Chapter Technical Calendar & Symposia
Premier metallurgy conferences, industrial workshops, endowment lectures, and student colloquia advancing mineral processing and materials innovation across Eastern India’s mineral core.
All technical sessions offer structured Continuing Professional Development (CPD) credit certificates endorsed by IIM National Headquarters, Kolkata.
18th National Symposium on Advanced High-Strength Steels & Decarbonized Ironmaking (AHSS-2026)
Focusing on physical metallurgy of ultra-clean automotive grades, hydrogen direct reduction kinetics in Eastern Indian hematite pellets, and circular slag valorization in mega blast furnace complexes.
Upcoming Technical Symposia & Colloquia
International Workshop on Green Hydrogen in Blast Furnaces & DRI
Evaluating tuyere gas injection dynamics, cold pellet crushing strength, and thermochemical modeling of zero-carbon ironmaking shafts.
Prof. P. K. Jena Memorial Lecture on Mineral Wealth of Odisha
Annual endowment oration delivering strategic pathways for bauxite, chromite, and manganese valorization in eastern regional clusters.
Colloquium on Strategic Rare Earth & Titanium Sand Beneficiation
Industrial round-table focusing on heavy mineral beach sands of Ganjam, monazite cracking, and ilmenite chlorination processes.
Odisha Metallurgical Conclave & Inter-Collegiate Quiz 2026
Undergraduate paper competitions, metallographic photo-micrograph contests, and state-wide metallurgical quiz with ₹1,00,000 cash prizes.
National Metallurgist Day (NMD) Regional Honors & Banquet
Honoring distinguished chapter fellows, presenting Young Metallurgist Excellence plaques, and Chapter Executive installation dinner.
Seminar on Corrosion Engineering in Marine & Coastal Industrial Assets
Cathodic protection design, microbial-induced corrosion in offshore piping, and field excursion across port structures at Gopalpur.
Industrial Workshop on Circular Economy & Red Mud Valorization
Extraction of scandium and titanium values from bauxite residue, geopolymer cement synthesis, and commercial slag utilization benchmarks.
Winter School on Advanced Characterization (SEM, TEM, EBSD & Synchrotron)
Three-day hands-on masterclass in crystallographic texture mapping, high-resolution lattice imaging, and phase quantification software.
Recent Past Symposia & Published Proceedings
National Seminar on Low-Carbon Ferroalloys & Smelting
Conducted at Jajpur Road with delegates from Jindal Stainless and IMFA.
Workshop on Refractory Degradation in DRI Rotary Kilns
CSIR-IMMT lecture series covering spinel coatings and alkali corrosion resistance.
Odisha Materials Colloquium on Additive Manufacturing Alloys
Titanium and superalloy powder synthesis protocols with IIT BBSR laboratory demo.
National Conference on Clean Beneficiation of Low-Grade Iron Ores
Hydrocyclone sizing, HGMS magnetic separators, and slime pond recovery plants.
Host or Co-Sponsor a Technical Symposium with IIM Bhubaneswar Chapter
Industrial plants (Tata Steel, JSPL, NALCO, JSL, AM/NS) and research universities are invited to partner with the Chapter to conduct plant-specific workshops, technical seminars, and peer-reviewed endowment lectures with full national academic accreditation.