Experts address the gathering

Dr. Akhilesh Das, Union Minister of State for Steel, is felicitated by Dr.T. Mukherjee

The Annual National Metallurgists’ Day celebration organised by the Indian Institute of Metals was co-hosted this year by Tata Steel after a hiatus of nine years. The event, the 44th National Metallurgists’ Day celebrations 2006, was widely advertised through several circulars to over 9000 IIM members and to metallurgical industry leaders in India and overseas. The response was overwhelming with registrations for a capacity crowd closing well in advance.

The celebrations commenced on November 13, with the International Symposium on Steels for Automotives. Mr B Muthuraman, President, Indian Institute of Metals and Managing Director, Tata Steel delivered the welcome address to commence the symposium. 12 technical papers were presented by experts from France, Belgium, Germany, Italy, China and India.

Soon thereafter, two technical sessions were held. These were chaired by Mr Ravi Kant, Managing Director, Tata Motors and Dr Subir Kumar Bhattacharya, former Managing Director, Durgapur Steel Plant and a former President of IIM.

November 14, which is observed as National Metallurgists’ Day began with much fanfare. A special supplement was released by the business daily, Business Standard to mark the occasion as being extremely important to Indian Industry. The spirits of the delegates continued to remain buoyed with awards and honours being presented