Krishanamurthy DR. R.J. PARDIKAR,
IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT-ISNT
CHIEF MANAGER / NDT, TWI INDIA PVT LTD.
EX.GM / QUALITY / NDT BHEL TIRUCHY.
*Holding Ph.D. degree in Engineering for his work on “Structural Integrity and damage assessment of Engineering components,” from a French University.
* M.Tech. Degree in NDT from National institute of Technology.
Holding several professional certificates including:
*ASNT / ACCP /CSWIP LEVEL- 3 In RT, UT, MT, PT.
*CSWIP Level 2 in UT, MT, PT, PAUT, TOFD, ECT and Digital Radiography from TWI UK
*Having over 40 years of experience in the field of Quality and NDE of Boilers, Pressure Vessels, Heat Exchangers, Nuclear Components, Valves and defense.
Started career in a humble way as a Trainee at Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC) Mumbai. On completion of one-year training at BARC he was deputed to BHELTiruchy in Nov.1977 on a Special mission to set right the radiation protection issues during industrial Radiography and to develop a Robust Radiation Safety system.
Subsequently he joined BHEL in 1978 and had Glorious career of over three and half decades in Bharat Heavy Electrical Ltd. (BHEL), Tiruchirappalli., a world class manufacturer of power equipment. During his illustrious career at BHEL he was groomed in to an Expert in NDT. With his Scientific and Technical achievements and outstanding Managerial Skills, he rose to the position of General manager and superannuated from BHEL in 2013.
In his second innings from Jan.2014, he continues to work for another Global leader in Research and Technology with a specialty in welding namely TWI UK.
He is a passionate NDT engineer and well recognized NDT expert in India and abroad for his technical contributions in the field. Recipient of several professional awards.
Throughout his career he has been promoting NDE Science and Technology in Industry towards Enhancing Quality and safety, and productivity of engineering products. He Promoted applied research in NDT and developed and established several innovative NDT Techniques for Manufacturing, In-service inspection and Residual life assessment of ageing power equipment. His work on “detection of hydrogen damage in boiler components by ultrasonic technique” was rewarded with National NDT award in 1994. He has published over 150 technical papers in the national and international conferences and journals. Over the years he Contributed significantly to the Research in NDE.
He has been a member of ISNT over 40 years, since its formation and significantly contributed towards the growth of ISNT by shouldering the responsibilities in various capacities such as Hon.General Secretary for nine years and recently served as the President of ISNT.during 2018-2019.
*Having over 40 years of experience in the field of Quality and NDE of Boilers, Pressure Vessels, Heat Exchangers, Nuclear Components, Valves and defense equipment etc, during manufacturing and in-service inspection .He had been instrumental for introduction of several advanced NDE Technologies like Digital and Computed Radiography, Ultrasonic Phased Array technology, High Energy Radiography using Linear Accelerators, Micro focal radiography of critical nuclear components, Real time Radioscopy with Automatic Defect Recognition at BHEL.
Having vast experience in Materials and processes involved in manufacturing of Thermal & Nuclear Power plant components.
*He has contributed significantly towards human resource development in NDT; training and certification of NDE Personnel as per national and International standards.
He also served as the regional Controller of examinations for NCB of ISNT.
He evinced keen interest in promoting NDE Technology in academic institutes.
He was one of those responsible for initiating a Post Graduate Degree M. Tech NDT course at NIT Trichy and nurtured it over several years giving full support from BHEL.
In recognition of significant contribution towards promotion of science and technology received many Awards at the National and International level which includes:
Honors and Awards:
Life time achievement award 2020 by ISNT
*Bharat Vibhushan award-2016
*Swami Vivekananda Sandman Puraskar _2015
*Asia Pacific Achievers Award for Industry Development 2014
*Bharat Jyoti award 2013
*Glory of India Gold medal 2013.
*Man of the year 2009 Awarded by American Biographical Institute, for outstanding community and professional achievement.
•International recognition award 2008 by ISNT.
•NDE Excellence award by ISNT Trichy chapter in 2008.
•International Engineer of the year 2008 awarded by International Biographical Centre, Cambridge, London.
•Inclusion of Biographical profile in “Marques Who’s who in Science and Engineering -2006-07”.
•BHEL Republic day award in 2005.
•BHEL Excellence award in quality in 2004.
