Rangachari Krishnan
Physics
Indian National Science Academy
India
Biography
Rangachari Krishnan obtained his BSc (Hons) and MSc degrees from Madras University and then joined the Atomic Energy Establishment Trombay, Mumbai (1957) as a trainee in the first batch of the AEET training school. His work on X-ray line profile analysis on a variety of metals and alloys earned him the PhD degree (1967) from the Bombay University. He became the Head, Metallurgy Division, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC) in 1982. He was Director of the Naval Chemical and Metallurgical Laboratory (NCML) of DRDO at Mumbai and initiated several programmes on naval engineering materials. He was Chief Controller, Defence R&D Organization (1988-90). From 1990 till his superannuation in 1995, he was Director of the Gas Turbine Research Establishment, DRDO, in Bangalore.
Research Interest
Physical Metallurgy, Materials Science
