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President’s Message

Report on 1st EOGM

National Governing

Council

REWEEL 15

Major Events of Centres /

Zones

Round up of Zones &

Centres

Forthcoming Events

Laurels to Members

PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE

NATIONAL e WELDING SANCHIGAI

&

CONGRATULATES

Prof. Dr. N. MURUGAN

THE RECIPIENT OF

Prof. Dr. DRG ACHAR DISTINGUISHED

ACADEMICIAN AWARD 2015

Dr. DRG ACHAR MEMORIAL AWARD LECTURE 2015

The First Extraordinary General Meeting of the Society was conducted at

Institutions Building, Kailasapuram Township, Tiruchirappalli on 11th

April 2015. 58 members attended the EGM.

Mr. Himanshu Gandhi Hon. Secretary welcomed the gathering. He

briefed about the process of elections 2015 for the centres, zones and

headquarters. During the occasion, Mr. A V Krishnan, President of IWS

released the e NEWS lett er of IWS. This was followed by a presentation

by Mr. N. Rajasekaran, former Secretary about Mr. AV Krishnan’s

association with IWS and his significant contributions in building a strong

IWS. Then Mr. Krishnan addressed the members and thanked them for

the whole hearted support extended to him and his team in carrying

forward IWS. He conveyed his best of wishes to the new NGC and

requested the members to extend their full cooperation.

Then Mr. G. Uma Shanker, Returning Officer (IWS Elections 2015)

announced the election results. After announcement of results, Mr.

Himanshu Gandhi, informed the EGM that due to personal reasons, he is

not in a position to take up the responsibility of Hon. Treasurer for the

period 2015-17. The EGM accepted his request and the EGM ratified all

other nominations.

Mr. A. V. Krishnan, installed Mr. S. Gopinath as President, Dr. K.

Asokkumar, as Hon. Secretary and other NGC members.

The following resolutions were unanimously passed by the EGM.

The EGM empowered the NGC to nominate suitable candidate for the post of Hon. Treasurer for

the period 2015-17.

The EGM empowered the NGC to nominate the members in the Apex Advisory Committee, co-

opt the vacancy at NGC and fill nominated position for the period 2015-17.

The EGM empowered the NGC to do all the acts necessary for installing the EC by nominations /

delegations for all the Zones and Centres where the EC could not be formed by elections at the

respective places.

The EGM empowered the NGC to do all the acts including appointment of various sub-

committees or nominating any members at any special position etc. during the tenure.

Mr. S. Gopinath, the newly elected President addressed the members and thanked them for the faith

reposed on him and his team. He appealed the members to support the NGC in all its endevours to take

IWS to further heights.

The AGM concluded with the vote of thanks proposed by Dr. K. Asokkumar. The EGM ended with a

dinner.

1ST EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING OF IWS

REPORT ON IST EOGM

The Extraordinary General Meeting of Southern Zone was

conducted at Institutions Building, Kailasapuram Township,

Tiruchirappalli on 11th April

2015. 60 members attended

the EOGM. The EOGM

elected the Southern Zone EC

for the period 2015-17. Mr.

Rajamanohar, General

Manager, BHEL assumed

office as Chairman of the

zone. Mr. S Singaravelu, SDGM (WTC), BHEL was elected as Hon.

Secretary and Dr. N Raju, DGM (WRI) was elected as Hon.

Treasurer of the zone. Along with them, the Executive

Committee members were also elected.

EOGM OF SOUTHERN ZONE

Name (S/Shri) Designation

Gopinath S President (SZ)

Krishnan A V Imm. Past President

Sankaran S Past President

Asokkumar K Dr Hon. Secretary

Rajendran G Hon. Treasurer

Rajappa Rajkumar Vice President (SZ)

Ajay Kapur Vice President (NZ)

Shirgaokar V K Vice President (WZ)

Rajamanohar R Chairman (SZ)

Muneesh Narain Chairman (NZ)

Sandeep Mohan Ubhaykar Chairman (WZ)

