Academic & Professional Qualifications

The academic & Professional qualifications of Dr. B Purna Chandra Rao include the following:

Academic Experience of Dr. B Purna Chandra Rao

  • Designed Curriculum for HBNI courses and taught every year for more than 8 years:

      • Metallurgy and Materials

      • NDT and Structural Integrity

      • NDT Science & Technology


  • Designed Applied Physics and Applied Electronics Course for JRFs for pursuing PhD and handled recruitment, conducted the course, exams etc.

  • Dean (Academic – Engineering Sciences), HBNI for three months

  • Member, HBNI, Engineering Science Standing Committee (More than 12 years)

  • Member, Andhra University College of Engineering Council for Curriculum development, Visakhapatnam.

  • Member, PhD Research Associates Selection Committee

  • Selection Committee member, Junior Research Fellow (JRFs), HBNI

  • Selection Committee member, Awards Committee

Ph.D thesis guided: 17

M.Tech/M.S Thesis guided: 5

B.Tech Projects guided: 10

MBA Thesis guided: 1

PhD thesis Evaluated/examined:4 (IITs -2, IISc-1, UoH-1)

MS/M.Tech Thesis evaluated/examined – 30 (IITs-3, IISc-1, NITs-15)

Chairman, Doctoral Committees – 15

Role of Dr. B Purna Chandra Rao as a Reviewer to Journals


International Journal of Structural Integrity

Journal of Testing and Evaluation

International Journal of Pressure Vessels and Piping

IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics

IEEE Transactions on Magnetics

Structural Monitoring and Maintenance

International Journal for Applied Electromagnetics and Mechanics

Journal of Sensors

Sensors & Actuators: A. Physical

Soft Computing

Measurement

Welding in the World

IET Science Measurement & Technology

Journal of Failure Analysis and Prevention

Journal of Nondestructive Evaluation

Research in Nondestructive Evaluation

Nondestructive Testing and Evaluation

Insight - Non-Destructive Testing and Condition Monitoring

Journal of nondestructive testing & evaluation

NDT&E International

Transactions of Indian Institute of Metals

Neural Processing Letters

Mathematical Problems in Engineering

Studies in Applied Electromagnetics and Mechanics

CF-6 International Conference