Srinivasa Ranganathan
Department of Matarials Engineering
Indian National Science Academy
India
Biography
Srinivasa Ranganathan obtained BSc (Hons) Chemistry (1960) from the University of Madras and BE (Metallurgy) (1962) from the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore, and his PhD (1965) from Cambridge University. After a brief stint as Research Metallurgist at the Lawrence Radiation Laboratory (1965-67), he joined Faculty of the Department of Metallurgy at the Banaras Hindu University (BHU) in 1967 and became Professor there (1972). He served as Chairman, Department of Metallurgy (1981-88), and also the Division of Mechanical Sciences (1994-99). He was Senior Homi Bhabha Fellow during 2005-06. He has been INAE Distinguished Professor at IISc, Honorary Professor at the Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, Visiting Professor at the National Institute of Advanced Studies, Bangalore, and Honorary Professor at Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, China.
Research Interest
Physical Metallurgy & Materials Science
