The Indian Institute of Welding is a National professional body of Welding fraternity devoted to the promotion and advancement of Welding Science and Technology in India was established in April 1966 with the Head Office at Kolkata. Now it has eleven branches located at Bangalore, Baroda, Bhilai, Chennai, Cochin, Delhi, Jamshedpur, Kolkata, Mumbai, Tiruchirapalli, & Visakhapatnam. The Indian Institute of Welding have about 4999 Welding professional as Members and over 300 Industries as Industrial Corporate Members. The major objectives of the Institute are:

• Dissemination of knowledge & recent developments in the field of welding & related technology by organising Seminars, Workshops, Conferences, Refresher Courses, and other Training Programme.

• Providing Technical Guidance and Consultations to the Industries, Educational Institutions.

• Providing Welding Training Education and conducting Associate Membership Examination equivalent to Degree recognised by AICTE.

• Publishing, issuing, and circulating Technical Journals, Newsletters on Welding and establishing and maintaining a Library Service for the Welding professionals.

• Co-ordinating and liasoning with International Institute of Welding & other International and National professional Institutes and Societies.

ABOUT THE SEMINAR - NWS 2002

Welding in its present form and level is a multi-disciplined most widely used process in Power, Steel, Oil, Gas, Petrochemical, Construction, Road, Seal & Rail Transportation, Aerospace, Communication industries. The rapid stride it is making now, matches the very fast globalisation of trade and economy and must be used as an essential instrument in its progressive advanced forms. Welding Design, Research and Development, Process & Methods, Equipment and Consumables, Quality & Productivity, Manpower Training and Development Safety, Health & Environmental considerations provide the cutting edge in the global competitive trade. Application of Information Technology and above all an Integrated Welding Management System to International Standards is the need today.

National Welding Seminar, NWS-2002, is being organised to provide a platform to the Research Fellows, Academicians, Industry Practitioners, Welding Engineers, Equipment & Consumable Manufacturers to discuss, exchange views and solving problems in work situations with updated technology applications. Experts from Universities, Manufacturers and Industries in Welding and Allied Subjects will present papers in the Seminar.

The National Welding Seminar (NWS-2002) will be held in December 19 - 21, 2002 (Thursday, Friday, & Saturday) during which the following topics will be deliberated upon:

• Arc Welding & Cutting Processes

• Advancements in Welding & Cutting Processes

• Welding Processes, Systems, Equipment & Advancement.

• Welding Consumables - applications, development

• Welding Metallurgy & Weldability analysis of Ferrous & Non-Ferrous Metals.

• Mathematical Modelling Simulation and Artificial Intelligence related to Welding.

• Hard Facing, Repair, and Maintenance Welding.

• Total Quality Management in Fabrication.

• Cost, Economics, and Productivity in Welding.

• Human Resource Development.

• Destructive, Non-Destructive Testing, Evaluation and Failure Analysis.

• Residual Stress, Distortion and Residual Life Estimation.

• Safety- Health & Environmental impacts.

An All India Welding Quiz Competition, Best Welding Engineer and Best Welder Competition will also be held during the Seminar.

THE SEMINAR VENUE

Kolkata - the city founded by Job Charnok is full of spirit and life and famous for its hospitality, the city of eminent Scientists, Engineers, and Cultural priests like Prof. Satyen Bose, Rabindranath Tagore, Satyajit Roy, Ravishankar and Amartya Sen always attract people in pursuance of Knowledge, Noble ideas, and Culture. Once the Centre of Industrial Revolution and Centre of Trade & Commerce, Kolkata is still surrounded by a multitude of large, medium, and small scale industries, commercial establishements, and universities.

The Seminar Venue, "Science City" is situated on the Eastern Metropolitan By-Pass on the Eastern Fringes of the City amidst green lustre and abundant fresh air with a Science Museum, huge auditoriums, and exhibition halls.

The City offers Several avenues for business and leisure. The Weather in Kolkata during December is very pleasant with blue Sunny Skies and the temperature ranges from 12 - 15C.

2ND CALL FOR PAPERS :

Reputed Welding Professionals engaged in fabrication industries, academic institutions, research & development organisation, manufacturers of Welding equipment and consumables, quality and inspection organisations, IT industries, interested in presenting their original work and experience are requested to send the abstract(s) and paper(s) as scheduled below, on any one of the suggested theme topics.

Receipt of Abstracts -31st August, 2002
Acceptance of Abstracts-16th September, 2002
Receipt of full manuscripts-10th November, 2002

• The abstract should be in English and around 500 words.

• The abstract should be sent on A4 size bond paper leaving aside 35mm margin on the left and also on all other sides, neatly printed using a Laser / Inkjet printer in Times New Roman (12 point Font size).

• Authors should sent their Bio-data with complete postal and e-mail address, telephone, and fax numbers along with the abstract.

• The Authors (and co-authors) would have to register themselves as delegates to participate in the Seminar.

Dr. T. K. Pal
Chairman,
Technical Committee - NWS-2002
The Indian Institute of Welding - Kolkata Branch
3A, Loudon Street, Kolkata - 700 017
Fax: 033-240 1350     E-mail: indianwelding@vsnl.net

AWARDS

The papers presented by the Indian Authors in NWS-2002 will be eligible for the following Awards.

• I. T. Mirchandani Research Award for the Best Paper on Welding Research (Cash prize of Rs.10,000/-).

• H. D. Govindaraj Research Award for the Second Best Research Paper (Cash Prize of Rs.5,000/-).

• K. C. P. Award for the First & Second Best Papers on Fabrication (Cash Prizes of Rs.3,000/- & Rs.2,000/-).

• Modi Award for the Best Paper on Development & Application of Welding Systems and Equipment (Cash Prize of Rs.5000/-).

• Nucor Award for the Best Paper on Quality Assurance & Weld Related Failures (Cash Prize of Rs.3,000/-).

• Panthaki Award for the Best Paper on Non-Ferrous Welding (Cash Prize of Rs.5,000/-).

• I.I.W.-Trichy Award for the Best Paper on Welding of Pressure Vessels (Cash Prize of Rs.5,000/-).

• Fusion Award for the Best Paper on H.R.D. (Cash Prize of Rs.3,000/-).

• D & H Secheron Award for the Best Presented Oral Paper in the Conference (Cash Prize of Rs.4,000/-).

• Weldman Award for the Best Presented Poster Paper in the Conference (Cash Prize of Rs.2,000/-).

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