Awards
/ Recognitions / Nominations / Academic Degrees
National Metallurgist Day Award of Indian Institute of Metals (IIM)
NP Gandhi Memorial Lecture
– Prof. S.P. Mehrotra, Director NML delivered the coveted NP Gandhi Memorial Lecture on the topic ‘Realm of mechanochemistry in extractive metallurgy – Scientific curiosity to commercial reality during the 44th National Metallurgist Day Celebration of Indian Institute of Metals at the XLRI Auditorium, Jamshedpur on November 14, 2006.
Metallurgist of the Year
– Dr. A. Mitra, Scientist received NMD Best Metallurgist of the Year 2006 of IIM in the Metals Science category in the 44th National Metallurgist Day at Jamshedpur on November 13, 2006. He has made significant contributions to the fundamental research on functional properties of alloys, to the development of novel iron based nanocrystalline alloys for application in magnetic sensors and NDE techniques for engineering critical assessment.
– Dr. Rakesh Kumar, Scientist won Metallurgist of the year award 2006 of IIM in the Environment, energy conservation and waste management category in the 44th National Metallurgist Day at Jamshedpur, on November 13, 2006. He has made significant contributions to environmental protection through development of environment friendly metal extraction processes and novel materials / processes for utilization / minimization of industrial wastes which include among others, a process for minimization of the environmental impact of red mud based on the concept of ‘Simultaneous Milling and Leaching’.
Metallography Contest
– Shri Arpan Das, Scientist won the first prize in Metallography contest under general category at the 60th Annual Technical Meeting of the Indian Institute of Metals, held at XLRI Campus, Jamshedpur during November 14-16, 2006.
Poster Presentation
– Shri J. Pal, Dr. M. C. Goswami, Mr. D. P. Singh, Dr. A.K. Upadhyay and Dr. Sukomal Ghosh, Scientists won first prize in poster presentation under process group at NMD-ATM held at XLRI Campus, Jamshedpur during November 14-16, 2006.
– Dr. S.K. Mishra, Scientist won first prize in poster presentation under product group at NMD-ATM held at XLRI Campus, Jamshedpur during November 14-16, 2006.
– Shri G.K. Mondal, Shri S.K. Das, Scientists and Prof. S.P. Mehrotra, Director NML won third prize in poster presentation under product group at NMD-ATM held at XLRI Campus, Jamshedpur during November 14-16, 2006.
Oral Presentation
– Ms. M. Tarafder, Ms. T. Das, Dr. S.K. Das and Dr. S. Tarafder won third prize in oral presentation under products category for the paper entitled ‘Fractal Characteristics of Fracture Behaviour of HSLA Steel’ at NMD-ATM held at XLRI Campus, Jamshedpur during November 14-16, 2006.
MRSI Medal for the 2007
– Dr. L.C. Pathak, Scientist has won MRSI medal award of the year 2007. The Award has been conferred on Dr. Pathak by the Materials Research Society of India.
CSIR Raman Research Fellowship
– Dr. L.C. Pathak, Scientist received the CSIR Raman Research Fellowship for his outstanding R&D achievement.
IIME Mineral Beneficiation Award
– Dr. G. Bhaskar Raju and Dr. S. Prabhakar, Scientists won the IIME Mineral Beneficiation Award for the year 2006 held at IIT, Mumbai during MPT 2007 (February 12-14, 2007).
IIME Best Paper Award
– Dr. D.S. Rao, T.V. Vijay Kumar, S. Prabhakar, G. Bhaskar Raju and T.K. Ghosh won the IIME best paper award on Characterisation area for their paper entitled Alteration characteristics of ilmenite from South India, published in the Journal of Minerals and Materials Characterisation and Engineering, 4(1), 2005, pp. 47-59.
– Dr. Rakesh Kumar, Dr. Sanjay Kumar, Mr. S. Badjena and Prof. S.P. Mehrotra won the IIME best paper award on Environmental issues related to Mineral processing for their paper entitled Hydration of mechanically activated slag, published in Metallurgical and Materials Transaction B, 36, 2005, pp. 873-883.
– Dr. C. Guria, Dr. Mohan Verma, Dr. Santosh K. Gupta and Prof. S.P. Mehrotra won the IIME best paper award on Beneficiation for their paper entitled Multi-objective optimal synthesis and design of froth flotation circuits for mineral processing, using the jumping gene adaptation of genetic algorithm, published in Industrial Engineering Chemistry Research, 44, 2005. pp. 2621-2633.
