History of Mumbai Chapter

In 1997, the ASHRAE Western India Chapter saw a considerable increase in its membership number after the success of its first major event, a One Day Seminar on Air-Conditioning for Health Care Facilities. Considering the vast geographical spread of the Chapter, and, the fact that Membership was equally divided between the three major Cities, the BOG used to meet at the three Cities, by rotation, every month. Conducting programs at the three locations on a regular basis was also proving to be a challenge. By around 2004, the Membership Growth had begun to plateau. Chapter Operations were also proving to be difficult due to the logistics of having the BOG members spread over three different locations.

In 2007, when Lebanon, which was to host the CRC had to pull out due to the unfortunate break-out of war, Mr Samir Traboulsi, the then DRC of RAL, requested ASHRAE Western India Chapter to host the CRC. The CRC was a resounding success, considering the fact there was just six months’ time in which all preparations had to be done, starting from scratch. It was during this CRC, that Sudhir Sinha was appointed as SRC for our Region. Under his Leadership, the Chapter took a long hard look at the way it was conducting its operations. After a series of meetings, it was decided that the way forward would be to re-organize the Western India Chapter into more manageable entities, so that the local membership at each of the major Cities could be better served. By Society Year 2008-2009, the efforts of the Leadership had borne fruit, and, membership at each of the major Cities (Ahmedabad, Mumbai and Pune) had grown well beyond the corum required to form a Chapter.

Formed:

Formed: 21st January, 2010

Starting Membership:

60

Current membership : 212

• 119 Members
• 93 Students
• 2 Student Branches

Large part of this initiative to obtain the signatures on the petition for forming the separate Chapters at Ahmedabad, Mumbai and Pune was by the then ASHRAE WI President MrManoj Khati and the SRC Mr Sudhir Sinha. As a result, ASHRAE Mumbai Chapter came into existence along with ASHRAE Pune Chapter. Krishnan worked closely with Jeanie Kirksey from Atlanta, to draw up the geographical boundaries for the three entities, viz ASHRAE Western India Chapter, ASHRAE Mumbai Chapter and ASHRAE Pune Chapter.

ASHRAE Mumbai covers membership in the Greater Mumbai Region, Thane, Raigad and the State of Goa. Major Cities include Mumbai, Vashi, Panvel, Thane, Kalyan, Dombivili, Tarapur, Ulhasnagar,Vasai, Panjim, Mapusa, Dabolim, Ponda, Vasco and Margao.
The ASHRAE Mumbai constitution was approved at the ASHRAE Board meeting at Atlanta and chartered by the ASHRAE President Gordon Holness on 25th January 2010.

The first BOG meeting was held on 29th May 2010 during which the Constitution and Bye-laws of the Chapter were passed and adopted.
The Chapter was formally installed on 21st June 2010 at Hotel Attithi, Mumbai by Mr Sudhir Sinha, Chair Sub Region ‘D’, ASHRAE Region at Large. He administered the oath of office to the first President of ASHRAE Mumbai Chapter- Mr. M. P. Agarwal

(L-R):Sudhir Sinha, Adarsh Kaul, M P Agarwal, Vikram Murthy with V Krishnan (seated in background)

Chapter Chartering Ceremony 2010

Panel Discussion on “Climate Change and the HVAC Industry”, 11th Nov 2014

Traditional lighting of lamp during Inauguration of Seminar on Industrial Refrigeration on 4th June 2016

Past BOG Members

Member Title 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14
President
MP Agarwal
Vikram Murthy
Adarsh Kaul
Anurag Pareek
President Elect
Vikram Murthy
Adarsh Kaul
Anuraag Pareek
A Ravi
Vice President
Adarsh Kaul
Anurag Pareek
A Ravi
Roshni Easow
Secretary
A Ravi
Roshni Easow
Shankar Sapaliga
Nitin Naik
Treasurer
Anurag Pareek
A Ravi
Nitin Naik
Jayesh Deshpande
CTTC
V Krishnan
Manoj Khati
Roshni Easow
Shankar Sapaliga
Membership
Manoj Khati
Bhavesh Mehta
Viresh Ruhal
Viresh Ruhal
Student Affairs
Roshni Easow
Viresh Ruhal
Bhavesh Mehta
Bhavesh Mehta
Research Promotion
Nitin Naik
Nitin Naik
Manoj Khati
Nivedita Jhadhav
Member Title 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 2017-18
President
A Ravi
Roshni Easow
Nitin Naik
Shankar Sapaliga
President Elect
Roshni Easow
Nitin Naik
Viresh Ruhal
Amod Dikshit
Vice President
Nitin Naik
Viresh Ruhal
Shankar Sapaliga
Mihir Sanghvi
Secretary
Viresh Ruhal
Jayesh Deshpande
Sangita Jhanglani
Sanjay Verma
Treasurer
Jayesh Deshpande
Bhavesh Panchal
Bhavesh Panchal
Ajaj Kazi
CTTC
Nivedita Jadhav
Nivedita Jadhav
V Krishnan
Sandeep Mendiratta
Membership
Manoj Khati
Amod Dikshit
Amod Dikshit
Adarsh Kaul
Student Affairs
Bhavesh Mehta
Manoj Khati
Manoj Khati
Sandeep Shinde
Research Promotion
Shankar Sapaliga
Shankar Sapaliga
Sooraj Nair
Rupesh Umtol

