Academic Qualifications

• Ph.D. in Experimental and computational studies on laser processing of dissimilar metals, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore (2002).
• B.Tech (Metallurgical Engineering), Indian Institute of Technology, Madras (1996)

Research Experience

• Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore;
  Group: Prof.K. Chattopadhyay and Prof. Pradip Dutta.
  Research Scholar (Aug-1996 to Mar-2002) and Research Associate (Aug-2003 to Nov-2003);
  Experimental and computational studies on laser welding and laser surface alloying of dissimilar metals.
  Synopsis| Thesis
• Institute of Materials Physics in Space (earlier known as Institute of Space Simulation), German Aerospace Center(DLR), Cologne, Germany;
  Group: Prof. Dieter M. Herlach;
  Solidification studies and direct measurements of growth rate using Electromagnetic levitation and Directional solidification.
• Chongju University, South Korea; Group: Prof. Won Tae Kim and Prof. Seong-Gyoon Kim; Research Associate:(Jun-2003 to Jul-2003)
  Adaptive grid method for phase field modelling of solidification.
• IM2NP, Prof. Bernard Billia’s group (May-2008 to Sep-2008): Solidification experiments on transparent systems.
• IIT Madras, Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering as Assistant Professor (24-Feb-2005 to 31-May-2010)
• IIT Madras, Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering as Associate Professor (01-Jun-2010 to 02-Nov-2015)
• IIT Madras, Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering as Professor (since 03-Nov-2015)

Recognitions

• Recognitions