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BRANCH NEWS� AHMEDABAD BRANCH

� COCHIN BRANCH

� JAMSHEDPUR BRANCH

� LUCKNOW BRANCH

� KOLKATA BRANCH

� MUMBAI BRANCH

� RAEBARELI BRANCH

� TRIVENDRUM BRANCH

� VISHAKHAPATNAM BRANCH

AHMEDABAD BRANCH

Report on 12 March 2016 : Ahmedabad Branchorganized a talk on “Total Cost of Ownership – A Scientificapproach towards Procurement” by Mr Kumar Mehta,Manager- Commercial & Contratcs, PMC Projects (I) Pvt.Ltd. and Adani Group Company in AhmedabadManagement Association on 12th March 2016 under itsknowledge Augmenting Series. 52 Participating membersbenefited from this knowledge exposition.

Branch Chairman Mr. H. K. Gupta mentioned in hisinaugural talk that:

It is with deep sorrow and shock that we at IIMM familylearnt of sad demise of our Senior Life Member Mr. NiralRajpal and his 5 years old Daughter in fire accident at hishome. An enterprising life has extinguished.

Branch Chairman Mr. H K Gupta WelcomingParticipants

Enlightened Members Enjoying Deliberations.

I express deep condolence to Rajpal’s family on behalf ofIIMM community. Let us all pray to God that their soul

may rest in peace. May God give his family strength tobear this loss.

Members in Rapt Attention During Talk.

Mr Kumar Mehta Speaker of The Evening.

Mr. D K Goswamy Programme Coordinator IntroducingSpeaker & Subject.

We are grateful to Mr. Kumar Mehta to volunteer sharinghis expertise. Mr. D K Goswamy will soon introduce himand his subject in his lucid style.

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Friends, we conduct such program once in a month toaugment knowledge of our members and it is hearteningthat our own members are becoming faculty. This showstalent internally which we did not exploit in past. May Iappeal to many more members to come forward andshare their knowledge and experience in talks which willfollow in future months.

Mr. Kumar Mehta Speaker of The Evening Receivingmemento at Hands of Mr. Rajesh Rathod.

Mr. Sudhir Shah Distinguished Member AppraisingCurrent Status of Membership

IIMM Ahmedabad Members Directory is undercompilation mode. May I appeal to all our Members tocome forward and solicit maximum advertisements forthis Materials Management Bible.

Those of you, who are still not member, may kindly takeMembership and Directory form from Registration Deskand acquire Membership quickly so that your detailsbecome part of this Important Materials ManagementPublication.

NC Member Mr. Manoj Pandey Wrapping Up TheSession.

Speaker Mr Kumar Mehta Stressingh a Point

IIMM is a National Institution having 11000 membersserviced by 68 Branches and Ahmedabad Branch is oneof them.

Currently Ahmedabad Branch has 358 members out ofwhich 300 are life members. More than 80% of ourmembers are Life Members and this is best rationationally.

IIMM conducts various courses both for improvingProfessional Knowledge off MM Professionals and helpingthem in carrier advancement post their acquiring thesespecial qualifications. More and more of us should optfor these structured courses.

He then read out Mission Statement of institution andexhorted members to follow it in letter and spirit.

“To promote professional excellence in MaterialsManagement towards national Prosperity throughsustainable development.”

Mr. Sudhir Shah Distinguished Member and ConvenerMembership Committee then explained various featuresof Life Membership Schemes.

Mr. D K Goswamy Program Coordinator introducedSpeaker and Subject:

I would like to begin with thanking Sh. Rajesh RathodHead Techno Commercial with Adani group for helpingus in providing the high quality professionals from thefield of Materials Management. We have another pearlof wisdom from the ocean of Adani Group – Mr. KumarMehta.

Great people have small resume. Mr. Kumar Mehta is BEMechanical with PGDPM – Post Graduate Diploma inProject Management.

Out of total professional work experience of 12 years, hespent the initial years with Essar Steel Limited at Haziraand now working with Adani Group as ManagerCommercial and Contracts.