Murugan N Dr Member

Balasubramanian V Prof. Member

Kamaraj M Dr Member

Daniel Sagayaraj T A Member

Ravichandran G Dr. Member

Tamboli V B Member

Mrs. Santhakumari A Member

Raghupathy V P Dr. Member

Basu B K Member

Mallesh P Member

Aravind Maheswari Member

Umesh Agarwal Member

Roy S N Co-opted Member

Kasinathan M Co-opted Member

Uma Shanker G Co-opted Member

Goel S K Co-opted Member

Dr V R Krishnan Co-opted Member

Easwaran R Co-opted Member

Narain Dharmendra Co-opted Member

NATIONAL GOVERNING COUNCIL 2015 - 17

REWEEL – PUNE

IWS in collaboration with Welding Research Institute (WRI) and

IWS Pune Centre organised a two day workshop on “Emerging

Learning in thin sheet joining - Resistance welding and MIG

brazing” (REWEEL) at Pune during October 5-6, 2015

REWEEL at Pune, an automotive sector hub was held at the

Fronius Technology Centre at

Chakan, Pune, during 5-6 October

2015. Pune programme was

sponsored by Fronius India, Pune. In all about 124 delegates (industry,

academia, sponsor, organiser / free delegates, etc.) attended the event at

Pune. The inauguration of the event was done with the leading speakers

lighting Kuthuvilakku. Sri V B Tamboli welcomed the gathering and Sri R. Easwaran gave a brief about

the making of REWEEL. Mr. Schreiber, Mr. Johann, Mr.

Koide spoke on what they proposed to cover. Mr. R. D.

Mate felicitated and Prof. Rupa Bindu proposed a vote of

thanks. Dr Asokkumar conducted the proceedings. The

technical content was quite rich, with Mr. Stefan Schreiber

(German Welding Institute, Duisburg) provided an

excellent insight with practical tips on resistance welding

(spot, seam, projection) as applied by the multinational

automotive giants in Europe, with good videos. He

covered practically all aspects of Resistance Welding - process, equipment,

power sources, process monitoring, testing, multi-sheet joining, variants in

resistance welding, welding of ultra-high strength steels with 1500 MPa

strength, coated steel welding and so on.

Mr. Johann (Fronius International, Austria) delivered the

talk on various advancements in MIG Brazing for the

automotive sector including various upgrades in the Cold

Metal Transfer system of Fronius. Mr. Koide, MD,

Amada Miyachi India Pvt. Ltd, presented a Japanese

insight into the developments in Resistance Welding

equipment. There was also a presentation by Obara

India, another Japanese equipment supplier. Finearc

Systems made a presentation on automation and robotics being used by the

automotive industry, from an Integrators perspective.

WRI made two presentations covering its capabilities

and also case studies on the consultancy carried out by

WRI by Dr. K. Asokkumar and Mrs. A. Santhakumari. The

venue being at the Fronius Demo Centre, all the facilities for demo of the

various advanced CMT process was readily available for actual demonstration. Amada Miyachi had

brought their Resistance Welding equipment, which was also used for demonstration. The feedback

from the automotive sector has been overwhelming about the content of the programme. There were

many discussions continued during lunch and tea time. Mr. Raghavan of Fronius India supported the

REWEEL team at Pune.

REWEEL- CHENNAI

Sequel to Pune, REWEEL was organised at Chennai also in association

with IIT Madras and IWS Chennai Centre. The programme was

inaugurated by Shri. R. Sundar (Director of Boilers-Tamil Nadu and

Chairman, IWS, Chennai Centre) with the IWS team and the three

international speakers at the IITM campus.

Prof. M. Kamaraj, Chairman, IWS Chennai Centre welcomed the

gathering. Mrs. A. Santhakumari, NGC Member and Co- Convenor of

REWELL 15 briefed about the REWEEL. Prof. B. S. Murthy (HOD

Metallurgical Engg, IIT Madras) and Shri R. Subbarayalu, AGM (WRI)

offered their felicitations. Shri R., G. Ganesan, Hon. Secretary IWS,

Chennai Centre, proposed the vote of

thanks and Mr. N. Rajasekaran, former

Secretary, IWS, conducted the

proceedings.

