDWARE"

Contact details

Email: Modgil@vsnl.com

. To arrange Campus interviews for Placement of all the Undergraduate and Post- Graduate students of the College.

. To teach Under-Graduate and Post-Graduate students in Mechanical Engineering.

. To Guide Research in Mechanical Engineering

Retired as
Professor & Head
Deptt. Of Training & Placement
Delhi College of Engineering in March 2003.

Other Assignments

Expert Member

•  UPSC

•  DST

•  Board of Technical Education, Delhi

•  AICTE for approval of New Engineering Colleges

•  Academic Committee, Aeronautical Society of India

•  DRDO, Min of Defence

Expert Faculty

•  Electronics Regional Test Laboratory (Govt. of India)

•  National Expert Organization

•  AICTE nominee on the Governing Body / Advisory Committee of

.Aligarh College of Engineering, Aligarh

.Hewett Polytechnic, Luck now.

Education

. B.Sc. Hans Raj College ,University of Delhi,

. B.E. ( Mech.) M.B.M. Engg.College , Jodhpur,

. M.Sc. ( Mech.) Delhi College of Engineering, Delhi

Memberships and Honours

. Indian Society of Heating, Refrigeration & Air Conditioning Engineers.
. American Society of Heating, Refrigeration & Air- Conditioning Engineers.
. Committee Chair Students Activities ASHRAE. India Chapter.
. Institution of Mechanical Engineers.
. Indian Society of Mechanical Engineers.
. International Institute of Refrigeration (France).

Technical Papers

Project Guidance
Guided around 40 Projects at UG & PG level in the field of Thermal Engineering , Power Plant Engineering , Refrigeration & Air Conditioning.

Contact details

3E / 15 Jhandewalan Extension
New Link Road
New Delhi-110055
Ph: 011- 23623298
Email : draksaluja@rediffmail.com