Editorial

Volume 50, April 2017 issue of Indian Welding Journal is being published amidst scorching sun after the joyful spring. Hope a spell of thunder storm and rain would bring relief to people.

The Editor is happy to note that Volume 50 No.1 2017 issue is well taken by the welding fraternity with the new introduction of DOI (Digital Object Identifier) and Plagiarism Checking through Crossref of iThenticate System from this first issue of Golden Jubilee volume of Indian Welding Journal. We continue this system to the second issue of this 50th Volume. With this step, hope visibility of Indian Welding Journal would increase across the globe, and high quality of published articles would be maintained. In this connection, a letter of Mr. S. V. Sambamurti, the 1st Editor of the Indian Welding Journal, to the Editor is printed in this issue. His good wishes and kind words put forward lot of encouragements to the Editor and Editorial Board Members.