There were 94 delegates in all at

Chennai. All the arrangements have

been nicely tied up by the Tiruchy team with support from Fronius and IWS, Chennai Centre and IIT

Madras at the venue, and things went smoothly. The demo was

arranged at Metallurgy lab of IIT, Chennai. M/s MIPALLOY joined with

the demo team to showcase the latest developments in resistance

welding electrodes. The demo team was willing to show as many live

welding trials as was requested by the participants. On observing the

enthusiasm of the delegates, opportunities have been given to the

participants to visit the demo hall in the early morning and also in the

late evening. Many queries were clarified by the eminent speakers even during lunch time. Since there

were many queries the participants were asked to send their queries

through mail to IWS and arrangements have been made to get the

answers from the speakers and send the same to the participants as

post activity of REWEEL. The feedback of the REWEEL has been

encouraging. It was Mr. Sasianand from Fronius India who played a

stellar role at Chennai.

INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON “CUTTING, WELDING & SURFACING” – CWS 2015 and PRE CONFERENCE WORKSHOP

The Coimbatore Centre and Southern Zone of IWS conducted a three day International Conference on

“Cutting, Welding & Surfacing – CWS 2015” at Coimbatore during August 05 – 07, 2015 at CIT Premises.

Deliberations of CWS 2015 were made on the theme ““Low Cost Automation & Energy Saving

Processes”. The event was organised by IWS as knowledge partner along with Coimbatore Institute of

Technology (CIT), Coimbatore. The event was organised jointly with HOGSKOLEN I BERGEN, TU Delft,

Lulea University of Technology, COMIMSA, CODISSIA & WRI.

ONE DAY PRE CONFERENCE WORKSHOP

On 4th August 2015, a one day Pre-Conference Workshop on

“Physical Based Plasticity Model for Manufacturing

Simulations” was organized. The one day pre-conference

workshop was mainly organized to provide fundamental

knowledge on modelling and manufacturing simulations of

various materials to the faculty from academic institutions

and research scholars. During the workshop, Prof. Lars-Erik

Lindgren, Professor of Lulea University of Technology, Lule,

Sweden was the faculty and shared his rich knowledge and experience with the delegates.

Earlier, the workshop was inaugurated by Dr. V. Chelladurai, Principal (CIT) & Patron (IWS, Coimbatore

Centre).

CWS 2015

On 05th August 2016, CWS 2015 was inaugurated in a

colourful function. Mr. Rajamanohar, Chairman (IWS, SZ)

and GM, BHEL inaugurated the 3 day technical event.

In his inaugural address, Mr. Rajamanohar said, “……….. like

to emphasize the fact that it is not only the development

and application of these technologies is going to meet the

challenges, finding productive ways by developing low cost

automation technologies and energy saving methods to

make the industries competitive and green. Taking the

developments from the laboratories to the shop floors is the most critical phase of implementation of

any new technology…….”

Dr. Prabhakar, Secretary, CIT & founder Chairman of Coimbatore Centre presided over the function.

Mr. Rajamanohar released the proceedings Dr. Murugaiyan Amirthalingam, Professor from Delft

University, Netherlands received the first copy. Dr. N. Murugan, briefed about CWS 2015. Dr. K.

Asokkumar, Hon. Secretary (IWS), Prof. Lars-Erik Lindgren, Professor of Lulea University of Technology,

Lule, Sweden & Mr. E K Ponnusamy, President, CODISSIA and offered their felicitations. Dr. V

Vasanthakumar, Hon. Treasurer of Coimbatore Centre proposed the vote of thanks.

MAJOR EVENTS OF CENTRES / ZONES

The delegates of CWS 2015 got immense knowledge from the invited talks

delivered by leading technocrats form all over the world. The distinguished

speakers of CWS 2015 include, Dr. R S Parmer (Emeritus Professor, IITD,

New Delhi), Prof. Dr. Sunil Pandey (IITD, New Delhi), Dr. G. Padmanabham

(Associate Director, ARCI), Dr. K. Asokkumar (BHEL), Prof. Lars-Erik Lindgren

(Lulea University of Technology, Lule, Sweden), Prof. Dr. Amitava De (IITB,

Mumbai), Prof. Dr. V Balasubramanian (CEMAJOR), Dr. UTS Pillai (NIISI), Dr.

Esther Akinlabi (University of Johannesburg), Dr. M. Amirthalingam (Delft

University, Netherlands), Dr. G.D. Janakiram (IITM, Chennai), Mr. S.

Singaravelu (BHEL), Mrs. A Santhakumari (WRI), Mr. N. Rajasekaran (BHEL)

and Dr. N Raju (WRI). Besides, the invited talks 57 technical papers were

presented on the following themes including plenary lecture by Mr. R.

