Awards & Recognition

Awards & Recognition received by Dr. B Purna Chandra Rao


A few awards & recognition received by Dr. Bhagi Purna Chandra Rao for the significant research contributions made in the areas of Nuclear Reactors, Materials Technology, Manufacturing, Construction, Non-destructive Testing (NDT), NDE, Automated Inspection, Artificial Intelligence, Project Management, Structural Integrity Assessment, Structural Health Monitoring and Life Management include the following:

  • DAE Group Achievement Award 2019 (Robotic Inspection)

  • DAE Group Achievement Award 2018 (Sodium Systems Development)

  • DAE Group Achievement Award 2017 (Steam Generator Mitigation)

  • DAE Group Achievement Award, 2016 (Automated Inspection Device Development)

  • International Recognition Award, Indian Society for NDT for 2014

  • Homi Bhabha Science & Technology, Dept of Atomic Energy (DAE) for 2013

  • Merit Certificate, 18th World Conference on NDT, Durban, South Africa, April 2012

  • C-V-C observer, International Institute of Welding (IIW), development of standard block for phased array ultrasonic testing, 2011

  • DAE Group Achievement Award, 2011 (Oxide Dispersion Strengthened Ferritic-Martensitic Steel Cladding Tubes).

  • Best Paper Award, International Conference on Advancements in Nuclear Instrumentation Measurement Methods and their Applications (ANIMMA), June, 2013, Marseille, France for the paper "Under Sodium Imaging of SFR Internals– Simulation Studies in Water"

  • Weldman Award, Indian Institute of Welding, IIW-2010 Conference, Visakhapatnam, Dec. 2010

  • R. Chandrasekar memorial award for best industry oriented research work, 12th National seminar on Physics and Technology of Sensors, Mumbai, March 2007.

  • Weldman Award, Indian Institute of Welding National Welding Seminar 2007, Chennai.

  • Invited by World Federation of NDE centers to deliver an invited talk on “Innovative NDE solutions using intelligent signal analysis” during the Workshop on Signal Processing, Iowa State University, USA, 2004.

  • National NDT Award for R&D category, Indian Society for NDT for 2004

  • INS (Indian Nuclear Society) Gold Medal for the year 2002.

  • Invited by Elsevier Science Ltd., Oxford, UK in the year 2000, to write an article on “Visual techniques in non-destructive testing” for the Encyclopedia of Materials: Science &Technology.

  • Delivered invited talk at 14th World Conf. on NDT on “Potential applications of finite element modelling of eddy current NDT phenomena”, New Delhi, 1996.

  • Best paper awards received: 10

  • Best presentation awards received: 5

  • National Merit Scholarship by Govt. of India for the period 1979-1985