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About CORSYM 2013 The International Corrosion Prevention Symposium for Research Scholars organized by NIGIS South Zone Student Section, supported by NACE International Gateway India Section, Mumbai and NACE International East Asia Pacific Rim Area, was held during 28th Feb02nd March, 2013 at Hotel GRT Grand, Chennai. The symposium was blessed with the presence of the following eminent personalities; Dr. K. Rosaiah, His excellency the governor of Tamilnadu state Mr. Tushar Jhaveri, Vice President, NACE International Prof. Philippe Marcus, Director of Research at CNRS, Director of Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Surfaces, Paristech, France Dr. T. S. Sudarshan, President and CEO, Materials Modifications Inc., USA Dr. Baldev Raj, President, INAE and IIW, President Research, PSG Institutions Prof. P.T. Manoharan, Ramanna Fellow, IITMadras Dr. Vijaymohanan K. Pillai, Director, CSIRCECRI, Karaikudi Dr. P. R. Vasudeva Rao, Director, IGCAR, Kalpakkam Dr. Samir Degan, Director EAP Area, NACE International Ms. Michelle Lau, EAP Area Chair The symposium started with the registration of delegates. After registration, Sri Pradeep Kumar Samantaroy, Convener, CORSYM 2013, has addressed the gathering about the symposium. Then the poster session was inaugurated by Sri Tushar Jhaveri, Vice President, NACE International, USA. In the inaugural function, Dr. U. Kamachi Mudali, Chairperson, CORSYM 2013 welcomed the delegates and organizers and introduced the personalities on the dais to the audience. The presidential address was delivered by Sri Tushar Jhaveri, followed by the address of Prof. Philippe Marcus, the guest of honour of symposium. Dr. K. Rosaiah, His Excellency the governor of Tamilnadu state delivered the inaugural address and then released the souvenir. Dr. K. Rosaiah appreciated the initiative taken by NIGIS South Zone student section in familiarizing students and young research scholars with the basic and practical aspects of corrosion, its effects and protection issues. The inauguration function ended with the vote of thanks by Dr. Samir Degan, Director, EAP Area. The highlight of the symposium was the 1st NIGIS National Science Day lecture delivered Dr. Baldev Raj. Two plenary lectures were delivered by Prof. Philippe Marcus on the first day and

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Page 1: About CORSYM 2013corsym.com/pdf/CORSYM_2013.pdfDr. T. S. Sudarshan, President and CEO, Materials Modifications Inc., USA Dr. Baldev Raj, President, INAE and IIW, President ‐ Research,

About CORSYM 2013  

The  International Corrosion Prevention Symposium  for Research Scholars organized by NIGIS South Zone Student Section, supported by NACE International Gateway India Section, Mumbai and NACE International East Asia Pacific Rim Area, was held during 28th Feb‐02nd March, 2013 at Hotel GRT Grand, Chennai.  The symposium was blessed with the presence of the following eminent personalities; Dr. K. Rosaiah, His excellency the governor of Tamilnadu state Mr. Tushar Jhaveri, Vice President, NACE International Prof.  Philippe  Marcus,  Director  of  Research  at  CNRS,  Director  of  Laboratory  of  Physical Chemistry of Surfaces, Paristech, France Dr. T. S. Sudarshan, President and CEO, Materials Modifications Inc., USA Dr. Baldev Raj, President, INAE and IIW, President ‐ Research, PSG Institutions Prof. P.T. Manoharan, Ramanna Fellow, IIT‐Madras Dr. Vijaymohanan K. Pillai, Director, CSIR‐CECRI, Karaikudi Dr. P. R. Vasudeva Rao, Director, IGCAR, Kalpakkam  Dr. Samir Degan, Director EAP Area, NACE International Ms. Michelle Lau, EAP Area Chair  The symposium started with the registration of delegates. After registration, Sri Pradeep Kumar Samantaroy,  Convener,  CORSYM  2013,  has  addressed  the  gathering  about  the  symposium. Then  the  poster  session  was  inaugurated  by  Sri  Tushar  Jhaveri,  Vice  President,  NACE International, USA.  In  the  inaugural  function, Dr. U. Kamachi Mudali, Chairperson, CORSYM 2013 welcomed  the delegates  and  organizers  and  introduced  the  personalities  on  the  dais  to  the  audience.  The presidential  address  was  delivered  by  Sri  Tushar  Jhaveri,  followed  by  the  address  of  Prof. Philippe Marcus, the guest of honour of symposium. Dr. K. Rosaiah, His Excellency the governor of  Tamilnadu  state  delivered  the  inaugural  address  and  then  released  the  souvenir.  Dr.  K. Rosaiah appreciated  the  initiative  taken by NIGIS  South Zone  student  section  in  familiarizing students  and  young  research  scholars with  the  basic  and  practical  aspects  of  corrosion,  its effects and protection  issues. The  inauguration function ended with the vote of thanks by Dr. Samir Degan, Director, EAP Area.  The highlight of  the symposium was  the 1st NIGIS National Science Day  lecture delivered Dr. Baldev Raj. Two plenary  lectures were delivered by Prof. Philippe Marcus on the first day and 

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Dr. T. S. Sudarshan on the third day of the symposium. Three keynote  lectures were delivered by Dr. Rolf Gubner, Dr. U. Kamachi Mudali and Dr. Minxu Lu.  This symposium has attracted participants from various parts of world such as Australia, China, Malaysia, Saudi Arabia etc. On this occasion, there were 7 technical sessions containing about 50  oral  presentations  and  47  poster  presentations  majorly  from  educational  and  research institutions,  few  from  the  industry, and R&D  community  from  India and abroad. Participants presenting their work  in oral were given time duration of 12 minutes each. Each presentation was followed with discussion with audience. There was one poster interactive session arranged to  encourage  the  poster  presenters.  The  technical  sessions  were  chaired  by  Prof.  P.T. Manoharan,  Prof.  S.K.  Seshadri,  Sri.  N.  Sriram,  Dr.  N.  Rajendran,  Dr.  Rolf  Gubner,  Dr.  T.M. Sridhar, Dr. Minxu Lu, Dr. Mokhtar Che Isamil and Dr. T. Subba Rao.  During the symposium, a cultural program was performed by Suraji’s Poiizen Studio on the first day  and  a  visit  to Mamallapuram  was  arranged  on  the  second  day.  During  the  dinner  at Mamallapuram,  Dr.  P.R.  Vasudeva  Rao  addressed  the  gathering  and  impressed  about  the importance of pursuing science as profession.  In  the  valedictory  function, Dr. U.  Kamachi Mudali welcomed  the  gathering.  The  valedictory function  was  graced  by  the  presence  of  Dr.  Vijaymohanan  K.  Pillai,  Director,  Central Electrochemical Research  Institute,  Karaikudi. Dr.  Pillai  delivered  a  speech  about  the  role  of nano  technology  in  corrosion  science. Mr.  Arunchandran  Chenan,  Secretary,  CORSYM  2013 briefed  about  the  entire  proceedings  of  the  symposium. Dr.  S.  Rangarajan  gave  a  technical overview of the symposium and announced the five best oral and five poster presenters' names for which prizes were distributed by the chief guest. Finally the vote of thanks was given by Dr. N. Rajendran, Co‐Chairperson of CORSYM 2013.  

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Photo Gallery of CORSYM 2013 

     

        

 

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