India, December 15, 2017
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.
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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.