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Awards
 
 
List of Award Holders - 2010

Sl. No.
Award Name
Awarded to
Subject
1 Life Time Achievement Award Prof. S.K.Agarwal Excellence in the field of Welding Research, development and standardisation in particular for last 40 years
2 Sir L. P. Misra Memorial Lecture Dr. A K Bhaduri,
Vice President,IIW-India and Head Materials Joining Section, Materials technology IVISION, IGCAR, Kalapakkam
Development of welding and haedfacing technology for the fast reactor programme in India
3 Prof. Placid Rodriguez Memorial Lecture Dr. V Balasubramanian
Professor & Director, Centre for Materials Joining & Research, Department of Manufacturing Engineering, Annamalai University, Annamalai Nagar, Chennai
Friction Stir Welding : An enviornmantally cleaner welding processes
4 Minati Bhattacharjee Memorial Award for Excellence  IIW-India, Kolkata Branch Best Performing Branch For The Year 2009-2010  
5 ESAB India Award M/s. M.Divya, C.R.Das, S.K. Albert, V.Ramasubbu.A.K.Bhaduri and P.Sivaraman of IGCAR,Kalapakkam In-Situ weld repair of cracked shrouds of turbine and characterization of weld joint
6 I. T. Mirchandani Memorial Research Award  M/s.C.R.Das, M.Divya, S.K.Albert, A.K.Bhaduri and B.S.Murthy of Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research, Kalpakkam Effect of prior austenite grain size and boron on Microstructure and hardness distribution in modified 9Cr-1Mo steel Weldment
7 H. D. Govindraj Memorial Research Award M/s.V.Arunkumar, M.Vasudevan, V.Maduraimuthu and V.Muthapandi of Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research, Kalpakkam Effect of Activated flux on the Microstructureand Mechanical Properties of 9Cr-1Mo Steel Weld
8 Panthaki Memorial Award(Welding of non-ferrous metal) M/s.Abhishek Trivedi, Hemal Desai, Manash Ghosh, V Badheka, V Mathane, and S Sunderesan of Larsen & Toubro Ltd, Hazira, Surat Development of welding procedures for joining Al-Mg-Si alloy and Al-Mg alloy for marine application
9 Sharp Tools Award (1st Best Paper in Welding Fabrication & Practices) M/s K A Gopal, S Murugan, S Venugopal and K V Kasiviswanathan, Group remote handling, robotics, metallurgy and materials group, IGCAR, Kalpakkam . Laser welding of precision engineering components
10 Sharp Tools Award (2nd Best Paper in Welding Fabrication & Practices) M/s M.Krishnamoorthy, P Sivaraman, R Vijayashree, A.S.L.K.Rao of Central Workshop Division, reactor Components Division IGCAR, Kalpakkam Experience on welding the pole pieces electromagnets of DSRDRM
11 Eutectic Award Mr. Rajesh Sood of Bhilai Steel Plant Reclamation of rack teeth of tilting mechanism of mixer of steel melting shop of Bhilai Steel Plant
12 MDBSP Award Mr. A Pandi of Visakhapatnam Steel Plant, Visakhapatnam Reclamation and fabrication jobs in pig casting machine of Blast Furnace Department, Visakhapatnam Steel Plant, Visakhapatnam
13 D&H Secheron Award Mr. A Pandi & M Saibabu of Visakhapatnam Steel Plant, Visakhapatnam Human Resource Development in welding at Visakhapatnam Steel Plant
14 WELDMAN Award M/s P.K.Chaurasia, S Murugan, S Venugopal and K.V.Kasiviswanathan, Metallury and Materials Group, IGCAR, Kalpakkam Development of brazed joints using induction heating system for high temperature nuclear application
16 Weldwell Speciality Award Dr. P Venkataramana, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Technology, gandipet, Hyderabad Microstructure, mechanical property characterization and residual stress analysis of similar and disimilar metal welds under the guidance of Dr. G Madhusudhan Redy, ,DMRL, Hyderabad
15 Associate Engineers Award Mr. N Srivenkata Subramanian of The Indian Istitute of Technology, Madras Bulk ultra fine grained material using friction stir processing under the guidance of Dr. G D Janaki ram and Dr. S Sankaran of IIT, Madras
17 Best Welder (Structurals) Award Mr. T. Arumugham, ESAB Engineering Services Ltd.  Winner of Best Welder (Structurals) Competition 
18 Best Welder (Pipe) Award Mr. Sunil K Nayar, T D Williamson Inc. Baroda   Winner of Best Welder (Pipe) Competition 
19 Best Welding Engineer Award Mr. Harshad Patel, Larsen & Toubro Ltd. Mumbai  Winner of Best Welding Engineer Competition