Vetriselvan of WRI.

Welding Metallurgy

Welding Processes

Friction Stir Welding

Cutting and Surfacing

Modelling

In the valediction of CWS 2015, Mr. R Easwaran, General Manager (WRI) and Chairman (Technical

Committee, IWS) delivered the valediction address. Mr. I G Vallal, Chairman (IWS, Coimbatore Centre)

presided over the function. Mr. S Singaravelu, Hon. Secretary (IWS, SZ) and Mr. K R Prasad of SRATI

offered their felicitations. Earlier, Mr. R Venkat, Vice Chairman (IWS, Coimbatore Centre) welcomed

the gathering. Dr. S J Vijay, Hon. Secretary (IWS, Coimbatore Centre) proposed the vote of thanks.

TWO DAY WORKSHOP ON “WELDING CHALLENGES IN AUTOMOTIVE ENGINEERING”

Indian Welding Society, Bengaluru Centre in association

with the Dayanda Sagar College of Engineering,

Bengaluru has organised a Two Day Workshop on

“Welding Challenges in Automotive Engineering” during

20 - 21 February, 2015. The objective of the workshop

is to bridge the gap between the domain knowledge and

Industrial Practices. The 6th and 8th semester students

and faculty from Department of Automobile Engineering of Dayanda Sagar College of Bengaluru and

delegates from Bangalore Institute of Technology, Bengaluru attended the programme and got

benefitted. The speakers deliberated the following

areas during the workshop.

Topics covered

In-sight into Fusion and Solid state welding

processes.

Manual Metal Arc Welding, Welding

Equipments and Consumables.

CO2 Welding, Welding Equipments and Consumables.

Welding Metallurgy.

Industrial visit.

ONE DAY WORKSHOP ON “ADVANCES IN ARC WELDING (WAAW2K15)”

A one day workshop on ‘Advances in Arc Welding (WAAW2k15)’

was jointly organized by Annamalai Nagar Centre of IWS and

Centre for Materials Joining and Research (CEMAJOR),

Department of Manufacturing Engineering of Annamalai

University on 06th April 2015 at AUMTEC’71 Hall of the university

complex.

Shri S. Gopinath, President,

Indian Welding Society (IWS) and Executive Director, Piping

Centre Chennai & PPPU Tirumayam, BHEL inaugurated the

workshop and addressed the delegates. In his inaugural address,

he highlighted the applications of advanced arc welding

processes in the industry. Dr. R. S. Parmar, Former Professor of

Mechanical engineering of IITD, New Delhi delivered the keynote

address.

Dr. A. Jebaraj, Professor, Department of Manufacturing Engineering, Annamalai University presided

over the function and emphasized the use of Arc Welding in various applications. Prof. V.

Balasubramanian, Head of CEMAJOR and Co-Ordinator of the workshop welcomed the gathering and

briefed about the objective and stressed the need for organizing this workshop. Shri V. Subravel,

Organizing Secretary proposed the vote of thanks.

About 250 participants including Faculty members,

Scientists from research organisations, research scholars,

post graduate and under graduate students and industrial

representatives across the country participated in the

workshop.

Dr. V Balasubramanian delivered a lecture on Introduction

of arc welding process. Shri S. Singaravelu, Hon. Secretary, IWS, Southern Zone and Senior DGM, WTC,

BHEL, Tiruchy delivered a lecture on types of welding consumables. Dr. S. Malarvizhi, Chairman of

Annamalai Nagar Centre and Associate Professor, Department of Manufacturing Engineering, has made

all the necessary arrangements for the workshop and coordinated the entire workshop.

ALL INDIA SEMINAR ON LINEAR FRICTION WELDING TECHNOLOGY

The Bengaluru Centre of IWS in association with The Institution of

Engineers (India), Karnataka Centre, PES University, Bengaluru,

National Design and Research Forum (NDRF) and ETA Technologies

(Pvt.) Limited, Bengaluru organised a two day All India Seminar on

“Linear Friction Welding Technology” during 24 - 25 August 2015.