Traditionally, we have been making a comparativestatement of various bids and indicate the total amountof the purchase order. Negotiate with the L1 and so on..

Mr. Mehta, in his synopsis stated that a scientific approach


towards the procurement is needed where the productlife cycle cost analysis is done.

I would like to request Mr. Mehta to take the stage andenlighten us with his experience of using TCO in theprocurement. Let us welcome Mr. Kumar Mehta with abig sound of applause.

Mr. Kumar Mehta made a very and informativepresentation on TCO. He explained that dynamic situationof globalization, trade & commerce have flourished andthus creating opportunities for the Buyer fraternity forvalue creation. Against conventional method where indirect cost are kept in mind for procurement decisionmaking the concept of Total Cost of Ownership (TCO)concept applies lifecycle cost analysis.

He focussed on practical approach towards the use ofTCO. The application of the concept was explained bygiving few examples of value creation using this approachv/s use of conventional procurement methods.

He explained that TCO analysis includes total cost ofacquisition and operating costs as well costs related toreplacement or upgrades at the end of the life cycle.According to him the TCO analysis is used to gauge theviability of any capital investment. An enterprise may useit as a product/process comparison tool. It is also usedby credit markets and financing agencies. TCO directlyrelates to an enterprise’s asset and/or related systemstotal costs across all projects and processes, thus givinga picture of the profitability over time.

Mr. Rajesh C Rathod, Hon. Fellow Member presented amemento on behalf of participants to knowledgeablespeaker of the evening.

Mr. Manoj Pandey NC Member summarized KnowledgeAugmenting Evening and complemented speaker andaudience for their brilliant interaction.

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COCHIN BRANCH

The Materials Management day was celebrated by CochinBranch on 22nd April 2016 at Presidency Hotel at 6.30PM. The Chief Guest of the programme was Dr. GeorgeSleeba, Director V Guard Industries Ltd , Cochin and Ex-CMD FACT Ltd.

He formally inaguarated the MM day celebrations withkey note address to the members and family. Mr. K.MGeorge Chairman of Kerala State Productivity Housefelicitated on the occasion. Both of them asserted on theneed for materials management professionals tooptimally utilizing all the resources to create a vibrantIndia. Branch Chairman Shri Roby TA, delivered thewelcome address and given best wishes to all members .


Vice chairman Capt. Alexander Francis presented amemento to the chief guest Dr. George Sleeba towardshis affection, love and support.

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JAMSHEDPUR BRANCH

Lecture Meeting on 20.02.2016 : A lecture meeting wasorganized on 20th February 2016 at the RMCE premises,where the branch chairman, Mr. K M Bhardwaj, spokeabout the recent Developments in the supply chainmanagement. He said that successful supply chainmanagement requires cross-functional integration andmarketing must play a critical role. The challenge is todetermine how to successfully accomplish thisintegration. We present a framework for supply chainmanagement as well as questions for how it might beimplemented and questions for future research.

As we think about the major trends that will affect thenext generation of supply chains, we need to considercertain macroeconomic factors. Prominent among theseis the changing global economic demographics. Walk intoany multinational consumer goods or manufacturingcompany today and you’re sure to hear a lot of discussionabout the BRIC (Brazil, Russia, India, and China) markets.

The GDP growth in those countries far exceeds thegrowth in more fully developed economies. Further, thesheer number of consumers in these countries alreadyaccounts for about 40 percent of the world’s population.And by 2050, their combined economies are expectedto eclipse that of the world’s richest countries—includingthe U.S. and European Union.

Another macro-economic reality to consider is theshortage of knowledge workers to satisfy the needs ofthe expanding markets. Studies show that theseshortages are beginning to be felt in the immediate term.

Some of this shortage will be offset by the Baby Boomerswanting (or needing) to work longer to overcomelingering effects of the latest recession. In any case, theshortage of skilled workers overall underpins several ofthe specific trends present below.

The 10 trends identified are listed below which are goingto affect the SCM in the coming years.

