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COUNCIL REPORT ___________ FY 2019-20 0 TABLE OF CONTENTS Agenda Particulars Page Point [s] Number[s] Notice for AGM 2 Notice for nomination to serve as Council membe r 3 1 Organisational 1.1 Advisory Committee of Former Presidents: 4-5 Decisions taken in FY 2019-20 1.2 IIM National Council: Decisions taken & 6-7 implemented in FY 2019-20 1.3 IIM National Committees: Structure & 7-14 modus operandi [Special Mention: AFRC Deliberations, Council Meeting Deliberations] 2 IIM Buildings & Premises 14 3 Another Year Passed By: 14 -20 Major Take-Away 4 IIM Events & Happenings 20 -24 [In chronological order] 5 Global Alliance 25 -26 6 Publications 26 -28 7 Associate Membership Examination 28 -29 8 IIM Memorial Lectures 29 9 Chapters & Divisional Activities 30 -33 10 Membership: A way forward 33 -35 11 Chapter relations Committee: Meetings & 35 -36 Deliberations 12 Accolades 37 13 Measures adopted by IIM to combat adverse impact of 37 -38 Pandemic 15 Post Face & Conclusion 38 16 Vision & Mission 39 1 THE INDIAN INSTITUTE OF METALS “METAL HOUSE’ PLOT NO: 13/4, BLOCK-AQ, SALT LAKE, SECTOR-V, KOLKATA- 700 091 17 th July 2020 NOTICE To: All the members of The Indian Institute of Metals Notice is hereby given that the Annual General Meeting of the shareholders of The Indian Institute of Metals will be held through Video Conferencing on Friday, the 31 st of July, 2020 at 14:00 hrs to consider and if thought fit to transact the following : ORDINARY BUSINESS Resolution No 1 To approve and adopt the Report of the Council for the year 2019-20 (1 st April 2019 to 31 st March 2020) Resolution No 2 To appoint the council and the office bearers for the period 1 st August 2020 to 31 st July 2021 (as tenure of the current council is getting over on 31st July, hence AGM is called to elect the new council members). Resolution No 3 To consider approving and adopting the Financial statements for the year ended 31 st March 2020 and the Report of the Auditors thereon at an adjourned AGM as the availability of audited accounts has been hampered by the imposition of lockdown by the Government of India from 25 th March 2020 to 7 th June 2020(as per MHA guidelines) due to the COVID 19 pandemic. Resolution No 4 To authorize any director of the Institute to file the necessary returns and information with the Registrar of Companies in accordance with the provisions laid down in the Companies Act, 2013. By Order of the Council For the Indian Institute of Metals KUSHAL SAHA Secretary General 2 17 th July 2020 To All members of The Indian Institute of Metals Notice for nomination to serve as Council member Dear Member, Pursuant to Clause No 21 of the Articles of Association of the Institute, Members willing to serve the National Council for 2020-21 are hereby requested to send their names to the undersigned on or before 24th July 2020, for being considered by the retiring Council for nomination at the Annual General Meeting[AGM] scheduled to be held on Friday, 31 st July 2020 , through Video Conferencing, in view of the restriction on travel, and maintaining social distancing requirement due to nCovid 19 pandemic outbreak. For the Indian Institute of Metals KUSHAL SAHA Secretary General 3 THE INDIAN INSTITUTE OF METALS “METAL HOUSE” PLOT NO: 13/4, BLOCK-AQ, SALT LAKE, SECTOR-V, KOLKATA 700 091 COUNCIL REPORT 2019-20 To: All Members of The Indian Institute of Metals Your Council is pleased to present the annual activity report of the Institute for the year 2019–20. 1 ORGANISATIONAL 1.1 Advisory Committee of Former Presidents [ACFP] : The 23 rd meeting of the ACFP was held on 14 th November 2019 at Hotel Uday Samudra, Kovalam. The current constitution of ACFP, effective August 2019 is as follows: Former Presidents as Current Members of ACFP Mr. R N Parbat [President,1995-96] Mr. L Pugazhenthy [President,2008-09] Dr. Sanak Mishra [President,2009-10] Dr. Dipankar Banerjee [President,2010-11] Mr. M Narayana Rao [ President,2011-12] Mr. H M Nerurkar [President,2012-13] Prof. Kamanio Chattopadhyay [President,2013-14] Dr. R N Patra [President,2014-15] Mr. S. S. Mohanty [President,2015-16] Dr. U Kamachi Mudali [ Current President as Member-Convener ] The Committee directed IIM to improve its presence, visibility and brand image in global platform through the following recommendations: Key Deliberations /Recommendations • Funds mobilisation : It was unanimously agreed that the revenue of the Institute is solely dependent on the performance of the two flagship events: NMD, held annually & MMMM, held biennially. Apart from organizing these two perennial events, IIM should also explore the possibility of organizing some zonal events in various scales across INDIA, in association with premier Event Management Organizations. • It was opined that each division of IIM under the leadership of each VP