Date: April 11, 2026
Time: 02:00 PM
Venue: Lecture Hall 1003, Block 7, IISER Berhampur
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“Role of higher educational Institutions in making our country Viksit Bharat through acceleration in Research, Innovation and Collaborations”
Prof. B.S. Murty - Prof. B.S. Murty started his academic journey with a Diploma in Metallurgy (1983) and obtained his BE (1986) from VRCE Nagpur, ME (1988) and PhD (1992) from IISc, Bangalore. After serving at IIT Kharagpur for 12 years (1992-2004), he has been a Professor at IIT Madras for 15 years (2004-2019) before taking up the Director’s position at IITH in August 2019. He is an Institute Professor at IIT Madras and an Adjunct Professor at Toronto Metropolitan University, University of British Columbia, Canada and Swinburne University, Australia.
He has pioneered the fields of non-equilibrium processing of materials, high entropy alloys and other advanced materials.Prof. Murty has authored 500+journal publications,4 books, supervised 56 PhDs, completed about 75 sponsored research projects, and filed 15+ patents. He is a recipient of numerous awards including Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Award, Distinguished Alumnus Award of IISc and VNIT, National Metallurgist Award, Honorary Doctorate from Deakin University, INAE Outstanding Teacher award, Lifetime Achievement Award of IIT Madras and EMSI.Heis a Fellow of The World Academy of Sciences, Indian National Academy of Engineeringand all the three Science Academies of India. He is also currently the president of Indian Institute of Metals (IIM).
The Institute Colloquium held on April 11, 2026, witnessed an engaging and insightful session delivered by Prof. B. S. Murty, Director, IIT Hyderabad. The talk highlighted the crucial role of higher educational institutions in shaping a Viksit Bharat through accelerated research, innovation, and collaborations.
The session saw enthusiastic participation from faculty members, researchers, and students, followed by an interactive discussion where attendees had the opportunity to engage directly with the speaker and gain valuable insights.
We sincerely thank Prof. Murty for sharing his knowledge and inspiring the academic community.
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