Dr. S. Seetharamu, Director, CPRI

(Retd.) inaugurated the workshop. Padmashri Prof R M Vasagam,

Chairman, IEI, KSC and Dr K. Ramachandra, Director (NDRF) were

the guests of honour. Dr. K. S. Sridhar, Principal PESIT presided

over the function. Dr. V. Krishna, HOD, Mechanical, PESIT

welcomed the gathering, Dr. D. Sethuram briefed about the details

of the seminar and Dr. V.P. Raghupathy, proposed the vote of

thanks. In his inaugural address, Dr. Seetharamu stressed about the need for developing Friction

Welding technologies. Padmashri Prof R M Vasagam briefed about the

need for indigenization and how in his tenure many new products

were developed. Dr. K. Ramachandra mentioned about the activities

of National Design Research Forum. Mr. Mohan Babu from ETA

Technology, Bangalore delivered a lecture on topic about overview of

Friction Welding Technologies and Linear Welding Technology.

Dr. K. Ramachandra from NRDF, Bengaluru delivered a lecture on

Linear Friction welding applied to BLISK technology. Dr. V. Balasubramanian, Professor from Annamalai

University delivered a lecture on Metallurgical aspects of Friction welded joints. Dr. V. P. Raghupathy

from PESIT, Bengaluru delivered a lecture on Comparison of different Friction welding technologies.

Dr. K. Asokkumar from BHEL, Tiruchirappalli delivered a lecture on Monitoring of Friction welding

parameters. Practical demonstrations on Friction Welding with different types of components were

also given to the participants in ETA Technology, Bangalore.

RESAPP – RESISTANCE WELDING & ITS APPLICATIONS

A half day workshop on RESistance welding & its APPlication (RESAPP) was organized by IWS Southern

Zone at Tiruchirappalli. The workshop was arranged at S. K. Mazumdar Hall, Institution Building on the

topic of Resistance welding and its applications on October 07, 2015. In the first half, Mr. Stefan

Schreiber from GSI SLV Duisburg, Germany delivered a talk on “Current Trends in Resistance Welding

in the Automotive Sector”. He talked on the technique, capabilities, advantages and recent

developments pertaining to resistance welding for thin sheet applications mainly for automotive

industries. In the second half, Dr. K. Asokkumar, AGM, WTC BHEL delivered a talk on “Industrial

Applications of Resistance Welding in India”. The workshop was attended by executives of WRI, WTC,

etc. along with external participants.

During the programme, Dr. K. Asokkumar, Hon. Secretary (IWS) was honoured as “SOLID STATE MAN”

as a recognition for his fabulous 36 years services to transportation sector in India and also who played

a key role in resistance welding consultancies of WRI.

The Annamalai Nagar Centre organised a Symposium for the Research Scholars of CEMAJOR -

“SYRES2k15” during May 9 - 10, 2015 in association with CEMAJOR, Annamalai University. The

research scholars presented the research works to a team of experts who provided active guidance

to the budding scientist and researchers.

IWS Student forum at M. Kumarasamy college organised a one day workshop on “Metallography,

Microstructure and Analysis with Hands on Training” at Karur on July 10, 2015

SYRES2K15

ONE DAY WORKSHOP ON “METALLOGRAPHY, MICROSTRUCTURE AND ANALYSIS WITH

HANDS ON TRAINING”

IWS (NZ) and Haridwar centre jointly organised a one day technical meet on “Low Cost Automation in

Welding and Cutting” on 16.01.2016. The technical meet was organised at BHEL, Haridwar. More than

100 delegates from BHEL, Herocorp, M&M, Kirby and ancillary of BHEL & Hero/ M&M attended the

event. Speakers from reputed organisations like WRI, Mecweld, Kolkata, Panasonic, Gurgaon, Primo,

Chennai & Victor Thermal Dynamics, Singapore delivered lectures.

ONE DAY TECHNICAL MEET ON “LOW COST AUTOMATION IN WELDING AND CUTTING”

THE MEGA EVENT ABOUT TO UNFOLD…

IWS, Southern Zone organised a one week course for “Welding

Engineers – WE 013” between June 22 and June 28, 2015. The

course was inaugurated by Mr. P. S. Guruchandran, General

Manager (AUSC), BHEL. Mr. S. Singaravelu, Hon. Secretary, IWS,

Southern Zone and Dr. N. Raju, Hon. Treasurer, IWS, Southern

Zone participated in the inaugural function.

