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International Conference on Emerging Materials & Material Characterization
TENTATIVE PROGRAMME
Venue: The Exhibition Centre, Near Mahatma Mandir, Gandhinagar, Gujarat
Dates: Thu 4 – Sat 6 December, 2014
Day I
Thursday, 4th December, 2014
09:00 hrs Onwards
Assembly
10:00 hrs – 11:00 hrs
Chief Guest:
Key-note Address by:
INAUGURAL SESSION
Mr. Sajjan Jindal, Chairman & Managing Director, JSW
Dr. Ajit Sapre, Group President R&T, Reliance Industries Ltd.
11.00 hrs – 11.30 hrs
Tea Break
11:30 hrs – 13:00 hrs
P1 - PLENARY SESSION
Dr. Chris Berndt, Industrial Research Institute, Swinburne, Australia & Past President ASM
International– “Latest Developments in Thermal Spray”
Dr. K. Muraleedharan, Director, DRDO, Govt. of India - “Material for Defense requirements”
Mr. M. V. S. Seshagiri Rao, JMD & Group CFO, JSW Group – “India's competitiveness in
Global Steel industry”
13.00 hrs - 14.00 hrs
Lunch Break
14:00 hrs – 15:00 hrs
P2 - PLENARY SESSION
Dr. T. Sudarshan - MD, MM Inc, USA and Trustee ASM International & CEO - “Kaleidoscope
of Surface Engineering”
Mr. Janusz Kowalewski - CEO and MD ALD Dynatech, India – “12 New Trends in Heat
Treatment”
15.00 hrs – 15.30 hrs
Tea Break
Emerging Materials for Industrial
Applications
Material Characterization & Testing
TS1 – APPLICATION
TS1 - TRANSPORT
15:30 hrs – 16:30 hrs
• Dr. Vivek Srivastava, Aditya Birla Science
& Technology Cell – “Recent developments in
metal matrix composites for auto & defense
sector”
• Mr. D Ravichandar, CEO, JSW Steel Ltd,
Salem Works – “Challenges in development of
high value added special steel long products
for Auto market at JSW Steel”
Dr. G.K. Dey, Senior Scientific Officer,
Material Science Division, BARC – “Modern
Transmission Electron Microscpe : A
complete characterization laboratory”
• Dr. Asim Tiwari, Associate Professor, &
Dr. Senthil Nathan, Department of
Mechanical Engineering, IIT, Bombay –
“Stereological analysis of damage evolution
in fatigue loaded CFRP”
Short Break
16. 30 hrs – 16.45 hrs
16:45 hrs – 18:00 hrs
TS2 - TRANSPORT
TS2 – APPLICATION
• Mr. Ajit Babu, Automotive Research
Institute of India – “Analysis of metallurgical
properties of microalloyed steel w.r.t. various
forging parameters”
• Prof. B. A. Modi, Associate Professor, Nirma
Institute of Science and Technology –
“Investigation of wear characteristics of
friction pad”
• Mr. Nilesh Warthy, Foundry & Forge Div.,
HAL, B'Lore – “The effect of section thickness
on properties of retrogressed AA 7010 alloy
• Mr. Rohit Upadhyay, Modi Metalising,
Jodhpur – “HVOF coating application in
aerospace industry for wear resistance”
• Mr. Jivan Kumar, GTRI, Bangalore “Characterization of test coupons produced
using additive layer mfg. technique”
• Mr. Aritra Sarkar, Metallurgy and Materials
group, IGCAR - “Characterization of surface
relief under fatigue loading with a positive
mean stress in a type 316 SS”
forging”
• Mr. G. S. Rathore, EVP (Steel Mills, RED,
PPC & JJEC, JSW Steel, Vijayanagar Works) “Development of High strength and Advance
high strength steel at JSW Steel”
Day 2
Friday, 5th December, 2014
Timings
9:30 hrs – 11:00 hrs
Session on Emerging Materials
Session on Material Characterization
TS3 - TRANSPORT
TS3 – APPLICATION
• Mr. H. J. Sheth, GM – Technical, Permanent
Magnets – “Development of soft magnetic
material flux concentrator & magnetic shields
for electrical cars & aviation industry”
• Dr. A.K. Jha & Dr. A.K. Singh, CSIR-PIMPRI –
“Materials & technologies for indigenous
development of high speed train”
• Mr. R.K.Singh Raman, Monash Univ.,
Australia – “Processing ultra-thin graphene
coating nao crystalline structure for
remarkable corrosion resistance”
• Mr. Vishal Patel, FEI Company, USA “Automotive parts cleanliness monitoring - A
review of current technologies & alternatives
intesting”
• Mr. P. B. Vairagi, Asst. General Manager,
Plastics Technology, Switchgear Design &
Development Centre, Electrical & Electronics
Business Group, Larsen & Toubro Ltd.–
“Failure analysis of engineering plastics
component in switchgear applications”
• Mr. Vivek Patel, Nirma University of
Science and Technology – “Determination of
deformation of glass epoxy plate under
uniformy distributed loading condition”
11.00 hrs – 11.30 hrs
Tea Break
TS4 - DEFENSE
11:30 hrs – 13:00 hrs
TS4 – APPLICATION
• Mr. Mrinal Chatterjee, MIDHANI “Nitrogen - A versatile addition to steel”
• Mr. Ram Prasad Vedula, HAL Bengaluru –
“Stress corrosion cracking of Al-Mg rivets of
tail rotor blade of military helicopter”
• Dr. Mahadevan Venkatraman Sr. VP &
Head Prod. Dev. ESSAR steels – “Emerging
trends in high strength steels for Energy &
Defence sectors”
13.00 hrs - 14.00 hrs
Lunch Break
TS5 - ENERGY
14:00 hrs – 15:30 hrs
• Dr. Sundar Atre, Oregon State Univ., USA–
“Challenges & opportunities in multi scale
powder processing”
• Dr. Manish Mehta, NCMS, USA – “Strategies
for accelerrating new materials (e.g. nano
materials & light weight material) into
sustainable market ready applications.