Mishra Award for Best Technical Paper
– Shri S.C. Pal, Abhilash, K.D. Mehta, V. Kumar, B.D. Pandey and T.R. Markhand won the Mishra Award for best technical paper cum presentation in Extraction Metallurgy by Indian Institute of Mineral Engineers for their paper entitled Copper biodissolution from a low grade chalcopyrite ore using adapted Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans presented by Dr. V. Kumar held at IIT Mumbai during MPT 2007 (February 12-14, 2007).
ECM Best Presentation Award
– Shri P. Lakshmipathiraj, S. Prabhakar, S. Parvathy and G. Bhaskar Raju, Scientists won the best presentation award for their paper entitled Removal of toxic Cr (VI) and As (V) metal ions from aqueous solutions by electrochemical techniques in the National Conference on Environmental Challenges and Management (ECM 2007), organised by Bharathiar University, Coimbattore during March 8-9, 2007
M.S. Khan Memorial Trophy
– Dr. A.K. Vaish, Scientist has been awarded M.S. Khan Memorial Trophy by Sri B. Muthuraman, MD Tata Steel and President, Indian Institute of Metals on October 7, 2006 for significant contribution in Metallurgical Engineering and outstanding service to the Indian Institute of Metals Jamshedpur chapter.
NDE-2006
– Ms. Mita Tarafdar, Scientist won the best paper (oral presentation) award in R&D category, at the National Seminar on Non-Destructive Evaluation (NDE-2006) held ay Hyderabad during December 7-9, 2006
TECHNICA 2006
– Shri Arpan Das, Scientist has been awarded first prize in Poster competition at the TECHNICA 2006 organised by Society for Metallurgical Engineering Students NIT, Jamshedpur in association with IIM Jamshedpur Chapter.
– Shri Arpan Das, Scientist has been awarded third prize in Quiz competition at the TECHNICA 2006 organised by Society for Metallurgical Engineering Students NIT, Jamshedpur in association with IIM Jamshedpur Chapter.
CSIR Foundation Day Award
Meritorious student awards
– The Meritorious student awards for securing 100% marks in ICSE/CBSE (2006) in Class X & XII were given among the Childrens/wards of NML family. These were received by Shri Ankur Nigam and Ms. Shaoli Dutta respectively.
Inter School Science Debate – 2006
– As part of CSIR foundation celebration, an Inter School Science Debate was held at NML on September 22, 2006, the topic for the debate was “In the opinion of the house - Mathematics is not Science it is an Art” wherein six schools of Jamshedpur participated.
CSIR Outstanding Services Award - 2006
– Category I – Shri S.K. Poddar, Shri D. Bhattacharya, Shri A. Gopalakrishnan and Shri T.K. Mohanty; Category II – Shri K.P. Krishnan, Shri T.K. Bhattacharjee, Shri R.K. Saha and Shri D.P. Rao Pariti; Category III – Shri T.S. Das, Shri Shatrughan Singh, Shri H.P. Gope and Shri Ashok Chatterjee. Several staff members also received the Foundation Day Awards on superannuation and completion of 25 years of service rendered to CSIR.
NML FOUNDATION DAY AWARDS
The Nijhawan Award for Best Technical Paper
– The Nijhawan Award for the best research paper, 2006 was awarded to the team constituted of Dr. Rakesh Kumar, Dr. Sanjay Kumar, Sri S. Badjena and Prof. S.P. Mehrotra, won the for the paper was entitled as “Hydration of mechanically activated granulated blast furnace slag” published in the Journal Met. Trans. B, Vol. 36B, December, pp. 873-883.
