ReportontheActivities (2012– 2013) of TRAnantharaman EducationandResearchFoundation(TRAERF) Hyderabad,India (Forsoftcopy,Pleasevisit www.tra-erf.org ) July,2013 1 Contents 1. Introduction&Background .. 3 2. PrincipalObjectivesofTRAERF .. 3 3. ABriefReportontheActivitiesofTRAERF .. 5 during2012-2013 3.1FellowshipsandScholarships .. 5 3.2ConferencesandSeminars .. 6 3.3MeetingsHeld .. 7 3.4Fund-Raising .. 7 3.5OfficialWebsiteofTRAERF .. 7 3.6Proposalsfor2013–2014 .. 8 Annexure–I .. 9 Annexure–II .. 11 Annexure–III .. 16 Annexure–IV .. 22 2 ReportontheActivities(2012–2013)of TRANANTHARAMANEDUCTIONANDRESEARCHFOUNDATION 1. Introduction&Background Professor Thanjavur Ramachandran Anantharaman, a doyen of Indian Metallurgy, had laid strong foundationforMetallurgicalEducationandResearchinindependentIndia.Tocarryforwardhiswork,his students,colleaguesandassociateshaveinitiatedaTrust,namedafterhimasTRANANTHARAMAN EDUCATIONANDRESEARCHFOUNDATION(TRAERF).TheTRAERFhasbeenofficiallyformed asaCharitableTrustbyitsauthors(Dr.NEswaraPrasad,Dr.ParthaGhosalandShriTPandurangaRao) onthe23 rd September,2009intheofficeofSub-registrarIIatRangaReddyDistrict(East),Hyderabadin theStateofAndhraPradesh,India.TheTRAERFhasthefollowingtrustees: ProfessorPalleRamaRao..President ProfessorSrinivasaRanganathan..Member ProfessorVinnakotaVenkatapurnaKutumbarao..MemberSecretary Dr.GuntupallyMalakondaiah..MemberTreasurer ProfessorKamanioChattopadhyay..Member Dr.GovindanSundararajan..Member ProfessorKotaBhanuSankaraRao ..Member [AbriefintroductiontotheTrustmembersandtheircontactdetailsaregiveninAnnexure–1.] 2. PrincipalObjectivesofTRAERF TheprincipalobjectivesoftheTrustarelistedbelow: 1. To motivate meritorious undergraduate students of engineering to pursue a research career in engineering, through a scheme of awarding Summer Fellowshipsatreputedinstitutionsandother incentives. 2. To award Scholarships to first rankersamong 1 st , 2 nd and 3rd year students pursuing B.Tech. MetallurgicalEngineeringinselectedinstitutions 3. To award Prof T R Anantharaman Prizes for Science Communication by recognizing articles publishedbyyoungIndiansinpublicationssuchasIIMNews,CurrentScience,NanotechInsights. 4. To organize a “Professor T R Anantharaman Memorial Lecture” to be delivered by an eminent personeveryyearonhisbirthdaynamely,November25atvenuestobedecidedbytheBoardof Trustees. 3 5. Toprovidepartialorfullfinancialsupporttostudents pursuing Ph. D. research in any Materials Science related subject to enable them to present their original research work in International Conferencesabroad. 6. ToawardVisitingScientistpositionsforaperiodofuptothreemonthstofacultymembersfromthe less endowed institutions to carry out research at premier institutions like the Indian Institute of Science,InstituteofTechnologyatBanarasHinduUniversityandthevarious Indian Institutesof Technology. 7. ToestablishanEndowmentChair(namedasthe“ProfessorTRAnantharamanEndowmentChair”) inoneormorepremierinstitutionsinIndiaforthepurposeofcarryingoutresearchinfrontierareas ofMaterialsScienceandTechnologyandtopaymonthlyHonorariumtooneservingfacultymember intheseinstitutionswhoisselectedtooccupythisChairforamaximumperiodofoneyear. 8. ToorganizeoneormoreInternationalConferencesperiodically(periodtobedecidedfromtimeto timebytheBoardofTrustees)inthenameofProfessorTRAnantharamanonresearchtopicsof currentrelevance. 9. To sponsor/provide financial support for basic research projects in the fields of Science and Engineering. 10. TosponsorresearchandoutreachactivitiesrelatedtoHistoryofIndianscienceandtechnologyand MaterialsheritageofIndia 11. TosponsorresearchactivitiesaimedatadeeperunderstandingofIndianPhilosophyandYoga. 12. To organise publication of Professor T R Anantharaman’s unpublished writings and speeches on topicsinmetallurgy,materialsscience,philosophyandyoga. 13. TomaintainaLibraryofProfessorTRAnantharamanmemorabiliasuchastextsofhisspeeches, photos,audioandvideorecordings,availablewithfamilymembers,friendsandinstitutions. 14. TotakeupanyotheractivitythatwouldperpetuatethememoryofProfessorTRAnantharaman,as maybedecidedbytheBoardofTrusteesfromtimetotime. InlinewiththeabovebroadobjectivesandkeepinginviewthelimitedfundsavailabletoTRAERF,it has been decided that the Trust will efficiently extenditssupporttoselectstudentsofDepartmentof MetallurgicalEngineering,InstituteofTechnology,BanarasHinduUniversityasalsothoseofafewnon- top-tier institutions, who have to their credit meritorious record and who have also shown credible commitmenttoacademicsinmetallurgyandmaterialssciences.Suchsupportisaimedatenhancingtheir knowledgeandresearchskills. In addition to supporting top ranking students, TRAERF also would support outstanding teachers of variousmetallurgicalengineeringdepartmentstoinculcateteachingandresearchskillsintraditionalas wellasnewerspecializationsinmetallurgyandmaterialscience. 