Sl. No. |
Name and Nature of Award / Medal |
Organization giving the Award |
Year |
1 |
Plaque of honor for “contributions to the field of Materials Science and Engineering, Materials & General Engineering Education and Research”. An international conference on “Advances in Materials Processing and Characterization” was also organized to coincide with the event. |
At a function organized by several Indian academic and R&D organizations on the Guindy campus of Anna University, Chennai; the birth place of engineering education in India. |
February 2013 |
2 |
Re-invitation under the Forschungspreis (Career Research Award) Program. |
Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, Germany |
July – August 2012 |
3 |
Mercator Visiting Professorship of German Research Foundation (DFG) – a National Chair – at University of Muenster, Germany during January 2009 – December 2009. |
Deutsch Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) – German Research Foundation, Bonn |
2009 |
4 |
Selection for the Award under ‘Guest Scientist Program for Outstanding Scientists from Abroad’ (First recipient of the award) |
Research Centre for Technology and Environment (FZK), Karlsruhe, Germany – a member of the Helmholtz Society of Research Institutions |
2001- 2002 and June – August 2004 |
5 |
Re-invitation under the ‘Forschungspreis’ (Career Research Award) program |
Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, Germany |
September – October 2000 |
6 |
Distinguished Alumnus Award, Department of Metallurgical Engineering, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India |
Department of Metallurgical Engineering, Institute of Technology, Banaras Hindu University (now IIT-BHU), Varanasi, India |
December 1998 |
7 |
Sc. D. degree (First Indian recipient in the area of Engineering/ Materials Science & Engineering) for “research contributions” |
University of Cambridge, UK |
July 1998 |
8 |
DFG Visiting Professorship at Darmstadt University of Technology, Germany |
Deutsch Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG), Bonn |
August – November 1995 |
9 |
Forschungspreis (Career Research Award). (This is a career research award of the highest category of the Humboldt Foundation. He is the FIRST INDIAN recipient.) |
Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, Germany |
August 1994 – July 1995 |
10 |
“For the Sake of Honor” Award |
Rotary Club, Chennai (Madras) Central, India |
July 1994 |
11 |
CDC-DSIR Award (Certificate of Merit) for having set up a Superplastic Forming Facility at Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre, Thiruvananthapuram, India, for making components for Space applications. |
Consultancy Development Centre (CDC), Department of Scientific and Industrial Research (DSIR), Government of India |
January 1994 |
12 |
G D Birla Gold Medal (for continuing and outstanding contributions to Materials Science and Technology) |
Indian Institute of Metals |
November 1992 |
13 |
Kamani Gold Medal (for publishing the paper of the highest merit in the Transactions of the Indian Institute of Metals during 1991) |
Indian Institute of Metals |
November 1992 |
14 |
Materials Research Society of India (MRSI) Medal |
Materials Research Society of India |
1990 |
15 |
Alexander von Humboldt (AvH) Fellowship |
Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, Germany |
Award first received in May 1985 – April 1986 ( worked at University of Aachen); re-invitations in 1989 (worked at University of Erlangen) and 1990 (worked at University of Aachen) |
16 |
National Metallurgists’ Day Award for outstanding contributions to METAL SCIENCES and METALLURGICAL EDUCATION |
Indian Institute of Metals and Ministry of Steel and Mines, Govt. of India |
1983 |
17 |
A Research Grant of DM 3.2 million for augmenting Materials Testing Facility in his laboratory at IIT Madras, India |
The Govt. of FRG (under the Indo-German Science and Technology Collaboration Agreement) |
1983 - 1992 |
18 |
INSA Young Scientist Award in Engineering Sciences (year of inception) |
Indian National Science Academy, New Delhi |
1974 |
19 |
Pandya Memorial Medal (for publishing the best paper by an Associate Member of the Indian Institute of Metals in the Institute Transactions in the year 1973) |
Indian Institute of Metals |
1974 |
Sl. No |
Name and Nature of the Honor |
Organization giving Honor |
Year of Honor |
1 |
Prof. N P Gandhi Memorial Lecture, 2012 |
The indian Institute of Metals |
2012 |
2 |
Honorary Membership of the Indian Institute of Metals |
The Indian Institute of Metals |
