Dear Members,

The world is passing through unusual times and our responses also have to be unique and Novel!

The power of NANO is once again on us! Humanity paused in its track when two tiny Atoms wiped off, at the wink of an eye, Human habitats, and along with it many dreams–the world never became the same again.

Today a tiny virus, inanimate but having the power of mutating, piggybacked on human cell, has the entire world under its wrath. The World is on a virtual Lock Down! We shall overcome this threat, and we Engineers will have a bigger, but somewhat different, roles to play. Post Corona, the world will be different, but better and efficient. Work from Home will be the norm rather than a compulsion. We shall learn to waste less, recycle more and reuse our learnings.

CEAI have been seized to find the true place for Engineers in community and pressing on the authorities to acknowledge the contribution we collectively make for the society. Sustained efforts have started showing results, as you will find in the texts inside. We have to remember that we are in a marathon and would need sustained efforts for reaching our goal.

We have already approached the authorities to give us emergency support to keep the Engineering Consultancy profession moving in these difficult days.

Many planned events will get disrupted, as has FIDIC annual conference, and the Olympics! We shall have to plan a new, and keeping in view the new realities. Thus, more Webinars than seminars, and workshops using our Zoom facility with screen installed at CEAI conference room.

Our aim has to be working together, ethically, for creating values for making Engineering a proud profession.

Warm regards,
Amitabha Ghoshal