National Welding Seminar to start on Jan 22

Indian Institute of Welding (IIW) and Tata Steel will jointly organise a two-day National Welding Seminar here from January 22 to 24.
Around 400 delegates from various industries from across the country will participate in the seminar, said Suresh Kumar, Vice-President (shared services), Tata Steel.
Addressing a press conference here today, Kumar, who is also the Chairman of IIW, Jamshedpur branh, said 110 technical papers to be presented by various engineering, research, educational and manufacturing organizations.
Concurrently, he said, a Welding Technology Exposition will also be organized in which 43 national and International welding consumable and equipment manufacturing companies will be showcasing their latest welding equipment, consumables and related technologies, which would help the local industries.

Kumar said eight international speakers including from USA, UK, Japan will take part in the seminar, which was being organised in the steel city after a gap of two decades.
In the backdrop of country's focus on concepts like "Make in India" and "Self Reliance" in various high technology based industries such as space technology, defence, aviation, petrochemical, shipping, railways and basic infrastructure, he expressed confidence that the country was poised for a quantum jump in the activities in the field of minig, manufacturing and transportation.