The Indian Institute of Metals (IIM), Jamshedpur Chapter organized a felicitation program for all the IIM ATM and NMA 2022 awardees who are associated with this Chapter on August 08, 2023 starting from 5.00 pm onwards in CFE Auditorium, Jamshedpur. Dr. Ashok Kumar, Professor, MME Department, NIT Jamshedpur and Chairperson, IIM Jamshedpur Chapter delivered the welcome address. This was followed felicitation of the awardees. The professionals who received awards in different categories are as follows:
- Shri TV Narendran, CEO & MD, Tata Steel Ltd, recipient of IIM Honorary Membership
- D Bhattacharjee, VP, Technology and R&D, Tata Steel Ltd., recipient of IIM Honorary Membership and National Metallurgist Award
- Shri RV Ramna, Former CTO (Process), Tata Steel Ltd., recipient of IIM Fellow Membership
- Shri VV Mahashabde, Chief R&D and Product Technology, Tata Steel Ltd., recipient of IIM Tata Gold Medal
- Tanmay Bhattacharyya, Chief Khopoli Project Composites, Tata Steel Ltd., recipient of IIM Distinguished Contributor Award
- Arthita Dey, Tata Steel Ltd., recipient of IIM Certificate of Honor
- Dr Niloy Kundu, Tata Steel Ltd., recipient of ‘Young Metallurgist- Environment Science’
- Biswajit Seal, Tata Steel Ltd., recipient of Poster Presentation Award
- Pankaj Kumar Pandey, Tata Steel Ltd., recipient of Oral Presentation Award
- Neha Jha, Jamipol, recipient of Oral Presentation Award
- Dr Biraj kr Sahoo, CSIR-NML recipient of M S Khan Memorial Award
Dr. Soumitra Tarafder, Former Adviser Management and Chief Scientist, CSIR-NML graced the occasion as the Guest of Honour. He delivered a short speech and reminiscence the contribution of Mr. M S Khan to IIM JSR chapter, and a memento was presented to him as a mark of gratitude for honouring the occasion with his presence.
The M.S. Khan Memorial Lecture in the memory of late Mr. M.S. Khan, who had contributed immensely to the progress of the IIM Jamshedpur chapter as an Hon. Secretary was also organized. Shri Ujjal Chakraborti, Managing Director, JCAPCPL & Chairman, CII Jharkhand State Council, has delivered the prestigious M.S. Khan Memorial Lecture on the same day immediately after the felicitation programme on the topic “The Steel; Material of choice- Past, Present, Future”. In his lecture he emphasised about global steel production, per capita steel consumption, strategies for increasing steel usages, use of steel as art of beauty, disruption in steel technology and new frontiers of steel usage. He concluded his talk by stating, “STEEL is a metal marvel and touches every moment of our lives”.
At the end of the talk, a brief question and answer session saw good response from the audience. The emcee Y. Usha thanked the chief guest for his talk and requested Dr. A. N. Bhagat, Immediate past Chairperson of IIM Jsr Chapter to handed over a memento to him.
More than 50 people attended the lecture. The program was concluded with vote of thanks by Dr Gopi Kishor Mandal, Secretary of IIM, Jamshedpur Chapter.