Key Milestones and Developments of Mumbai Chapter 2010-2016

The Society year 2016-17 started with a program very pertinent to Mumbai due to frequent fires breaking out in the city, on “Design of sprinkler Systems for Engineer” supported by the Fire and Security Association of India (FSAI)

July 2017- ASHRAE Mumbai member –Nivedita Jadhav is appointed Treasurer of RAL

As in every year the event “Techfest” was organized in Goa along with ISHRAE Goa on 25th August 2016.  The theme was “Indoor Air Quality”

The Engineering Community across India celebrates Engineers Day on 15 September every year as a tribute to the greatest Indian Engineer Bharat Ratna Mokshagundam Visvesvaraya and we at ASHRAE Mumbai organized a “Collage on Energy Efficiency” by 3 stalwarts of the HVAC engineering industry in Mumbai

Super CRC at Bangkok, Thailand, 30th September to 2nd October 2016.  President Nitin Naik and team attended.  We got a special recognition for our Historical display evidencing Recycling and Sustainability

Certificate signed by Tim Dwyer- Regional Historian, Farooq Mehboob-DRC, Tim Wentz-ASHRAE President 2016-17 alongside History display made of recyclable straw and paper

ASHRAE Mumbai member Krishnan Vishwanath becomes RAL Nominating Committee Alternate ASHRAE Mumbai member –Nitin Naik is appointed Regional Chair for Sub-Region II

10th November 2016- Lecture on Ice on Coil by ASHRAE DL DrApichit Lumlertpongpana

ASHRAE DL, Andrey Livchak on 18th March 2017

SYMPOSIA 2017

7th July 2017 – The Annual program ”SYMPOSIA” comes around June.  Theme for 2017 is Healthcare

ASHRAE Edge- First program for all 9 chapters of Sub Region II held on 8th December 2017

17th April 2018 - Inauguration of 2nd Student Branch at Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay.  Special guest- Former Director of IIT, Dr S P Sukhatme

Handing over charter by ASHRAE Mumbai President-Viresh Ruhal

Installation of new committee for SY 2018-19, President Shankar Sapaliga

6th July 2018 – Annual program- Symposia – Theme All about Data Centers. This program is growing from strength to strength – Organizing team with speakers

Installation of 3rd Student Branch at Finolex Academy of Management and Technology, Ratnagiri

Ratnagiri is a port town in Western India and lies 344 km and a 8 hr drive from Mumbai.  The challenge lay in servicing the branch but the sheer enthusiasm of the students made us agree to charter this Branch.  All our doubts were set to rest by the remarkable performance of this Branch and its Branch Advisor

President Shankar Sapaliga addressing the students

5-7 October 2018  – Team at CRC@Antalya

29th August 2018 – Tree planting ceremony

ASHRAE Mumbai presented its first version of what we consider our Flagship event “SUMMIT”

21st June 2019 – The new team takes over

July 2019 - Hemant Chavan of Finolex Academy wins 2019 Student Branch Advisor of the Year

ASHRAE Mumbai presented its first version of what we consider our Flagship event “SUMMIT”

Advisor: Professor Hemant Chavan

Chapter: Western India & ASHRAE Mumbai (Region at Large)

Student Branch: Finolex Academy of Management & Technology, Ratnagiri
Professor Hemant Chavan has served as the advisor for the FAMT Ratnagiri Student Branch since it was chartered in 2018. The student branch has successfully organized a number of events and activities as well as taking part in social cultural activities.