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| Awards & Distinctions
Conferred on Members
We are happy to report that the following members of Materials Research
Society of India have received awards and distinctions shown against their
names.MRSI congratulates them. Dr.Sivaram |
Forthcoming
AGM The Thirteenth Annual
General Meeting of MRSI will be held at Hyderabad during February 2002
(probable dates are Feb 7-10, 2002). |
ANNOUNCEMENT
Nominations for the MRSI Awards/Prizes and Medals
Nominations are invited from the members of the Council of MRSI for the following:
i. Distinguished
Materials Scientist of the year award (1)
ii.MRSI-ICSC
Superconductivity & Materials Science Award, (Senior) (1)
iii.MRSI-ICSC
Superconductivity & Materials Science Annual Prizes (2)
iv.Election of
Distinguished scientists from abroad for Honorary Membership of MRSI
The last date for the receipt of nominations at
Bangalore office of MRSI is 31st July
2001
New
Members
Enrolled between April 1 and June 30
2001
life members
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Annadurai P (LM B446) |
Kulvir Singh (LM B447) |
Rustom M Cursetji (LM B448) |
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Sachi D Majumdar (LM B449) |
Duraiswami Venkateswaran (LM |
Shreesh A Khadilkar (LM B452) |
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Tiwari A K (LM B456) |
Gore V K (LM B458) |
Prakash C Kulkarni (LM B460) |
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Page C H (LM B465) |
Murthy G V S (LM B480) |
Mahabir Ram (LM B481) |
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Surya Kumar Singh (LM482) |
Amarendra Kumar Singh (LM B486) |
Srivastava V C (LM B487) |
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Bhattacharyya P K (LM B489) |
Ramchandra G Kulkarni (LM B504) Department
of Physics |
Sundar Manoharan S (LMB505) |
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Chauhan J S (LM B506) |
Anil Kumar Kaviraj (LM B507) |
Nidhuban Deb (LM B508) |
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Chandrashekar T (LM B509) |
Reghu Menon (LM B510) |
Ray S K (LM B511) |
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Ramasami T (LM B512) |
Shashidhara Prasad J (LM B513) |
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annual members
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Kalyan Kumar Gupta
(AM B001) |
Jayanta Kumar
Sircar (AM B002) |
Rashmi Shrivastava
(AM B003) |
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Srinivasan
Padmanabhan (AM B004) |
Yeshwant Sharad
Gowaikar (LM B005) |
Amarendra K
Das (AM B514) |
patron members
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Director-General |
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CALENDAR OF EVENTS JULY - DECEMBER
2001
| DATES | EVENTS | CONTACT PERSON(S) |
| July 1- 6 | International Conference on ’Materials for Advanced Technologies (ICMAT-2001) | Prof. BVR
Chowdari Department of Physics, National University of Singapore, Singapore 119 260, Singapore Tel. (65) 874 2956/874 1975, Fax: (65) 777 6126/7772393 Email:chowdari@imre.org.sg |
| July 12-14 | Perspectives of Physical Metallurgy and Materials Science | Prof. K
Chattopadhyay Dept of Metallurgy , IISc, Bangalore 560 012 Phone: 3092678,Fax. 3600683/3600085 Email: kamanio@metalrg.iisc.ernet.in |
| August 5-11 |
ICCE/ TENERIFE,
SPAIN |
Dr. David