1. Service Chains will become more important thanproduct chains.

2. Companies will need to fully report corporateexternalities.

3. Supply Chains must be designed to serve the “Baseof the Pyramid”.

4. Knowledge work and workers will become global innature.

5. SCM will have a standard certification processsimilar to that for CPAs.

6. Product Clockspeeds will determine the number andnature of supply chains.

7. Micro segmentation will be key to success.

8. Technology to support SCM will primarily be “ontap”.

9. Leaders will leverage social media in a closed loopfeedback process.

10. Artificial Intelligence will be imbedded inmainstream supply chain management.

At the beginning, Mr. Shambhu Shekhar, Vice Chairmanof the branch welcomed the speaker by presenting aflower bouquet. The session was very interactive wheremany people asked for clarifications. The vote of Thankswas proposed by Mr. G R Murti, NC member.

Speaker Mr. K M Bhardwaj

Section of Audience

Report for the month of March 2016 : On 31.03.2016 ameeting was arranged with the members of ASIA(Adityapur Small Industries Association) to have greaterinteraction with the local MSME industries.


The Vice Chairman, of ASIA, Mr. Rajiv Ranjan of M/S. A.K. Industries welcomed the delegates from IIMMconsisting of Dr. TAS Vijayraghvan of XLRI, Mr. G R Murti,Mr. A K Srivastava, Mr. G D Pandey, Mr. Rajeev Kumarand Mr. D N Jha.

Chairman of ASIA Mr. Inder Agarwal in his addresswelcomed the move of IIMM Jamshedpur and said thatit will be of great help to the MSME by imparting therequisite knowledge about the Supply ChainManagement, Procurement, Stores Management andLogistics personnel in MSME. They will be academicallysound with the knowledge imparted to them and willadd to the total productivity in this region.

Mr. G R Murti, the national Council Member, spoke aboutthe various courses conducted by the institute. Mr.Rajeev Kumar presented the details of the coursemodules specially designed to educate the MSMEprofessionals. Mr. A K Srivastav also spoke on thisoccasion.

It was decided by the members of ASIA that they shallbe sending delegates for the proposed courses in orderto improve the functioning of MSME in Adityapur.

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KOLKATA BRANCH

Report on One Day Seminar on ‘Excellence In MaterialsManagement (EMM) Held on Saturdaythe 19 March,2016 at The Park Hotel - Kolkata : In its continuousendeavour towards cutting edged knowledgedissemination programme in the domain of supply chainmanagement, IIMM Kolkata Branch, for the 1st time inits history, launched a One Day Seminar on ‘Excellencein Materials Management’ (EMM) envisaged anddesigned for supply chain professionals engaged in

Hospital Sector. The Seminar held on Saturday, the 19th

March, 2016 at The Park Hotel in collaboration withCovidient Healthcare India Pvt. Ltd., a major player inhealth care industry. As a token of commitment to theprofession, IIMM did not charge delegation for theparticipants. Fifty two participants from 6ovt. and privatehospitals including medical practitioners attended theday-long programme.

On the Dias from Left : Mr. Amit Kumar Singh -Regional Manager, Covidient Health Care India Pvt.

Ltd., Mr. Animesh Chattopadhyay - Branch Chairman &Mr. Amal Chakraborti - Vice President (East), IIMM

The Technical Session delivered by Mr. Kallol Ghosh,Dy. Gen. Manager - Tata Medical Centre & Hony.Secretary IIMM Kolkata Branch at The Park Hotel.

Mr. Amal Chakraborty, National Vice President (East),graced the Inaugural Session of the Seminar anddiscoursed on IIMM’s activities to the cause of supplychain profession through its Branches and Chaptersspread over the length and breadth of the country. Mr.Animesh Chattopadhyay, Branch Chairman, in welcomeaddress, invited participants to become member of theInstitute. Mr. Chattopadhyay hailed Mr. Kallol Ghosh,Hony. Secreary, IIMM Kolkata, for his untiring efforts forarranging such a unique Seminar for the supply chainprofessionals in hospital sector. Mr. Amit Kumar Singh,Regional Manager, Energy Based Devices, CovidientHealthcare India Pvt. Ltd., in his message outlined theimportance of supply chain management in hospitalsector.

