Rapid technological changes are happening in all industries to cope up with increased demand of goods, energy and infrastructure. Equipments and structures are being built with new materials and designs to operate in more severe conditions. Today's demand is better operational efficiency at lower cost and cycle time. Ensuring quality, safety and reliability and hence the role of NDT assumes far more importance. The biggest challenge in the field of NDT is to meet the expectation for Better Sensitivity, Improved Resolution, Faster Speed of Testing, Complete Flaw Characterization, Higher Probability of Detection (POD) & Probability of Sizing (POZ), Quantitative Output etc.

Thanks to the opportunity created by the challenges and enormous growth in application, experts are coming up with continuous advancement and innovations in science and technology of NDT. Innovative approach facilitated by advances in electronics, microprocessor and information technology is leading to introduction and implementation of state-of-art new generation methods and techniques.

The theme of NDE 2008 will be covered during the seminar through plenary talk, keynote address, invited talks and contributory papers on following topics.

Industry Application (Power, Chemical, Petrochemical, Nuclear, Aerospace, Transportation, Structures etc.)