Hui University of New Orleans, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, New Orleans LA 70148, USA Phone: (504) 280 6652,Fax: (504) 280 6192 Email: dhui@uno.edu/ http://www.uno.edu-engr/composite |
| August 27-29 | Seventh APAM topical seminar "Semiconductor materials for thermoelectric and photovoltaic devices’ | Prof. V.Zemskov &
Prof. F.Kuznetsov For correspondence: Marina Kosinova Institute of Inorganic Chemistry SB RAS 3 Acad, Lavrentjev Pr, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia Fax: 73832 34 4489, Email: marina@che.nsk.su |
| August 26-30 | Workshop on International Collaboration and Networking, IUMRS-ICAM 2001, Cancun, Mexico | Prof. R P H Chang
or Kimberly Bartlett Materials Research Institute, Northwestern University, 2145 Sheridan Road, Evanston, IL, 60208. USA Phone: (847) 467-7613 Fax :(847) 467-6727 |
| September 5-7 | National Symposium on Science & Technology of Vacuum and Thin Films | Prof. S. Mohan
Convenor Dept of Instrumentation, IISc Bangalore 560 012 Phone : 91-80-3601143/ 3092985 Fax: 91-80-3600683, E-mail: smohan@isu.iisc.ernet.in |
| September 12-14 | Workshop on Complete Cycle Characterization of Materials | Dr. Baldev Raj, Convenor,
Director, Materials, Chemical and Reprocessing Groups, IGCAR,
Kalpakkam-603102 Phone : 0091-4114-88518/ 80234 E-mail: dmg@igcar.ernet.in |
| October 19-20 | National Carbon Conference INDO-CARBON 2001 | Prof. L M
Manocha Department of Materials Science, Sardar Patel University, Vallabh Vidyanagar 388120 Phone:02692-35183,Fax.02692-35183/36475 Email: lalitmanocha@vsnl.com |
| November 18-21 | Asian Crystallograhhic Association IV Meeting (As CA’01) | Prof. M R N
Murthy Secretary Ac Ca’01, Molecular Biophysics Unit IISc,Bangalore 560 012 Tel: 3092458, Email: mrn@mbu.iisc.ernet.in |
| November 29- 1 Dec | First Conference on Asian Consortium for Computational Materials Science (ACCMS-1) | Dr. G P Das Dr. U
Waghmare Convenor, ACCMS-1 JNCASR, Jakkur, Bangalore 560 064 Fax: 91-22-8462766, E-mail : accms@jncasr.ac.in http://www.jncasr.ac.in/accms |
| December 11-15 | X International Workshop on the Physics of Semi-conductor Devices |
Mr. P. K.
Basu |
| December | Eighth Topical Seminar on Material Data Network |
Prof. Hwang, Prof.
L.J. Chen |
| Date to be Finalized | Asian Academic Seminar |
Dr. P Rama Rao
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Members are requested to give information about the Conference / symposia / workshops they are organizing well in advance so that they can be inserted in the “calendar of events
AN UPDATE OF MRSI ACTIVITIES
July,
2001
The MRSI Update is a consolidated statement of the major activities and achievements of MRSI. The MRSI has completed 12 years of activity and in this update, the following information is given.
· Membership status
· Awards & Honours
· Information Collection & Dissemination System
· Publications
· International Cooperation
· Annual General Meetings
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Membership Status | |
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MRSI has the following classes
of membership. The status as on June 30, 2001 is:
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Life
Members
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:1473 : 73 : 136 : 59 |
DISTINGUISHED MATERIAL SCIENTIST OF THE YEAR AWARD is
a prestigious MRSI award. The
chosen scientist delivers special Honour Lecture on the occasion of the MRSI
Annual Meeting.
