Technical Talks

National

• “Spray Forming: Science & Technology”, Indian Institute of Foundrymen, Jamshedpur Chapter, NML, Jamshedpur, India, March 30, 2001.

• "Spray Processing of Particulate reinforced composites" at NSFM-2004, held at RRL, Bhubaneswar, India, during April 21-22, 2004.

• "Spray forming of Metal Matrix Composites", Indian Institute of Foundrymen, Jamshedpur Chapter, TATA MOTORS, Jamshedpur, India, July 30, 2004.

• "Spray Processing of Metal Matrix Composites Through Particle Injection", Department of Metallurgical Engg., Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, September 30, 2004.

• “Spray Processing of Alloys and Composites” in NMD-ATM 2006 at Jamshedpur, India, November 16, 2006. (Keynote speaker)

• “Microstructural Characteristics of Accumulative Roll Bonded Ni-Al Based Metal Intermetallic Laminate Composite” in 2nd international Conference on Recent Advances in Composite Materials (ICRACM-2007) held at New Delhi during February 20-23, 2007

• “Solidification of liquid alloys” in a short term course on “Materials Development, Manufacturing and Characterisation” organised under TEQIP at Basaveshwar Engineering College, Bagalkot, India, during 16-21 April, 2007

• “Spray forming: The present and future” in a short term course on “Materials Development, Manufacturing and Characterisation” organised under TEQIP at Basaveshwar Engineering College, Bagalkot, India, during 16-21 April, 2007

• “Synthesis of partially amorphous Al-RE-TM alloys by spray forming” at the Department of Physics and Materials Science, Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology, Patiala, India, on 28.08.2009.

• “Development of novel materials by spray forming” at the Fourth Asian Conference on Paticle Technology (APT2009) held at New Delhi, India, during September 14-16, 2009.

• “Spray forming of bulk Al-alloys with co-existing amorphous, nano- and micro-crystalline structures” at the 4th international conference on solidification science and processing held at Chennai, India, during November 20-23, 2009.

• “Processing of Al alloys for specialty applications” at the symposium on ‘Solidification of Al alloys’ held at Adtya Birla Science and Technology Centre, Mumbai, during November 9, 2011.

• “Spray forming for application oriented new materials” under IIM Pune chapter at the Department of Metallurgy, College of Engineering, Pune, on November 11, 2011.

• “Synthesis of bulk Al-Cu-Fe quasicrystals by spray froming” at the NMD-ATM 2013 held at Varanasi during November 12-15, 2013.

• “Advanced Materials Processing” in the short term course on Advanced Materials, Processing and Characterisation (AMPC-2016) held during February 18-20, 2016 at NIT-Patna.

• “Processing of advanced engineering materials” in the workshop on “Advance Materials Processing: AN industrial Perspective” held on November 25, 2016 at School of Engineering Science and Technology (SEST), University of Hyderabad.

• “High entropy alloys” at the Tata Steel R&D centre, Jamshedpur, on October 05, 2016.

• “Physical simulation of steel processing” during workshop on "Challenges in Quality Control of Long Steel Products" held at RINL-VSP during July 18-19, 2016.

• “Perspective on forged materials: Issues and Solutions” during R&D meet organised by AIFI, EEPC-India and Ministry of commerce and industry, Govt. of India, at Chennai on July 25, 2017.

• “Advanced Materials processing” during a short term course on “Recent innovations and developments in futuristic materials” held at NIT-Jamshedpur on 20.12.2018.

• “Advanced Manufacturing of metals and Alloys” during a seminar on ‘Sustainable Growth of MSMEs’ held at Engineering Export Promotion Council (EEPC) Kolkata on 24.06.2019.

• “Bulk materials using layer-by-layer deposition of liquid droplets’ during International Symposium of Metastable, Amorphous and Nanostructured Materials (ISMANAM 2019) held at Chennai during July 08-12, 2019.

• “Steel development activities at CSIR-NML: An overview” during Gleeble Users’ Workshop in India (GUWI 2019) held at Coimbatore during September 26-27, 2019.

• “Additive Manufacturing” during TEQIP-III Short Term Course on ‘Machines and Machanism’ held during 17-22, June 2019 at NIT Jamshedpur.

• “Additive Manufacturing: Role in Product Development” in two day IIF sponsored seminar on ‘Challenges and Opportunities in Foundry Industries’ held at Jamshedpur during 10-11, January 2020.

