OREANDA-NEWS. December 6, 2011. Tata Steel in association with  the Association for Iron  & Steel Technology (AIST), a  non-profit international organization is conducting a specialty training  programme ‘International Steel Academy’ (ISA) on ‘Iron and Steel Making’ and  ‘Steel Shaping and Treating’, beginning from today in at SNTI, Jamshedpur. The  seminar is the first of its kind and is expecting a participation of more than  150 delegates from all over the world.

At the outset Mr Ron Ashburn, Executive  Director, AIST explained about the motive and ideology of AIST. Mr Ashburn  further elaborated on the course structure of MSTS201 and MSTS202. He further  explained the relevance of the course to the Steel Industry and how it is  related to the technological growth, equipment knowledge and its efficient  utilization apt for available raw materials. In his concluding remarks, he  thanked Dr Jurgen Cappel and Professor Bruno De Cooman who would shoulder the  responsibility as instructors of this innovative training / curriculum for the  next four days.

Special guest Mr G K Basak, Executive  Secretary of Joint Plant Committee expressed the moment to be a ‘historical’  one. He explained the genesis of the course which took almost two years to  materialize since it was conceptualized. Honourable chief guest, Mr ACR Das,  Industrial Advisor to Ministry of Steel, India reiterated the event as being  ‘historical’ and expressed his heartfelt feelings of elation at the actual  materialization of the much awaited venture of Indian Steel Industry with AIST  to conduct such a program. Mr Das spoke on the prevailing scenario of the Steel  Industry in India and its growth dynamics and how the deliberations in the  present seminar would be beneficial for the attendees. He expressed his sincere  gratitude towards Tata Steel and Dr T Venugopalan, Chief Technology Officer,  Tata Steel for providing proper assistance towards the success of the event.

On a lighter note Mr Anand Sen, Vice  President TQM and Shared Services, Tata Steel, termed the program as the ‘World  Premiere’ of such future seminars and said that the participants are fortunate  to be a part of this event. Looking forward, Mr Sen mentioned that this  endeavor should continue so that availability of technical expertise in the  steel industry is ensured.

The program was convened by Dr  Siddhartha Misra, Head TSCR Technology, TATA Steel and Chief Coordinator AIST  (ISA) in the presence of Mr B N Mukhopadhyay, Deputy Secretary AIST IMC and  Director AIST Board, and many other dignitaries.