Message from President

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Dear friends,

I am just back after successful completion of a memorable event during my tenure as President of the institute The International Welding Congress IIW-IC-2008, an event of the International Institute of Welding held during 8-10th January 2008 at the Chennai Trade Centre, Nandambakkam, Chennai on the theme “Technological and Material challenges in Welding, Fabrication and Inspectionâ€. This is the 2nd time when our Institute organized such a mega event. During the Congress, the 60th Anniversary of International Institute of Welding was also celebrated. Further, an Exhibition “Weld India 2008†and a Technology Innovation Workshop which was felicitated by Mr. Chris Smallbone, President, International Institute of Welding was also arranged.