Abstract : Ground granulated blast furnace is known to possess latent hydraulic activity, i.e. it shows cementations properties in contact with water over a long period of time. Results are presented in this paper to show that, in sharp contrast to published literature on the hydration of neat ground granulated blast furnace slag, the complete hydration of slag is possible in short time (days) even without a chemical activator. This is achieved if the slag used for hydration is mechanically activated using an attrition mill. The nature of hydration product of the mechanically activated slag depends not only on initial specific surface area (SSA) of the slag but also on surface activation as manifested by change in Zeta potential (x) of the slag during the milling process. Depending upon SSA and x, the hydration product changed from non-reacted slag with high porosity (slag SSA < 0.3 m2/g, x > -29 mV) to hydrated slag with compact structure (SSA = 0.3-0.4 m2/g, x = -29 to -31 mV), and finally, to fully hydrated slag with high porosity (SSA > 4 m2/g, x ~ 26 mV). Unlike the poorly crystalline hydration product formed by the non-activated slag even after prolonged hydration for years, the hydration product of mechanically activated slag was crystalline in nature. The crystallinity of the product improved with increasing duration of mechanical activation. The calcium-silicate-hydrate (C-S-H) phases present in the slag hydration product, characterized by Ca/Si ratio 0.7-1.5, were similar to those found for hydraulic cement binder except for the presence of Mg and Al as impurities. In addition, the presence of a di-calcium-silicate-hydrate phase (a-C2SH), that normally forms under hydrothermal condition, and a Ca-deficient and Si-Al- rich phase (average Ca/Si mole ratio < 0.1 and Si/Al ~ 3) is indicated, especially in the hydration product of slag that was activated for longer time.
The Altekar Award for the Best Technology
– The Altekar award for best technology wasawarded to the team consists of Dr. S. Prabhakar, Dr. G. Bhaskar Raju, Dr. S. Subba Rao, Dr. D.S. Rao and Shri T.V. Vijayakumar, Scientists of the Madras Centre for the best technology “Column flotation for the beneficiation of sillimanite” developed for M/s Indian Rare Earths Ltd., Chatrapur, Orissa.
Abstract : For the first time, NML Madras Centre has designed, installed and commissioned a commercial scale flotation column having a capacity of 6 tons/hr for the beneficiation of sillimanite at Indian Rare Earth Ltd., OSCOM, Chatrapur, Orissa. The design drawings and specifications are provided to IREL. Fabrication, erection, installation and commissioning of the flotation column are completed as per the schedule. The plant personnel are trained for operation. The flotation column was commissioned successfully and integrated with the existing beneficiation circuit. The column operation is stabilized and is currently producing sillimanite grades of above 93% and with recoveries of above 85%. The column operation manual was handed over to the plant personnel at IREL.
Awards for excellence in In-house project
Three R&D teams of the Laboratory received awards for the best in-house project.
– First prize for the project, “To explore the performance of DRI fines on the nitrogen removal in Arc Furnace steel[OLP-0001]” (Team Leader: Sri J. Pal, Members: Sri M.C. Goswami, Dr. S. Ghosh, Dr. Manoj Kumar, Sri R.K. Minz, Sri D.P. Singh and Sri A.K. Upadhyaya)
– Second prize shared for the project, (1) “Characterisation of flow behaviour of microstructurally engineered precipitation strengthened structural steel [OLP-0007]” (Team Leader: Dr. S.K. Das, Members: Dr. S. Tarafder, Sri P.K. De, Sri S. Das and Dr. S. Sivaprasad) & (2) “Development of an acoustic signal based non-destructive test technique for damage assessment of in-service components [OLP-0012]” (Team Leader: Dr. S. Palit Sagar & Members Dr. N. Parida, Dr. S. Sivaprasad, Dr. D.K. Bhattacharya and Dr. R.N. Ghosh.
Meritorious Student Awards 2006
– The Meritorious student awards for securing more than 85% marks in ICSE/CBSE (2006) in Class X & XII were given among the Childrens/wards of NML family. These were received by Ms. Khushnam Kersi Godiwalla (10th), Ms. Shaoli Dutta, Ms. Rini Tarafder and Shri Arijit Chakravorty.
– The Meritorious student awards for XII passed Children of NML Employee for their admission into the Institute of National repute, 2006. These were received by Ms. Rini Tarafder- NIFT, Bangalore and Shri Aaditya Narayan Chaudhary- Jadavpur University.
Quiz Competition 2006
– Three R&D teams of the Laboratory received awards for the Foundation Quiz competition. First Prize to Team ‘Austenite’ - Dr. Santanu Bhattacharjee, Sri Sourav Bhattacharjee and Sri Gourav Bhattacharjee; Second Prize to Team ‘Cementite’- Dr. Sandhya Singh, Sri Samrat Sen Choudhury and Sri Anirban Bhattacharya; and Third Prize to Team ‘Ferrite’- Smt. Mita Tarafder, Sri Vikas Sharma, and Ms. Pritha Dhali.
