Research and Development Centre for Iron & Steel (RDCIS), SAIl, Ranchi and Kalyani Carpenter Special Steels Private limited, Pune (KCSSPl) signed an MoU for development of high strength steels for production of light weight components for critical sectors like defence, aerospace, energy, oil & gas and carrying out collaborative research projects on Wednesday at RDCIS, Ranchi.
The MoU was signed by SS Mohanty, Director (Technical), SAIl and V Balasubramanian, CEO of KCSSPl at New Delhi. Dr BK Jha, Executive Director, RDCIS, Dr Ramen Datta, of RDCIS and RK Goyal, MD, Kalyani Steels, Dr RK Singh, Director, KCTI and Dr G Balachandran, Head (R&D), KCSSPl were present during signing of the MoU.
The purpose of this MoU is to jointly undertake research and development work for development of high strength steels for production of light weight components for critical sectors like defence, aerospace, energy, oil & gas under Make in India Programme of GoI. Other identified area is development of ‘Disruptive Steel’ having lower density. Both shall also take up collaborative basic and applied research assignments, including Joint development project and Government funded projects of national importance.