CHAIRMAN’S DESK

Greetings to the distinguished members of the Tiruchy chapter of the

Indian Institute of Metals (IIM). IIM is a great professional body and offers

members an insight into the metals and materials scenario in the Nation.

My privilege to be the lead volunteer of IIMT for 2016 -17.

Request your kind support and guidance in activities such as enhancing

the membership base, building up monetary reserves to cater to our

regular and special needs (including TMAQ), conducting refresher courses

for practicing engineers and mentoring students towards a productive

career in metals and materials.

Let us continue our efforts to be a model chapter. Let us also pursue our

efforts to make Tiruchy a Zonal Head Quarters.

Best wishes,

(Prof S Raman Sankaranarayanan)

The News Letter of

Tiruchirappalli Chapter

June 2016

YEAR: 36 ISSUE: 01

(For Private Circulation)

METALL June 16

36TH ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

EC 2016 - 2017

Dr. G V MEMORIAL LECTURE AWARD 2016

TMAQ XVI & JUNIOR TMAQ 16

NMD 2016

IIM AWARDS & NMD AWARDS

NEW MEMBERS ENROLLED

FEEDBACK

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36th ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING ….MOVING AHEAD……

The 36th Annual General Meeting (AGM) of IIM, Tiruchirappalli Chapter was conducted at the

Institutions Building premises at BHEL Township, Tiruchirappalli – 620 014 on 26th April 2016

evening. 44 members attended the AGM. It was a pleasant evening for the members as they

gathered at the venue with their families.

Mr. P. Manoharan, Vice Chairman welcomed the gathering. Mr. G. Rajendran, Hon. Secretary

presented the activity report for the year 2015-16.

The AGM unanimously approved the report. Mr. M.

Thirugnanasambandam proposed and it was

seconded by Mr. K. Raja.

Mr. N Rajasekaran, Hon. Treasurer submitted the

audited accounts for the year 2015-16 and the AGM

approved the same. Mr. M Krishnamurthy proposed

and it was seconded by Mr. R. Selvaraj.

Then, Mr. M Thirugnanasambandam, Returning

officer announced the election results. Dr. Raman

Sankaranarayanan, Prof. (MME), NITT was

unanimously elected as Chairman of the

Tiruchirappalli chapter of the Indian Institute of

Metals for the year 2016-17. The AGM also elected

Mr. P. Manoharan, AGM (OS), BHEL, Mr. P.

Chellappandian, AGM (ATP), Mrs. A. Santhakumari,

SDGM (WRI) and Mr. N. Rajasekaran, SM (BPN, Unit

II) as Vice Chairmen, Mr. N. Parameswaran, Sr.

Manager (BOI), BHEL as Hon. Secretary, Mr. K. Raja,

Sr. Manager (FES), BHEL as Hon. Treasurer. Along

with them, Dr. T. Sriharsha was elected as Joint

Treasurer and Dr. John Berchmans of CECRI, Prof. Dr.

S P Kumaresh Babu of NITT & Mr. Dhanesh Kant

Verma of WRI as joint secretaries. The list of EC

members is furnished in the annexure.

Installing the office bearers, Mr. P. Soundararajan,

Former Chairman of the chapter, complimented the

chapter for its significant achievements. He conveyed

his best of wishes to the new team and advised the

chapter to bring in more young members.

Then, Mr. R. Easwaran, Chairman presented

mementos to the EC members who rendered significant services for the successful conduct of

NMD – ATM 2015, Best Chapter Award 2015, TMAQ and the staff members and addressed the

members.

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In his address to the members, Mr. Easwaran said, “It is happy occasion to co-organise NMD

2015 for the third time. I thank all the members and EC members for getting the Best Chapter

Award for the 14th Consecutive time. Further, I was moved by the kind gesture of the past

presidents in giving a standing ovation to the chapter, when the award was received by our

Chapter. That shows the respect the chapter has earned. At this moment, I thank all our past

chairman for their selfless services for the cause of IIM.”

In his address, Mr. Easwaran also appealed to the members to focus more on sustaining

membership, new member enrollment, inaugurating more student / student affiliate chapters,

more life members. He stressed that the Chapter should add value to its members and society.

Addressing the AGM, Mr. Raman Sankaranarayanan, Chairman appreciated the efforts of the

outgoing committee for making bench marking performances. He also said that the financial

support to TMAQ event in a big way. During the AGM, Dr. T A Daniel Sahayaraj, Dy. Director of

Boilers, Tamil Nadu addressed the members. In his felicitation address, he said, “The chapter

should explore the possibility of conducting

programmes on non-ferrous materials processing”. He

also assured to bring in more members to the chapter.

