
12/09/2022
The InCerS(Indian Ceramic Society) Student Chapter NIT Rourkela has started a Lecture Series on Industry-Academia Interaction. The first part of this lecture was an Inaugural Lecture on - "Refractory product manufacturing - The Current Scenario" by Mr Birendra Prasad, the plant head at Dalmia-OCL and Head of Dalmia Research Institute who has expertise in Technology of Concast Refectory and Silica Refractory. The event took place on September 10, 2022 at 4:30 p.m. in the Seminar Hall of the Ceramic engineering department. Students, Scholars and Faculty members of the Metallurgy and Material science department and Ceramic department were part of this insightful evening.
Mr Birendra Prasad gave a brief technical lecture on Refractory Product Manufacturing: The Current Scenario and briefly emphasised on Lean Manufacturing and Industry 4.0. Followed by an interactive session took place where the audience communicated with the plant head and got to know more about the field of Refractory materials. At the end of the session, Prof. Swadesh Kumar Pratihar, Faculty Advisor of InCerS Student Chapter of NIT ROURKELA, presented the memento.
The event turned out to be a golden opportunity for material science enthusiasts who got to have a wonderful session with the best minds in the Refectory domain.