IIT Bombay, Jindal Stainless collaborate to set up prestigious Chair Professorship

This partnership will promote research and innovation in industrial processes and product technologies.

IIT Bombay inked an agreement with Jindal Stainless to establish a Chair Professorship at the Institute. This Chair will support and enhance research in industrial processes and product technologies in the stainless steel sector.  

An existing and eminent professor of IIT Bombay, with an excellent track record of research work, will be appointed to the prestigious chair. The first Chair professor will be selected from the Institute’s Department of Metallurgical Engineering and Materials Science at IIT Bombay.

Speaking about this initiative, the Director, of IIT Bombay, Prof Subhasis Chaudhuri, said, “This is a great opportunity to further R&D within the stainless steel space, as the Chair will leverage the existing knowledge base and promote academic work and pioneering research in this domain. This will aid in problem-solving and promote best practices not just within the academic community, but the engineering community as well. We are happy to partner with India’s largest and globally acclaimed stainless steel manufacturer for the promotion of research and development in this area.”

Managing Director, Jindal Stainless, Mr. Abhyuday Jindal, said, “Jindal Stainless is committed to deepening industry-academia collaboration with the larger purpose of building a corrosion-free India. This Chair professorship strengthens that very commitment, as it will help drive more innovation and research in the field of steel metallurgy. Our goal is to emulate and create new benchmarks in durable and sustainable infrastructure. Partnering with a prestigious institute like IIT Bombay will, undoubtedly, help further these objectives.”

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