2009 |
3 |
Appointment to the Editorial Board of Journal of Materials Processing Technology |
Elsevier |
September 2007 onwards |
4 |
President, Materials Science Section, Indian Science Congress Association, 2003-2004 |
Indian Science Congress Association |
January, 2003 |
5 |
Consulting Fellow, F.W.I.F. |
World Innovation Foundation (WIF), London |
September 2002 |
6 |
Election to the Membership of the Asia Pacific Academy of Materials |
Asia Pacific Academy of Materials |
October 2000 |
7 |
Election to the Fellowship of the National Academy of Sciences, India – FNASc |
The National Academy of Sciences-India, Allahabad |
September 2000 |
8 |
Prof. Daya Swarup Memorial Lecture |
Indian Institute of Metals Annual Convention |
November 1999 |
9 |
Prof. Brahm Prakash Memorial Lecture |
Indian Institute of Metals Bangalore Chapter |
August 1999 |
10 |
Membership of the Editorial Board of Indian Journal of Engineering and Materials Sciences |
Council of Scientific & Industrial Research and Indian National Science Academy, New Delhi |
1998-2007 |
11 |
Invitation to write an expert-level book ‘Superplastic Flow: Phenomenology and Mechanics’ |
Springer Verlag, Heidelberg/ Berlin, Germany |
June 1998 (book was published in March 2001) |
12 |
Appointed to the International Advisory Board and an Associate Editorship of ‘Materials Transactions, JIM’ |
Japan Institute of Metals (JIM) |
January 1996- Dec. 2000 |
13 |
Election to the Fellowship of the Indian Academy of Sciences-F.A.Sc. |
Indian Academy of Sciences, Bangalore |
Jan. 1994 |
14 |
Election to the Fellowship of the Indian National Academy of Engineering – F.N.A.E. |
Indian National Academy of Engineering, New Delhi |
October 1993 |
15 |
Election to the Life Fellowship of the Indian Institute of Metals – F.I.I.M |
Indian Institute of Metals |
September 1992 |
16 |
Appointment to the Editorial Board of the “Transactions of the Indian Institute of Metals” |
Indian Institute of Metals |
July 1992 |
17 |
Election as an Honorary Academician of the Bashkirian Academy of Sciences, Russian Federation (formerly Urals Division of the USSR Academy of Sciences; First foreigner to be elected an Honorary Academician by the above Academy) |
Bashkirian Academy of Sciences, Russian Federation |
January 1992 |
18
|
Appointment to the Editorial Board of ‘Journal of Materials Processing and Manufacturing Science’ |
Technomic Publishing Company, Lancaster, Pa., USA |
December 1991 to 2003 |
19 |
Election as a Member of the Materials Research Society of India |
Materials Research
Society of India |
1989 |
20 |
Fellowship of the Institution of Engineers (India) – F.I.E. |
Institution of Engineers (India) |
1985 |
21 |
Fellowship of the Institute of Metals (now Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining), London, FIMMM.
Chartered Engineer in the U.K.-C. Eng. (U.K.) |
Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining, London
The Engineering Council, U.K.
|
1981
(Fellow)
1971
(Chartered Engineer) |
22 |
Colombo Plan Short Term Expert in Metal Forming at the University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka |
IIT Madras and the Dept. of Economic Affairs, Govt. of India |
May -July 1981 |
23 |
Invitation to write the first-ever comprehensive expert level book in English on Superplasticity |
Springer Verlag, Heidelberg/ Berlin, Germany |
1977/78 (the book was published in August 1980) |
24 |
Invitation to work at the University of Sheffield, U.K., as a Visiting Scientist |
The British Council |
July-Sept. 1976 |
25 |
A number of projects for researches in different areas of Mechanical Behavior of Materials and Materials Forming
|
Indian National Science Academy, New Delhi
University Grants Commission, New Delhi
Aeronautics R & D Board, New Delhi
Liquid Propulsion Systems Centre, Trivandrum
Defence R&D Lab., Hyderabad
Department of Science & Technology, New Delhi
Steel Authority of India Limited
Department of Atomic Energy, Mumbai
VSSC, Thiruvananthapuram
Indian Stainless Steel Development Association
Tata Steel
Indo-US Program
Integrated Long Term Program of Research Collaboration between India and Russia
Volkswagen Foundation, Germany
Indo-German Project in the area of ‘Fatigue in Steels’ (Department of Science and Technology, Government of India and BMBF, Bonn, Germany)
Aeronautical Development Agency (ADA) |
1974-76
1975-79
1981-85
1987-91
1984-85
1985-86
2000-03
1988-92
1993-96
1991-95
1992-93
1994-96
1994-97
1993-97
1997-2004
1991-2004
2013-2015
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