Simpro 08 and Tata Steel

The 2008 conference on thermomechanical simulation and processing of steels was held in Ranchi, India. Harry used this occasion to also work at the Tata Steel Research and Development Centre in Jamshedpur.



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.



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