Mr. N. Rajasekaran, Former

Secretary of IWS, distributed the certificates to the participants in the

valediction and addressed the participants. Mrs. A. Santhakumari, NGC

Member and Mr. S. Singaravelu, Hon. Secretary, IWS, Southern Zone

also addressed the participants. 25 participants from BEML, BHEL,

Afcons, AV Weldtech, etc. attended the course.

The 22nd Student Forum of IWS was inaugurated at KPR College of Engineering and Technology,

Coimbatore on 19/9/2015. Dr. N Raju, Hon. Treasurer (IWS, SZ) and Dr. N. Murugan, Advisor (IWS,

Coimbatore Centre) attended the inaugural function conducted at the college premises where 90

students joined as members of IWS.

A free workshop on “Welding Technology” was conducted on the same day for the benefit of the

students of the college. More than 150 students and faculty got benefitted from the workshop.

The IWS student forum at PSNA College of Engineering, Dindigul conducted a one day workshop on

“Welding Technology” for the students. More than 100 students participated in the free workshop.

The 14th batch of Welding Inspectors’ course of IWS, SZ was

inaugurated by Shri M. V. Selvan, Addl. GM & Head, Quality Control

of BHEL. In his inaugural address, Mr.

Selvan emphasized the importance of

weld quality to ensure reliability of

components. Mr. S Singaravelu, Hon. Secretary, IWS (SZ) and Mr. Lucky

Gaur, Course Director (IWS, SZ) addressed the participants. More than 20

participants for various industries including ISRO, GSL, BHEL, etc.

attended the programme.

“WELDING ENGINEERS' COURSE (WE013)” BY SZ - JUNE 22 - 28, 2015

INAUGURATION OF STUDENT FORUM & WORKSHOP ON “WELDING TECHNOLOGY” ON 19TH SEP 2015

WORKSHOP ON “WELDING TECHNOLOGY” ON 21ST SEP 2015 AT IWS - PSNA STUDENT FORUM

“WELDING INSPECTORS' COURSE (WI014)” BY SZ - DECEMBER 2 – 9, 2015

ROUND UP OF ZONES AND CENTRES

Mrs. A. Santhakumari, SDGM (WRI)

distributed the certificates and

delivered the concluding remarks in

the valediction of the course. Dr. N

Raju, Hon. Treasurer of IWS, SZ

addressed the participants.

IWS, SZ

conducted THE

Welding

Supervisors’

Course from

September 23

to 30, 2015 at Tiruchirappalli. The course in which

participants from LPSC, BHEL, Komatsu India, etc. participated was inaugurated by Mr. V. V. Sundar,

Addl. GM, (PCPS), BHEL. Mr S Singaravelu, Hon. Secretary (IWS, SZ) welcomed the gathering. Mr. Lucky

Gaur, Course Director (IWS, SZ) briefed about the course. Dr.

N Raju, Hon. Treasurer of IWS, SZ proposed the vote of

thanks.

In the valediction of the week long course, Mr. N.

Rajasekaran, Former Secretary (IWS), distributed the

certificates and addressed the participants. Mr. Lucky Gaur,

Course Director summed up the course.

The week long, job oriented course “Welding technology for fresh

engineers” was conducted successfully by IWS, SZ from June 22 to

June 28, 2015. More than 15 students from various engineering

colleges attended the course and got benefitted.

Dr. G. Ravichandran, Addl. GM (WRI) inaugurated the 37th batch of

the evening course at the S K Mazumder hall of BHEL. Mr. N.

Rajasekaran, Former Secretary, Mr. S. Singaravelu, Hon. Secretary (IWS, SZ) & Dr. V. Anbazhagan, Head,

Plant lab of BHEL addressed the participants. Mr. Lucky Gaur, Course

Director (IWS, SZ) conducted the proceedings.

In the valediction of the course Dr. K. Asokkumar, Hon. Secretary

(IWS) distributed the certificates and delivered the valedictory

address. Mr. G. Rajendran, Hon. Treasurer of IWS and Mr. N

Rajasekaran, Former Secretary of IWS offered their felicitations.

“WELDING SUPERVISORS' COURSE (WS013)” by SZ - SEPTEMBER 23 – 30, 2015

“WELDING TECHNOLOGY FOR FRESH ENGINEERS” COURSE (EC 037) by SZ - June 22 – 28, 2015

The 39th batch of “Welding technology for fresh engineers” course

was conducted successfully by IWS, SZ from October 22 to

November 1, 2015. Mr. B. Shanmugarajan, Manager (WRI)

inaugurated the evening course and Mr. S. Singaravelu, Hon.