The 1st Technical Session of the Seminar on “An Overview& Broader Aspects of Health Care MaterialsManagement’ dealt by Mr. Biplab Barerjee. PastChairman and Past Vice President (East), IIMM and arenowned faculty member. The 2nd Session on Time


Bounding Purchase with Best Price’ delivered by Mr. DN Chakravarti, Past Chairman and Past Vice President(East). Mr. Chakravarti discoursed on the topic with real-life exposure. The 3rd Session on ‘Efficient Storage System- Optimum Control of Inventory’ was handled by Mr. D KAcharyya, Past Chairman of the Branch and Course Co-ordinator of HMM Kolkata Branch. He exposed the topicwith various case studies. The post lunch session onTimely Service of Materials with Effective Deliverance’was delivered by Mr. Kallol Ghosh, Dy. General Manager(Materials Management), Tata Medical Centre and Hony.Secretary of HMM Kolkata Branch. In his enchantingpresentation with live examples, it became an InteractiveSession and the participants were so impressed. The finalsession on ‘Expectation of Operation Management fromMaterials Management in Health Care Delivery’ wastaken by Mrs. Aparna Roy, Head (Operations). TataMedical Centre. Mrs. Roy elaborated the topic fromclassical management angle.

A Quiz Contest on the day-long presentation wasarranged for the participants where Mr. Kallol Ghoshemerged as the Quiz Master with selection of wittyquestions. The successful participants were felicitatedwith token gifts. The participants seemed to be verymuch enthusiastic in replying answers to grasp thecoveted gift from the Quiz Master.

In Valedictory Session, Mrs. Aparna Roy handed overCertificates to the participants. Finally Mr. Koushik Roy,Vice Chairman, IIMM Kolkata Branch, offered Vote ofThanks to all concerned. The participants expressed deepregards to UMM Kolkata for getting an exposure on theirprofession and requested to arrange such events infuture. Mr. Kallol Ghosh, Hony. Secretary, assured themto design a three month Short-Term Course on SupplyChain Management for Hospital Sector consideringnecessities.--------------------------------------------------------------------------

LUCKNOW BRANCHReport on the activities of the Lucknow Branch of IndianInstitute of Materials Management. Punjab NationalBank, HAL Branch, Lucknow recently Celebrated theirthirtyeighth Annual Day and involved Our branch andhonored Senior Members for their contribution to theBank. First to be honored was Sqn. Ldr. (Retd) NarendraNath Who opened his account in the Bank in Lahore priorto India Became independent in 1947.

Next to be honored was Shri A.R.Bhute, our CourseCoordinator who opened his account on the very firstday the Branch was opened 38 years ago in 1978. Thirdto be honored was Shri P.K.Bajpai, our NationalCounsellor for his job as Coordinator from HAL for allTransactions main being Forein Exchange. Next to behonored in line was Shri R.B.Sharma, our Branch Advisorand General Manager (HR), HAL , Accessories Complex,Lucknow. All these honors were made by Shri A.K.Mishra,General Manager, PNB, Circle Office, Lucknow. LucknowBranch is having very good relations with the Branch .We are not only having our Savings Bank Account butalso have all our FD’s with the Bank. They arc alsocontributing in our Functions. In addition Branch

organized an evening lecture by Shri S.KJha, FormerManaging Directorr WAL on current issues Shri Jha is aLife Member of the Institute and was Chairman of theBranch for two tenures. He shared his experience in thefield of Materials Management and other current issues.

Seen in Picture L to R : Sq. Ldr. N. Nath, Shri R.B.Sharma, Shri A.R.Bhute and Shri P.K.Bajpai.

Shri A P Bhute being honoured by Shri A.K.Mishra, GM,PNB.

