Positions held

 

 

 

 
 

 

Fulltime Positions held

  1. Professor of Eminence, Anna University, Guindy Campus, Chennai 600 025, India. 02 November 2015 – 13April 2017

  2. University Chair Professor, School of Engineering Sciences and Technology, University of Hyderabad, India. March 2010 –April 2015

  3. Mercator Visiting Professor of the DFG (German Research Foundation), Institute of Materials Physics, University of Muenster, Germany. January 2009 to December 2009.

  4. Professor of Eminence, Anna University, Chennai, India. November 2006 – December 2008.

  5. Jawaharlal Nehru Chair Professor, University of Hyderabad, India. September 2004 to September 2006. Was also the Founder Professor-in-Charge, Centre for Nanotechnology of University of Hyderabad.

  6. Vice Chancellor/ Rector, South Asia International Institute, Hyderabad, India (a member of the Sylvan International Universities Network (now known as Laureate Incorporated)), Baltimore, USA. July 2002 to May 2004.

  7. Director, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, India.  October 1997 – September 2001.

  8. Dean, Academic Research, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, India. June 1996 - September 1997.

  9. Chairman, Centre for Continuing Education, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, India.  June 1986 - April 1990.

  10. Organizing Chairman (on behalf of Ministry of Education, Govt. of India), Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE). First and Second GATE Examinations, 1982 - 1984. (The essential examination to be qualified in for admission with scholarship to any PG program in any premier institution in India.)

  11. Head, Department of Metallurgical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, India.  May 1982 - February 1985.

  12. Professor & Head, Metal Forming Laboratory, Department of Metallurgical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, India. January 1980 – Sept. 1997.

  13. Reader, Department of Metallurgical Engineering, Institute of Technology, Banaras Hindu University (now known as IIT-BHU), Varanasi, India.  February 1974 - December 1979.

  14. Lecturer, Department of Metallurgical Engineering, Institute of Technology, Banaras Hindu University (now known as IIT-BHU), Varanasi, India.  April 1972 - February 1974.

Part-time Important Assignments

  1. Chairman, Research Council, CSIR – National Institute of Interdisciplinary Science & Technology, Thiruvananthapuram, July 2017 -

  2. Chairman, Research Council, Defence R&D Laboratory (the largest lab. under DRDO; the R&D source for the Integrated Missile Technology Programs), Defence R&D Organization, Hyderabad, Government of India. November 2012 -

  3. Appointed Co-Chair from India of the Indo-German Joint S&T Council (consisting of Indian and German scientists). June 2012 – June 2014.

  4. Advisor, Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) – India’s largest software company; in particular advised the company in the development of its patented commercial platform
    “TCS PREMAP”, which focuses on Integrated Computational Materials Engineering (ICME). April 2010 - 
    Member (Physical Sciences), Research & Innovation Advisory Board, TCS. April 2015 -

  5. Advisor, Aditya Birla (AB) Science and Technology Company Private Limited, the Company responsible for carrying out R&D for the entire AB Group.

  6. Chairman, Steering Committee, Indo-German R & D Collaboration Program on “Efficient Energy Conversion” between Helmholtz Association of German Research Centres and Indian agencies, with Anna University as the nodal agency. June 2007 – December 2008.

  7. Chairman, Panel of Experts on Metallurgy and Materials, Defence R & D Organization (DRDO), Ministry of Defence, Government of India. 2006 -

  8. Chairman, Steering Committee, Centre for Materials for Electronics Technology
    (C-MET), Ministry of Communications and Information Technology, Government of India. 2006-2008.

  9. Chairman, Kanpur Chapter, Indian Institute of Metals. October, 1997 – September 2001.

  10. Chairman, Advisory Committee of the Materials Science Research Centre, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, India. Dec. 1995 – Sept. 1997.

  11. Coordinator (on the Indian side) of Indo - German, Indo - US, Indo - UK, Indo - Russian Collaborative Research Programs on different aspects of superplasticity, high temperature creep, fatigue of structural steels and nanostructured materials at IIT Madras and IIT Kanpur. October 1983 - March 2003.

  12. Chairman, Madras Chapter, Indian Institute of Metals. 1983 - 1985.

  13. Joint Honorary Secretary, Indian Institute of Metals. 1983 - 1984.

  14. Colombo Plan Short Term Expert at University of Peredeniya, Sri Lanka. May – July 1981.

  15. British Council Short Term Visiting Scientist (under the Indo - British Universities Collaboration Program) at the University of Sheffield, Department of Metallurgy, U.K. July - October 1976.