•ISNT Award for best technical paper in JNDE 2001.
•ISNT Award for best technical paper in JNDE 2000.
•BHEL Republic day Award in 1995
•National NDT Award (Industrial applications) by ISNT in 1994.
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Dr. Komal Kapoor is working as Outstanding Scientist, Additional Chief Executive (Zirconium alloy Fabrication Plant, EPP, SSTP, Medical and NFC (Kota)) at Nuclear Fuel Complex, Department of Atomic Energy, Hyderabad.
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Dr. Ripi Singh is now a purposeful innovation coach with a
Dr. S Thirunavukkarasu, is currently heading Electromagnetic Measurements and Structural Integrity Section of Non-Destructive Evaluation Division in Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research, Kalpakkam. He obtained his post graduation in Physics from Madurai Kamaraj University, Tamil Nadu and Ph.D in Engineering Sciences from Homi Bhabha National Institute (HBNI), Mumbai. His research interests include numerical modelling and inverse problems in Electromagnetic NDE, image processing and development of novel electromagnetic NDE sensors and systems. He is an ASNT NDT Level III in Electromagnetic Testing. He is a recipient of the National NDT Award for his contribution in NDT systems innovations and development in the year 2015 and also a recipient of DAE group achievement award in 2016. He has over 40 publications in peer reviewed journals to his credit and is actively in involved in guiding M.Tech, doctoral students of HBNI.
Mechanical Engineer from one of the Prestigious Institute PSG College of Technology,
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Hajo Schulenburg is currently General Manager of VisiConsult X-ray Systems & Solutions GmbH, Germany, and Director of VisiConsult Private Limited, Pune. He has more than 35 years of experience in the manufacturing of x-ray inspection systems. He started his career as a Chip designer at Philips. Later moved to Nordischer Maschinenbau as a development engineer. He was working on the development of the fishbone X-ray scanner. He was Head of software at SEIVERT for more than 10 years, developing Vistaplus and SABA software for x-ray inspection. He founded VisiConsult x-ray systems & solutions in 1996. He contributed to the development of Xplus – x-ray inspection & control software and differentiated the company by offering customized inspection solutions. He started a manufacturing facility in Pune and contribute to the cost-effective x-ray systems, called the ECO series.
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Balaji Srinivasan obtained his Ph.D. in 2000 from the University of New Mexico, USA. He subsequently worked as a Senior Development Scientist at Corning Incorporated, USA, where he led technology development efforts related to 3D Optical Cross-connects and Channel Selectable Tunable Filters. Since 2004 he has been with the Indian Institute of Technology Madras as a faculty in the Department of Electrical Engineering, presently as Professor
Aparna Sheila-Vadde has been with the NDE Lab in GE Research since 2005. She has worked on design, simulation, testing and analysis of electromagnetic sensors for various inspection and monitoring applications. Prior to GE, Aparna worked at Western Digital Corp and Read-Rite, in Fremont, CA, for 3.5 years on GMR sensor design for hard-drives. Aparna has a B.Tech from Kerala University, MS from IISc and Ph.D from Carnegie Mellon University, USA, all in ECE.
Dr. Deepak Kumar Ghodgaonkar received the B. E. Electronics degree from the University of Indore, Indore in 1976. He has done M. Tech. degree from the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay (IITB), Mumbai in 1978. His M. Tech. thesis was on computer aided design, fabrication and testing of PIN Diode Phase Shifters. After getting M. Tech. degree, he worked at SMPU (now, Sameer) division of Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai, for two years. He received Ph. D. degree in electrical engineering from the University of Utah, Salt Lake City, USA, in May 1987. His Ph. D. thesis was on dielectric measurements of biological materials at millimeter wave frequencies. After getting Ph. D. degree, he worked at the Department of Engineering Science and Mechanics of the Pennsylvania State University, University Park, USA, for 5 years. At Penn State, he developed the noncontact and nondestructive free-space microwave measurement system in the frequency range of 5.85 – 40 GHz for research on microwave NDT of composite materials. After working at Penn State, for 11/2 years, he did teaching and research at the Thadomal Shahani Engineering College (TSEC), Bandra, Mumbai. Then, he was working as an associate professor at the MARA University of Technology (UiTM), Shah Alam, Malaysia for 11 years. During this time, he did extensive research in microwave characterization of composite materials. Dr. Ghodgaonkar is a Fellow of the Institution of Engineers, Malaysia (FIEM), Malaysia, a Fellow of the Institution of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineers (FIETE), India and a Senior Member of Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, (SMIEEE). He is also a Life Member of Indian Society for Technical Education (MISTE). He was involved in organizing 9 conferences in areas such as telecommunications, sensors and applied electromagnetics. He has published more than 15 research reports and 150 papers in journals and conferences. He has received several research awards such as Model Researcher Award at the MARA University of Technology. His research interests are in areas such as microwave sensors, microwave characterization of composite materials, biomedical applications of microwaves, microwave instrumentation and microwave measurements.