A Group photograph taken on the occassion. Seen inpicture are Shri Jha, Shri Bajpai, Shri R B Sharma, ShriBrajesh Singh, Shri H. Sawhney, Shri K.P. Sharma, Shri

A.R.bhute and Shri Bhargava of PNB

Shri Jha also suggested that we should have our AnnualNRC and Seminar in the month of March2016 andaccordingly it was decided to hold the NRC and Seminaron 13th March 2016. On the same day Shri P.K.Bajpai,Our NC informed that The Second Property of the Branchhas also been Registered.


Shri S K Jha, sharing his views, Seen in photograph areShri R B Sharma, Shri P.K.Bajpai and Shri Brajesh Singh.

Listening to Shri S.K.Jha Left to Right are ShriK.P.Sharma Chairman Sri PSL Srivastava, EC and Shri

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MUMBAI BRANCH

MDP on ‘Contract Management’ held on 20th February,2016 : A Management Development Program on‘Contract Management’ was organized by IIMM, MumbaiBranch on 20th February, 2016 at Hotel KohinoorContinental, Andheri (East), Mumbai. This program wasco ordinate by Dr. Ramesh Shete, Nearly 50 participantsfrom middle and senior level project management/contract management/Procurement professionals fromPSUs and Private Sector who were engaged in Projectimplementations /contract management works etc.attended the program.

The Subject experts contributed on various aspects ofContract Management and covered topics like –challenges in engineering & Construction management,Contract management, bidding process implementation,contract administration, managing commercial risks incontracts, typical problems in contract management,contract closure and analysis, international purchasingand contract default and how to avoid it and successstories in contract management etc.

The program had 6 -7 interactive presentations aboutContract management. Case studies from leading privateand public sector were also discussed. Eminent panel ofspeakers like Mr S K Mazumder, Associate Director(C&MM)- NPCIL, Mr. S K Sinha, GM- ONGC, Mr. M V RKrishnaswamy, GM & Head CPO- HPCL, Mr. PradeepDongre, GM- NPCIL, from Public Sector and Mr. SatishPalekar, VP & Head-Procurement- L&T Hydrocarbon, Mr.Vishal Mehta, Manager- L&T, Mr. Niraj Kumar, GM & Head

Legal & Insurance- Thyssenkrupp and Mr. AdityaParulkar,CEO-Penta Freight from Private sector sharedtheir practical knowledge. Overall, the MDP was a greatSuccess.

Mr. Satish Palekar, VP L&T lighting the lamp

Dignitaries on Dias after lighting of the lamp

Participants

Signature Program – DISHA 2016 - 22nd & 23rd April,2016 at Hotel Westin, Goregaon (East) , Mumbai

This is our Annual Event and the theme is ‘Indian Business– Resilient & Surging-Supply Management Strategies forSustaining the Momentum’. Mr. Ramesh Iyer, MD-Mahindra Finance is the chief Guest for the programwhereas Mr. B. Narayan, Group President, RelienceIndustries is the Guest of Honour. This seminar deliberateon the issues of Successful Supply Management Strategy–integrating challenges, addressing risks, sustainabilityopportunities with the objective to provide direction thathelp supply chain professionals to ensure their businessesremain resilient and surging.


DISHA 2016 focuses on the current business challengesas well as the myriads of opportunities and seeks toaddress the multitude of questions such as : How cansupply Chain Professionals make a difference?

Are current supply chain practices adequate to handlethe changing business context?

Can the SCM leverage lower commodity prices globally& couple it with the growth engine? How do we leveragetalent and technology?

Some of the topics covered :

lasting advantage through Project Procurement, LogisticsTransformation –A must for make in India

Innovation across Supply Networks for Quality,Responsiveness, Competitiveness

A Supply Management in turbulent times, Challenges inrural Supply management etc.

