Introduction
The Indian steel industry is witnessing a rapid growth since 2001. It is expected that by 2012 India would be the second largest steel producer globally. In order to maintain global leadership as well as produce the best quality steel at the lowest cost, it is imperative that well trained manpower is available on a continual basis to the industry. Presently, there is a huge gap between the growing need for well trained quality manpower and its availability, both globally and within the country. In addition, there are challenges in developing low energy and environmentally friendly technology for producing steel. In order to address this issue of large demand in highly qualified manpower in steel, IIT Bombay has started the new M.Tech. program on Steel Technology from July, 2008