Embassy of India (February 1992 to July 1995) Counsellor (Science and Technology)/Scientific Attaché on deputation leave from the Institute of Technology, Banaras Hindu University.   The work involved S&T diplomacy, assimilation and dissemination of latest S&T developments in fields such as engineering and technology, environment, agriculture, basic sciences etc.  He was the Head of the S&T Wing of the Embassy and was involved in administrative duties too.  During this period, as a Science Diplomat, he visited a number of organizations in the United States. University of Bath, Bath , U.K (May 1979 to January 1980) Post-doctoral Research Officer on a research contract from Polymer Engineering Directorate (PED) of the Science Research Council (SRC), U.K.  The research was in the area of acoustic emission monitoring of fibre-reinforced plastic pressure vessels. Hartshill Medical Institute and North Staffordshire University, Stoke-on-Trent U.K. (October 1986 to April 1987) This deputation was under the Exchange of Scientists scheme of the Royal Academy of the United Kingdom and the Indian National Science Academy (INSA).  Under the scheme, He worked as a Visiting Fellow of the Royal Academy-cum-Visiting Professor of Biomedical Engineering. Work involved advanced research in the area of development of carbon-fibre reinforced plastic composite fracture fixation plates, polysulfone expandable rivets and development of suitable material for bridging large osteoperiosteal gaps in bones.

Rourkela Steel Plant, Rourkela (June 1969 to August 1969) Trainee Engineer at Rourkela Steel Plant learning about various metallurgical and mechanical processes involved in iron and steel making.  Training was based at Hot and Cold Rolling Mills, Blast Furnace, Steel Making Furnaces, Coke-Ovens and N.D.T. section. Diesel Locomotive Works, Varanasi (June 1970 to August 1970) Trainee Engineer at Diesel locomotive works learning about various manufacturing aspects of diesel engines.  The training was based at both the Engine and Locomotive sections. Central Metallurgical Laboratory having NDT facilities was also included in the training schedule.          Mirlees Blackstone Ltd., Stockport, Cheshire, U.K. (November 1971 to January 1972) Training in various aspects of Value Analysis and Value Engineering with special reference to diesel generating sets and automobile accessories. Cranfield University , U.K. (February 1973 to October 1975) Doctoral Research Scholar on a research contract from Ministry of Defence, U.K. in the area of non-destructive examination and fatigue behavior of carbon fibre reinforced plastic composites. This was done in close collaboration with the Royal Aircraft Establishment (RAE), Farnborough, U.K. The work resulted in a Ph.D. Degree of Cranfield University, U.K. Institute of Technology , Banaras Hindu University (November 1975 to August 1995) Lecturer in Mechanical Engineering (from November 1975 to February 1979), Reader in Mechanical Engineering (from February 1979 to February 1985) and Professor of Biomedical Engineering (from February 1985 to August 1995). The work involved teaching subjects like Materials Science and Engineering, Machine Design, Experimental Techniques, Nondestructive Testing Techniques, Fracture Mechanics and Composite Materials etc. Besides teaching, the work involved supervision of theses of students of higher degree, working on sponsored R&D projects, working on consultancy projects, laboratory administration and hostel administration as Administrative Warden. As a Professor of Biomedical Engineering; the work involved teaching and research in the areas of Biomaterials and Biomechanics. He was also Co-ordinator, School of Biomedical Engineering. He was member of the Academic Council and member of a number of bodies at the Institute and University levels. During his tenure at I.T., B.H.U. he was deputed abroad a number of time by the University. The details of these deputations are given in subsequent headings: University of Bath, Bath, U.K (May 1979 to January 1980) Post-doctoral Research Officer on a research contract from Polymer Engineering Directorate (PED) of the Science Research Council (SRC), U.K.  The research was in the area of acoustic emission monitoring of fibre-reinforced plastic pressure vessels. Hartshill Medical Institute and North Staffordshire University Stoke-on-Trent U.K.(October 1986 to April 1987) This deputation was under the Exchange of Scientists scheme of the Royal Academy of the United Kingdom and the Indian National Science Academy (INSA).  Under the scheme, he worked as a Visiting Fellow of the Royal Academy-cum-Visiting Professor of Biomedical Engineering. Work involved advanced research in the area of development of carbon-fibre reinforced plastic composite fracture fixation plates, polysulfone expandable rivets and development of suitable material for bridging large osteoperiosteal gaps in bones.    Embassy of India (February 1992 to July 1995) Counsellor (Science and Technology)/Scientific Attaché on deputation leave from the Institute of Technology, Banaras Hindu University. The work involved S&T diplomacy, assimilation and dissemination of latest S&T developments in fields such as engineering and technology, environment, agriculture, basic sciences etc.  He was the Head of the S&T Wing of the Embassy and was involved in administrative duties too.  During this period, as a Science Diplomat, he visited a number of organizations in the United States for science diplomacy Birla Institute of Technology & Science, Pilani, Rajasthan ( INDIA ) ( August 1995 July 2010 ) Dean, Research and Consultancy Division and Professor of Mechanical Engineering. Also Coordinator for the Centre for Materials Science and Technology and Center for Desert Development Technology. He was Dean, Faculty Division II too. Jaypee University of Information Technology, Waknaghat, Solan, Himachal Pradesh (July 2010 to date) Presently working as Vice-Chancellor, Jaypee University of Information Technology, Waknaghat, Solan, H.P.