A galaxy of eminent speakers from reputed corporate likeAditya Birla, HLL, ITC, ONGC, Tata M&M, L &T having theexpertise to dwell on various aspects of the theme of theseminar addresses audience on related topics. Some ofthem are Dr. Ajit Ranade, Chief Economist, Aditya BirlaGroup, Mr. Lalit Verma, Sr. VP, ADCDMM (Sourcing), M &M, Mr. Amitava Bakshi, CPO-Tata Steel, Mr. Mohanty-ED,ONGC Mr. A K Tewari, ED-Pipeline, IOCL, Mr. SomnathChaterjee,CPO-ITC Foods, Mr. Ramesh Krishnamurthy,Director Procurement South Asia-HUL, Mr. PierreAlexander De Lavallaz, CPO-Lafarge Holcim India and Dr.Prince Augustine ,EVP, Group HR-M&M. The seminar isexpected to be attended by about 200 delegates fromdiverse sectors of the industry – both public & pvt.

Visit of Minister Industries to IIMM, Mumbai Branch inits Annual Signature Program 'DISHA 2016 ' on 23rd April,2016. Hon. Minister of Industries, Govt of MaharashtraMr. Subhash Desai visited the DISHA 2016 program on23rd April, 2016. On inviting, Hon. minister could notmake it on the first day i.e. on 22nd April, 2016 forinaugural session due to his prior commitments.However, the minister visited the program which was apleasant surprise to all. The minister was greeted by allthe IIMM , Mumbai branch members. His speech wasvery inspiring to the participants on this occasion. Hon.Minister informed the forum about the facilities beingoffered and the measures being taken by the governmentfor improving the business environment towards ease ofdoing business in Maharashtra through various initiativeslike one stop approval, skill building program, reducedno. of approvals required for a new business etc.Thus,Hon. minister not only visited the event but also guidedthe forum in an excellent way through his immenseknowledge of the subject and his urge for betterment ofIndian Industry. He shared the vision of Govt. of indiaabout the industry and also informed about the effortsthe govt. is taking for ease of Business as well as for skillbuilding.

The minister praised the activities of IIMM and assuredhis guidance and support to the institute in skilldevelopment and education. Mr. Desai's gracious

presence and his address was a source of inspiration toall and it was very much appreciated by the participants.Chairman Mr. Ashok Mhatre on behalf of the EC and NCmembers of the Mumbai Branch expressed his sense ofgratitude and thanked the minister for sparing hisvaluable time from his busy scheduele and visiting theDISHA program. The minister assured his guidance andsupport to the institute in skill development praised theactivities of IIMM and assured his guidance and supportto the institute in skill development.

IIMM Mumbai Branch has decided to celebrate the MMDay i.e. 23rd April in a Grand Manner by cutting cake inthe event itself in the presence of all the delegates.

We are sure to make this program a grand success withsupport of all IIMM members and well wishers.

CPSM online Examination: IIMM, Mumbai Branchsuccessfully conducted the CPSM online exam held during9th & 10th April, 2016.

Forthcoming In house Training Programs………..• In-house Training Program at -ACC Ltd, Thane on

‘Maintenance Spares/ Warehouse Management’

• In House Program on ‘Direct & Indirect taxes( ExciseDuty, CST,VAT, Service tax etc.) ‘for new andexperienced Buyers & Senior Buyers of RelianceIndustries Ltd.

• Program on Local Taxes, VAT/CST/Works Contracts -Mr. S M Kulkarni

• Ware House Management for Logistic Services - Mr.Sanjeeva Haldankar.

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RAE BARELI BRANCH

Review meet started with report on Interview conductedfor the GDMM Courses. The academic activitiesconducted at the branch level under semester schemewere reviewed by the Executive Members of the branchunder Chairmanship of Dr. Harendra Kumar. ViceChairman Dr. A.K. Singh could not attend the meetingdue to his pre occupied engagement. Meeting wasconvene on 4th March, 2016 at Hotal Archana, Raebareli.The meeting was scheduled in the evening with apurpose to ensure participation by majority of theofficials being working professional and covering ajourney of more than 70 KM. Sri B.K. Pandey, OrganizingSecretary conducted the entire processing in a verypleasant manner in consultation with Sri S.C. Shukla theChief coordinator of the Branch. Six (06) members of thestudents persuing their professional courses andbelonging to very prestigious Institutions like HAL,Korwa, SGPGIMS, Lucknow etc appeared for theirinterview. Student who appeared for interview werenamely:-

