S&T Activities
2024
20 May: Organized the Annual General Body Meeting of IIM Bhubaneswar chapter at CSIR-IMMT Bhubaneswar.
27 February: Delivered a talk on "Oxidation behavior of AlCoCrSiNi high entropy alloy processed by spark plasma sintering" on the occasion of International Conference on Powder Metallurgy 2024 (PM24) at hotel Hyatt Regency, Pune during 25-28 February 2024.
22-27 January: Organized SERB Accelerate Vigyan Sponsored high end workshop "Powder metallurgy based Research for Advancements In Science and Engineering” PRAISE-2024 at CSIR-IMMT Bhubaneswar.
2023
22-24 November 2023: Co-convenor of IIM ATM 2023 at KIIT Campus, organized by IIM Bhubaneswar, Angul and Sambalpur chapter in association with M/s Hindalco Industries.
8 November 2023: Delivered an invited talk on Structural Characterization of Materials during CSIR Integrated Skill Initiative Program on Mechanical Characterization and Non-Destructive Evaluation of the materials during Nov 6-8, 2023.
19 October 2023: A meeting with Secretary General of the Indian Institute of Metals Brigadier Arun Kumar Ganguly at IMMT Bhubaneswar and discussed about future activities of IIM.
03-04 October 2023: Visited Vedanta Aluminium Ltd., Jharsuguda for a research collaborative discussion
24 September 2023: Organized the Annual General Body Meeting of IIM Bhubaneswar chapter at CSIR-IMMT Bhubaneswar.
11-16 September 2023: Participated in the Activity of one week- one lab of CSIR-IMMT, Bhubaneswar and contributed for Jigyasa Program, Chintan Shivir, and Materials day.
26 August 2023: Participated India Research Conclave-Future of Research: Access, Diversity, Ethics and Technology organized by Springer Nature and Indian Ministry of Education and hosted by CSIR-IMMT Bhubaneswar.
06 August 2023: Organized IIM Metal quiz for class-XI and XII at SS Bhatnagar Hall, CSIR-IMMT Bhubaneswar. The winner and runner-up teams are DAV Chandrasekharpur and DPS Kalinga.
28 July 2023: Delivered an invited talk on "Classification of furnaces for metallurgical processes" on the occasion of Karyashala on Materials Advancement and Methods for Technological Applications: MAMTA 2023, organized by AMT Department, CSIR-IMMT Bhubaneswar under Accelerate Vigyan Scheme of SERB (during 23-30 July 2023).
27 July 2023: Installation of Improved Brass Melting Furnace at M/s Aquatic Industries Pvt. Ltd.. Pipili with help of CSIR-NML team.
21 July 2023: Participated in the two-day workshop on Advances in Corrosion Technology and Prevention (ACTP-2023), organized by CSIR-IMMT, Bhubaneswar during 20-21 July 2023
12 June 2023: Efficient Brass Melting Technology Transfer to M/s Aquatic Industries Pvt Ltd, Pipili, at CSIR-IMMT Bhubaneswar
31 May 2023: MoU signed between CSIR-IMMT, Bhubaneswar & Directorate of Handicrafts, Handlooms, Textiles & Handicrafts Department, Govt. of Odisha
28 April 2023: Participated and exhibited products and research activities of IMMT during G20, 3rd education working group meeting, organized at IMMT Bhubaneswar (23-28 April 2023)
14 April 2023: First prize in quiz competitions among the regular staff of CSIR-IMMT organized on the eve of132nd birthday of Dr. B.R. Ambedkar
12 April 2023: Completed Energy Literacy Training by energy swaraj foundation
15 March 2023: Delivered an Invited talk on "Evolution of microstructure and mechanical properties in binder-modified tungsten heavy alloys" on the occasion of International Conference on Powder Metallurgy 2023 (PM23) at hotel The Lalit, Mumbai (13-15 March 2023).
25 February 2023: Industrial tour to Nalco, Angul (Smelter plant)
24 February 2023: Co-convenor of one-day National Conference on Recent Advancements in Iron and Steel industries and Emerging areas (RAISE-2023), jointly organized by CSIR-IMMT Bhubaneswar and IIM Bhubaneswar chapter at CSIR-IMMT Bhubaneswar.
25 January 2023: Delivered an invited talk on "Nanomaterials by Top-down approaches: Preparation and characterizations" on the occasion of Karyashala on NanoMaterialsfor Energy and Environment (NanoMatEn2), organized by AMT Department, CSIR-IMMT Bhubaneswar under Accelerate Vigyan Scheme of SERB.
2022
19 December 2022: Co-convenor of the refresher course on Fundamentals and Advances in Mineral Engineering (FAME-2022), jointly organized by CSIR-IMMT Bhubaneswar and IIM Bhubaneswar chapter held at CSIR-IMMT Bhubaneswar.
22 November 2022: Judge for Annual Science Project Display 2022 "SCIVERSE" of DAV Public school, Chandrasekharpur
02 November 2022: Showcased and exhibited products and research activities of IMMT during MET & HTS Conference, Mumbai, Organized by ASM International (02-04 November 2022)
07 August 2022: Co-organized Brahma Prakash Memorial quiz-2022 under the aegis of IIM Bhubaneswar chapter
04 August 2022: Jury for poster competition of FIMTA-2022 Conference
19 July 2022: Discussion and brain-storming interactions with Prof. Surojit Gupta, UND, North Dakota within CSIR-UND collaboration
15 July 2022: Five days of training in TEM sample preparation unit at CSIR-IMMT Bhubaneswar (11 - 15 July 2022)
18 May 2022: Showcased the pulse laser deposition techniques to the participants of the SERB-sponsored Workshop Plasma Technology and related instrumentation for monitoring and control at CSIR-IMMT, Bhubaneswar, May 17-18, 2022.
20 April 2022: Session chair for the sessions: Additive Manufacturing and Development of Materials and Alloys for Emerging applications 1 during International Conference on Powder Metallurgy 2022, organized by PMAI.
16 March 2022: Co-organized Demonstration and Training program on Improved Brass Melting Furnace at CSIR-IMMT, Bhubaneswar.
2021
29 December 2021: Session chair of the session: Nano Science and Technology during conference CHEMCON, 2021, jointly organized by IIChe, Bhubaneswar and IMMT, Bhubaneswar held on 27-30 December, 2021.
4 December 2021: Organized the exhibition of metal crafts during Hon’ble minister Dr. Jitendra Singh, Vice-president, CSIR, Minister of Earth Sciences, Science and Technology, Personnel and Public Grievances at CRTDH shed, CSIR-IMMT, Bhubaneswar.
18 September 2021: Delivered an invited talk on "Processing of Tungsten heavy alloys for strategic applications" during Silver Jubilee Celebration of NIST, Berhampur
6 August 2021: Jury for the evaluation of posters during Frontiers In Materials for Technological Applications (FIMTA-2021) conference, held on 4-6 August, 2021.
5 April 2021: Jury for Jawaharlal Nehru Science, Mathematics and Environment Exhibition – 2021, Theme of the Exhibition: Technology and Toys for KV students.