In view of the fact that most of the erstwhile PB3 Scientists have presented in the Colloquium Series over the last three years, Director has decided that the Colloquium Series will be open to Scientists EII and above and the SP Mehrotra Award will as usual be presented to the best speaker. The presentation cycle will last from 1st January to 31st October in a calendar year and will be restricted to 15 speakers in a year. All Sct. EIIs who have not presented in the colloquium series earlier than 1stJanuary 2017(as per attachment) are requested to convey a suitable date for presentation through email at mk@nmlindia.org (Manoj Kumar). The next Colloquium in this series will be presented by Mr. Udaya Bhaskara Rao M., Sr. Scientist, Engineering Division, which is likely to be held in the end of 3rd week of January through MS Team.