Sl. No. Name Role Number Course01 Mr. Prashant Awasthi RG/2014/1012160/RA GDMM02 Mr. Umendra Singh RG/2014/1012161/RA GDMM03 Mr. Dharmendra Kumar RG/2014/1012163/RA GDMM04 Mr. Amit Tandan RG/2014/1012165/RA GDMM05 Mr. Amit Kumawat RG/2014/1012166/RA GDMM06 Mr. Atin Srivastava RG/2014/1012181/RA GDMM


The Interview Board had following members:-

1. Dr. Harendra Kumar2. Sri Sapan Bandopadhyay, Past Chairman3. Sri B.K. Pandey4. Dr. S.U. Khan5. Sri S.C. Shukla

During the proceedings the branch activities were takenup in the gracious presece of Executive Members, PastChairman & newly joined life members of IIMM family.After due deliberation it was unanimously decided toconvene one day seminar/workshop in the month ofMay, 2016 for which NHQ to be informed for their kindapproval. After sketching the program, Sri S.C.Chaturvedi, Chief Advisor to the branch will be takeninto confidence before actual working on the job. Duringinteraction the enthusiasm shown by the new lifemembers was appreciable as they also promised forwhole hearted support for the seminar and upliftmentof the branch.

The Executive Body Meet in progress

Sri B.P. Ghildiyal & Sri Deep Chand from SGPGIMS,Lucknow also expresed their views for invitingprofessional in the conference which was accepted bythe executive body in letter and spirit. Sri V.V. Chaturvediand Sri Sapn Bandopadhyay, Past Chairman of the branchsuggested that professionals joining the IIMM familyshould be increased to advise the activities of IIMM &thrust upon bringing new members to the IIMM. SriAbhay Mehrotra the Store Purchase Officer of SGPGIMS& member of the branch executive body volunteered totake a lead role in the branch activities. The team HAL,Korwa suggested to organize a camp at their premisesunder the guidance of Sri Kailash Nath presentalyworking at HAL, Korwa and already associated with IIMM,Kanpur branch. Sri Sapan Bandhopadhyay, PastChairman of the branch was again requested to expediteand organize the meet. Sri S.C. Shukla, Chief Coordinatoreof the branch reiterated that the land of the branch islikely to be awarded in the favour of IIMM. It was Clarifiedthat the land is absolutory clear, safe and free from anyencroachment. He was again suggested to pay personalattention and if need be a meeting with the advocateconcern may be organized. The executive body membersacknowledged with thanks the enormous contributionmade by Sri S.C. Chaturvedi saheb who ensured hisservices to the branch when ever it was demanded anddesired. Sri R.S. Shukla the Coordinator of the branch ispacing with the progressive activities of the branch.

Members with new entracts to IIMM Family

Group energizing for Dinner

The meeting ended with a promise to meet again eitherat Raebareli or Lucknow, and with a request to Sri S.C.Chaturvedi saheb to visit for meeting at Reaberali andvote of thanks to the chair of the branch Dr. HarendraKumar.

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TRIVANDRUM BRANCH

NATIONAL SEMINAR ON MANAGEMENT OF STRATEGICMATERIALS : IIMM Trivandrum Branch organized a oneday National Seminar on the topic “MANAGEMENT OFSTRATEGIC MATERIALS” on 16th April at Hotel Mascot,Trivandrum.

Dr. A Sivathanu Pillai, Former Chairman, BrahMosAerospace inaugurating the IIMM National Seminaron "Management of Strategic Materials" at Mascot

Hotel, Trivandrum. Seen from left: Sri Arup Saha,Sri Suparta Sen, Sri D Subramani, Dr. K Sivan, Dr. Koshy

M George Shri VLN Reddy, Sri Sekhar Shrivastavaand Sri M Narayana Rao.


