Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology Madras
and
Indian Institute of Metals
Chennai Chapter
Cordially Invite you for the
First Lecture of the
Prof. E.G. Ramachandran Distinguished Lecture Series
By
Prof. Srinivasa Ranganathan
Department of Materials Engineering
Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore,
Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, Bangalore and
National Institute of Advanced Studies, Bangalore
On
Imaging Molecules and Materials Across Time and Space
Prof. Bhaskar Ramamurthi
Director, IIT Madras
will Preside over the Function
Time: April 17, 2013, 3.00 PM
Venue: IC&SR Auditorium, IIT Madras
Abstract
Over the past one thousand years, extraordinary developments have occurred in the
observation of materials. The pioneers Robert Hooke and A.V. Leeuwenhoek lifted the
veil over the microscopic world in the seventeenth century. This has been followed in
the last century by spectacular developments so that we have microscopes that allow
us to image molecules and materials in space with picometer resolution and in time
with femtosecond separation. Extension of Raman spectroscopy allows an individual
molecule to be identified. A new time dimension in microscopy arises when we view
materials from past history. An attempt will be made to convey the excitement where
futuristic nanomaterials and historical steels can be probed. A partial context will be
provided drawing examples from the lecturer’s own research. This lecture is dedicated
to Prof E.G. Ramachandran.
Program:
3.00 PM:
3.05 PM:
3.15 PM:
3.30 PM:
4.25 PM:
4.30 PM:
Welcome by Prof. M. Kamaraj
Felicitations to Prof. E.G. Ramachandran
Presidential Remarks by Prof. Bhaskar Ramamurthi
Lecture by Prof. S. Ranganathan
Vote of Thanks by Prof. B.S. Murty
High Tea
Prof. E.G. Ramachandran Distinguished Lecture Committee
Chairman
Prof. M. Kamaraj, IIT Madras
E-Mail: kamaraj@iitm.ac.in ; Ph: 044-2257-4769/4751
Mob: 094440 08590
Secretary
Prof. B.S. Murty, IIT Madras
E-mail: murty@iitm.ac.in ; Ph: 044-2257-4754
Mob: 094440 77006
Prof. E.G. Ramachandran
Professor E.G. Ramachandran, was the first Professor and the first Head
of the Department of Metallurgical Engineering, IIT Madras and is considered as the architect of this foremost department in India. He obtained
his BSc and MSc from University of Mysore in 1943 and 1944. He got his
PhD in 1947 from University of Sheffield. After serving the Department of
Metallurgy, IISc, Bangalore as a faculty member for 9 years and National
Metallurgical Laboratory, Jamshedpur as Assistant Director for 5 years,
he was invited to IIT Madras in 1961 as the first Professor of the Department of Metallurgical
Engineering. He was also Director-in-charge of IIT Madras for a brief period. Prof. Ramachandran
was a Visiting Professor in Germany in 1968 and in 1977 as an Invitee of the DAAD and the United
Kingdom during 1973-74 as a fellow of the Nuffield Foundation.
Prof. Ramachandranhas dedicated himself to teaching, research and development in Metallurgy in the country and has inspired generations of metallurgists, both old and young. Prof.
Ramachandran’swas elected as the Chairman of the Industrial Metallurgy Division of the Indian
Institute of Metals in 1978. The unique status, which his department held in the country and
abroad in teaching, research and development work in industrial metallurgy, is eloquent testimony to the success of his efforts. Prof. Ramachandranhas published more than 100 papers and is
a co-patent holder for ten new metallurgical processes or equipment, some of which have been
taken up by industry for commercial utilization. He was the President of the Indian Institute of
Metals during 1980-81.
About the Speaker: Prof. S. Ranganathan
After an outstanding academic record in Loyola College, Chennai and the
Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, Srinivasa Ranganathan obtained his
PhD from Cambridge University, UK in 1965. His academic career as an
educator and researcher in metallurgy for the past four decades at the
Banaras Hindu University and the Indian Institute of Science has been stellar. He has made significant and seminal contributions to the structure of
grain boundaries, quasicrystals, bulk metallic glasses and nanostructured
materials. He has over 300 publications including books on Wootz steel and New Geometries
for New Materials. He is a recipient of a number of awards and honours including the Lifetime
Achievement Award from the Ministry of Steel, National Metallurgists Day Award from the Indian
Institute of Metals, Distinguished Alumnus Award of the Indian Institute of Science. He is a Fellow
of all four Academies of Science and Engineering in India. His international recognitions include
Fellowship of the Academy of Sciences for the Developing World; RQ 14 Distinguished Fellowship;
Honorary International Chair Professor, The National Taipei University of Technology, Taiwan and
Guest Professor, Tokyo University of the Arts, Japan. He has served as President of the Indian
Institute of Metals. He has been a member of several International Advisory Committees of conferences series, most notably with the themes - Quasicrystals, Rapidly Quenched and Metastable
Materials, Nanostructured Materials and BUMA and brought them to Bangalore. He has been a
member of the editorial boards of twelve journals including Acta Materialia, Materials Transactions and Acta Materialia Sinica.