should organise Seminars/Conferences to generate funds (minimum Rs 5 Lakhs annually) and disseminate 4 technical knowledge. Taking this point forward, ACFP advised to allocate one capable person at HO to look after Chapters’ co-ordination, hand-holding them to step up activities and comply with financial requirements. Ensuing the same, Council assigned Mr. Tamal Goswami, Manager (Membership), HO to handle this portfolio, w.e.f. January 2020. • It was suggested that the Membership Directory of IIM , launched in December 2019 , can be used to generate revenues by including advertisements and selling it to non-members. IIM should also attract downstream and secondary sector companies and persons in the fraternity. • IIM Council Members & Senior Members were identified and requested by ACFP to help rejuvenate some of the dormant / not so active Chapters located around Non-ferrous industries like OFB (Ambarnath), Hindusthan Zinc, Sterlite etc. • ACFP appreciated the initiative of the President to organise/ co-organise events jointly with other professional bodies like IIF, IIW, ASM etc. • It was suggested that other professional bodies should be informed well in advance about NMD & IIM Awards to raise the number of deserving participants from diversified fields of expertise & interests. • Review Revenue Generation and Sustainability model for IIM: It was agreed by the committee that IIM currently has only NMD (annual) and MMMM (Delhi Chapter’s biennial) as two major events to generate fund. Large Chapters should try to organise Seminars/Conferences to generate funds. It should get its event branded to succeed in future. • The committee also felt that more Patron/Donor members should be roped in IIM. It would benefit IIM in revenue generation and also add many ordinary/life members from the industries headed by prospective Patrons. HO was asked to co-ordinate this activity. • It was suggested that after the completion of the tenure of 3 years [2017-20], the current operating guidelines governing Chapter’s representation in the National Council of the Institute should be reviewed to explore the possibility of enhancement of the Chapters’ presence . • It was recommended that the maximum tenure of a Council member must be limited to encourage new members. • It was opined to take up various online distance learning educational programmes of varying duration. IIM may collaborate on mutually agreed partnership parameters with global institutions for designing some programs for students. • IIM should endeavour in making IIM Publications more enterprising; enabling it to reach a wider section through digital media. IIM may explore publication of some lecture series, short course materials and similar items and explore the possibility of resource generation through such publications. Similarly, IIM may act as a source for industrial consultancy for industries and academic institutions. • IIM should evolve a 5-year action plan to be driven by all successive Presidents. • Strive to increase number of IIM Chapters to 75 [from the current strength of 56] by Platinum 5 Jubilee Year 2021, and, work on the possibilities of doubling current membership strength. 1.2 IIM National Council: A] Enhanced involvement proposed to motivate IIM Chapters In place of the general precedence of taking on board 15 Chapters Representatives in the Council on rotational basis each year, it was decided upon that wef from Council Year 2019-20, five more Chapters’ will be included based on the following criteria. It is meant for those Chapters who otherwise would not be a part of the Council by rotation. V Submission of Audited Chapter Accounts in time V Chapter has to be registered under GSTN V The Chapter should have conducted Annual General Meeting latest by September every year. V Chapters who have submitted highest numbers of papers in a Conference/ seminars, also who have conducted/participated in adequate number of Seminars & workshops in one’s city shall be given preference over the others V The President would select suitable Chapter representative[s] based on above criteria. One each representative from Industry, Experts & R&D/Academia category; and two from President’s choice category are reduced to create this new group of President’s Selection from Chapters not being a part of National Council otherwise. B] Constituents : A total of 11 Office bearers and 49 members were elected to the 2019-20 National Council during the Annual General Meeting held on 27 th July 2019 in Kolkata. The list appears as Appendix I on the inside back cover of this Report. A maximum of two members, (recommended by the President) beyond the defined strength of 60 is approved. In accordance, two members were co-opted later in October 2020. As the last Council year of 2018-19 completed its term, the baton of Metal Science Division was passed on to Dr.