RESEARCH INTERESTS:
Metallurgical Engineering, Powder metallurgy, steels, high temperature structural materials, intermetallics.
BIOSKETCH:
Educational Details
B. Tech., Metallurgical Engineering, Banaras Hindu University
1985
Ph.D., Metallurgy, University of Sheffield
1990
Professional Background
Research Associate, University of Sheffield, UK 01 Jan 1988 - 01 Jan 1991
Scientist ‘C’, Defence Metallurgical Research Laboratory, Hyderabad 01 Jan 1992 - 01 Jan 1997
Humboldt Fellow, Max Planck Institute, Duesseldorf, Germany 01 Jan 1999 - 01 Jan 2000
Asssociate Professor, IIT, Roorkee 01 Jan 2006 - Present
Humboldt Fellow, IEHK, RWTH Aachen University, Germany 01 Jan 2015 - 01 Jan 2015
Professor, IIT Roorkee 01 Jan 2015 - Present
RESEARCH:
Development of low density steels 01 Jan 2017
DRDO (43.77 Lakh) Co-PI: Dr. Devendra Singh
Creep resistant ODS steels through powder forging 01 Jan 2011
BRNS (76.22 Lakh) Co-PI: Dr. V. Dabhade
Development of iron aluminides containing carbon 01 Jan 2009
DST (32.54 Lakh)
HONORS AND AWARDS:
Scholarship from Department of Metallurgy, University of Sheffield. 1988
Overseas Research Students (ORS) Award, Committee of Vice-Chancellors and Principals, UK 1988
DRDO Technology Award, DMRL Hyderabad 1997
Award of Humbodt Fellowship, MPIE Dusseldorf 1999
Best Presentation Award at Annual Technical Meeting of Indian Institute of Metals, DMRL Hyderabad 2000
Humboldt Revisit, IEHK, RWTH Aachen University, Germany 2015
Memberships:
Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, Germany
31 Aug 2020 - Present
Institution of Engineer
31 Aug 2020 - Present
Indian Institute of Metals
31 Aug 2020 - Present
Materials Research Society of India
31 Aug 2020 - Present