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