Constituted in 1964 by the Ministry of Steel, Government of India for formulating guidelines for production, allocation, pricing and distribution of iron and steel materials, Joint Plant Committee ( JPC ) underwent a major transformation in 1992, when following the de-regulation of Indian steel industry, it moulded itself into a facilitator for industry, focusing on giving form to a comprehensive and non-partisan databank the first of its kind in the country on the Indian iron and steel industry.
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Professor Rama Rao was conferred the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Engineering Science in 1979, Homi J . Bhabha Award for Applied Sciences ( 1986 ), Padma Shri ( 1989 ), Prize for Materials Science by INSA ( 1989 ), Tata Gold Medal ( 1992 ) by Indian Institute of Metals ( IIM ), Platinum Medal ( 1994 ), National Metallurgist by the Union Ministry of Steel ( 1999 ), Jawaharlal Birth Centenary Award by the Indian Science Congress Association ( ISCA ) ( 1999 ), Padma Bhushan ( 2001 ), Sisir Kumar Mitra Memorial Lecture Award ( 2001 ), Meghnad Saha Medal ( 2004 ), Millennium Plaque of Honour ( 2003 ), Life Time Achievement Award " instituted by the Ministry of Steel, Government of India, Ashutosh Mukherjee Memorial Award ( 2009 ), G . M . Modi Award For Innovative Science, 2011 & Technology and Padma Vibhushan, 2011.
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Professor Rama Rao was conferred the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Engineering Science in 1979, Homi J . Bhabha Award for Applied Sciences ( 1986 ), Padma Shri ( 1989 ), Prize for Materials Science by INSA ( 1989 ), Tata Gold Medal ( 1992 ) by Indian Institute of Metals ( IIM ), Platinum Medal ( 1994 ), National Metallurgist by the Union Ministry of Steel ( 1999 ), Jawaharlal Birth Centenary Award by the Indian Science Congress Association ( ISCA ) ( 1999 ), Padma Bhushan ( 2001 ), Sisir Kumar Mitra Memorial Lecture Award ( 2001 ), Meghnad Saha Medal ( 2004 ), Millennium Plaque of Honour ( 2003 ), Life Time Achievement Award " instituted by the Ministry of Steel, Government of India, Ashutosh Mukherjee Memorial Award ( 2009 ), G . M . Modi Award For Innovative Science, 2011 & Technology and Padma Vibhushan, 2011.