4 3. ABriefReportontheActivitiesofTRAERFduring2012-2013 TheactivitiesofTRAERFduringthe3rd yearofitsexistence(April,2012–July,2013)aresummarized below: 3.1. FellowshipsandScholarships : (i) TRAERF Scholarship : Mr. Karthik R Laddha, a student of Department of Metallurgical Engineering, IIT (BHU) - VARANASI has been awarded the TRAERF SCHOLARSHIP for standingfirstinthefirstthreesemestersofB.Tech.inMetallurgicalEngineering.Aone-time grantofRs.12,000wasgiventoMr.Karthikinrecognitionofthisachievement. (ii) SummerInternships :ThefollowingtoprankingstudentsofvariousdepartmentsofMetallurgical EngineeringandMaterialsSciencehavebeenawardedSummerInternshipsatvariousresearch institutes,technologycentersandindustries. (a) B.Tech.PartII Km. Lakshmi Sravani, MGIT, Hyderabad [JNT University 1 st Ranker with Highest Marks ScoredtillDate]atDefenceMetallurgicalResearchLaboratory,Hyderabad. (b) B.Tech.PartIII Km.PranjaliSharma,IIT(BHU),VaranasiatRajaRamannaCentreforAdvancedTechnology, Indore Mr. Sai Phaneendra Bachu, IIT(BHU), Varanasi at Defence Metallurgical Research Lab., Hyderabad Mr.SaurabhPandey,IIT(BHU),VaranasiatNationalMetallurgicalLab.,Jamshedpur Mr.AmitMaroo,NIT,WarangalatBhabhaAtomicResearchCentre,Mumbai Km.SoundaryaSrinivasan,NIT,TiruchirapalliatNationalAerospaceLab.,Bengaluru Mr.SandeepAwasthi,NIT,TiruchirapalliatTataSteel,Jamshedpur Mr. N Vinod Kumar, Andhra University, Visakhapatnam at Indian Institute of Technology, Chennai Km.VAkhilaKrishna,JNTUCollegeofEngineering,HyderabadatDefenceMet.Res.Lab., Hyd. 5 Km. C Tina Mouni, MGIT, Hyderabad at International Advanced Res. Centre (ARCI)., Hyderabad. Eachoftheabove10studentshasbeenawardedaone-timegrantofRs.12,000 3.2. ConferencesandSeminars: (i) A 5-day School on SURFACE ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGIES: RESEARCH AND APPLICATIONS(SETRA-2012) wasconductedatInternationalAdvancedResearchCentrefor PowderMetallurgyand NewMaterials(ARCI), HyderabadduringAugust2-31,2012.Several renowned scientists and technologies, specialized in Surface Engineering have delivered the course contents to 60 enthusiastically participated scientists, engineers as well as research scholarsandteachingfaculty.Thetechnicalprogrammeandlogisticswereablyprovidedbythe teamledbyDr.SrikanthVJoshi,AssociateDirector,ARCI,Hyderabad, (ii) A two-day National Conference on EVALUATION AND PREVENTION OF CORROSION AND FAILURES (EPCF-2012) was conducted at School of Engineering Sciences and Technology, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad on November 29th & 30th, 2012. The conferencewasorganizedbySESTfacultyandMembersofRCMA(Materials),Hyderabad.The technicalprogrammeandlogisticswereablyprovidedbytheteamledbyDr.KBhanuSankara RaoofSEST,UoH,Hyderabad. (iii) TAERFTrustmembers deliveredseveraltalks atNationalSeminarsandalsoconducteda few coursesforthebenefitofstudents.Notableisthe 2-Part Lecture Series on EXPERIMENTAL EVALUATIONOFELASTICMODULUSbyDr.PRamaRaoandDr.VChandrasekharan (iv) Profesor Ramapada Manna of Indian Institute of Technology (Banaras Hindu University) had deliveredthefollowinglectures: 1. BulkUltraHighStrengthMetalsbySeverePlasticDeformationon26.12.2012atTamhankar Auditorium,DMRL,Hyderabad. 2. BulkNanostructuredSuperbainiteforArmourApplicationson27.12.2012atTamhankar Auditorium,DMRL,Hyderabad. 6 3. MitigationofResidualStressinSubmarineHulls&DemonstrationofRichWebsiteofProf. Bhadeshiaon27.12.2012atTamhankarAuditorium,DMRL,Hyderabad. 4. &5.TwolecturesbasedontheresearchexposurethatProfessorMannahasgotwhileat Cambridge,UK(facilitatedbyTRA-ERF)atJNTU,Hyderabadon28thDecember,2012. 3.3. MeetingsHeld: 6th and7 th MeetingsoftheBoardofTrusteesoftheTRAERFtoreviewandplanvariousactivitiesof TRAERFwereheldatDirector’sConferenceHallsatDMRLandARCI,respectivelyonAugust2, 2012andMarch15,2013.TheminutesofthesemeetingscanbefoundatAnnexures2&3. 3.4. Fund-Raising&FinancialManagement: TheprincipalsourceoffundsfortheTrustisdonationsreceivedfromcolleagues,friends,students and well-wishers of Professor TR Anantharaman. The listofdonorswhohavecontributedtothe corpusfundtilldateisgiveninAnnexure–4.Sincemanyothers,studentsandadmirersofProfessor TRAnantharaman,stayingoutsideIndiahaveexpressedtheirwishtocontributefundstotheTrust,is has been decided to start the process of obtaining Government of India permission for receiving donationsfromNRIs.TheTreasurerhasensuredthecompletionofthetaskofopeningaseparate bankaccountforNRIdonations. ThefinancialtransactionsandthemanagementofbankaccountaremonitoredbyM/xJyothirmayi Associates, the auditors employed for the foundation. Their audit report is given in a separate document,appendedtothisreport.