Two awards are given to the First Best & Second Best Paper in Welding Fabrication and Practices specifically in Welded fabrication, quality assurance, Testing and inspection of components
 during the National Welding Seminar of the Institute.

Why:

• Purpose/objective of the fabrication/repair and its industrial importance
• Benefits visualised through lower costs and higher functional efficiency
• Clearly defined planning and scope of work

How:

• Originality of approach/novelty of design – Ingenuity in the use of materials and adoption of welding processes
• Innovation or ingenuity in setting up work, adopting procedures for higher productivity/quality
• Method of fabrication/repair/execution of project - how correct and systematic is it?
• Final inspection/test data and performance analysis

What:

• Accuracy of the results in terms of cost savings, functional efficiency, with reference to the objectives specified by the author
• Other findings, if any, of importance besides what was specified, as a by-product during the course of the work
• Overall writing style and effectiveness in communication

WHY - 20%, HOW - 40%, WHAT - 40%

• Each paper is evaluated by three separate judges (Professors, Researchers, Welding engineers from various fabrication industries, consultants, consumable manufacturers etc.) for each category
• Copies of the papers are sent to the judges
• Their evaluation is compiled and normalised  with respect to Judge’s average and the global average
• Care is taken to avoid the judge being one of the authors of the papers being evaluated