31st Jan, 2013

Web Advertisement for Empanelment of R&D Institutions / Experts

BHEL is one of the largest engineering and manufacturing organisations in India, with a wide product range in power generation - thermal, h dro, gas and renewa!le" power transmission, transportation, industr , etc# BHEL is committed to $eeping its portfolio of products technologicall competiti%e and in%ests su!stantial resources in &'( for de%elopment of new products and technologies and continual up-gradation of e)isting products# In addition to the *orporate &'( (i%ision at H dera!ad, BHEL also has &esearch and +roduct (e%elopment ,&+(- groups at its product centres in the manufacturing plants# .he &'( e)penditure has grown four fold in the last fi%e ears# BHEL is loo$ing to further augment its &'( efforts particularl through colla!orati%e &'( and for this it wishes to considera!l enhance its ties with &'( institutions, academia and e)perts in different areas# BHEL see$s to empanel &'( Institutions/ ,comprising 0cademia, &esearch 1ni%ersities, &'( la!s, &esearch Institutes, &'( organi2ations in India and a!road- and 3E)perts 4 *onsultants3 wor$ing independentl or associated with &'( Institutions/ and ha%ing e)pertise in the disciplines mentioned !elow for colla!orati%e &'( 4 contract research 4 5oint industr programs, etc# A. Disciplines /Areas: 1. Metallur !" Materials #cience and $eramics *reep, fatigue, fracture mechanics, creep-fatigue interaction, damage and life prediction mechanisms, 6on (estructi%e .esting ,6(.*orrosion, erosion, wear 7)idation of materials at high temperature, melting related phenomena *eramic materials and fa!rication process, porous ceramics, porcelains, glass and composites, refractories, etc# 8urface engineering, coatings for high temperature wear, corrosion pre%ention 4 control, etc# 9anufacturing and fa!rication speciali2ed materials processes for super-allo ' other

6ano-!ased materials - high temperature insulation, :raphene !ased multi-functional smart materials, nano-allo ed smart structural, non-stic$ coatings ,h dropho!ic and h drophilic coatings- and te)turing for erosion and corrosion mitigation

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*apture, measurement ' control of pollutants, trace elements, adsor!ents and a!atement techni=ues 9olecular sie%e @ mem!ranes, >ater *hemistr , :as 0pplications *ar!on *apture - se=uestration and storage s stems, gasification, *oal to li=uids and pol -generation, underground coal gasification, coal !ed methane, coal water slurr s stems H drogen Energ @ generation, storage and distri!ution technologies, s ngas-to-H2, High .emperature +E9;*, 8olid 7)ide ;uel *ells, water splitting

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5. Wa!s of $ollaborative R&D to address t&e Disciplines / Areas mentioned above: C

.he colla!orati%e &'( could !e in the form of 5oint &'( wor$ on assignment !asis 4 long term !asis through 971s 4 long term tie ups" technical consultanc for specific pro5ects" design %etting" design %erification" design !u ing" testing" characteri2ation" speciali2ed engineering software codes" modelling" e)pert guidance on annual retainership !asis" short term %isits for technical tal$s and discussions, 5oint wor$ing in research organi2ations, la!s, participate in Joint &'( programs, sponsoring research pro5ects, sponsoring for doctorates, e)change of e)perts for training 4 ad%ance education, 1ni%ersit *hairs etc# $. *erms and $onditions: 1# Empanelment will !e !ased on criteria such as a# ?ualifications, demonstrated e)perience, patents granted, papers pu!lished, awards recei%ed and num!er of pro5ects completed in the rele%ant field, etc# for indi%idual e)perts and !# . pe of institution, num!er of ears of operation, present manpower e)pertise a%aila!le, papers pu!lished, patents granted, num!er of pro5ects 4 processes licensed and commerciali2ed, total num!er of pro5ects completed in the rele%ant field, etc# for &'( institutions# 2# BHEL could see$ further information or details !efore empanelment# 3# BHEL reser%es the sole right for empanelment# A# .he Empanelment facilitates colla!orati%e wor$ing for &'( +ro5ects# >hene%er a need for &'( wor$ in a particular area 4 discipline will arise, BHEL will contact the &'( institutions 4 E)perts who ha%e e)pertise in that area# C# 0 6on (isclosure 0greement ,6(0-, if re=uired, will !e signed with the e)pert 4 institution whene%er needed# D# 8pecific 0greement spelling out the details such as scope of wor$, time frame, remuneration, deli%era!les, ownership of I+&s etc#, will !e entered into with the e)pert 4 institution for each specific &'( pro5ect# E# 0 9emorandum of 1nderstanding ,9o1- 4 9emorandum of 0greement ,9o0could !e entered into with an &'( institution on long term !asis, specif ing areas that could also !e long term contracts with pre-agreed terms and conditions# Interested &'( Institutions/4 Indi%idual E)perts are re=uested to download F&esponse ;ormat for &'( Institution EmpanelmentG ,;-1- 4 F&esponse ;ormat for Indi%idual E)pert EmpanelmentG ,;-2- and su!mit the completed format, together with other re=uired documents, ! email or post, toH Dr 4ulvir #in & Additional :eneral Mana er $orporate Researc& and Development Division" 5&arat ;eav! Electricals 9imited" <i=asna ar" ;!derabad>)3331' 8&one: ?11>(3>%'00%'.1" -A@: ?11>(3>%'..,'%3 Email: director!ofexpertsAb&elrnd.co.in * R&D Institutions (comprising Academia, Research Universities, R&D Labs, Research Institutes, R&D Organizations in India and abroad)