Nondestructive Testing Techniques for Composite Materials, Department of Atomic Energy, Government of India.  Project Cost Rs. 80,000. Investigation of some Tribological Aspects of Modern Composite Materials, University Grants Commission, New Delhi, Project Cost Rs.1,25,000. Nondestructive Testing of Rocket Tubes and Missile Structures, Aeronautics R&D Board, Ministry of Defense, Government of India, Project Cost: Rs.6, 97,000. Complete Characterization of Composite Materials using Acoustic Emission Technique, Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, Project Cost Rs. 1,35,000. Application of Fracture Mechanics in Developing Standards for Nondestructive Testing Inspection, University Grants Commission, Project Cost: Rs. 1,50,000. Development of Facilities in the area of Bioelectronics, Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India, Project Cost: Rs. 20,00,000. Modernization Project in the area of Biomedical Engineering, Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India, Project Cost Rs. 15,00,000. Development of Composite Materials Research Centre, Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India.   Project Cost Rs. 10,00,000. Acoustic Emission Technique for Characterization of Advanced Composites, Department of Atomic Energy, Government of India, Project Cost: Rs. 3,30,000 Fabrication of Scanning Unit for Ultrasonic Test of Reformer Tubes, Project Development India Ltd., Sindri (Consultancy Project). Corrosion Evaluation by Ultrasonic Technique for Floating Barges of Lift Irrigation Department, Government of Uttar Pradesh. (Consultancy Project). Acoustic Emission Monitoring of Ammonia Storage Tanks, Indian Farmers Fertilizers Co-Operative Ltd. (IFFCO), Kalol and Phoolpur. (Consultancy Projects). Development of Fuel Cells, Southern Engineering & Enterprises (Madras) Pvt. Ltd., Chennai, (Consultancy Project). Assessment of bone conditions using Acoustic Emissions and Acousto Ultrasonic Techniques, Department of Science and Technology, Government of India, Project Cost Rs. 16,70,000

• Eddy-current for the determination of lay-up order in cross-plied cfrp laminates, Composites (U.K.), Vol.7, No.2, 1976, pp 88-92.  

• Fibre volume fraction measurement by eddy-current technique, Proceedings of the 21st Congress of ISTAM, Bangalore, 1976, pp. 250-255.

• Ultrasonic determination of layup order in cross-plied cfrp, Composites (U.K.) , Vol.8, No.2, 1977, pp. 100-102. 

• Fatigue behavior of carbon fibre reinforced plastics, Proceedings of the Sixth Canadian Congress on Applied Mechanics (CANCAM) 77, Vancouver (Canada), 1977, pp. 241-242.

• Domestic refuse as a source of energy, Proceedings of the Second Conference on Mechanical Engineering, Varanasi, 1979, pp TH 1.1 to TH 1.9.

• Fatigue behavior prediction for carbon fibre reinforced plastics, Proceedings of the International Conference on Fracture Mechanics in Engineering Applications, Bangalore, 1979. Published by Sijtoff and Noordhoff International Publishers, Netherlands, pp.319-329.

• A fractographic study of fatigue in carbon fibre reinforced plastics, Composites (U.K.), Vol.10, No.3, 1979, pp. 174 –178.

• Non-destructive testing of composites, Composites (U.K.), Vol. 11, No.4, 1980, pp.217-224.

• Nondestructive testing and fatigue behaviour of carbon fibre reinforced plastics, Journal of The Institution of Engineers (India), Mech. Engg. Division, Vol. 14, 1981, pp.193-197.

