K Bhanu Sankara RaoDr. K. Bhanu Sankara Rao FASM, FNAE, FIIM, FASc, is currently the Pratt and Whitney Chair Professor at the University of Hyderabad. During Dr. Rao's more than forty-year career he has held a number of prestigious positions including serving as the Miistry of Steel Chair/ Professor and the Dean of the School of Engineering Sciences and Technology at the University of Hyderabad. He received his Ph.D in Metallurgical Engineering from the University of Madras. His current research interests include Mechanical Metallurgy, Physical Metallurgy, Welding Science and Technology and Powder Metallurgy. He has published over 250 research papers and has served as an Editor of International Materials Reviews, International Review Board Member of Metallurgical and Materials Transactions and Materials Engineering and Performance. He is a member of Technical Books Committee of ASM International. He has been the recipient of Best Metallurgist Award from Ministry of Steel (1995), MRSI Medal (1997), NASA Appreciation (1994), BinaniGold Medal of IIM (1990), SAIL Gold Medal (Certificate of Merit) of IIM (2000), I.T. Mirchandani (1990), H.D. Govindaraj (1990), Nucor (1996), and D&H Schechron(1994) Awards of the Indian Institute of Welding. Read More Read Less