CUDDALORE:
Annamalai University, Chidambaram, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Mailam India Limited (MIL), Puducherry, to promote research in industry-oriented welding.
Under the agreement, the MIL will offer fellowship in the style of “Mailam India Research (MIR) Fellowship.” According to K. Raghukandan, professor and Head of the Department of Manufacturing Engineering, Annamalai University, it is for the first time in the country that a private company is sponsoring fellowship to foster welding-related research in an academic institution.
The pact was signed by Registrar M. Rathinasabapathi and Managing Director of MIL Sivagurunathan in the presence of Vice-Chancellor M. Ramanathan. B. Palaniappan, Dean, Faculty of Engineering and Technology, V. Balasubramanian, Centre for Materials Joining and Research, Department of Manufacturing Engineering, Annamalai University, and C.G. Saravanan, professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, were present.
Mr. Raghukandan said that the Puducherry company, located at Sedarapet, is one of the leading manufacturers of welding goods such as electrodes, filler wires and filler rods. Under the programme, one research scholar would be selected for the fellowship and research projects jointly decided by the university and the company. Candidates with M.E. or M.Tech degrees in welding, metallurgy, manufacturing, production, material science, and willing to do full-time Ph.D. in Annamalai University would be eligible to avail themselves of the fellowship.
The selected research scholar would get a stipend of Rs. 18,000 a month in the first year, Rs. 20,000 a month in the second year and Rs. 22,000 a month in the third year. Apart from this, the person would get Rs. 50,000 a year as contingency grant. So, under the fellowship programme, the MIL would contribute about Rs. 9 lakh for each of the research scholars. Mr. Raghukandan further said that the Centre for Materials Joining and Research would provide infrastructure and guidance. He hoped that this arrangement would give a fillip to research activities of the university.
As for the centre, he said that it had received research and development grants aggregating to Rs. 6 crore from various funding agencies such as the University Grants Commission, the All India Council for Technical Education, the Department of Science and Technology, the Defence Research and Development Organization and the Department of Atomic Agency.
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