Recognitions
Prof. S.P. Mehrotra, Director NML served as a Member in the following Committees/Councils:
– Supreme Court Monitoring Committee (SCMC)
– Working Group on Eleventh Five Year Plan for CSIR
– Transition Management Advisory Committee (TMAC) for consolidation of core competencies of CMRI & CFRI, Dhanbad
– Mentor of the newly formed Central Institute of Mining and Fuels Research
– Research Council, RRL, Bhubaneswar
– Research Council, CMRI, Dhanbad
– Research Council, CGCRI, Kolkata
– Peer Review Committee of Indian School of Mines, Dhanbad
– Member, Research Advisory Committee & Project Monitoring Committee of JNARDDC, Nagpur
– Board of Governors of National Institute of Secondary Steel Technology, Mandi Govindgarh
– Indian Institute of Metals, Kolkata (Council)
– Indian National Academy of Engineering (General Council)
– Indian Institute of Mineral Engineers (Council)
Nominations
– Dr. S. Ghosh, Scientist nominated in Editorial Board Member, ‘Indian Foundry Journal’ of Institute of Indian Foundrymen (IIF) during August 2006.
– Dr. S. Srikanth, Dr. G. Bhaskar Raju, Dr. S. Prabhakar, Dr. T.S.N. Sankara Narayanan and Dr. D.S. Rao, Scientists served as reviewers for several papers in many international journals including J. Electrochemical Society, Metallurgical Transactions, Surface and Coatings Technology, J. Hazardous Materials, Hydrometallurgy, J Materials Science and Indian Journal of Marine Sciences.
– Dr. Ashok Kumar served as reviewer of many International journals including J. Materials Science, Materials Science and Engineering - A, Surface and Coating Technology, International Journal of Fatigue.
– Dr. V.C. Srivastava, Scientist selected as member of the scientific committee for the 6th International Conference on Spray Forming at Bremen, Germany during September 4-6, 2006.
– Dr. V.C. Srivastava, Scientist chaired a session on Light alloys in the 6th International Conference on Spray Forming at Bremen, Germany during September 4-6, 2006.
– Dr. Ashok Kumar Ray, Scientist was nominated as the Fellow of Institution of Engineers.
– Dr. Ashok Kumar Ray, Scientist was nominated as Editorial member of the Journal of Institution of Chemists, and Journal of Materials Science Research India.
– Dr. Ashok Kumar Ray, Scientist was nominated as Alternate member of Central Boiler Board (India)
– Dr. Amitava Bandopadhyay, Scientist served as a Member of the Registration Committee on Recycling of hazardous waste, of the Central Pollution Control Board, Delhi.
– Dr. K. Chatterjee, Scientist has been nominated as Resource Person - Workshop on The ways to create interest in science among rural students by Dist. Co-ordinator of Science Congress and Science Teachers, by Tata Steel Rural Development Society under Vighyan ki Duniya at Centre for Excellence, Jamshedpur.
– Dr. K. Chatterjee, Scientist has been Judge-State / District Level Children’s Science Congress 2006 and Childs Rights Congress - 2006, East Sighbhum, organised by NCSTC Network - Science for Society, Jharkhand.
Academic Degrees / Diploma
– Shri S.K. Maity, Scientist has been awarded Ph.D. degree for his Thesis “Development of ultra high strength steel by Electro Slag Refining (ESR) and Thermo-Mechanical Activation (TMT)” from IIT Bombay during December 2006.
– Shri Arvind Kumar Upadhyay, Technical Officer has been awarded Ph. D. degree in Chemistry for his Thesis “A study of sediment quality index. Igeo (Geoaccumulation Index): The pollution index of river Subernarekha determined by electro-analytical techniques” from Pt. Ravishankar Shukla University, Raipur (India) on March 28, 2007.
Tata Power Golf Tournament
Shri Parvesh Kumar, an avid golfer of NML won the first prize in 6th Tata Power Golf Tournament in 19-24 handicap categories. He also got the 2nd runners-up prize in Parvez Mehta Cup 2006 and recorded a “Hole-in-one” in Jubliee Golf Tournament.
Carrom Tournament 2006
The 6th Inter Public Sector Carrom Tournament 2006 had been organised by LIC Employees Sport Club, Jeevan Prakash Bhawan, Bistupur, Jamshedpur, during July 29-30, 2006. Shri Manjit Singh, Md. Nayeemuddin Ansari, Md. Salim Ansari and Mr. K.S. Trivedi won the Runners up prize in Carrom Team tournament.
Shri Manjit Singh won 3rd prize in the District Carrom Championship-2006 organised by East Singhbhum District Carrom Association was held at Jamshedpur.