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Jamshedpur, June 16: A forty-five day training programme organized by CSIR-National Metallurgical Laboratory, got underway on June 14 and will be conducted till July 30. The theme of this training programme was ‘’Industrial R&D Training on Materials and Metallurgical Engineering.’ The national training program was launched under the banner of Council of Scientific and Industrial Research in the realm of CSIR Integrated Skill Initiative Program.
The objective of the program was to provide training and exposure to the engineering students by improving their employability and industry-oriented skills on theoretical concepts in the domain of materials and metallurgical engineering. This training program was expected to improve the understanding of the participants in various areas of materials and metallurgical engineering. These domains include mineral processing, process metallurgy, materials characterization, advanced materials and computational materials science.
On the launch of this 45 day training programme, emcee Pragati Jha welcomed the participants. Chief Scientist & Head KRIT Division of CSIR-NML, Dr. Mita Tarafder provided a detailed presentation on CSIR-NML and CSIR Integrated Skill Training Initiative. She also gave a brief on the various types of training programs conducted by CSIR-NML including societal, professional, corporate and summer/winter internship for undergraduate students, M.Tech/Ph.D. dissertation guidance, apprentice training for ITI / Diploma / Graduate engineers, and international training in the field of materials and metallurgy.
The inaugural program concluded with a talk by Dr Mita Tarafder. More than 100 participants from several organizations across the country attended the virtual programme.