Mr. N Parameswaran moved the motion to appoint

Mr. S V Seetharaman as auditor for the year 2016-17

and to fix his remuneration as Rs. 1500/- by the AGM.

The AGM unanimously adopted the motion. Dr. S.

Muthukumaran, EC member proposed the vote of thanks. Mr. N. Parameswaran conducted the

proceedings. As in the past, fun games and Tambola were conducted for the spouses and

wards, of IIM members by Mr. DK Verma. All of them joined for a delicious dinner at the end of

the AGM.

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TEAM 2016-17

TITLE NAME S/Shri ADDRESS

Patron S. Gopinath Executive Director, BHEL

Chairman Dr. Raman Sankaranarayanan Professor, MME (NITT)

Imm. Past Chairman R. Easwaran GM (WRI & Labs), BHEL

Vice Chairmen

P. Manoharan AGM (Logistics), BHEL

P. Chellappandian AGM (ATP)

Mrs. A Santhakumari SDGM, WRI

N. Rajasekaran Sr. Manager (BPN, U II)

Hon. Secretary N. Parameswaran Sr. Manager (BOI), BHEL

Imm. Past Secretary G. Rajendran SDGM (OP&C), PPPU, BHEL

Hon. Treasurer K. Raja Sr. Manager (FES)

Joint Secretaries

Dr. L. John Berchmans Scientist (CECRI)

Dr. S. P. Kumaresh Babu HOD, MME. NITT

Dhanesh Kant Verma Dy. Manager, WRI

Joint Treasurer Dr. T. Sriharsha Dy. Manager, R&D, MHD

Members

Dr. S. Angappan Scientist (CECRI)

Dr. S Muthukumaran Asso. Professor, Dept. of MME, NIT

Dr. K. Santhy Asso. Professor, Dept. of Met. CARE

V. Suresh Kumar Sr. Engr. (OP&C)

M. Periasamy Prod. Engr. PCPS

R. Ravibharath Dy. Manager (WRI)

Dr. S Kumaran Lecturer, Dept. of MME, NIT

L. M. Subramanian Sr. Manager (R&D)

K. Rajasekaran Sr. Manager, Valves (Engg)

S. Nikhil Sr. Engineer (PCPS)

Co-opted members

M. Thirugnanasambandam Former DGM, BHEL

K. E. Rajgopalachari Former Manager (QC, BHEL)

P. Govindaraju Former Sr. Manager (NDTL)

Dr. R. Vaideeswaran Former Sr. Manager, Plant Lab, BHEL

M. Krishnamurthy Former SDGM, BHEL

M. Jayaraj Former Sr. Manager (R & D)

Permanent Invitees

Dr. T. A. Daniel Sahayaraj DDOB, BHEL

G. Uma Shanker Director (OPNS), VEESONS

P. Soundararajan GM (Valves), BHEL

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6th Dr. G V MEMORIAL LECTURE AWARD 2016

Mr. R. Easwaran, General Manager (WRI & Labs) is bestowed with the coveted Dr. G V

MEMORIAL LECTURE AWARD 2016. Mr. R. Easwaran’s name was nominated by the committee

comprising Dr. Raman Sankaranarayanan & Dr. S P Kumaresh Babu, Dept. MME, NIT, Tiruchy

and Mr. P. Chellappandian, Addl. GM BHEL.

Mr. Easwaran received the plaque and citation from Mr. P. Soundararajan, former Chairman of

the Chapter on 26th April 2016.

On receiving the award, Mr. R. Easwaran said he was humbled to get the award in the name of

Dr. GV, his guru in metallurgy and considerd this as a great honour to him.

The 2016 delivered by Mr. R. Easwaran was on the theme, “Learnings from Fabrication of T 23

(2.25 Cr-1.6 W-V-Nb) Steel Tubes in Power Plant Applications”. Mrs. Hema Venkataraman, Wife

of Dr. GV was present on the occasion.

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TMAQ XVI and JUNIOR TMAQ 16

2016 is the SILVER JUBILEE YEAR of the Trichy Quiz Programme

The preliminary rounds of the quiz will be held on July 31 2016 at seven centres across Southern

Tamil Nadu and Pondicherry state. The grand finale is slated on 4th September 2016 at the

premises of National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli.

