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Membership  Details

Membership of Academies and Societies 

• Fellow of Third World of Academy of Science

• Fellow of Indian National Academy of Engineering

• Fellow of Indian National Science Academy

• Fellow of Indian Academy of Sciences, Bangalore

• Fellow of The National Academy of Sciences, India, Allahabad

• Fellow of Tamil Nadu Academy of Sciences

• Fellow of Institution of Engineers (India)

• Fellow of Indian Institute of Metals

• Fellow of Acoustic Society of India

• Fellow of Ultrasonic Society of India

• Fellow of International Institute of Quality Assurance, UK

• Honorary Member, International Committee on NDT (only 12 professionals in the world)

• Honorary Member, Hellenic Society of NDT, Greece (only one in Asia)

• Honorary Fellow, British Institute of NDT (only one from Asia)

• Honorary Fellow, Indian Society of NDT (the youngest to get the honour)

• President, International Committee on NDT (1992‑96)

• President, 14th World Conference on NDT (December 1996, India)

• Chairman, Policy & General Purpose Committee, ICNDT (1996‑2004)

• Chairman, Metal Sciences Division and Vice President, IIM

• Chairman, IIM Kalpakkam Chapter (1995-2001)

• Chairman, Services to Industry Committee of IIM (2001-2003)

• Chairman Committee to make Heritage Film on 50 years of IIM

• Co-chairman, Technical Committee, Golden Jubilee Celebrations of IIM

• Chairman, Indian Nuclear Society, Kalpakkam Branch (2004 - …)

• President, NACE International Southern Region (2004 - …)

• Member, Sectional Committee on Metallurgy, Mining and Materials Science of INAE (1998-2001)

• Member, Engineering Heritage Committee (Metallurgy) of INAE (1996-2003)

• Chairman, Engineering Heritage Committee (Metallurgy) of INAE (2003- …)

• Foreign Secretary, Indian National Academy of Engineering (2005 - …)

• Chairman, Working Group on Research & University Education, ICNDT

• Founder Member, Board of Directors, World Federation of NDE Centres, USA

• Chairman, Education Group, World Federation of NDE Centres (1998)

• Past‑President, Acoustic Emission Working Group of India

• Patron, Acoustic Emission Working Group of India

• Past‑President, Indian Group of International Society of Stereology

• Patron, Indian Group of International Society of Stereology

• President, Metal Sciences, 82nd Session of Indian National Science Congress (1994)

• President, Indian Society for Non‑Destructive Testing (1997)

• Vice-President, Indian Institute of Welding (1994‑96)

• President, Indian Institute of  Welding (2001-2002)

• Member, Asian Pacific Committee on NDT

• Founder Member, Asia‑Pacific Academy of Materials

• Member, MRSI Council ‑ Topic Chairman, Materials Characterisation (1998‑2001)

• Past‑Chairman, Technical Committee comprising of 14 Commissions of Indian Institute of Welding (1990‑1997)

• Chairman, International Technical Committee, International Welding Seminar ‑ 1996

• Chairman, NDT Committee of the Bureau of Indian Standards

• President, Indian Institute of Metals (2005 ---)

• Vice-President, Materials Research Society of India (2008-2011)

• Vice President, Academia NDT International

• Vice President (Academic, Professional & International Affairs) in the Indian National Academy of Engineering (2008-2011)

National and International Distinctions

• Member, Committee on Centre for NDT, IIT Madras, Chennai, in collaboration with World Federation of NDE Centres and International Institute of Theoretical and Applied Physics, UNESCO, Iowa State University, USA

• Chairman, 40 years of NDT activities of IAEA (participants from 10 countries), 1996, IAEA, Vienna

• Member, Standing Advisory Group on Nuclear Energy  (SAGNE), IAEA (2004 - …)

• Co-Chairman, Consultants Meetings on Digital Radiography for Industrial Applications, IAEA, Vienna, July 1998

• Guest of Honour and Plenary Speaker on the occasion of 60^th Anniversary of Chinese Mechanical Engineering Society

• Guest of Honour and Plenary Speaker on the occasion of 40^th Anniversary of Russian Society of NDT

• Member, Advisory Board, NDE Centre, University of Massachusetts, USA

• Member, Advisory Board, Material Science & Technology, CSIR (1996-1999)

• Member, Project Management Board, Component Integrity Evaluation, CSIR (1996-1999)

• Member, Board on Structural Integrity and Life Management, NML, CSIR (1997-2001)

• Member, Research Council, National Metallurgical Laboratory (1996-200 & 2004 - …); Central Glass &  Ceramic Research Institute (2001-2003) and Central Electrochemical Research Institute (2001- …); International Advanced Research Centre for Powder Metallurgy & New Materials (ARCI) (2003- …)

• Member, Divisional Scientific Committee on Structural Integrity, NAL, CSIR (1996- …)

• Member, Programme Adivsory Committee on Metallurgy, Mining & Material Science of DST (1997-2000)

• Member, Scientific Advisory Committee, Department of Culture and Science & Technology (2000- …)

• Co-Chairman, National Certification Board, Indian Society for Nondestructive Testing (2002- ….)

