Events - National Corrosion Council of India
National Corrosion Council of India organizes National Congress on Corrosion Control once in two years, covering all aspects of Corrosion Science & Engineering at important venue, for enlightening and increasing the awareness about corrosion of metals and the appropriate remedial measures to control it.
There has been overwhelming response from various sectors for the previous twenty conferences, held at different places in the country. The interaction among the technical personnel and scientists during the congress prompted a good number of industrial establishments and public sector undertakings to establish the in-house R&D units for solving the relevant corrosion problems.
| # | Earlier Events | Venue | Date | Organizing Committee Chairman |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | First National Congress on Corrosion Control | CECRI, Karaikudi | 1st March, 1990 | Prof.K.I.Vasu - Former Director - CECRI, Karaikudi |
| 2 | Second National Congress on Corrosion Control | IISc., Bangalore | 3 – 4 October, 1991 | Prof.S.K.Rengarajan - Director - CECRI, Karaikudi |
| 3 | Third National Congress on Corrosion Control | Hotel Searock Sheraton, Mumbai | 10 – 11 December, 1992 | Dr.K.Balakrishnan - Acting Director - CECRI, Karaikudi |
| 4 | Fourth National Congress on Corrosion Control | Hotel Breeze, Chennai | 21 – 22 April, 1994 | Dr.C.K.Mathews - Head, Radio Chemistry Programme, IGCAR, Kalpakkam |
| 5 | Fifth National Congress on Corrosion Control | Ashok Hotel, New Delhi | 19 – 21 April, 1995 | Dr.H.R.Bhojwani - Co-ordinator, Technology Utilization Division, CSIR, New Delhi |
| 6 | Sixth National Congress on Corrosion Control | Oberoi Grand, Calcutta | 22 – 24 May, 1996 | Shri A.K.Mukherjee - Vice President, Marketing, Jenson Nicholoson (Indi)Ltd., Calcutta |
| 7 | Seventh National Congress on Corrosion Control | Holiday Inn Krishna, Hyderabad | 17 – 19 September, 1997 | Shri P.R.Menon - Director (Technical), Nagarjuna Fertilizers & Chemicals Ltd., Hyderabad |
| 8 | Eighth National Congress on Corrosion | Renaissance, Kochi | 9 – 11 September, 1998 | Dr.V.N.Rajasekaran Pillai - Vice-Chancellor, Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam |
| 9 | Ninth National Congress on Corrosion Control | The International Centre, Goa | 16 – 18 September, 1999 | Dr.Ehrlich Desa - Director, National Institute of Oceanography, Goa |
| 10 | Tenth National Congress on Corrosion Control | Hotel Madurai Ashok, Madurai | 6 – 8 September, 2000 | Prof.M.Salihu - Vice-Chancellor, Madurai Kamaraj University, Madurai |
| 11 | GLOCORR-2002 - International Congress on EmergingCorrosion Control Strategies for the New Millennium | India Habitat Centre, New Delhi | 20 – 22 February, 2002 | Shri T.Sankaralingam - Director (Projects), NTPC, New Delhi |
| 12 | Eleventh National Congress On Corrosion Control | Taj Residency, Vadodara | 17 – 19 July, 2003 | Shri P.K.Mukherjee - Executive Director, Gujarat Refinery Indian Oil Corporation Ltd., Vadodara |
| 13 | Twelfth National Congress On Corrosion Control | Hotel Green Park, Visakhapatnam | 20 - 22 September, 2004 | Shri KR.Kishore - Chairman Port Trust, Visakhapatnam |
| 14 | One day programme on Marine Corrosion and Biofouling | CECRI, Karaikudi | 27th May, 2005 | Dr.A.Rajendran - Dy. Director CECRI, Karaikudi |
| 15 | National Workshop on Advanced Techniques for Corrosion Studies | Alagappa University, Karaikudi | 5-7 January, 2006 | Dr.N.Palaniswamy - Dy. Director CECRI, Karaikudi |
| 16 | Thirteenth National Congress on Corrosion Control | Taj Manjarun, Mangalore | 12 – 14 Oct., 2006 | Shri P.Tamilvanan - Chairman, New Mangalore Port Trust, Mangalore |
| 17 | National Conference on Corrosion and its Control (NCCC 07) | Holy Cross College, Trichy | 30th Nov. & 1st Dec., 2007 | Dr.(Sr.) Sarguna Mary - Principal, Holy Cross College, Tiruchirappalli |
| 18 | Fourteenth National Congress on Corrosion Control | Hotel Green Park, Hyderabad | 18 – 20, Sept., 2008 | Dr.S. Sundarrajan - Scientist G Head, Programme Team & Dy. Programme Director Programme PJ – 10 DRDL, Hyderabad |
| 19 | National Conference on Corrosion Assessment and its Control | Thiagarajar College of Engineering, Madurai | 21 – 22, Dec., 2009 | Dr.V.Abhai Kumar - Principal, Thiagarajar College of Engineering, Madurai |
| 20 | Fifteenth National Congress on Corrosion Control | The Accord Metropolitan, Chennai | 16-18 Sept. 2010< | Shri S.Velumani - Chairman cum Managing Director, Ennore Port Limited, Chennai |
| 21 | International Corrosion Awareness Day – 2011 | Science Auditorium, CECRI | 25th April, 2011 | Dr.N.Palaniswamy - Chief Scientist, CECRI, Karaikudi |