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Prof. S
Ramaseshan |
(1990) (1991) (1992) (1993) (1994) (1995) (1996) (1997) (1998) (1999) (2000) (2001) |
| MRSI-ICSC Superconductivty and Materials Science Award (Senior | |
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Prof. CNR Rao,
(JNCASR, Bng) |
(1993) (1996) (1999) |
| This prize is awarded once in three years. | |
| MRSI
Distinguished Lecturership | |
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Dr. M S Valiathan (SCTIMST, TRV) |
(1993-1994) (1995-1996) (1997-1998) (1999-2000) (2001-2002) |
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MRSI-ICSC Super Conductivity and Materials Science Annual Prize Winners : These prizes are awarded annually |
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Dr. A V
Narlikar, NPL, New Delhi |
(1991) |
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Prof. G V Subba
Rao, IIT, Madras |
(1991) |
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Prof. S B Ogale,
UOP, Pune |
(1992) |
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Prof. J
Gopalakrishnan,IISc,Bangalore |
(1992) |
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Dr. P Chaddah,
CAT, Indore |
(1993) |
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Dr. A K Gupta,
NPL, New Delhi |
(1993) |
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Prof. S K Malik,
TIFR, Mumbai |
(1994) |
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Dr. P Ganguly,
NCL, Pune |
(1994) |
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Prof. L C Gupta,
TIFR, Mumbai |
(1995) |
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Dr. D
Chakravorty, IACS, Kolkata |
(1995) |
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Prof. K J Rao,
IISc, Bangalore |
(1996) |
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Dr. J V Yakhmi,
BARC, Mumbai |
(1996) |
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Prof. A K Barua,
IACS, Kolkata |
(1997) |
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Dr. Anil
Kakodkar, BARC,Mumbai |
(1997) |
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Dr.P
Rodriguez,IGCAR,Kalpakkam |
(1998) |
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Prof.R
Vijayaraghavan,TIFR, Bombay |
(1998) |
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Dr. Y R Mahajan,
ARC-I, Hyderabad |
(1999) |
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Dr. T S
Radhakrishnan, IGCAR,Kalpakkam |
(1999) |
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Dr. N V
Madhusudana,RRI, Bangalore |
(2000) |
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Dr. C K Gupta,
BARC, Mumbai |
(2000) |
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Dr. S K Sikka,
BARC, Mumbai |
(2001) |
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Dr. D Banerjee,
DMRL, Hyderabad |
(2001) |
BEST PAPER PRIZE (For publication in the Bulletin of Materials Science)
1990: “A cold model study of mass transfer in Q-BOP” by Prof. S L Malhotra, Dr. S Singh and Dr. N Prasad, BHU, Varanasi, Bulletin of Materials Science, Vol. 12 (1989), p 369
1991: “Thermodynamic properties of Pt5La, Pt5Pr, Pt5Tb and Pt5T, intermetallics” by Prof. K T Jacob, IISc, Bangalore and Prof. Y Waseda, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan, Bulletin of Materials Science, Vol. 13, (1990), p 235
1992: “Ordered structures in ternary hcp alloys” by Prof. S Lele and Dr. A K Singh, BHU, Varanasi, Bulletin of Materials Science, Vol. 14 (1991), p 11
1993: “Dynamic Fracture Mechanics-A scientific tool for the prevention of catastrophic Failure” by Dr. R Krishna Kumar, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, Bulletin of Materials Science, Vol. 15 (1992), p 55
1994: “EXAFS: Determination of Cation Distribution in Spinels” by Dr. G M Bhongale, Dr. D K Kulkarni, Dept. of Physics, Institute of Science, Nagpur and Dr. V B Sapre, Dept. of Physics, Nagpur University, Nagpur, Bulletin of Materials Science, Vol. 16 (1993), p. 243
1995: “The role of additives in a complex lithium silicate glass ceramic” by Prof. R N Das, Prof. B K Chandrashekar, Ceramic Technological Institute, Bharat Heavy Electrical Ltd, Bangalore & Prof. K J Rao, Materials Research Centre, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, Bulletin of Materials Science, Vol. 17 (1994), p 59
1996: No prize was given in 1996.
1997: “Crystallization of glass in Fireclay Refractories’ by Dr. S P Choudhury and Dr. T Dutta, CGCRI, Kolkata, Part II and Part III, Bulletin of Materials Science, Vol. 19 (1996), p 373
1998: ‘A New inexpensive method for the preparation of acicular precursors for magnetic recording media’ by M R Anantharaman, K V Joseph and H V Keer, Dept. of chemistry, IIT, Mumbai, Bulletin of Materials Science, Vol. 20, (1997), p 975.
1999: “Short term tissue response to carbon fibre : A preliminary in vitro and in vivo study’ by Mira Mohanty, T V Kumary, Division of Pathophysiology, SCTIMST, Thiruvananthapuram, Arthur V Lal, Vivarium & Materials Group, SCTIMST, Thiruvananthapuram and R Sivakumar, Biomedical Technology Wing, SCTIMST, Thiruvananthapura, Bulletin of Materials Science, Vol. 21 (6) (1998), p 439.
