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Dr. Shaju K Albert, welcomed the audience and reminisced about Dr. Placid Rodriguez and his contributions. Prof. M Kamaraj introduced the PRML series and shared interesting snippets about the past ten lectures in the PRML series. Dr. G. Amarendra delivered the Presidential Address for PRML-2019, highlighting the relevance of the chosen topic to present day technology. Following the introduction of Shri S. Somanath by Prof. Srinivas Rao Bakshi, the PRML-2019 memento was released.
The speaker dwelt upon the evolution of materials and materials technologies at different epochs of the Indian space program. He stressed upon the high reliability standards that were required of materials, in terms of mechanical, thermal and electrical properties. The challenges arising from these high-precision requirements kept the audience spellbound.
