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History: The Association for Machines and Mechanism, India, is the national affiliate of the International Federation for the Promotion of Mechanism and Machine Science (IFToMM). IFToMM was started in the year 1969 with 13 member nations. Prof. J.S. Rao (IIT Kharagpur) and Prof B.V.A Rao (IIT Madras) represented India in the committee for preparing the draft constitution for IFToMM in 1969 in Bulgaria. Prof. J.S. Rao, who has been keenly interested in IFToMM activities, latter organized the Sixth IFToMM International Congress at IIT Delhi in December, 1983. As a consequence, based on the resolutions passed by the delegates attending the National Conference on Machines and Mechanisms (NaCoMM) held at IIT Bombay in the year 1981, the national body of the Association for Machines and Mechanisms (AMM) was founded in 1984. AMM was also registered as a Society as well as a Trust in Mumbai. Objectives and Activities:The main objective of AMM is to contribute to mechanical design at all levels starting from academic research to industrial initiatives, thereby enhancing the quality and reliability of indigenous machines. With this in view, AMM organizes the National Conference on Machines and Mechanisms, NaCoMM, and the workshops on Industrial Problems on Machines and Mechanisms, IPRoMM, regularly. For details of the conferences, please see Conferences and Workshops.
AMM & IFToMM:
AMM headquarters are presently located at the Department of Engineering Design, IIT Madras. AMM is still an young society with a life membership count of nearly 220 (as on July 2009). The Association is affiliated to IFToMM. Several AMM members are on various committees of IFToMM. |