Indian Welding Journal is the official journal of the Indian Institute of Welding (IIW-India) being published quarterly since 1968. It is published in Technical Association with The American Welding Society. Original articles published in Indian Welding Journal are indexed by EBSCO-USA, Crossref-USA, i-Scholar, j-Gate and Indian Citation Index. Original articles on welding, joining and cutting are invited from prospective authors, and articles are to send to the Chief Editor through email ID: iwj.iiw@gmail.com. Article submission guidelines are available in www.iiwindia.com. There is no page charges, and articles are published free of any cost. Articles are double-blind peer reviewed, and plagiarism checked by Crossref system powered by ithenticate.