In an attempt to promote students in the field of research and development and help them frame career in the field of Metallurgy, National Metallurgical laboratory organised "Behind the Teacher's Desk– a two day students' seminar on Metallurgical engineering.
The two-day deliberation attracted more than 250 metallurgical engineering students, professors, scientists and engineers from reputed engineering colleges and industries across India. The seminar is a result of collaboration of CSIR-NMl with Indian Institute of Metals (IIM) Jamshedpur Chapter, Tata Steel and National Institute of Technology (NIT), Jamshedpur, to encourage budding metallurgists and giving them professional exposure of industry as well as research and development in the areas of minerals, metals and Metallurgy.
While welcoming the gathering NMl Director Dr. S. Srikanth, quoted one of his co-researcher's published article " Be Indian but not in India" and tried to throw light on the expression citing examples of Indian born Noble laureates abroad and to introspect the issues.
Citing his own life experiences he mentioned that one should always be obliged to all the people who has made this success possible. Dr. Srikanth also cited various examples of the Indian people who has made a mark worldwide with their knowledge and success stories.
The chief guest, Prof. Rambabu Kodali, Director NIT, Jamshedpur in his address said "There are many things that queue up in one's mind like family, students, society, nation, struggle, pain, stress, nervousness, stories, tales, happiness, free time, memories and so on. But if we sum up everything, the answer to the question would be knowledge, core values, selfless commitment, love and affection to serve student, society and nation, are the elements that are there Behind the Teacher's Desk".
He also raised the issue "How to define EducationIJ" According to him education is acquisition of knowledge. It is pertaining to the development of the mind, rather the development of mental power. He encouraged the students by citing examples of famous people like Bill Gates, Steve Jobs, Sakichi Toyoda how hard they worked to get to the position they were in at present.