Awareness on Industrial Calamities Must be the First Lesson in Achieving Safety: Dr. Avaneesh Singh

KOCHI:
Dr. Avaneesh Singh, Director General, Factory Advice Service and Labour Institutes, Govt. of India, stressed the need of making people aware about the possible industrial calamities as the first lesson towards achieving complete safety. He was inaugurating the International Seminar on Safety and Engineering (SAFE’17) organized by Safety and Fire Engineering division of School of Engineering, Cusat.
While delivering the key note address, world renowned petroleum safety expert Dr. Faisal I. Khan said that “safety is a life value rather than compliance of a set of written regulations”. Cusat Vice Chancellor Dr. J. Letha presided.
Dr. Chitra Rajagopal (Chief Controller R& D, DRDO, Govt. of India), Dr. Chandramohanakumar (Member, Syndicate), Dr. P.S. Sreejith (Dean), Dr. M. R. R. Panicker (Principal, SOE), Dr. G Madhu (Conference Chair),
Dr. George Mathew (HOD), Dr. V. R. Renjith (Organising Secretary), Raj Nair (U.S.A), G. Swaminathan (Chennai), Sanjay Rasthogi (Petronite-LNG), Dr. Shangara Narayana Swami (NIT, Trichy), Girish Jose (Malaysia), Dr. Angayar Pavanasham (Oman), Dr. V.M. Ramesh (Refinary, Kochi), S.K Oas (
Refinary, Kochi) lead various sessions.
Cusat Pro- Vice Chancellor Dr. K. Paulose Jacob, Director of Factories and Boilers P. Pramod, Cusat Registrar, Dr. David Peter, Dr. M. R. R. Panicker, Dr. D. K. Sahu spoke in closing ceremony of the conference.