Newsletter - Jan 2016

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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
Dr. DRG ACHAR MEMORIAL AWARD LECTURE 2015
NATIONAL e WELDING SANCHIGAI
&
CONGRATULATES
Prof. Dr. N. MURUGAN
THE RECIPIENT OF
Prof. Dr. DRG ACHAR DISTINGUISHED
ACADEMICIAN AWARD 2015
REPORT ON IST EOGM
1ST EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING OF IWS
The First ExtraordinaryGeneral Meeting of the Society was conducted at
Institutions Building, Kailasapuram Township, Tiruchirappalli on 11 th
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 letter 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.
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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, coopt 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 subcommittees 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.
EOGM OF SOUTHERN ZONE
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.
NATIONAL GOVERNING COUNCIL 2015 - 17
Name (S/Shri)
Gopinath S
Krishnan A V
Sankaran S
Asokkumar K Dr
Rajendran G
Rajappa Rajkumar
Ajay Kapur
Shirgaokar V K
Rajamanohar R
Muneesh Narain
Sandeep Mohan Ubhaykar
Murugan N Dr
Balasubramanian V Prof.
Kamaraj M Dr
Daniel Sagayaraj T A
Ravichandran G Dr.
Tamboli V B
Mrs. Santhakumari A
Raghupathy V P Dr.
Basu B K
Mallesh P
Aravind Maheswari
Umesh Agarwal
Roy S N
Kasinathan M
Uma Shanker G
Goel S K
Dr V R Krishnan
Easwaran R
Narain Dharmendra
Designation
President (SZ)
Imm. Past President
Past President
Hon. Secretary
Hon. Treasurer
Vice President (SZ)
Vice President (NZ)
Vice President (WZ)
Chairman (SZ)
Chairman (NZ)
Chairman (WZ)
Member
Member
Member
Member
Member
Member
Member
Member
Member
Member
Member
Member
Co-opted Member
Co-opted Member
Co-opted Member
Co-opted Member
Co-opted Member
Co-opted Member
Co-opted Member
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.
MAJOR EVENTS OF CENTRES / ZONES
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.
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.
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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,
Equipments and Consumables.
Welding
 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.
SYRES2K15
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.
ONE DAY WORKSHOP ON “METALLOGRAPHY, MICROSTRUCTURE AND ANALYSIS WITH
HANDS ON TRAINING”
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
ONE DAY TECHNICAL MEET ON “LOW COST AUTOMATION IN WELDING AND CUTTING”
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.
THE MEGA EVENT ABOUT TO UNFOLD…
ROUND UP OF ZONES AND CENTRES
“WELDING ENGINEERS' COURSE (WE013)” BY SZ - JUNE 22 - 28, 2015
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.
INAUGURATION OF STUDENT FORUM & WORKSHOP ON “WELDING TECHNOLOGY” ON 19TH SEP 2015
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.
WORKSHOP ON “WELDING TECHNOLOGY” ON 21ST SEP 2015 AT IWS - PSNA STUDENT FORUM
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.
“WELDING INSPECTORS' COURSE (WI014)” BY SZ - DECEMBER 2 – 9, 2015
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.
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.
“WELDING SUPERVISORS' COURSE (WS013)” by SZ - SEPTEMBER 23 – 30, 2015
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.
“WELDING TECHNOLOGY FOR FRESH ENGINEERS” COURSE (EC 037) by SZ - June 22 – 28, 2015
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 TECHNOLOGY FOR FRESH ENGINEERS” COURSE (EC 039) by SZ - OCT 22 TO NOV 01, 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.
FREE LECTURE PROGRAMMES
 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
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Lecture on “Welding of Low Alloy Steels with Emphasis on Advancement in Materials for Boiler
Manufacturing” at Tiruchirappalli on September 2, 2015.
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Lecture on “Welding of Heat Resistant Low Alloy Steel” at Tiruchirappalli on September 3, 2015
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IWS Annamalai Centre organized a Lecture on “Cold Metal Transferred (CMT) Arc Welding
Technique” by Shri Prasath, Swastik Industries on 5th October 2015.
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Lecture on “Friction stir welding and its applications” at Tiruchirappalli on October 28, 2015
FORTHCOMING EVENTS
RIWER
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.
IWS 2K16
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:
Venue:
Dates:
“JOINING INDIA: SKILLING & MANUFACTURING FOR
GROWTH”
Hall 2, Bombay Convention & Exhibition Centre (BCEC),
Mumbai, India
October 05 – 07, 2016
LAURELS TO MEMBERS
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Mr. D S Honavar was chosen for the Life Time Achievement Award 2015 of IIW.
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Dr. G. Madhusudhan Reddy received the Mr. Keith Hartley Memorial Lecture 2015 award and IT
Mirchandani Memorial Research Award of IIW.
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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”.
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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”.
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The entry for metallography contest titled “Unity in Diversity” co-authored
Dr. K. Devakumaran has won FIRST PRIZE during Indian Institute of Metals’ NMD ATM 2015.
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Dr G Madhusudhan Reddy was elected as Fellow of the Indian Institute of Metals.
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