Recognition

1.  Honors/Awards

1) Certificate of Appreciation for participation as Keynote Speaker on the topic entitled "Exploring Deformation and Thermal Processing in Forging of Aluminum and Magnesium Alloys" in the International Symposium on "Recent Advances in Materials Joining and Manufacturing Processes organized by the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Alva'a Institute of Engineering and Technology, Moodbidri, Karnataka, on 27th and 28th February 2025.

2) Certificate for delivering the expert lecture entitled "Role of Heat Treatment in Forging of Aluminum and Magnesium Alloys in a self-sponsored five days online short-term course on " Materials Processing & Characterization" organized by Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, Malaviya National Institute of Technology Jaipur Rajasthan, August 5-9, 2022.

3)Best Paper Presentation in session 5: awarded for paper presentation for the topic: Dependency of Heat Treatment on Microstructure and Room Temperature Mechanical Properties in 55Si7 Spring Steel, International Conference on Evolution in Manufacturing (ICEM 2020), December 10-12, 2020, Department of Mechanical Engineering MNIT Jaipur in association with NIT Uttarakhand and NIT Warangal.

4)Certificate of Appreciation for delivering talk tilted “Role of Materials in Failure of Mechanical Components and Fractography” in the International Virtual Workshop on Advancement in Design and Materials for Product Development at school of Mechanical Engineering-VIT-Vellore (Recognized as Institution of Eminence (IoE) by Government of India), October 3-4, 2020.

5)Gold Medal (University) M.Tech. (Materials Engineering): Awarded by National Institute of Technology Karnataka, Surathkal on January 31, 2009.

6)Prof. K.R. Hebbar Gold Medal M.Tech. (Materials Engineering): Awarded by National Institute of Technology Karnataka, Surathkal on January 31, 2009.

7)Third Prize in essay competition on Subject: Uniqueness of Iron and its Alloys, Organized by Indian Institute of Metals Surathkal Chapter: Awarded on April 16, 2007.

8)Third prize in essay competition organized by ‘MESA’ (Mechanical Engineering Student Association) at undergraduate level: Awarded on April 26, 2004.

2.  Talk delivered/Keynote/Invited Speaker

• Topic: Exploring Deformation and Thermal Processing in Forging of Aluminum and Magnesium Alloys in the International Symposium on "Recent Advances in Materials Joining and Manufacturing Processes organized by the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Alva'a Institute of Engineering and Technology, Moodbidri, Karnataka, on 27th and 28th February 2025. 

• Topic: Role of Heat Treatment in Forging of Aluminum and Magnesium Alloys in a self-sponsored five days online short-term course on " Materials Processing & Characterization" organized by Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, Malaviya National Institute of Technology Jaipur Rajasthan, August 5-9, 2022. 

• Topic: Role of Materials in Failure of Mechanical Components and Fractography in the International Virtual Workshop on Advancement in Design and Materials for Product Development at school of Mechanical Engineering-VIT-Vellore (Recognized as Institution of Eminence (IoE) by Government of India), October 3-4, 2020. [You tube Link: https://youtu.be/2c-muocO9dY]

3.  Membership

• Life Member of Indian Institute of Metals (Since July 2017)

4.  Other Services

• Reviewer: Journal of Alloys and Compounds, Elsevier.

• Reviewer: Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance, Springer.

• Member of Technical Committee and Reviewer: Virtual International Conference on Product Design, Development and Deployment (PD3-2021) at Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore.