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2001 and joined as Engineer at Nonferrous Materials Technology Development Center (NFTDC), Hyderabad. He served there for 15 years up to 2016 in various capacities including as Principal Scientist, before moving to Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham in July 2016 as Assistant Professor at Department of Mechanical Engineering. After joining in NFTDC, he completed M.Tech. (Welding) and Ph.D. from Indian Institute of Technology Madras subsequently. His Ph.D. thesis is on friction stir processing of magnesium alloys. He has industry and research exposure of over ~20 years in various capacities, in the field of advanced welding & brazing technology, design, and fabrication of furnaces, leak testing, non-destructive testing, new and advanced materials (super alloys, ultra-pure metals, magnesium alloy, aluminum alloy, and ceramic to metal joins). He has developed technologies for sheet brazing of automotive components and diffusion brazing of honeycomb structures which are transferred to industries. In addition, he is involved in building and indigenization of various process equipment, mainly high technology furnaces for processing of materials for Indian Space Research Organization, Bhabha Atomic Research Center, Defence Research and Development Organization and other national programs. He has completed 12 projects and 2 projects are ongoing; published more than 40 articles in international journals and conferences. He has indigenized more than 15 techniques/equipment for various applications in India. He has delivered 100 guest lectures in various colleges and universities across India. He currently serves as an Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Amrita School of Engineering, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham (Coimbatore Campus), India.

Dr. R. Padmanaban is a mechanical engineer with specialization in engineering design. He completed his doctoral research in the area of friction stir welding. He is currently workingas Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical engineering, Amrita School of Engineering, India. He has two decades of teaching experience and is teaching undergraduate and postgraduate students and supervising doctoral students. He has successfully guided more than fifty bachelor's and master's students' projects, and one Ph.D. candidate. He has published several articles in reputed international journal and conferences. His areas of interest include welding and joining, fatigue and fracture behavior of materials, application of finite element method to analyze manufacturing processes, simulating microstructural evolution and resultant properties. He also specializes in the application of artificial intelligence and statistical techniques to build regression models and analyze manufacturing processes to optimize process parameters, maximize output and process efficiency. He has conducted seminars, organized workshops and presented talks on finite element methods & applications, welding, and friction stir welding. He is an active reviewer for several national and international journals, and a life member in the Indian Society for Technical Education (ISTE) and Indian Welding Society.