2000: ‘Transmission Electron Microscopy and X-ray diffraction studies of Quantum Wells’, by D V Sridhara Rao, L Muraleedharan, Electron Microscopy Group, DMRL, Hyderabad, G K Dey, Materials Science Division, BARC, Mumbai, S K Halder, G Bhagavannarayan, Materials Characterization Division, NPL, New Delhi, P Banerji, D Pal and D N Bose, Advanced Technology Centre, IIT, Kharagpur, Bulletin of Materials Science, Vol 22, No. 6, October (1999), pp. 947.
2001: ‘Helium implanted A1Hf as studied by 181Ta TDPAC’ by R Govindaraj, Materials Science Division, IGCAR, Kalpakkam, K P Gopinathan, Dept. of Physics, Cochin University of Science & Technology, Cochin and B Viswanathan, Materials Science Division, IGCAR, Kalpakkam, Bulletin of Materials Science, Vol. 23, No. 3, June (2000), p 201
MRSI also awards prizes to
the authors of the best posters displayed at the Annual
Meeting.
MRSI Medals are awarded in recognition of excellence in a particular field of expertise within the domain of materials and processes. Recipients of these medals are invited to deliver lectures at the MRSI Annual Meeting. So far 187 Medals have been awarded.
The MRSI Medal winners for the
years 1990 to 2001 are listed below:
1990
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Prof. S. B. Ogale, University of Poona, Pune |
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Dr. P. Muralidharan, SSPL, Delhi |
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Prof. S. V.
Subramanyam, IISc, Bangalore |
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Prof. K. Chattopadhyay, IISc, Bangalore |
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Dr. V. Chandrasekharan, DMRL, Hyderabad |
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Prof. D. D. Sarma, IISc, Bangalore |
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Prof. Manu Multani, TIFR, Mumbai |
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Dr. A. M. Varaprasad, DMSRDE, Kanpur |
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Prof. G. V. Subba Rao, IIT , Madras |
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Dr. D. Pandey, BHU, Varanasi |
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Dr. S. Sivaram, NCL, Pune |
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Dr. M. K. Sridhar , NAL, Bangalore |
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Prof. C.Lakkad, IIT, Mumbai |
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Prof. K. A. Padmanabhan, IIT, Madras |
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Dr. N. C. Birla, DMRL, Hyderabad |
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Dr. S. Banerjee, BARC, Mumbai |
1991
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Prof. S. Ranganathan, IISc, Bangalore |
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Dr. A. H. Sequeria, BARC, Mumbai |
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Dr. A. K. Sreedhar, SSPL, New Delhi |
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Prof. A. K. Barua, IACS, Kolkat |
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Dr. H. S. Maiti, CGCRI, Kolkata |
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Prof. R. Srinivasan , IIT, Madras |
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Prof. B. K. Sadashiva, RRI, Bangalore |
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Dr. O. P. Bahl, NPL, New Delhi |
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Dr. D. Banerjee, DMRL, Hyderabad |
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Dr. J. Mukherji, CGCRI, Kolkata |
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Prof. D. N. Bose, IIT, Kharagpur |
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Dr. A. K. Singh, NAL, Bangalore |
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Dr. S. K. Sikka, BARC, Mumbai |
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Prof. J. Gopalakrishnan, IISc, Bangalore |
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Dr. C. K. Gupta, BARC, Mumbai |
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Dr. P. Rodriguez, IGCAR, Kalpakkam |
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Dr. V. M. Nadkarni, NCL, Pune |
1992
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Dr. B. K. Das, NPL, New Delhi |
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Prof. Vikram Kumar, IISc, Bangalore |
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Prof. S. Mohan, IISc Bangalore |
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Prof. G. Ananthakrishna, IISc, Bangalore |
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Dr. R. Thyagarajan, SSPL, Delhi |
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Prof. D. Chakravorty, IACS, Kolkata |
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Dr. Baldev Raj, IGCAR, Kalpakkam |
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Dr. A. D. Damodaran, RRL, Thiruvananthapuram |
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Dr.S. R. Rajagopalan, NAL, Bangalore |
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Dr. Pradip, TRDDC, Pune |
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Prof. P. Pramanik, IIT, Kharagpur |
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Dr. Y. R. Mahajan, DMRL, Hyderabad |
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Dr. G. Sundararajan, DMRL, Hyderabad |
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Prof. K. T. Jacob, IISc, Bangalore |
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Prof. P . Ramasamy, Anna Univ. Chennai |
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Dr. S. P. Garg, BARC, Mumbai |
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Prof. P .Ganguly, NCL, Pune |
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Prof. S. Banerjee, NML, Jamshedpur |
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Dr. R.