• Mr. Kartik Prasad, DMRL – “Development
of thermomechanical fatigue test facility for
Aero Engine components”
• Prof. A. S. Khanna, F NACE, F ASM,
Corrosion Science & Engineering, Dept. of
Metallurgical Engineering and Material
Science, I.I.T., Bombay – “Development of
hydrophobic coatings for self cleaning of solar
panels”
• Dr. G. S. Grewal, Dy. Director & Head,
Mechanical & Insulating Materials, ERDA,
Baroda – “Power plant life prediction: Creep &
fatigue life modeling of power plant
components using elastic - plastic FE analysis”
• Mr. Vijaya Kumar, L&T – “Manufacturing
process reliability through innovative
techniques for advanced composite products”
TS5 - DEVLOPMENT IN THE FIELD
Mr. P. B. Vairagi, Asst. General Manager,
Plastics Technology, Switchgear Design &
Development Centre, Electrical &
Electronics Business Group, Larsen &
Toubro Ltd. – “Thermal analysis as a
powerful tool for Polymer characterisation”
Dr. Rahul Harshe, R&D Engineers, Dighi–
“Nanoclay / epoxy hybrid composite :
Rheological, thermal & mechanical
properties”
Dr. Pradeep Patra, JSW, Dolvi works –
“Extensive use of optical microscope &
Scanning electron Microscope for product
characterization & failure analysis”
15.30 hrs - 16.00 hrs
Tea Break
16.00 hrs - 18.00 hrs
Day 3
VISIT TO EXHIBITION
Saturday, 6th December, 2014
Timings
9:30 hrs – 11:00 hrs
Session on Emerging Materials
Session on Material Characterization
TS6 - EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES
TS6 – DEVLOPMENT IN THE FIELD
• Dr. L.M. Kukreja, RR CAT, Indore “Emerging laser based mfg. technologies for
future industrial applications”
• Prof. B. Ravi, IIT Bombay, - “Low cost 3D
printing enabled prototyping - an
entrepreneurial dream”
• Dr. Parag Bhargava, IIT Bombay, - “Powder
Injection Moulding - A near net shaping
technology”
• Mr. Hitesh Solanki & Mr. Deepan Sutaria,
Centre for excellence for composites, ATIRA,
Ahmadabad – “Testing & Performance
evaluation of composites”
•Dr. Nityanand Prabhu, IIT Bombay –
“Fatigue failure of a pinion in a gearbox of
slag mill”
•Mr. Paresh Haribhakti, TCS Advanced,
Vadodara – “Microstrctural characterization
of high temperature components for
controlling their properties & service
assessment”
11.00 hrs – 11.30 hrs
Tea Break
TS7- EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES
11:30 hrs – 13:00 hrs
• Dr. Gerhard Brueckmann – “Development
in Vacuum Melting“
• Dr. Shivanand Borkar, Microwave
Processing centre – “Rapid curing of resin
bonded grinding wheels using microwave
heating”
• Mr. J. V. Patankar, Consultant – “Duplex
Stainless Steel”
13.00 hrs - 14.00 hrs
15.30 hrs – 16.00 hrs
16:00 hrs – 17:30 hrs
Chief Guest:
Guest of Honor:
• Mr. Vishal Patel, FEI Company, USA –
“Advances in automated SEM / EDS
technology for the characterization of nonmetallic inclusions in steel”
• Dr. Gaurav Rao, Naval Materials Research
Laboratory, - “Transmission Kikuchi
Diffraction : Novel technique for nano
material characterization”
• Mr. B.D. Mukherjee, Leica microsystemsIndia – “Modern Instruments for deep dive
into material characterization”
Lunch Break
TS8- EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES
14:00 hrs – 15:30 hrs
TS7 – ADVANCES IN INSTRUMENTATION
TS8 – EMERGING AREAS
• Dr. Gaurav Rao, Naval Materials Research
• Mr. Malay Jana, Crompton Greaves Global
Laboratory - “Friction stir welding of high
R&D Center – “Nanoscale Carbon allotropes
Strength low alloy steel”
for engineering applications”
• Mr. S. L. Abhyankar, Consultant – “Wider
use of rare earth in industrial equipment”
•Dr. Siva Bohm, Tata Steel – “Zn free coatings
with cost reduction & enhanced durability”
Tea Break
VALEDICTORY FUNCTION
Dr. Chris Berndt, Industrial Research Institute, Swinburne, Australia & Past President
ASM International
Mr. John McCaslin, Minister Counselor for Commercial Affairs, U.S. Embassy.

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