The Indo-German Science & Technology Centre (IGSTC) is established to facilitate Indo-German R&D networking through substantive interactions among government, academia/research system and industries, thus forecasting innovation for economical and societal developments in both the countries. Indo-German Science & Technology Centre (IGSTC) is hereby accorded for hosting the Indo-German bilateral workshop on “Similar/Dissimilar Materials Welding of Automotive & Aerospace Sectors (2022)” to be organized by Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore during 22 nd to 24 th September 2022. This bilateral Indo - German workshop provides an ideal platform to discuss the challenges in the similar / dissimilar welding of superalloys, special steels, composite and polymers widely used in the automotive, aerospace and allied sectors. The workshop will also address the novel, latest technologies for characterising the weld joints. This workshop will provide the audience an opportunity to identify work on multi-disciplinary research areas.