Sivakumar, SCTIMST,
TRV |
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Dr. N. Balasubramanian, Everest Ltd.,Bng |
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Dr.C. G. Krishnadas Nair, HAL, Bangalore |
1993
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Dr. D. Ganguli, CGCRI, Kolkata |
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Prof. G. S. Upadhyaya, IIT, Kanpur |
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Dr. K. C. Patil, IISc, Bangalore |
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Dr. S. K. Date, NCL, Pune |
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Dr. L Madhav Rao, BARC, Mumba |
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DR. Sanak Mishra, SAIL (R & D) Ranchi |
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Dr. Krishan Lal, NPL, New Delhi |
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Dr. A K Chatterjee, ACC Ltd, Thane |
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Prof. O. Prabhakar, IIT, Chennai |
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Dr. S. L. Mannan, IGCAR, Kalpakkam |
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Prof. K. V. S. Rama Rao, IIT, Chennai |
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Dr. C. Ganguly, BARC, Mumbai |
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Dr. R B Subramanyam, DMRL, Hyderabad |
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Prof. K A Natarajan, IISc, Bangalore |
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Dr. A K Shukla, IISc, Bangalore |
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Dr. C K Mathews, IGCAR, Kalpakkam |
1994
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Dr.K.Balakrishnan, CECRI, Karaikudi |
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Prof. S.V.Bhat, IISc, Bangalore |
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Prof. S.K.Biswas, IISc, Bangalore |
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Dr. R.N.Ghosh, NML, Jamshedpur |
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Prof. V.V.P.Kutumba Rao, BHU, Varanasi |
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Dr. S.K.Mitra, Tata Steel, Jamshedpur |
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Dr. T.S.Radhakrishnan, IGCAR, Kalpakkam |
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Dr.(Mrs).G.Rohini Devi, DRDL, Hyderabad |
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Dr. C.S.Sundar, IGCAR, Kalpakkam |
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Prof. M.S.Hegde, IISc, Banalore |
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Prof. H.L.Bhat, IISc, Bangalore |
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Dr. D.Bhattacharya, IIT, Kharagpur |
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Dr. Sudhir S.Kulkarni, NCL, Pune |
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Dr. C.Manohar, BARC, Mumbai |
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Prof. A.K.Pal, IACS, Kolkata |
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Dr.(Mrs) Indira Rajgopal, NAL, Bangalore |
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Dr. C.P.Sharma, SCTIMST, Thiruvananthapuram |
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Prof.S.V.Suryanarayana, OU, Hyderabad |
1995
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Prof.S.C.Agarawal, IIT, Kanpur |
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Dr. A.K.Gupta,NPL, New Delhi |
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Prof.T.R.N.Kutty,IISc, Bangalore |
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Prof. L.M.Manocha, S.P.UniversityVallabh Vidyanagar |
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Dr,T.K.Mukherjee, BARC.Mumbai |
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Dr.B.K.Sarkar, CGCRI, Kolkata |
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Prof.Subrata Ray,Univ. of Roorkee, Roorkee |
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Prof.Pushpa Bajaj, New Delhi |
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Dr.Pran Kishan,SSPL, Delhi |
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Prof.L.K.Malhotra,IIT, New Delhi |
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Dr,O.N.Mohanty, TISCO,Jamshedpur |
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Dr.V.S.Raghunathan, IGCAR, Kalpakkam |
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Prof.S.P.Sengupta,IACS, Kolkata |
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Prof.Shamsuddin,BHU,Varanasi |
1996
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Dr.B.M.Arora,TIFR, Mumbai |
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Prof. A K Raychaudhuri,IISc,Bangalore |
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Dr.A.K.Grover, TIFR, Mumbai |
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Dr. E.V.Sampath Kumar, TIFR,Mumbai |
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Dr. S. A. Shivashankar, IISc, Bangalore |
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Dr. Subhash Chandra, NPL, Pune |
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Dr. Vikram Jayaram, IISc, Bangalore |
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Dr. Vijay Kumar, IGCAR, Kalpakkam |
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Dr.Arun Umarji, IISc,Bangalore |
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Dr.D.Bahadur, IIT, Mumba |
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Prof.T.Nagarajan, Madras University, Chennai |
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Prof. R G Sharma, NPL, New Delhi |
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Prof. R. P. Singh, IIT, Kharagpur |
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Dr. K. Vijayamohanan, NCL, Pune |
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Prof. U. V. Varadaraju, IIT, Chennai |
1997
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Dr. G. Banerjee, CGCRI, Kolkata |
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Dr.K.Bhanu Sankara Rao, IGCAR, Kalpakkam |
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Dr.A.Jayakrishna, SCTIMST, Thiruvananthapuram |
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Dr. V. N. Krishnamurthy, VSSC, Bangalore |
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Dr. N. G. Nair, IIT, Chennai |
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Dr. M. C. Pandey, DMRL, Hyderabad |
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Dr . Rameshwar Jha, TISCO, Jamshedpur |
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Prof. M. K. Surappa, IISc, Bangalore |
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Dr. B P Sharma, BARC, Mumbai |
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Dr. B. K. Godwal, BARC, Mumbai |
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Prof. T. N. Guru Row, IISc., Bangalore |
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Prof. S. B. Krupanidhi, IISc., Bangalore |
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Dr. B. M. Mandal, IACS, Kolkata |
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Dr. K. S. Narayan, JNCASR, Bangalore |
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Prof. R. Pinto, TIFR, Mumbai |
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Prof. V. D. Vankar, IIT,New Delhi |
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Prof. V. N. Rajasekharan Pillai, M G University Kottayam |
1998
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Dr. A.K.Jha, RRL, Bhopal |
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Prof. B. Viswanathan, IIT, Chennai |
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Dr. Neeraj Khare, NPL, Delhi |
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Dr.(Ms) Prabha R Chatterjee, IICT,Hyderabad |
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Dr. P.R.Vasudeva Rao, IGCAR, Kalpakkam |
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Prof. S.N. Kaul, Central University, Hyderabad |
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Dr. G.Malakondaiah, DMRL, Hyderabad |
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Dr. Om Prakash, BHU, Varanasi |
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Dr. Prabha D Nair,
SCTIMST, |
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Dr. P.S.Goyal, BARC,Mumbai |
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Mr. K.S.Ghosh, TISCO, Jamshedpur |
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Dr. K.B.R.Varma, IISc, Bangalore |
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Dr.T.Bandyopadhyaya,CGCRI, Kolkata |
1999
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Dr. R Balasubramanian, IIT Kanpur |
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Dr. G V Kulkarni, JNCASR, Bangalore |
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Dr. Navin Chand, RRL, Bhopal |
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Dr. S K Ray, IGCAR, Kalpakkam |
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Dr. K Sreenivas, SCTIMST, Thiruvananthapuram |
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Dr. A Venkateswara Rao, Shivaji University,Kolhapur |
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Dr. Santanu Bhattacharya, IISc, Bangalore |
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Dr. M K Banerjee, BEC, Bengal |
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Dr. S Natarajan, JNCASR, Bangalore |
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Dr. T Rajasekharan, DMRL, Hyderabad |
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Dr. S M Sharma, BARC, Mumbai |
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Dr. Swati Ray, IACS, Kolkata |
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Dr. GVS Sastry, BHU, Varanasi |
2000
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Dr. R Bhattacharya, NPL, New Delhi |
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Prof. Atul Choksi, IISc, Bangalore |
