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MCEME convocation ceremony held

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FUNCTIONAL PROJECT: The remote-controlled stretcher, one of the projects of MCEME, on display in Hyderabad on Tuesday.

HYDERABAD: It was an important day for officers of the Military College of Electronics and Mechanical Engineering (MCEME) on Tuesday as they were conferred with degrees by Indian Space Research Organisation Chairman G. Madhavan Nair for successfully completing the Degree Engineering Course (81-DGEME) and Technical Entry Scheme (TES-07).

Addressing the military officers, Mr. Nair said there have been tremendous advances in the field of science and technology. Besides conventional armies making use of such technologies there was every possibility for the fringe terrorists and disruptive organisations to acquire such technology. “as future equipment managers of the Indian army, the graduating officers here will be expected to have thorough understanding of such technologies and provide optimum engineering in the least possible time and at the least possible cost,” .

While Major Deepak was presented with the best all-round student officer in the DGEME stream, the ARTRAC Trophy for the best all-round student officer in the TES stream was bagged by Lieutenant Mayur Agarwal.

MCEME Commandant and Lieutenant General K.S. Venugopal also spoke on the occasion and later the graduating officers displayed the projects designed by them while pursuing their respective courses.

Innovative projects

“We thought about it for days and finally ended-up with this model. It is a simple stretcher with a lever. After making the patient to lay on the stretcher, all one needs is to press the lever button, which automatically raises the stretcher to ambulance door level, enabling an easy transfer of the patient into the vehicle,” explains Major A. C. Boite, a member of the team that developed the stretcher.

Besides costing around Rs.60,000, the stretcher is a battery-operated and does not consume much power, adds Major R.P.Singh another team member.

Officers also developed another innovative system enabling army troops to travel easily even at low temperatures.

“It is a simple circuit attached to the vehicle and operated with battery. Minutes after pressing the button, the system generates heat waves and raises temperature in the vehicle. There would be no effect on the engine as it can be retrofitted,” explains Major P. Sumod.

Many such equipments were put on display, which are not only easy to operate but also effective both in terms of cost and feasibility.

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