Specialisation:

Materials Science

Major Professional Contributions:

For research contributions, see below under Keywords

Associate Editor, Editorial Board: Bulletin of Materials Science, Journal of the American Ceramic Society (current), Materials Science & Engg. B, 

Chair, Programme Advisory Committee SERB panel Minerals Metals and Materials

Member Empowered Committee, SERB (current)

Chair, PARC-Coatings of Aeronautical R&D Board-GTMAP (current)

UGC Member of Governing Council (current) National Institute of Engineering Mysore, Kongu Engg. College, Tamilnadu

Chair, Technical Advisory Board, ARCI Hyderabad (current)

Council, Indian Academy of Sciences (current) 

Consultancy Areas:

Mechanical testing, thin film mechanical characterisation, electron microscopy

Sector Associated With:

Academia

Sectors Interested to Offer Service:

Educational / Academic institutions, Industry (Private), Industry (PSUs), R&D Organizations, Government (including funding agencies), Entrepreneurs, Venture Capitalists, Law Enforcement Agencies, Consultancy Firms, Private Agencies

Collaborated with TVS Motors, Widia, Grindwell Norton, ISRO, IGCAR, BHEL and Pratt & Whitney 

Professional Experience

Staff Scientist, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory 1985-6

Assistant Research Engineer, University of California Santa Barbara, 1987-9

Academic Faculty at IISc from 1990

Chair, Department of Materials Engineering 2009-15

Dean, Division of Mechanical Sciences, 2015-21

Keywords

Mechanisms of directed melt oxidation and infiltration and development of technology and prototypes of ceramic-metal composites for wear and electronic applications

Non equilibrium phase selection in oxides and the discovery of metastable amorphous oxides exhibiting plasticity at low temperatures

Mechanisms of contact damage in PVD multilayer hard coatings

Small scale testing methods for fracture and creep for coatings and life extension

Processing and densification of ultra high temperature ceramics at low temperatures by reactive processing