The OP Jindal Institute of Technology (OPJIT), Raigarh is organising a three-day International Conference on ‘Advances in Steel, Power and Construction Technology’ from January 14 to 16.
The Conference is being organised in association with IUCEE (USA), IEEE, (USA), Association for Iron & Steel Technology (AIST), USA and Jindal Steel and Power limited (JSPl), Raigarh, India, an institute press release issued on Tuesday stated.
A large number of renowned scholars, research scholars, engineering students, academics and industry representatives are taking part in the conference, it stated. The aim of the conference is to bring together academicians, researchers, industrialists and other stakeholders across the world on a common platform to present their findings related to research and development in the areas of steel, power and construction technologies.
The objective of the conference is to help the participants to redefine their goals, if necessary, in order to meet the challenges and to discover new horizons of research and development. The conference will focus on the recent advancements as well as future outlook in steel, power and construction technology. It will provide an opportunity to the participants to interact with the experts of these areas, who will be delivering the keynote addresses and joining the panel discussions during the conferences.
Dr Indranil Manna, Director, IIT Kanpur will inaugurate the conference in the presence of guests of honour- Ronald E Ashburn, Executive Director, Association for Iron and Steel Technology, USA; Mukesh Pritamdasani, COO- Ramboll Engg Pvt ltd, Mumbai; Rajiv Bhadauriya, Group Director-HR, JSPl; Pankaj Gautam, ED-JSPl, Raigarh; Ram Niwas, ED-Project, JPl; Tamnar, Dr Prabhu Agrawal and S V Rao, Executive Director, SSD, Punjipathra, Raigarh. A souvenir of the conference will also be released during the inaugural function.
Dr B K Sthapak, Principal Director-OPJIT and Dr RD Patidar, Director-OPJIT informed that during three days of the conference three keynote sessions, three plenary sessions and twelve technical sessions will be conducted and more than 100 research papers will be presented.
He also informed that Dr Ing Jurgen cappel (RHI AG, Vienna, Austria), Prof Dr Ir B C De Cooman, (POSTECH, Republic of Korea), Prof Koh-Ichi Sugimoto (Shinhu University, Japan), P K Mishra (Managing Director, NINl, Bhubaneswar), Mukesh Pritamdasani (COO- Ramboll Engg Pvt ltd, Mumbai ), Dr Parvati Ramaswami (Director, CPRI Bangalore), Dr A K Vaish (Steel Chair Professor, MS University, Baroda), Dr Vipul Patel (The University of New South Wales, Australia), Dr Sujoy S Hazra (Vice President, Ferro Tech India Pvt ltd, Mumbai) Prof Dr Ing Klaus Wunnenberg (Director, SCS, Germany), Dr Jayanta Saha (DGM &MR , ISDG, Kolkata), Dr John Bustnes (Swerea, MEFOS, Sweden), Prof C M Bhatia (Ex Professor, IIT Delhi), and Dr C D Singh (Steel Chair Professor, BIT Sindri, Dhanbad) will be the key speakers during the conference.
A workshop on ‘Advances in Welding Technology’ will also be organised on January 16. This session will help participants in increasing the level of information and knowledge and thinking in terms of technical development, which will prove to be a worthwhile platform.
Through this conference, the participants will be able to discover new horizons in the related field of technology and will empower themselves to draw new tools to face contemporary and future challenges, the press release stated.