Education & Experience

Education 

Year 2000: PhD in Physical Metallurgy, Department of Metallurgical Engineering, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India.

Year 1996: M Tech, Materials technology, School of Materials technology, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India.

Year 1994:  B Tech, Mechanical Engineering, Kamla Nehru Institute of Technology, Sultanpur, India.

Year 1990:  Intermediate (+2), Queen's College, Varanasi, India.

Year 1988: High School, Queen's College, Varanasi, India.

Fields of Research 

• Melt atomization and powder production

• Spray forming processing of alloys and composites

• Light alloy based metal matrix composites

• Metallic Foams

• Alloy development and materials processes

• High entropy alloys 

• Structural steels and thermo-mechanical processing

Journey of responsibilities @ CSIR-National Metallurgical Laboratory 

• Scientist 'B' :  November 14, 2000 - November 13, 2003

• Scientist 'C' :  November 14, 2003 - July 03, 2006

• Scientist 'EI' :  July 04, 2006 - July 03, 2010

• Principal Scientist :  July 04, 2010 - July 03, 2015

• Senior Principal Scientist :  July 04, 2015 - July 03, 2020

• Chief Scientist : July 04, 2020 - Till date

Other Concurrent Responsibilities 

• August 2019: Activity leader of one month Heat Treatment training at MIDI, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 

• September 2015 - October 2015: Alexander von Humboldt re-invitation fellowship, Universität Bremen, Germany

• September 2012: Alexander von Humboldt re-invitation fellowship, Universität Bremen, Germany

• December 2007 - May 2009: Alexander von Humboldt Fellow, Institut für Werkstofftechnik, Universität Bremen, Germany

• September 2006 - October 2006: Guest Scientist, Institut für Werkstofftechnik, Universität Bremen, Germany

• June 2002 - March 2004: DAAD fellow, Institut für Werkstofftechnik, Universität Bremen, Germany