Dr. Vanita Arora
Assistant Professor, Electronics and Communication Engineering,
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Mechanical Engineer from one of the Prestigious Institute PSG College of Technology,
Hajo Schulenburg is currently General Manager of VisiConsult X-ray Systems & Solutions GmbH, Germany, and Director of VisiConsult Private Limited, Pune. He has more than 35 years of experience in the manufacturing of x-ray inspection systems. He started his career as a Chip designer at Philips. Later moved to Nordischer Maschinenbau as a development engineer. He was working on the development of the fishbone X-ray scanner. He was Head of software at SEIVERT for more than 10 years, developing Vistaplus and SABA software for x-ray inspection. He founded VisiConsult x-ray systems & solutions in 1996. He contributed to the development of Xplus – x-ray inspection & control software and differentiated the company by offering customized inspection solutions. He started a manufacturing facility in Pune and contribute to the cost-effective x-ray systems, called the ECO series.
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Dr. Bala Pesala is currently the mentor for Teralumen Solutions. He is also an adjunct professor at IIT Jodhpur and SRM university. Teralumen Solutions is India’s first company focused on commercialization of THz technologies. Dr. Bala received his B. Tech from IIT Madras and a PhD in Electrical Engineering from University of California at Berkeley. He also received minor degree in Business from Haas school, UC Berkeley. Bala Pesala was formerly a Senior Principal scientist at Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), Chennai and a Professor at Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR) where he has established a dedicated lab focused on Terahertz research and development. He received several awards including CSIR Young Scientist Award (2016), Demitri Angelakos memorial achievement award (UC Berkeley 2009), Rafael Rodriguez Golden Age Fellowship (UC Berkeley) and Silver medal for the highest GPA in Aerospace engineering (IIT Madras 2003) to name a few. He has authored/co-authored more than 150 publications in leading peer reviewed journals and conferences and has three granted U.S patents and 1 European patent to his name. His current goal is to create global deep tech companies.
Dr M. Arumugam is currently Scientist -H and General
Dr. Anshul Sharma
Ajay Pasupuleti, Ph.D.,
Ajay Pasupuleti, Ph.D.,
As the R&D Staff Engineer in Materials Engineering at Honeywell Aerospace, Phoenix, AZ; Dr. Surendra
Venugopal. Manoharan is currently working as Principal Technologist at VisiConsult -Xray systems & solutions. Prior to join VisiConsult, He worked as Senior Scientist at GE Research for 19 years, scientific officer at Advanced Fuel Fabrication Facility, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC) and Division of Post Irradiation Examination and NDT development, Indira Gandhi Center for atomic research for 13 years. He has more than 35 years of experience in the field of Research in NDE.
Iikka Virkkunen doctorated from Helsinki University of technology (now part of Aalto University) on 2001. He founded Trueflaw ltd. The same year, and has over 20 years of experience on working with NDT reliability.
C.V.Krishnamurthy is currently an Associate Professor in the Department of Physics at IIT Madras and is also affiliated to the Centre for Nondestructive Evaluation (CNDE) at IIT Madras. He obtained his PhD from IIT Madras in 1989. In the past, he had participated in contract research for the Indian Navy developing and delivering a product for on-board tactical use of RADARs. While at CNDE, he developed quantitative ultrasonic transducer models and had participated in the ultrasound benchmark problems set by the World Federation of NDE Centers.
1. Dr. Daniel Kanzler is working in the area of reliability evaluation of non-destructive testing systems for over 15 years.
1 ELyTMaX UMI 3757, CNRS – Université de Lyon – Tohoku University, International Joint Unit, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan.