The present work focuses on the development of Ni based cladding on austenitic stainless steel substrate (SS-316) by the exposure of microwave radiation. The clad of thickness ～1mm has been developed through microwave hybrid heating using microwave radiation of power 900W at frequency 2.45GHz. It was observed that chromium carbide was in precipitated the developed clad with other phases of NiSi and highly ferromagnetic FeNi_3. The transverse section of developed clad shows good metallurgical bonding with the substrate by partial mutual diffusion of elements. The microwave clad is free from cracks and contains significantly less porosity (～1.01). The clads exhibit ductile failure and the corresponding flexural strength of clad was observed to be 1312±67MPa.
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