Last date for submission of paper: 30-Nov-2019; Contact person: Prof. D. Pradhan; Materials Science Centre at IIT Kharagpur, the first academic centre of its kind in India, was established in 1971 for teaching and research in various types of materials. The Centres initial research facilities were funded from a Russian Grant but the faculty built various research facilities mainly from sponsored R & D grants. The Centre has acquired various sophisticated processing, test and analytical equipment through various funding agencies from India and abroad that are required for the basic and applied research on Polymers, Ceramics, Semiconductors and Composites.