• Member, Steering Committee, Life Extension of Fighter Helicopters and Aircrafts, Indian Air Force (1990-…)

• Member, Peer Review Committee, Fraunhofer Institute of NDT, Germany (2004)

• Member, Scientific Advisory Council to Prime Minister (2005- …)

• Member, Committee on Nanoscience & Technology Initiative, Department of Science & Technology

• Chairman, Committee on Science & Technology of Department of Economic Affairs

• Member, Committee on High Sensitivity Detection of Chemicals

• Elected Member, German National Academy of Sciences (2008)

• Member of the Governing Body, Sree Chithra Tirunal Institute of Medical Sciences & Technology, Thiruvananthapuram (2009)

• Member, Nanotechnology Advisory Board, Department of Science & Technology, Government of South Africa

• Member, Advisory Board of Summer School on Modeling, Experimentation & Validation (MeV), Idaho National Laboratory, Argonne National Laboratory & Idaho State University, 21-30 July 2009.

• Member, “Global Energy International Prize Committee for 2009-2013” for selecting the awardees for research and development in the area of energy in the world along with other members which include Nobel prize winners in the field of Physics and Chemistry.

• Member, Board of Advisors, “The Al Gore Sustainable Technology Venture Competition, India” for the year 2009

Responsibilites in Department of Atomic Energy Committees

• Member, Chairman’s Advisory Committee, DAE

• Member, Board of Directors, Bharat Nabhikiya Vidyut Nigam Ltd. (BHAVINI)

• Member, Steering Committee on Nuclear Power Programme, DAE

• Member, Steering Committee on Nuclear Fuel Cycle

• Chairman, R&D Committee on Nuclear Fuel Cycle

• Member Committee for Constitution of Homi Bhabha National Institute

• Member, Board of Nuclear Fuel Complex

• Vice-Chairman, Safety Review Committee for Operating Plants, AERB (2002-2004)

• Member, Senior Selection Committee of Personnel

• Member, Apex Exploration Research Advisory Committee of the Atomic Minerals Directorate for Exploration & Research, Department of Atomic Energy

Editorial Responsibilities

• Member Editorial Board, Indian Journal of Engineering & Materials Science

• Chief Editor, Golden Jubilee Commemorative Volume on Technology Development

• Subject Editor in the area of NDT and Mechanical Testing, Encyclopedia of Materials: Science & Technology,
  Elsevier Science Publishers, UK

• Advisor to the Chief Editor, Encyclopedia of Materials: Science & Technology, Elsevier Science Publishers, UK

• Member, International Editorial Advisory Board, INSIGHT, European Journal of NDT

• Principal Editor, Metal Sciences, Metal News

• Chairman, Publications Committee, Transaction of Indian Institute of Metals & Metal News

• Member, Editorial Board of Bulletin of Materials Science (1999- …)

• Chief Editor, IGC Annual Report & IGC Newsletter (1982-2004)

• Member, Editorial Advisory Board, Journal of Nondestructive Testing & Evaluation, ISNT

• Member, Editorial Board, MAPAN, Journal of Metrology Society of India

• Member, Editorial Board of International Journal of COMADEM

• Member, Editorial Board of Steel Technology

• Member, Editorial Board of Asian Journal of Professional Ethics & Management.

Trusts, Foundations & Educational Institutes

• Hon. Secretary, Quality through Nondestructive Evaluation Science & Technology (QUNEST) Foundation (1994 - …)

• Member, Trust for education of mentally challenged children at Kalpakkam (MEHATVA) (1998-2004)

• Member, Swarna Jayanti Endowment Trust of Indian Institute of Metals (2002)

• Member, National Association for Application of Radiation & Radioisotopes (NAARI) (2003 - …)

• Member, Sundaram Venkataraman Trust for encouragement of science students and science & technology in Kalpakkam (2003 - …)

• Chairman, Vidyalaya Management Committee of Kendriya Vidyalaya and Atomic Energy Central Schools at Kalpakkam (2004 - …)

• Adjunct Professor of PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore and University Institute of Chemical Technology, Mumbai (2008 -    )