• “New Scientific Knowledge: Writing and Publishing” in a SERB sponsored workshop on ‘Research Methodologies’ held virtually during September 19, 2020, at NIT-Jamshedpur.

• “Paradigms of Materials and Process Design” in the wo day National Conference on Materials, Mechanics and Modelling (NCMMM2020) held virtually during August 29-30, 2020, at NIT-Jamshedpur.

• “Advanced Materials Processing’ in Faculty Development programme organised virtually by Department of Mechanical Engineering, Narasaraopeta Engineering College, Guntur, Andhra Pradesh, on June 04, 2020.

• “'Product development and metallurgical issues in metal additive manufacturing” in summer program for B. Tech. students on Additive Manufacturing organised virtually by CET, IILM Academy of Higher Learning, Noida, on June 06, 2020.

• “An Introduction to Materials for Structural Applications” in TEQIP programme organised by Rajkiya Engineering College, Bijnor, Uttar Pradesh on December 14, 2020.

• “Materials design and processing: A perspective” in webinar for young researchers in Metallurgy & Material Science Organized by CSIR – National Metallurgical Laboratory during August 12-14, 2020. (Keynote speaker)

• “An Introduction to Materials and Processes” in webinar ATAL FDP on Processing of Novel Materials organised by Department of Mechanical Engineering IIT-BHU, Varanasi, during September 20-24, 2021.

• “Materials, Processes and Environmental Sustainability: A Perspective” in webinar ATAL FDP on "Green Technology: Applications in Manufacturing” organized by Department of Mechanical Engineering NIT-Patna, Patna, during September 20-24, 2021.

• “Liquid Metal Disintegration and Deposition: Possibilities of Novel Material Development” in virtual International Conference on Powder Metallurgy (PM2022) during April 18-20, 2022. 

• “Microstructural design opportunities in high entropy alloys” in Eighth International Conference on Solidification Science and Processing (ICSSP8) held during December 11-14, 2023 in Jodhpur, India.

• “Efficacy of Medium-Mn steels in achieving strength and ductility synergy for automotive applications” in the International conference on Advances in Processing Technologies of Flat Steel Products-2024 held at Bokaro Steel Plant, Bokaro, during Sept 20-21, 2024.

• “Spray Forming and Powder Production” in virtual Powder Metallurgy Short Course organized by Powder Metallurgy Association of India during 3-6 October 2023.

• "Development of high entropy alloys: An experiential perspective" in One-day Workshop on High-Entropy Materials' at CGCRI-Kolkata on 14th June 2025 .

• "Gas atomization processes and strategy for high productivity" in the International Conference on Powder Metallurgy & Particulate Materials (PMAI PM-25) held during 19-21 February 2025.

• "Manufacturing Technologies: New and futuristic perspectives" in 5th-One Week Short Term Training Program Cum NATIONAL WORKSHOP ON Advancement in Manufacturing and Processing Technology with special reference to Industry & their Challenges, on 24th July 2025.

International

• “Thermomechanical processing of Spray formed Cu-Ni-Si Alloy”, Institute of Materials Science, University of Bremen, Germany, November, 2002.

• “Synthesis of ultrafine grained materials and MIL composites by accumulative roll bonding” at Institut fuer Werkstofftechnik, University of Bremen, Germany, on 07.04.2008.

• “Spray Forming Process: From the Perspective of synthesizing novel materials” at the Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Delft, Netherland, on 13.06.2008 (Prof.Dr.ir.L.A.I.Kesten's group)

• “Development of Bulk Amorphous/Nano-crystalline Aluminium Alloys by Spray Forming” Institute for Complex Materials, IFW Dresden, Dresden, Germany, on 29.04.2008. (Professor J. Eckert's group)

• “Spray Forming of Al-Based Alloys and Composites” at the Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden, on 16.02.2009.(Professor Hasse Fredriksson's group)

• “Synthesis of bulk Al-RE-TM alloys with co-existing amorphous, nano- and micro-crystalline structures” at the Department of Materials Science, University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany on 04.05.2009.

• “Light metals research at CSIR-NML” at the Institute of Materials Science, University of Bremen, Germany, on 26.09.2012.

• “Development of amorphous and nanocrystalline materials by spray forming” 5th international conference on spray deposition and melt atomisation (SDMA2013) held at Bremen, Germany, during September 23-25, 2013. (Keynote speaker)

• “High entropy alloys: Synthesis and phase evolution” at the Institute fuer Werkstofftechnik, Universitaet Bremen, Germany, on 16.10.2015.