Non Destructive Testing Techniques

Ravi Prakash presently is Professor and Advisor, Amity Institute of Technology, Amity, Noida. In 1971, after obtaining his BSc. (Mechanical Engineering) Hons. degree from the Institute of Technology, Banaras Hindu University, he proceeded abroad to obtain MSc. (Engineering Design) degree from the University of Salford, UK in 1973 and PhD. (Materials) degree from Cranfield University, UK in the year 1975. For his PhD, he worked in the area of Nondestructive Testing of Carbon Fibre Reinforced Plastic Composites. Thereafter he returned to India and joined the Institute of Technology, Banaras Hindu University as a Lecturer in Mechanical Engineering. He was soon promoted to the post of Reader in Mechanical Engineering and became full Professor in the year 1985 at an age of 34 years. During 20 years of service at Institute of Technology, BHU, he was deputed abroad a number of times. First, he was sent to the University of Bath, UK for post-doctoral research officer and then to Hartshill Medical Institute at Stoke-on-Trent, UK as a Visiting Professor of Biomedical Engineering under exchange of scientists scheme of the Royal Academy of the United Kingdom and the Indian National Science Academy (INSA). In ebruary 1992, he was deputed to the Government of India to undertake his responsibilities as Scientific Attachi/Science Counsellor at the Indian Embassy, Washington DC, USA. He worked as Science Counsellor from February 1992 to July 1995. He returned to India in July 1995 and joined BITS, Pilani as Professor of Mechanical Engineering and retired as Dean of Research & Consultancy Division. He is member on a number of CSIR and DST committees. He is Fellow of the Institution of Engineers (India) (FIE), Fellow of Ultrasonic Society of India, Fellow of Indian Society for Nondestructive Testing Techniques, Member of American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), USA, Member of Indian Society of Mechanical Engineers (ISME), Member of Biomedical Engineering Society of India, Member of Society for Biomechanics, Member of Society for Biomaterials and Artificial Organs, Member of Materials Research Society of India, Member of Acoustic Emission Working Group, Member of Indian Society for Theoretical and Applied Mechanics etc. Over a span of 35 years of teaching and research career, he has produced more than 100 research papers, has guided seven PhDs and a number of postgraduate and undergraduate projects besides two MS (Orthopaedics) dissertations. He has delivered several invited lectures and has worked on several ponsored research and consultancy projects and has acted as expert for several selection committees.