• Significance of defects on fatigue behaviour on cfrp, Fibre Science and Technology (U.K.), Vol.14, No.3, 1981, pp. 171-181.

• Fibre volume fraction measurement by X-ray diffractometer, Composites (U.K.), Vol. 12, No.3, 1981, pp. 193-194.

• General principles of acoustic emission testing and its uses, Proceedings of the Technical Session of the 61 st AGM of U.P. State Centre of The Institution of Engineers (India), Lucknow , 1982, pp.62-66.

• Tribological properties of modern composite materials, Proc. of V Mechanical Engineering Conference, Allahabad, 1982, pp. 241-245.

• Non-destructive evaluation of burst pressure of GRP Cylinders, Proceedings of the Technical Session of the 62nd  AGM of U.P. State Centre of The Institution of Engineers (India), Lucknow, 1983, pp. 62-66.

• Ultrasonic study of materials undergoing tensile load. Proceedings of the Nondestructive Evaluation Symposium, Varanasi, 1983, pp. 29-32.

• Nondestructive evaluation of adhesive bonded lap joints using acousto-ultrasonic technique, Proceedings of the Nondestructive Evaluation Symposium, Varanasi, 1983, pp 93-99.

• Eddy-current response from various electrically conducting materials, Proceedings of the Nondestructive Evaluation Symposium, Varanasi, 1983, pp 101-104.

• Defect evaluation in GRP by X-radiography using high-density fillers, Proceedings of the Nondestructive Evaluation Symposium, Varanasi, 1983, pp. 105-108

• Manufacturing anomalies in fibre reinforced composites and their non-destructive evaluation, Proceedings of the Technical Session of the 63 rd AGM of U.P. State Centre of The Institution of Engineers (India), Allahabad, 1984, pp. 1-6.

• Fibre volume fraction measurement in glass fibre reinforced plastics using X-rays and photomultiplier, Quality Evaluation, Vol.4, No.1, 1984, pp. 5-7.

• NDE of hybrid glass/carbon fibre composites using acoustic and ultrasonic techniques; Proceedings of National Conference on NDE, Bangalore, 1984.

• Fracture of the fibre reinforced plastic composites and their nondestructive prediction; Fatigue and Fracture Research in India, Published by International Congress on Fracture (ICF-6), New Delhi, 1984, pp. 225-238.

• Strength of adhesive bonded joints, Advances in Fracture Research, Ed. S.R. Valluri et al, Vol. 4, pp, 2649-2655, Pergamon Press, Oxford (U.K.) , 1984.

• Effect of stress on ultrasonic attenuation, Proceedings of the 3 rd World Instrumentation Symposium (WISITEX 84), New Delhi, 1984.

• Study of crack growth resistance by ultrasonic technique, Journal of Pure and Applied Ultrasonic, Vol.6, 1984, pp. 75-77.

• Non-destructive evaluation of fibre composites, CISO Communications, 1984, Vol.11, No.3-4, pp. 92-110.

• Acoustic emission monitoring of ammonia storage tanks, Proceedings of the Technical Session of 64th  AGM of U.P. State Centre of The Institution of Engineers (India), Lucknow, 1985, pp.23-28.  

• Use of hybrid composites as biomaterials, Proc. of XI All India Symposium-cum Workshop on Biomaterials Engineering, Bombay, 1985, pp. S III 2.1 to 2.7.

• Fibre volume fraction measurement in GRP, Proc. of World Instrumentation Symposium, (WISITEX-86) , Bombay, 1986.

• Biomedical Engineering, Proc. of Technical Session of 65 th AGM of the Institution of Engineers (India), U.P. State Centre, Lucknow , 1986, pp. 60-65.

• Ultrasonic detection of cumulative damage in hybrid glass fibre zirconia/ epoxy composites, Key Engineering Materials, Vol. 13-15, 1987, pp. 905-908.

• Non-destructive evaluation of fibre content in carbon fibre composites using monoenergetic X-rays, Quality Evaluation, Vol.7, No.1, 1987, pp. 63-66. 

• Study of fatigue life of glass fibre-zirconia hybrid composites using an ultrasonic technique, International Journal of Fatigue (U.K.) , Vol. 9, No.2, 1987, pp. 109-113.

• Evaluation of cumulative damage in glass fibre reinforced plastic by ultrasonic method, Bulletin of Materials Science, Vol.9, No.1, 1987, pp. 61-65.

• Fatigue life prediction of glass fibre reinforced plastic using acousto-ultrasonic technique, International Journal of Fatigue (U.K.), Vol. 9, No.3, 1987, pp. 175-178.

