Achievements Shri M Krishnamurthy, Past Secretary of the chapter has been awarded as the “Best Office Bearer award” by IIM HQ in recognition of his services to the institute.   Mr. N Rajasekaran, Vice Chairman of the chapter has been honoured with a “Certificate of Honour” ” by HQ during NMD ATM 2017 in recognition of his selfless services to IIM.   Mr. R Easwaran, our past chairman has been conferred with Honorary Fellow Membership of the institute on the NMD 2016.   Dr. R. Vaideeswaran, our senior member has been conferred with Honorary Fellow Membership of the institute on the NMD 2017. Prof. Narayanasamy, our senior member has been conferred with Honorary Fellow Membership of the institute on the NMD 2015.         LAURELS TO OUR CHAPTER MEMBERS IN 2017-18 Dr. K. Devakumaran received First price in both Optical and SEM metallography contest at NMD-ATM-2017 international conference. The following papers were presented by our members during NMD – ATM 2017 of IIM at BITS, Goa during Nov 11-14, 2017. Indigenous development of Austenitic Stainless steel electrode grade E309-16 for power boiler application - Mr. Vishal Singh. Characterisation and evaluation of mechanical properties of GTAW welded advanced austenitic stainless steel TP310H - Mr.Manojkumar. Elimination of post weld heat treatment of P91 weld joint by high frequency GTAW process - Dr. K. Devakumaran. Resistance spot weldability of High Strength Steel for Automotive applications – WRI’s experience – Mrs. A. Santhakumari.