This article describes about the TIG torch assisted coating on austenitic stainless steel for tribological applications. Austenitic stainless steel is very important material used in manufacturing of structural components and automobile parts. The austenitic stainless steel is very sensitive to wear failure due to its low hardness. Therefore by depositing coating material on the surface of the austenitic stainless steel the tribological and mechanical properties can be improved. The TIG torch assisted coating are widely used for coating operation on the austenitic stainless steel due to its attractive characteristics like good metallurgical bonding between coating material and substrate material, high deposition rate, production of thick coating, less equipment cost, easy handling, and less hazardous. The materials which are generally used for coating operation on austenitic stainless steel are hard transition metals, alloys, ceramics, metal matrix composite, nanomaterials, high entropy alloys, solid lubricants and special additives like rare earth oxide. The deposition of coated layer on surface of austenitic stainless steel increases its surface hardness, wear resistance, corrosion resistance and its service life. The important process parameters of TIG torch coating process are welding current, torch travel speed, stand of distance, argon flow rate, electrode diameter and voltage. The proper optimization of these parameters produces very good quality of coating with excellent mechanical and tribological properties. The characterization technique used for performance analysis of coating are x-ray diffraction analysis, scanning electron microscopy, energy dispersive spectroscopy, transmission electron microscopy, hardness testing, friction and wear testing and corrosion testing methods, which are discussed in brief. Also, the problem arises in surface coating on austenitic stainless steel and future directions are described.