Shri M Narayana Rao, Former, CMD, MIDHANI chairingthe valedictory session

Valedictory address by Shri S Somanath, Director,Liquid Propulsion Systems Centre, ISRO

Dr. Koshy M George presenting memento to Shri MNarayana Rao

In his inaugural address, Dr. A Sivathanu Pillai, FormerChairman, BrahMos Aerospace highlighted the need fortaking up further research activities and productiontechnologies by R & D Institutions and Indian Industryfor the success of critical space and scientific missionsHe dealt at length on the self reliance required instrategic materials for nuclear, space, defence and othercritical sectors and emphasized the need for utilizing theresources available indigenously. The country in generaland state of Kerala in particular are blessed withabundant natural resources and these are to be tappedfor the benefit of the society. He also shared hisexperiences in the realization of critical aerospace anddefence system with particular reference to thedevelopment of strategic materials.

Presidential address by Dr. K Sivan, Director,Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre, ISRO

Dr. K Sivan presenting memento to Dr. A Sivathanu Pillai

Inaugural address by Dr. A Sivathanu Pillai

Release of souvenir to commemorate the occasion

Shri D Subramani, Vice President (South) honouring SriKG Nair, Past Chairman of the Branch


Dr. K Sivan, Director, VSSC in his Presidential addressspoke about the importance of advanced materials likealuminium lithium alloys, titanium half alloys, columbiumalloys and other improved manufacturing technologiesto reduce the space transportation cost. He added thatpayload improvement and cost reduction of aerospacesystem are possible only with continued efforts in theresearch and development areas related to strategicmaterials. He called upon the Indian Industry to gearup further for taking up challenging task in strategicmaterials development.

Honouring Dr. Koshy M George, Former OutstandingScientist, ISRO and Chairman of the Branch

Shri Sekhar Shrivastava, General Manager, HindustanAeronautics Ltd. released the proceedings of the seminar.Representing the Industries Shri Arup Saha (MinexMetallurgical Co), Nagpur), Sri Suparta Sen (MIDHANI,Hyderabad) and Sri VLN Reddy (Sree VenkateswaraIndustries, Hyderabad) spoke on the occasion. Sri DSubramani, Vice President(South), IIMM offeredfelicitation. Dr. PV Venkitakrishnan, Deputy Director,VSSC delivered the key note address and Sri S Somanath,Director, LPSC gave the valedictory address.

Following invited lecturers were delivered in the seminaron the subjects shown against each.

1. E-Procurement of Strategic Materials: Shri N SethuMadhavan, Former GM, HMT Ltd.

2. Irrational biases in decision making: Dr. ArunSurendran, Operations Advisor, Al Adrak Group

3. Materials Management for composite structures:Shri A Rajarajan, Deputy Director, VSSC

4. Materials Management for Human Space Flight: Dr.S Unnikrishnan Nair, Project Director, Human SpaceProject, VSSC

5. Materials Management for Aerospace Fasteners:Shri Ankit Patel, MD, Ankit Fasteners

6. Supply Chain Management ( SCM) of StrategicMaterials: Shri D. Subramani, Vice President(South)IIMM

Dr. Koshy M George, Former Outstanding Scientist, VSSCand Shri KG Nair, Former Chairman, IIMM were honouredin the seminar for their significant contribution inMaterials Management spanning over a period of morethan three decades.

Shri M Janardhanan, Treasurer, IIMM proposed vote ofthanks.

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VISHAKHAPATNAM BRANCH

Executive committee meeting of IIMM/VSKP gatheredon 16.04.2016 to discuss MM day celebrations which asfollows.

Press meet on 22.04.16

Inauguration on 23.04.16

Quiz competition on 24.04.16 organized by Sri Rabinaraya Padi

Debate competition on 25.04.16 organized by Sri SPrabhakar Rao

MM day on 27.04.16 chief guest by Sri MMK Murthy EDMM.

Meeting chaired by chairman Sri Pravi Raj, Sri S PrabhakarRao course coordinator, Sri A V Rajendra Kumarsecretary, Sri K N K Kishor Life member.

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