• Evaluation of corrosive environmental degradation of GRP composites using acousto-ultrasonic technique, Proceedings of Sixth International Conf. on Composite Materials ( ICCM ) and Second European Conference on Composite Materials ( ECCM), London (U.K.), Edited by F.L. Mathews, N.C.R. Buskell, J.M. Hodgkinson and J. Morton, Vol.4, Elsevier Applied Science Publishers, London, U.K., 1987, pp. 375-383.

• Acousto-ultrasonic evaluation of the strength of composite material adhesive joints, Acousto-Ultrasonics: Theory and Applications, Ed. John C. Duke Jr., Plenum Press, New York ( U.S.A.), 1987, pp. 345-350.

• Ultrasonic evaluation of corrosive environmental degradation of GRP composites, Proceedings of the Second International Conference on Testing, Evaluation and Quality Control of Composites ( TEQC ), Guilford, ( U.K. ), 1987, Published in book form entitled “ Composites Evaluation” Ed. J.Harriot, Buterworths Publishers, U.K., 1987, pp. 201-203.

• Fibre composite bone implants, Journal of the Institution of Engineers (India), Vol.68, Pt MM 1, 1987, pp. 15-17.

• Acousto-ultrasonic technique for predicting fatigue behaviour of glass-fibre reinforced plastics, Journal of the Institution of Engineers (India), Vol. 68, Pt. ME 1 and 2; 1987, pp.10-11.

• Behavior of adhesive joints in corrosive environment; Experimental Mechanics (U.S.A.) , Vol.27, No.4, 1987, pp. 346-351.

• Prediction of material property parameter of FRP composites using ultrasonic and acousto-ultrasonic techniques; Composite Structure; (U.K.), Vol.8, No.4, 1987, pp. 311-321.

• Improvement in fracture properties of short fibre reinforced plastic; Chemsearch and Industry, Vol.11, No.8, 1988, pp.26-28.

• Carbon fibre reinforced epoxy implants for bridging large osteoperiosteal gaps; Biomaterials (U.K.) , Vol.9, No.2, 1988, pp. 198-202.
 
• Acousto-ultrasonic evaluation of unidirectional fibre reinforced plastic composite materials; Proceedings of the International Conference on Advanced Experimental Mechanics , 1988, Tianjin, China, pp. G-1 to G-8.

•Propagation of a small disturbance in aorta: a mathematical model, Il Nuovo Cimento , Vol. 10 D, No. 6, 1988, pp 615-626.

• Tensile and fracture properties of epoxy-fly ash composite; Proc. of Seminar cum Workshop on Advances in Ceramics , 1988, Varanasi, pp. 60-63. 

• Fracture behavior of fly- ash filled FRP composites; Composites Structures (U.K.), Vol. 10, 1989, pp. 182-184. 

• On the behavior of a small disturbance in an arterial blood flow, Proceedings of the First National Conference on Biomechanics (NCB'88), New Delhi, 1988, pp 124-132. (Published as a book entitled Biomechanics, Ed. K B Sahay and R K Saxena, Wiley Eastern Ltd., New Delhi, 1988.)

• Torsional moment to failure for carbon fibre expandable rivets as compared with stainless steel screws for carbon fibre reinforced epoxy fracture fixation plates, Biomaterials (U.K.) , Vol. 10, 1989. pp. 118-122.

• Biomedical Engineering and its social implications; Proceedings of Technical Session of the 69th AGM of U.P. State Centre of The Institution of Engineers (India), Lucknow, 1989, 118-122.

• Social rehabilitation of hip fracture patients, Indian Journal of Disability and Rehabilitation, Vol.3, No.2, 1989, pp. 61-68.

• Detecting the impact damage in composites using acousto-ultrasonic technique; Proceedings of the 34th ISTAM Congress, Coimbatore, 1989, pp. 31-40.

• The use of nondestructive testing techniques for the assessment of bone condition; Trends in Biomaterials & Artificial Organs, Vol. 5, No.1, 1990, pp. 45-49.

• Electronics and Society; Proceedings of the Technical Session of the 70th AGM of the U.P. State Centre of The Institution of Engineers (India), Lucknow, 1990, pp. 57-61.

• Use of carbon implant in bridging large osteoperiosteal gap - an experimental study; Biomaterials in Orthopaedics, Ed. R. Prakash, Biomedical Engineering Research Foundation, Varanasi, 1990, pp. 41-48.
 
