Profile
- More than two decades of research and teaching experience
with expertise in metal joining and surfacing technologies
- Experienced in initiating, building and sustaining funded
research programs
- Experienced in handling major welding research projects of
interest to space, nuclear and defense industries
- Proven publication record with more than 100 journal
publications
- Demonstrated skills in research leadership with a number of
successful graduate students
Research Interests
- Metal Joining
- Surfacing (inclusive of friction stir surfacing); Corrosion
and Wear
- Metallurgical and Mechanical property evaluation of welds
Patents
- US Patent 5,955,145, Sep 21, 1999 “Process for
forming a wear resistant coating that minimizes debris”
(first inventor)
- US Patent 6,071,622, June 6, 2000 “Stabilized
two-phase glass diffusion barrier” (second inventor)
Research Supervision
- Doctoral Students: 25 completed, 4 on going.
- Masters Students: 16 completed
Major Awards and Recognition
- Chairman, Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engg.,
IIT Madras: 2001-2004
- Chairman (Materials Panel) of Naval Research Board: 2004
onwards
- Key Reader for Metallurgical and Materials Transactions, ASM:
2002 onwards
- Keith Hartley Memorial Lecture Award by Indian Institute of
welding for 2002 for contributions to the field of materials joining
- Marie Curie Research Fellowship Awarded by the
Commission of the European Communities – 1994
- The 1992 Best Metallurgists' Award Instituted by the
Government of India for the Contributions to Welding Technology
Membership of Professional Societies
- American Welding Society (AWS) - Member
- ASM International - Member
- Indian Institute of Metals (IIM) - Life Member
- Indian Institute of Welding (IIW)- Life Member
- Indian Welding Society (IWS) - Life Member and
Patron (Chennai Centre)