NMD 2016 AT KANPUR

54th National Metallurgists’ day (NMD) celebration

and the 70th Annual Technical Meeting (ATM) will

be held at IIT Kanpur from 11th November to 14th

November, 2016. The theme of the conference is "Metals, Materials and Manufacturing for a

Self- Reliant India". It will be organized jointly by the Indian Institute of Metals (IIM), Kanpur

Chapter and the Department of Materials Science and Engineering, IIT Kanpur. NMD-ATM is an

annual event of the IIM that brings people from industries, academia and research institutions

together to share their experiences and learnings. In this event, eminent speakers from India

and abroad are being invited to deliver plenary lectures. The event will also include keynote and

invited presentations, oral presentations, posters, metallography contest, and exhibition.

ATM Topics

Science of metals and materials

Iron and steel extraction and processing

Non-ferrous metals extraction and processing (light metals, rare earth elements, Cu-Zn-Ni)

Advances in manufacturing

Process innovations in Indian industry

Energy and sustainability

Automotive materials and processing

Railway materials and processing

Integrated computational materials engineering

Materials for strategic applications (Space, Nuclear, Defence)

Advanced materials

Materials Education

Abstract through online only. Last Date: August 31, 2016

For more details contact:

Secretariat NMD-ATM 2016 Department of Materials Science and Engineering Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur Kanpur - 208016 Email: nmdatm2016@gmail.com Web site: http://www.iimnmdatm2016.org/

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S. No. Name (S / Shri) Category Organisation

1. SALEEM K ANNUAL NTPC

2. CHANDRU S ANNUAL Sri Atreya Enterprises

3. ARAVINDAN G ANNUAL TRIBO Tech Engg. Works

4. RAVINDRAN K ANNUAL BHEL

5. SATISH KUMAR AILA ANNUAL NTPC

6. SIVASUBRAMANIAN K ANNUAL NTPC

7. DINAGARAN D ANNUAL BHEL

8. RAMESH M ANNUAL Pressure parts MFG (Try) Ltd.

9. RAMESH R ANNUAL Power Piping Company

10. ABDUL SAMADU ANNUAL Baragath Industries

11. RAVICHANDRAN R ANNUAL Parasuram Engg. Piping Works

12. ADAKIKALARAJ U ANNUAL M/s Rajni FAB

13. HARI KRISHNAN L LIFE NTPC

14. KANNAN V LIFE TRP Engg. College

15. BALACHANDRAN T LIFE Quality Inspector

16. DIVYA A LIFE Engineer

17. ANGILAN A STUDENT CARE College of Engg. Tiruchy

18. MANIKANDAN M STUDENT CARE College of Engg. Tiruchy

19. KARTHIKEYAN N STUDENT CARE College of Engg. Tiruchy

20. LAKSHMANA RAAJAN A STUDENT CARE College of Engg. Tiruchy

21. PRIYADHARSHINI K STUDENT CARE College of Engg. Tiruchy

22. GOWSALYA N STUDENT CARE College of Engg. Tiruchy

23. ROOTHIKA A STUDENT CARE College of Engg. Tiruchy

24. NISHA S STUDENT CARE College of Engg. Tiruchy

25. YUVA LAKSHMI G STUDENT CARE College of Engg. Tiruchy

26. HARSHANA PRIYA K STUDENT CARE College of Engg. Tiruchy

27. UMAMAHESWARI D STUDENT CARE College of Engg. Tiruchy

28. SURENDHIRAN S M STUDENT CARE College of Engg. Tiruchy

29. MOHANAKRISHNAN B STUDENT CARE College of Engg. Tiruchy

30. VESLIN R STUDENT CARE College of Engg. Tiruchy

31. NAVEEN RAJAN A R STUDENT VIT University, Vellore

METALL THANKFULLY ACKNOWLEDGE THE GREAT SUPPORT OF OUR DDOB, Dr. T A DANIEL SAHAYARAJ FOR THE THRUST MADE IN MEMBERSHIP GROWTH.

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IIM & NMD AWARDS 2016

The 2016 IIM Honours & Awards will be presented on the occasion of 54th NMD- 70th ATM to be

held at Kanpur.

Nominations are invited for the Awards in the specified format for 2016 IIM Honours & Awards.

Deadline for Nomination of Honorary Membership 30 June 2016

Deadline for Nominations of other Awards 31 July 2016

For Application format and more details visit www.iim-india.net or www.iim.org

Sri. M. Krishnamurthy, Past Secretary & NC Member, IIM Trichy

<zkrishna1234@gmail.com>

Dear Sir,

CONGRATS to the Editorial Team

I have gone through the full JOURNAL. Lots of information about IIM Trichy chapter and full of activities.

KEEP IT UP

M KRISHNAMURTHY, N C Member

Raj GopalaChari <chari23b@gmail.com>

Sir,

METALL has covered all events in a nice manner. Good efforts.

K E R. Chari, Co Opt member.

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