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Dr. G P Das, BARC, Mumbai |
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Dr. S C Gupta, BARC, Mumbai |
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Dr. Y Hariharan, IGCAR, Kalpakkam |
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Prof. I Manna, IIT, Kharagpur |
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Prof. S N Ojha, BHU, Varanasi |
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Dr. A R Raju, JNCASR, Bangalore |
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Dr. T G Ramesh, NAL, Bangalore |
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Prof. M K Sanyal, SINP, Kolkata |
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Prof. Ajay Sood, IISc, Bangalore |
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Dr. A K Suri, BARC, Mumbai |
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Dr. V K Wadhawan, CAT, Indore |
2001
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Shri. Chintamani, NFC, Hyderabad |
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Dr. A Ghosh, IACS, Kolkata |
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Dr. Gurnam Singh, CAT, Indore |
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Prof. R Nagarajan, TIFR, Mumbai |
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Dr. G J Prasad, BARC, Mumbai |
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Prof. K Sheela Ramasesha, NAL, Bangalore |
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Dr. B Viswanathan, IGCAR, Kalpakkam |
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Dr. G K Dey, BARC, Mumbai |
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Dr. A Govindaraj, SSCU, IISc, Bangalore |
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Dr. M Jayabalan, SCTIMST, Thiruvananthapuram |
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Dr. S K Pabi, IIT, Kharagpur |
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Dr.N Ramakrishnan, DMRL, Hyderabad |
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Dr. T Ramasami, CLRI, Chennai |
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Dr. K G Satyanarayana, RRL,Thiruvananthapuram |
INFORMATION COLLECTION AND DISSEMINATION SYSTEM
The Technology Information Forecasting and Assessment Council (TIFAC) has identified MRSI as a nodal agency for developing a data base for non-ferrous materials. In this connection, TIFAC has provided financial support to create a data bank on non-ferrous materials at MRSI headquarters, DMRL, Hyderabad dedicated for the purpose of data acquisition and storage pertaining to non-ferrous materials, technologies for their processing and areas of their application. A group of professionals with diverse background in Metallurgy, Computer Science and Library / Information science are working with this project. Presently the data bank consists of 1325 technology records on Non-ferrous Materials and it has published many value-added reports in the area of Non-ferrous Materials.
It has been decided to shift the MRSI/TIFACLINE Unit to ARC-International, Hyderabad. Its scope will be widened to cover the areas of ceramics, powder metallurgy and surface engineering.
PUBLICATIONS
MRSI co-sponsors the publication of Bulletin of Materials Science (BMS) published by the Indian Academy of Sciences. In addition, several special issues of BMS have been brought out. The BMS published 565 pages of scientific articles in 2000. The BMS will be available on internet soon. Two special issues of Materials Awareness Bulletin on “Application of Rare Earths” and “Processing Technologies for Advanced Ceramics and Composites” were brought out as a joint publication of Materials Research Society of India and Defence Metallurgical Research Laboratory. It also brought out a special issue on the IUMRS-ICA-98 Conference.
MRSI is also bringing out the MRSI Newsletter which will include the ‘Calendar of Events’ where the forthcoming conferences/symposia/workshops related to Materials Science will be listed along with the name and address of the contact persons. The MRSI Newsletter is being edited by Prof. H L Bhat and Dr. R V Krishnan. Information about the future events may please be communicated to them.
TIFACLINE group brings out a quarterly Newsletter on Non-Ferrous Materials as a Joint Publication of MRSI, TIFAC & DMRL.
The MRSI has also brought out its updated version of membership directory in 2001. It has an interactive website (www.igcar.ernet.in/mrsi) for interactions amongst its members interested in science and technology of materials.
MRSI is now planning to bring out an edited volume of the Science and Technology of Materials in the New Millennium with special emphasis on the Indian scenario.
INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION
MRSI is a founding Adhering Body of the International Union of Materials Research Societies (IUMRS).
