On the way to Ranchi
Beginning of the Simpro_08 conference on thermomechanical processing of steels
Opening ceremony at the SAIL (Steel Authority of India) Research and Development Centre
Song marking the opening
Dignitaries being thanked
Dignitaries being thanked
Dignitaries being thanked
Martin Strangwood (PT group member, now at Birmingham University) and Amrilkar Kundu (his Ph.D. student at Birmingham)
Arpan Das and Harry
Swarup Ghosh
Dr Kumar from SAIL
A lot of calories
Professor Ohmkar Mohanty of the Biju Patnak University in Orissa
Shiv Brat Singh (PT Group member, now at IIT Kharagpur, preparing to deliver his lecture). The essence of his talk was that the theory in Materials Science and Technology 20 (2004) 319 is the best out of all the models for the estimation of the decomposition of austenite during tensile deformation
Martin
At the Tata Steel Guest House in Jamshedpur
Sourav Das was extremely helpful in looking after Harry
Professor Prabhash Chackraborty. We travelled together from Ranchi to Jamshedpur by car
The biological definition of a tree is that it must have a single trunk. This is a bush.
Shiv in the Tata Steel Guest House
Harry gave a course on the Microstructures of Steel
Harry gave a course on the Microstructures of Steel
Arunasu Haldar in his office
A really nice new coffee and tea place in the Tata Steel Laboratory
A really nice new coffee and tea place in the Tata Steel Laboratory
A really nice new coffee and tea place in the Tata Steel Laboratory
Discussions with the modelling team
Saurabh and Partha (PT Member, now at Bengal Engineering and Science University)
Harry using Saurabh Kundu's desk for e-mail
Saurabh regains possession of his desk
Dinner at the Beldi Club, courtesy of Debashish Bhattacharjee
Encountered a wedding procession on the way home
Encountered a wedding procession on the way home
Encountered a wedding procession on the way home
Further discussions
...over many cups of coffee
On the way from the laboratories to the Tatanagur railway station to head for Calcutta
On the way from the laboratories to the Tatanagur railway station to head for Calcutta
On the way from the laboratories to the Tatanagur railway station to head for Calcutta
On the way from the laboratories to the Tatanagur railway station to head for Calcutta
On the way from the laboratories to the Tatanagur railway station to head for Calcutta
This was my driver throughout the stay at Tata Steel and at SAIL in Ranchi
On the way from the laboratories to the Tatanagur railway station to head for Calcutta
On the way from the laboratories to the Tatanagur railway station to head for Calcutta
On the way from the laboratories to the Tatanagur railway station to head for Calcutta
On the way from the laboratories to the Tatanagur railway station to head for Calcutta
On the way from the laboratories to the Tatanagur railway station to head for Calcutta
On the way from the laboratories to the Tatanagur railway station to head for Calcutta
On the way from the laboratories to the Tatanagur railway station to head for Calcutta
On the way from the laboratories to the Tatanagur railway station to head for Calcutta
In the Tatanagur railway station
In the Tatanagur railway station
In the Tatanagur railway station
In the Tatanagur railway station
There we met two people from Tata Motors, friends of Sourav, by chance
In the Tatanagur railway station
Unfortunately, the train did not arrive because of protests along the train, and so we had to rush to the Jamshedpur airport to catch a last minute flight to Calcutta
On the way to the airport
On the way to the airport
At the airport after security
At the airport after security
At the airport after security
The plane, Kingfisher Airlines
The plane, Kingfisher Airlines
The plane, Kingfisher Airlines
The plane, Kingfisher Airlines
When I got back to my office in Cambridge, my plant had missed me enormously.
The plant, in a cheerful mood, just a day after my return.
