The INCOME series of conferences initiated by International Mechanochemistry Association [an associate member of International Union of Pure and Applied Chemists (IUPAC)] has served as a common platform to bring together all stakeholders from academia, Research and Development organisations, and industry to foster the growth of the discipline. The first international conference on ‘Mechanochemistry and Mechanical Alloying (INCOME1993)’ was held in Koásice (Slovakia) in 1993. This was followed by INCOME1997 in Novosibirsk (Russia), INCOME2000 in Prague (Czech Republic); INCOME2003, in Braunschweig (Germany), and INCOME2006 again in Novosibirsk.

The next conference of the series, INCOME2008, will be held in India at National Metallurgical Laboratory, Jamshedpur from December 1-4, 2008.