IUMRS together with C-MRS, MRS-INDIA, MRS-JAPAN, MRS-KOREA and MRS-TAIWAN reached an important decision in October 1992 to launch a new series of MRS Conference in Asia. The series is titled “The IUMRS International Conference in Asia” or IUMRS-ICA. The first conference of this series, IUMRS-ICA 1993, was organized by C-MRS. Later it was organised by MRS-TAIWAN in 1994, MRS-Korea in1995, MRS-Japan in 1997, MRS India in 1998, MRS China in 1999 and MRS Hong Kong in 2000.
The MRS-Singapore is holding the ‘International conference on Materials for Advanced Technologies’ (ICMAT) during July 1-6, 2001. Many members of MRSI and Indian scientists are participating in the ICMAT.
The IUMRS-ICAM-2001 will be held at Cancum, Mexico during the year 2001.
The hosting of IUMRS-ICA 98 meeting at Bangalore during October 13-16, 1998 was a major activity of MRSI. The Conference had 22 Theme Symposia and was held in 7 parallel sessions. More than 150 invited talks were delivered and nearly 700 contributed papers were presented. As already mentioned the proceedings of the Conference, consisting of the invited talks has been published as a special issue of Bulletin of Materials Science. This volume has been very well received by all.
MRSI is a founding member of Asia Pacific Academy of Materials (APAM). It has continued its strong links with APAM. Prof. CNR Rao was its Founder President. Currently Prof. Kuznetsov is its President. Prof. S V Subramanyam, Hon-Secretary of MRSI has been elected as the Secretary-General of APAM. APAM currently has 50 .members from India.
APAM is also holding the following 4 seminars in the year 2001:
·Fifth APAM Topical Seminar
"Materials and processes
for power electronics devices"
3-5 May 2001, Novosibirsk,
Russia
Prof. F.Kuznetsov, Prof. Lasseev
· Sixth APAM Topical seminar on building materials
7-9 June 2001, Novosibirsk, Russia
Prof. V.Fedorov
· Seventh APAM topical
seminar "Semiconductor materials for thermoelectric and photovoltaic devices’
27-29 August 2001, Moscow, Russia
Prof. V.Zemskov, Prof.
F.Kuznetsov
· Eighth Topical Seminar
on Material Data Network
December 2001
Prof.
Hwang, Prof. L.J. Chen
APAM has members from India, Russia, Japan, China, Uzbekistan, Korea, Taiwan and Australia. The APAM India Chapter holds its annual meeting in conjunction with the AGM of MRSI. APAM-India Chapter has been formed with 40 members.
There is significant contingent of materials scientists from India at the MRS-USA meetings held at Boston each year.
MRSI is closely interacting with the European Materials Research Society (E-MRS). EMRS and MRSI have come together in a Bilateral Discussion Meeting at Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, during December 15-17, 1996. EMRS organized an International Conference on “Advanced Materials”, ICAM ’97 at Strasburg, France during June 16-20, 1997. EMRS had also organized the ICEM meeting at Strasbourg, France in June 2000.
ANNUAL GENERAL MEETINGS
| Sl.NO | AGM |
Venu |
Organizes |
| 1 | 1990 | National ChemicalLaboratory, Pune |
Chairman. R A MAshelkar |
| 2 | 1991 | National Physical Laboratory New Delhi | Chairman S K
Joshi Secretary B K Das |
| 3 | 1992 | Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore |
Chairman
Ranganathan S |
| 4 | 1993 | Regional Research Laboratory, Thiruvananthapuram |
Chairman A D Damodaran |
| 5 | 1994 | Research Centre, Imarat, Hyderabad |
Chairman S L N Acharyulu |
| 6 | 1995 | Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur |
Chairman K
L Chopra |
| 7 | 1996 | Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore |
Chairman A K Singh |
| 8 | 1997 | Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai |
Chairman C
K Gupta |
| 9 | 1998 | Indian Institute of Technology, Chennai |
Chairman R Natarajan |
| 10 | 1999 | Regional Research Laboratory, Bhopal |
Convenor T C Rao |
| 11 | 2000 | Sardar Patel University, Vallabh Vidyanagar |
Chairman V
S Patel |
| 12 | 2001 | Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, Kolkata |
Convenor M K Sanya |
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