The Indian Society of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics was 
established in 1955, with its headquarters at Indian 
Institute of Technology, Kharagpur. ISTAM was formed by the 
think tanks of the post independent India for providing a 
common platform to the Scientists, technologists and the 
engineers to share and discuss the current research work 
conducted by them individually or in groups to seek the 
solutions to the emerging problems of the society for 
better living conditions. During the congress, five 
memorial lectures in honor of B.R. Seth , P.L Bhatnagar,B. 
Karunesh, A.S. Gupta and G.I Taylor are given by eminent 
researchers from across the world and also several invited 
lectures are arranged to cover the current trends of 
various topics of Mechanics. The Annual Congress of the 
Society have been held at various IITs, Universities, RECs, 
NITs, Engineering colleges and other reputed research 
establishments in different parts of the country. It has 
been attracting a large number of research workers not only 
from our country but also from abroad. The society has gone 
a long way in promoting inter-disciplinary research in 
Basic Sciences and Applied Mechanics. The Society has 
specific philosophy to encourage young scientists in the 
form of awards. Papers submitted are peer reviewed and are 
published in the form of e-proceedings. Abstracts of papers 
that are presented in the Congress are published in our 
Souvenir volume.