Overview

• Prof B.S. Murty was appointed president of the Indian Institute of Metals at its 79th Annual General Meeting in Kolkata on July 26, succeeding JSW Group’s Sajjan Jindal.
• He will begin his presidency on August 1 while maintaining his second term as director of IIT Hyderabad through 2030.
• Established in 1946 with 42 founding members, the Indian Institute of Metals now represents over 10,000 professionals across academia, industry, and research.
• Murty brings four decades of metallurgical expertise, including pioneering work in non-equilibrium materials processing and high-entropy alloys.
• He has pledged to engage young professionals and deepen collaboration between IIM, industry partners, academic institutions, and global research bodies.