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Introduction
The latest surveys show that the worldwide direct cost of corrosion is between 3.1 to 3.5 percent of a nation’s GDP annually. These results reflect only the direct cost of corrosion that include essentially materials, equipment and services involved with repair, maintenance and replacement and does not include the environmental damage, waste of resources, loss of production or personal injury resulting from corrosion. Corrosion experts have concluded that a net of 20 to 25 percent of that annual cost can be saved by applying currently available corrosion control technologies.

The Iron Pillar of Delhi is a 7 meter (22 feet) high pillar in the Qutb complex which is notable for the composition of the metals used in its construction. It has withstood corrosion for over 1,600 years in the open air. This historic fact shows our strengths in developing corrosion resistant materials. But our present position on corrosion problems faced by many industries in India seems to be a disturbing fact. Corrosion costs reported by various agencies in many countries revealed the alarming situations experienced all over the world and the efforts we need to take in many ways to counteract ‘Metallic Cancer’, the term often used to describe deterioration of metallic materials.

Corrosion Management in India
Astounding corrosion costs reported in various media in India raise many questions and call for immediate actions to reduce such costs through various means of corrosion control available all over the world.
 * Do we preserve our precious material resources for the future generation?
 * Do our government and industries pay attention to corrosion problems?
 * Do we have a proper survey to account for corrosion problems faced by all industry sectors?
 * Is our focus on specific industries to find solutions for corrosion?
 * Do we use our national resources properly to address this alarming effect and find solutions?
 * Who is responsible for these problems – academic society or research institutions or designers or technology providers or endusers or collection of all?

Use of Social Networks
http://wecancontrolcorrosioninindia.blogspot.com -- http://corrosion-awareness-for-public.blogspot.com -- http://www.twitter.com/visalvalli