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Associate Professor, Department of Materials and Metallurgical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, Kanpur-208016, India since December 2007.

Department of Materials and Metallurgical Engineering,
Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur,
Kanpur- 208016, India.

Ph.D (Magna Cum Laude, Great Distinction), Metallurgy and Materials Engineering; Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (KUL), Belgium; March 2001, Specialisation: Ceramics.
Thesis: "Zirconia-Titanium Boride Composites for Tribological Applications"

- The research leads to the formulation of a novel approach to tailor the tetragonal zirconia transformability in order to obtain optimised transformation toughening contribution in the newly developed tetragonal zirconia monoliths (TZP) and composites. The tribology research clearly demonstrated that a trade-off between the transformation toughness and the wear resistance needs to be achieved in order to realise successful applications of TZPs as wear components.

Masters of Engineering (First Class, TGPA 6.7/8.0), Metallurgy; Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India, January 1997
Thesis: "Microstructure evolution during Laser Surface Alloying of Aluminium on Iron substrate". Supervisor: Prof. Kamanio Chattopadhya

Bachelor of Engineering (First Class Honors, 77.6%), Metallurgy; Regional Engineering College, Durgapur, India, July, 1995

• Assistant Professor at Department of Materials and Metallurgical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, IIT Kanpur, INDIA, November 2001-December 2007.
• Visiting faculty, Dr. M N Dastur Centre for Materials Science, B E College, Howrah, India, December 2003.
• Visiting Researcher, Department of Physics, University of Warwick, UK, May-July 2003.
• Visiting Scientist, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Seoul National University, South Korea, May-July 2002.