Background
India has a large pool of young talent that has fuelled its steady economic growth. The talent pool requires to be nurtured and augmented with new skills. The Government of India has also emphasized the need of imparting requisite skills under the flagship programme of ‘Skill India. The field of materials and metallurgical engineering is projected to be of enormous importance for the progress and growth of the country. Young practitioners of this field, therefore, require to be imparted with better skill-sets. In order to fulfill this objective, several leading institutions of the country, namely the Jamshedpur Chapter of the IIM, NIT Jamshedpur, Tata Steel Limited and CSIR-National Metallurgical Laboratory (CSIR-NML) have been working together to nurture and mentor young metallurgists and inspire them to flourish into dedicated professionals. This annual Students' Seminar has been initiated to provide a common platform for promising and aspiring metallurgists to interact with the pool of experts from industries, R&D centers and academic institutes. The student participants of this event will get an opportunity to update their current knowledgebase, and share their academic achievements, innovative thoughts and new ideas in the field of metallurgy and materials technology.
About the Seminar
Since its inception in the year 2012, the seminar "Behind the Teacher's Desk (BTTD)“ has blossomed into one of the most sought after event among the student fraternity of India. BTTD is held annually at the CSIR-NML Jamshedpur, and attracts more than 200 students from across the country. The event provides a launch pad to the students for showcasing themselves and interacting with scientists, eminent metallurgists, engineers and entrepreneurs so as to develop new skills in the field of metallurgy and materials technology.
TATA Steel Limited 
