Steel & Mines Industry leaders to brain storm at 53rd National Metallurgist Day

The steel industry is currently facing tough times braving the global volatility in demand-supply and prices as well.

The conclave comes at an apt time, when discussions on Indian steel industry’s challenges, emerging technologies etc. will prove beneficial for the industry.

The NMD-ATM 2015 event will get rolling on November 13, with the International symposium on 'Vision 2025 – Major Challenges & Opportunities before Indian Steel Industry' wherein eminent industry leaders, academicians and researchers will deliver plenary lectures on the theme and the Vision 2025 for the Indian steel industry shall be discussed.

Technical Exhibition, which is a major attraction of the event will be held from November 14-16, 2015, wherein major industries and equipment suppliers from both India and abroad will showcase their capabilities to the august participants.  The ATM will focus on presentations about cutting-edge and emerging technologies.

"This year the event assumes greater significance in view of the thrust for ‘Make in India’, and will attract large number of professionals and students. The prestigious NMD awards shall also be presented during the conclave," said SAIL in a statement.

"It is for the first time that this event is being held at Coimbatore, and its organisation has been entrusted to the IIM Coimbatore chapter in tandem with the Chennai, Tiruchirapalli, Kalpakkam, Jamshedpur and Salem chapters. The event is being organized in association with the Department of Metallurgical Engineering, PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore and R&D Centre for Iron and Steel (RDCIS), SAIL and under the leadership of Shri S.S. Mohanty, Director (Tech.), SAIL and President of IIM, fervent activities are already underway," SAIL said in a statement.