Editor In-Chief
Editorial Advisory Board
Principal Editor
Co-Principal Editor
Editorial Board
Dr. Soumitra Tarafder | B.E., M. Tech, Ph.D.
Experience
- Year of joining as a Scientist, CSIR-NML : 1991
- Year of joining as a Chief Scientist, CSIR-NML : 2010
- Year of joining as a Advisor Management, CSIR-NML : 2019
Qualification
B.E (Bengal Engineering College, Shibpur), M. Tech (IIT, Kharagpur), Ph.D (Cambridge University, UK)
Area of Expertise
Fracture mechanics, Mechanical behaviour of materials, Failure analysis, Structural integrity evaluation
Awards & Recognition
- Fellow, Indian National Academy of Engineering, 2013
- Metallurgist of the Year Award (NMD), Ministry of Steel, Govt. of India, 2010
- Prof. V.A. Altekar Award for Best Technology Transferred from NML, 2007
- Best Paper Award (R&D category), National Seminar on Non-Destructive Evaluation, Hyderabad, 2006
- Metallurgical and Materials Engineering Division Prize 2004, Eminent Engineer 2017, Instt. of Engineers
- Award for Excellence in In-house Research, National Metallurgical Laboratory, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2013
- Dr. B.R. Nijhawan Award for Best Technical Paper, National Metallurgical Laboratory, 2003, 2009, 2015
- Indian Institute of Metals Awards for presentations and metallographs at Annual Technical Meets: 1997, 2001, 2005, 2006
- Best Paper Award, Satellite Conference on Image Analysis in Materials & Life Sciences, Kalpakkam, 1999
- G.S. Tendulkar Grand Prize for best paper, from Indian Institute of Metals, 1994
- Nehru Scholarship for Cambridge University from Nehru Trust, 1986
- Indranil Award for Metallurgy from Mining, Metallurgical and Geological Institute of India, 1984