Secretary (IWS, SZ) addressed the participants. More than 15

students from various engineering colleges attended the course

and got benefitted.

In the valediction of the course, Mr. N Rajasekaran, Former

Secretary of IWS, delivered the valedictory address and distributed

the certificates. Mr. S Singaravelu, Hon. Secretary (IWS, SZ)

welcomed the gathering. Mr. Lucky Gaur, Course Director (IWS, SZ)

proposed the vote of thanks.

Lecture on “Fatigue and Fracture Based Design” along with IIM, IIW and SFA at Tiruchirappalli

on April 17, 2015

Lecture on “Career counselling for IIT, NIT and BITS” along with IIM, IIW and SFA at

Tiruchirappalli on April 23, 2015

Lecture on “Welding Simulators and Virtual Training for Welders” at Tiruchirappalli on July 14,

2015

Lecture on “Welding of Low Alloy Steels with Emphasis on Advancement in Materials for Boiler

Manufacturing” at Tiruchirappalli on September 2, 2015.

Lecture on “Welding of Heat Resistant Low Alloy Steel” at Tiruchirappalli on September 3, 2015

IWS Annamalai Centre organized a Lecture on “Cold Metal Transferred (CMT) Arc Welding

Technique” by Shri Prasath, Swastik Industries on 5th October 2015.

Lecture on “Friction stir welding and its applications” at Tiruchirappalli on October 28, 2015

“WELDING TECHNOLOGY FOR FRESH ENGINEERS” COURSE (EC 039) by SZ - OCT 22 TO NOV 01, 2015

FREE LECTURE PROGRAMMES

IWS, Annamalai nagar Centre is planning to organise one day Symposium on “Recent Investigations in

Welding Research (RIWER)” in the month of March / April 2016 to felicitate Prof. S. Sundaresan (Former

Professor of IIT Madras, Chennai) to commemorate his 75th Birthday.

The International Welding Symposium (IWS 2k16), the biennial event of Indian Welding Society is

organised with Welding Research Institute, India as knowledge partner. Messe Essen and Messe

Dusseldorf India are the major supporters of the events. Concurrent with IWS 2k16, the 7th

International trade fair on Joining, Cutting and Surfacing will be conducted by Messe Essen & Messe

Dusseldorf India (MDI).

Theme: “JOINING INDIA: SKILLING & MANUFACTURING FOR

GROWTH”

Venue: Hall 2, Bombay Convention & Exhibition Centre (BCEC),

Mumbai, India

Dates: October 05 – 07, 2016

RIWER

IWS 2K16

FORTHCOMING EVENTS

Mr. D S Honavar was chosen for the Life Time Achievement Award 2015 of IIW.

Dr. G. Madhusudhan Reddy received the Mr. Keith Hartley Memorial Lecture 2015 award and IT

Mirchandani Memorial Research Award of IIW.

R. Kamal Jeyeraj, Dr. S. Malarvizhi, & Dr. V. Balasubramanian of CEMAJOR won the Best Paper

Award in the International Conference on Cutting, Welding and Surfacing (CWS-2015) held at

Coimbatore during 5th -7th August 2015, organised by IWS, Coimbatore Centre and CIT, Coimbatore

for the paper titled “Improving corrosion resistance of friction stir welds of AA 6061-T6 aluminium

alloy using micro-arc oxidation coatings”.

Dr. P. Sivaraj, Dr. D. Kanagarajan & Dr. V. Balasubramanian of CEMAJOR won the PANTHAKI

AWARD in the National Welding Symposium held at Mumbai during December 9 - 11, 2015,

organised by Indian Institute of Welding for the paper titled “Effect of post weld heat treatment on

fatigue crack growth behaviour of friction stir welded AA 7075 – T 651 aluminium alloy joint”.

The entry for metallography contest titled “Unity in Diversity” co-authored by

Dr. K. Devakumaran has won FIRST PRIZE during Indian Institute of Metals’ NMD ATM 2015.

Dr G Madhusudhan Reddy was elected as Fellow of the Indian Institute of Metals.

LAURELS TO MEMBERS

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