Jamshedpur, Aug 29: e-Behind The Teacher�s Desk (e-BTTD-2020), an international student seminar on Materials and Metallurgical Engineering, was organised by Indian Institute of Metals (IIM) Jamshedpur Chapter in association with CSIR-National Metallurgical Laboratory (NML), National Institute of Technology (NIT) Jamshedpur and Tata Steel Limited.
This year due to Covid-19 pandemic situation around the globe, the seminar was organised on a virtual platform in the form of e-BTTD-2020.
The aim of the seminar is to provide a common platform for promising and aspiring metallurgists to interact with the pool of experts from industries, R&D centres and academia. The student participants of this event will get an opportunity to update their current knowledgebase, and share their academic achievements, innovative thoughts and new ideas in the field of metallurgy and materials technology.
Like previous years, this year also around 70 students from 25 engineering colleges/institutes. There were rigorous interactions among the students on the YT channel. Thereafter, a total of 17 participants were selected for presentations for the finale event which was organised on 28th Aug, 2020 through CISCO platform WebEx. The finale was virtually presided over by the Chief Guest, Dr. Namburi Eswara Prasad (Outstanding Scientist and Director, DMSRDE, DRDO), Guest of Honour, Dr. Shantanu Chakrabarti (Ex. Head-Research Application, Tata Steel & Visiting Prof. IIT Kgp.), Dr. Indranil Chattoraj (Director, CSIR-NML) and Dr. Mita Tarafder (Chairperson�IIM Jamshedpur Chapter).
Dr. Indranil Chattoraj, Director of CSIR-NML, Jamshedpur welcomed the Chief Guest and the student delegates. He motivated the metallurgy graduates to work and contribute in core profession and to come up with noble and newer ideas for the advancement of the metallurgy and materials engineering.
Dr. Namburi Eswara Prasad, Outstanding Scientist and Director, DMSRDE, DRDO and the Chief Guest of the inaugural function addressed the student participants. He appreciated the involvement of huge number of student participants from metallurgical fraternity in this event. He emphasized upon some of the significant achievements of DMRL and DMSRDE in indigenizing various materials for defence applications.
He also briefly talked about the extensive and thorough work which DMRL and DMSRDE have carried out with respect to the development of Al-Li alloys and DMR 1700 grade maraging steel for Indian strategic sector. He concluded his lecture by motivating the participating students to strive for fundamental knowledge which can actually help in employing advanced engineering tools and techniques to make materials more useful for the human kind.
Dr. Shantanu Chakrabarti, Former Head-Research Application, Tata Steel & Visiting Prof. IIT Kgp. and the Guest of Honour took the online platform to a next level by indulging students in a highly interactive and igniting session of out of box thinking. He emphasized upon the qualities which an engineer of tomorrow should possess so as to make an impactful career, fruitful for the human kind as well.