| 22 | Workshop on Marine corrosion and Surface Engineering | CAS in Marine Biology, Faculty of Marine Sciences, Annamalai University, Parangipettai | 24 – 26 November, 2011 | Dr.T.Balasubramanian - Director & Dean, CAS in Marine Biology, Parangipettai, Annamalai University |
| 23 | Sixteenth National Congress on Corrosion Control | Confederation of Indian Industry, Suresh Neotia Center for Excellence, Kolkata | 23 -25 August, 2012 | Shri M.Vijaywargiya - Executive Director (PJ), Refineries Division, Paradip Refinery Project, Paradip |
| 24 | Seventeenth National Congress on Corrosion Control | CSIR-Central Electrochemical Research Institute, Karaikudi | 21 - 23 August, 2014 | Executive Director (M & I), Refineries Division, Indian Oil Corporation Limited, New Delhi – 110 003 |
| 25 | Corrosion Awareness Day 2015 | The Gandhigram Rural Institute-Deemed University, Gandhigram | 17th April, 2015 | Chairman, National Corrosion Council of India, CSIR-Central Electrochemical Research Institute, Karaikudi |
| 26 | Workshop on Corrosion and Its Control | Hotel Gateway Grandeur, Guwahati | 28 - 29 Sept., 2015 | Chairman, National Corrosion Council of India, CSIR-Central Electrochemical Research Institute, Karaikudi |
| 27 | Eighteenth National Congress on Corrosion Control | Hotel Green Park, Chennai | 24 - 26 Feb., 2016 | Shri E.S. Ranganathan - Executive Director (O&M), GAIL (India) Ltd., Noida (U.P.) |
| 28 | Corrosion Awareness Day 2016 (CAD 2016) | Kalasalingam University, Krishnankoill | 8th April, 2016 | Chairman, National Corrosion Council of India, CSIR-Central Electrochemical Research Institute, Karaikudi |
| 29 | Workshop on Corrosion and its Control | PSGR Krishnammal College for Women, Coimbatore | 30th June & 1st July, 2016 | Chairman, National Corrosion Council of India, CSIR-Central Electrochemical Research Institute, Karaikudi |
| 30 | Workshop on Recent Trends in Coating Technology | CSIR-Central Electrochemical Research Institute, Karaikudi | 25th January, 2017 | Chairman, National Corrosion Council of India, CSIR-Central Electrochemical Research Institute, Karaikudi |
| 31 | Corrosion Awareness Day (CAD 2017) | St. Mary’s College (Autonomous), Thoothukudi | 6th April , 2017< | Chairman, National Corrosion Council of India, CSIR-Central Electrochemical Research Institute, Karaikudi |
| 32 | Corrosion Awareness Day (CAD 2018) - Theme: Advances in Metals and Materials | CSIR-Central Electrochemical Research Institute, Karaikudi | 6th April, 2018 | Chairman, National Corrosion Council of India, CSIR-Central Electrochemical Research Institute, Karaikudi |
| 33 | Workshop on Safety on Mining Equipment and their Corrosion Control | CSIR-Central Glass and Ceramic Research Institutte, Kolkata | 16 - 17 April, 2018 | Chairman, National Corrosion Council of India, CSIR-Central Electrochemical Research Institute, Karaikudi |
| 34 | Nineteenth National Conference on Corrosion Control | MAYFAIR Convention, Bhubaneswar | 5-7 December 2018 | Shri A. K. Tewari - Executive Director (Operations), Pipelines Division, Indian Oil Bhavan, A-1, Udyog Marg, Sector-1, Noida(U.P.) |
| 35 | Societal/skill programme for the fisher folk in creating awareness about combating corrosion & fouling on sea going vessels | Corrosion Testing Centre, CSIR-CECRI Unit, Mandapam Camp | 8th March 2019 | Chairman, National Corrosion Council of India, CSIR-Central Electrochemical Research Institute, Karaikudi |
| 36 | Industry & MSME Conclave Theme: Role of Industry and MSME for Atmanirbhar Bharat | CSIR-Central Electrochemical Research Institute, Karaikudi | 11th December 2020 | Chairman, National Corrosion Council of India, CSIR-Central Electrochemical Research Institute, Karaikudi |
| 37 | International Technical Symposium on Corrosion (ITSC 2021) | CSIR-Central Electrochemical Research Institute, Karaikudi | 3rd March 2021 | Chairman, National Corrosion Council of India, CSIR-Central Electrochemical Research Institute, Karaikudi |
| 38 | Corrosion Awareness Day - 2022 | CSIR-Central Electrochemical Research Institute, Karaikudi | 06th April 2022 | Dr. N. Kalaiselvi Patron, NCCI Director CSIR-CECRI, Karaikudi |
| 39 | National Workshop on Corrosion Science and Corrosion Control | Arasu College of Arts and Science for Women, Karur | 21st December 2022 | Dr.P.Natesan, Principal Arasu College of Arts and Science for Women, Karur |
| 40 | Twentieth National Conference on Corrosion Control | Jenneys Residency, Coimbatore | 7 - 9th December 2023 | Shri A.K. Tripathi, Executive Director (Projects), GAIL (India) Ltd., GAIL Jubilee Nagar, Noida 201201 (UP) |