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MEMORIAL LECTURES DELIVERED ON EARLIER OCCASIONS

I. D. VARSHNEI MEMORIAL LECTURE

	Year	Speaker	Topic
	1981	K. D. Sharma	“Flat Glass Industry, its Development and Growth in India”
	1983	S. Kumar	“New Routes for Preparation of Glass”
	1985	Amal Paul	“The Chemical Behaviour of Glass and Ceramic Surfaces”
	1987	E. C. Subbarao	“Advanced Ceramics”
	1990	Richard M. Spriggs	“Applications & Prospective Markets for Advanced Technical Ceramics”
	1992	D. Ganguli	“Glass without Melting: The Case of Sol-Gel Silica”
	1994	Binod Kumar	“Glasses in Medicine”
	1996	Sunil Datta	“Status of Structural Advanced Ceramics for High Temperature Performance”
	1998	Dipankar Chakravorty	“Glasses for Precursors for Novel Materials”
	2000	Arun Kr Varshneya	“Chemical Strengthening of Glass Products”
		(delivered in 2001)
	2002	Ajoy Ghatak	“The Evolution of Optical Fibre”
	2004	H. S. Maiti	“Indigenous Development of Speciality Glasses — CGCRI’s Contribution”
	2006	C. V. Chalam	"Technological Development in the Indian Glass Industry"
		(delivered in 2007)
	2008	Mr. T K Banerjee	"21st Century Glass-Technology and beyond"
		(delivered in 2009)

M. G. BHAGAT MEMORIAL LECTURE

	1988	Manfred G. Dorst	“New Forming Technologies for the Ceramic Industry — Isostatic Dry Pressing of Flatware and Pressure Casting for Sanitary”
	1989	P. R. Roy	“Ceramic Nuclear Fuels”
	1990	A. C. D. Chaklader	“Advanced Ceramics for Structural Applications — Problems and Prospects”
	1991	R. H. J. Hannink	“Deformation Mechanisms in Advanced Ceramics”
	1992	M. J. Patni	“The Current Trends in Electronic Ceramics”
	1993	B. N. Samaddar	“Progress in Chemical Bonding of Refractories”
	1994	R. Sivakumar	“Ceramic Biomaterial as Implants”
	1995	Lwitwin V. Boch Jr.	“Evaluation of Ceramic Whiteware in Europe : From the End of 20th Century to the Beginning of the 21st Century”
	1996	W. Eitel	“Recent Developments in Monolithic Refractories for Iron and Steel Industry”
	1997	C. Ganguly	“Development of Ceramic Nuclear Fuels for Nuclear Power Programme in India”
	1998	D. C. Agrawal	“Zirconia Ceramics — Processing, Mechanical Properties & New Developments”
	1999	V. C. Joshi	“Ceramic – from Art to Technology – and Challenges in the New (delivered in 2000) Millennium”
	2000	Sunil Dutta	“Role of Nanophase Materials in Engineering Applications Prospects and Challenges for the 21st Century”
		(delivered in 2001)
	2001	Sanjay Basu	“Development and Management of Ceramic Technology : An Indian Experience”
		(delivered in 2002)
	2002	Joydeb Mukerji	“Selected Topics in Advanced Ceramics”
	2003	Sridhar Komarneni	“Innovation in Synthesis and Processing of Ceramic Materials”
		(delivered in 2004)
	2004	Sumio Sakka	“Current and Future Possibility of Sol-Gel Process”
	2005	Dr. Amit Chatterjee	"Development in Steel Making and the Consequent Demand on Refractories"
	2006	G. Sundararajan	"Nano Structured Ceramics and Ceramic Coatings"
		(delivered in 2007)
	2007	T. R. Rama Mohan	“Bioceramics and Bioceramic Composite Materials”
		(delivered in 2008)
	2008	Mr. A. K. Kaviraj	"Indian Ceramic Tile Industry– an overview in World Scenario"
		(delivered in 2009)
	2009	A. H. de Vries	"Brick and Tile Industry in Developing and Developed Countries"
	2010	Turpin Rosenthal	"International Scenario of Pottery Industry"
		(delivered in 2011)

SAHAJ MEMORIAL LECTURE

	1993	P. E. D. Morgan	“Chemical Aspects of Interfaces for Oxide/Oxide Composites”
	1995	K. M. Nair	“Role of Scientists in Technology and Society”
	1997	H. R. Maier	“Product Innovation with Ceramic Components”
	1999	B. K. Das	“Processing of Ceramic Superconductors – Myths and Challenges”
		(delivered in 2000)
	2001	K. N. Maiti	“Technology Upgradation of Small and Medium Enterprises (SEMs) in Traditional Ceramics”
		(delivered in 2002)
	2003	M. Lalithambika	“Value Addition of Clays”
		(delivered in 2004)
	2005	Dr. K. G. K. Warrier	"Glimpses on the Application of Advanced Materials Technology in the Area of Traditional Ceramics"
	2007	K. M. Pai	“Status of Ceramic Tile Industry in India”
		(delivered in 2008)

	2009	D. Anantha Subramanian	" Development of Tile Industry in Kerala "