Jamshedpur, Jan 12: Under the CSIR Integrated Skill Initiative program which is a national program on skill development initiated by “Council of Scientific and Industrial Research” a training program was organized by CSIR- National Metallurgical Laboratory, Jamshedpur in the month of January 2021. This program was titled as “Online Faculty Development Program on Material Processing and Heat Treatment”.
This is a 1-week training program and is aimed to give training and exposure to faculty members of diploma and graduate engineering colleges to enhance their knowledge in materials processing and heat treatment processes of metals and alloys. This training is expected to improve the competency level of the participants in designing heat treatment schedules and optimizing metal working process parameters. The training schedule also includes a session to address professional and core skills required for teaching.
On January 11, 2021 the inaugural program started at 10 am with the welcome address by Indranil Chattoraj, Director, CSIR-NML. This was followed by a speech by Dr. Mita Tarafder, Head, KRIT Division of CSIR-NML about the skill development program. She brought out some facts about the skill gap that exist in the youth of India and narrated the skill training programs conducted every year by NML in an attempt to fill this gap. In his address Dr. S. G. Choudhury, Head, MTE Division of NML said that the goal of material processing and heat treatment should be to develop the right structure in the materials.
The online inaugural event was attended by more than 50 people including participants from institutes and industry as well. At the end of the program vote of thanks was extended by Dr. M. M. Humane, Leader, MP Group of NML.
