Students’ Chapter

The Students’ Chapter of the Indian Institute of Welding has been constituted to meet the following objectives:

• Create awareness on Welding applications and the latest developments.
• Explore the career opportunity for the students’ community in the welding field.
• Provide an opportunity to students in networking and organizing workshops / seminars in this field.
• To promote the interest in Welding Education among Engineering Students and qualify them for R&D in the field of Welding Technology.

Requirements:

• The institute / college should preferably be a member of The Indian Institute of Welding as ICM.
• Minimum 2 of the faculties of the institute / college to be the member of The Indian Institute of Welding.
• Minimum 20 students of the institute / college to be the Student Member of The Indian Institute of Welding.

Activities: 

• To conduct Periodic technical talk to the student members in their institute / college with the help of the parent Branch.
• To conduct yearly seminars / workshops and certification programmes in welding technology by the student members at their premises.
• To conduct AM-IIW classes to the student members at their college premises with the support from the parent Branch.
• To allow the student members to attend International, National and Branch Seminars / Welding Meets of The Indian Institute of Welding with a concessional delegate fee.
• To organise for the students to go for educational tours / industrial visit to various welding / fabrication industries for case study and other educational institutions to upgrade their knowledge in the field of welding and to the latest technology being used in welding.
• Arrange Guest lectures, presentations etc. from industry experts.

The parent Branch will provide necessary support to the Students’ Chapter for organising the activities stated above.

Executive Committee of the Students’ Chapter consists of the following Office-Bearers:

1. One Chairman
2. One Secretary
3. One Treasurer
4. Three Executive Committee Members

• The Chairman to be from the institute / college – one of the faculty members of The Indian Institute of Welding.
• Chairman should be the representative to the parent Branch.
• Secretary, Treasurer and 3 committee members to be from the student members.

General requirement:

• In the Branch Annual General Meeting, the Secretary of the attached Students’ Chapter will brief the activities carried out by them during the year with Power Point presentation.
• The parent Branch to help the attached Students’ Chapter to deliver technical talk by any member / expert, when organised by the Chapter.
• The parent Branch to help the Students’ Chapter members for industry visit in their respective area. The Students’ Chapter to arrange the travel / food etc. during such visits. 
• The parent Branch to help / support Students’ Chapter attached with them for seminars / workshops.
• The parent Branch to help organising any faculty member for AM-IIW exam classes for the Students’ Chapter members.