•The assessment of bone condition using acousto ultrasonic technique; Biomaterials in Orthopaedics , Ed. R. Prakash, Biomedical Engineering Research Foundation, Varanasi, 1990, pp. 87-92.

• Acoustic emission response from CFRE bone plates, Biomaterials in Orthopaedics, Ed. R. Prakash, Biomedical Engineering Research Foundation, Varanasi 1990, pp. 199-206.

• Engineering aspects of various orthopaedic biomaterials, Proceedings of Sixth International Conference on Biomedical Engineering, Singapore, 1990, pp. 486-489.

• Eddy-current Testing; An invited chapter in the book Nondestructive Testing of Fibre Reinforced Plastic Composites, Vol. 2, Ed. J. Summerscales, Published by Elsevier Applied Science Publishers, London, 1990, pp. 299-325.

• Expert system for decision support in clinical medicine; Journal of the Institution of Engineers (India), Vol. 72. Pt. ID 1, 1991, pp. 8-11.

• Quality control and damage assessment of composite materials using acousto ultrasonic technique, Standards India, Vol.5, 1991, pp. 162-163.

• Ceramic coated conventional implant materials as biomaterials, Trends in Biomaterials and Artificial Organs, Vol.7, No.1, 1992, pp.12-17.

•Metallurgical observation on orthopaedic metallic surgical implant which was implanted in-vivo, Trends in Biomaterials and Artificial Organs, Vol.7, No.1, 1992, pp.18-20.

• The assessment of bone condition by acoustic emission and acousto-ultrasonic techniques, Proceedings of the 13th Southern Biomedical Engineering Conference, Washington D.C., 1994, pp. 693-695. Published in book form entitled Biomedical Engineering: Recent Developments Ed. J. Vossoughi, U.D.C., Washington, D.C., U.S.A.

•Quality assessment of glass fibre composites by acousto-ultrasonic technique, Proceedings of the 14 th World Conference on Non-destructive Testing, New Delhi, December 1996. Vol.2, pp. 703-706.

• On the Design of SCRAMBOT: An Omnidirectional Vehicle, Proceedings of International Conference on Trends in Industrial Measurement & Automation (TIMA'99 ), Chennai, January 1999, Ed. S. Renganathan, Allied Publishing Ltd., Chennai, pp 58-65.

• On the Configuration Design and Kinematics of SCRAMBOT: An Omnidirectional Vehicle, Trends in Mechanical Engineering Education & Research, Ed. S. K. Gupta, K. S. Sishodia & G.S. Sekhon, Proceedings of 11 th ISME Conference, New Delhi, February 1999, Published by ISME, New Delhi, 1999, pp 164-172.
 
• Reengineering Education: Applying Business Process Reengineering for Educational Restructuring; Proceedings of the Fourth Maharashtra – Goa State ISTE Convention & National Conference on “ Towards Excellence in Technical Education in 21st Century” Pusad , November, 1999, pp 18-23.

• Use of Ultrasonics to estimate Soil Bearing Capacity, Proceedings of the International Conference and Exhibition on Ultrasonics, ICEU-99, New Delhi . December 1999, pp 79-82.

• Correlation between strength parameters and ultrasonic velocity of soils, Proceedings of the National Seminar , NDT Voyager 2000 , Vadodara, December 1999, pp 203-209.

• Reengineering Education: Applying Business Process Reengineering for Educational Restructuring, Industrial Engineering Journal, Vol. 24, No. 7, July 2000, pp 8-13.

• Soil Bearing Capacity determination using ultrasonics, Journal of Pure and Applied Ultrasonics, Vol. 22, No. 3, July-September, 2000, pp 70-77.

• Experimental and Finite Element Analysis of fracture criterion of extra deep drawn steel sheets, Proceedings of the 12 th ISME Conference, Chennai , January 2001 , pp 316-321. Published as a book entitled “Challenges in Product and Process Design and Development in Information Era”, Edited by K. P. Mohammed et al, January 2001.

• Non-linear dynamic analysis of rotor supported ball bearings, Proceedings of National Seminar on Current Applications of Computers in Design Engineering, Jodhpur, March 2001, pp 149-156.

• Dual nature hidden layers neural networks: “A novel paradigm of neural network architecture”, Proceedings of the 23 rd Annual EMBS (IEEE) International Conference, Istanbul, Turkey, October 2001, pp 680-683.

• Analysis of film cooling for the gas turbine blades, Proceedings of 3 rd National Conference on Thermal Engineering (TNCTS-2001), Varanasi, February 2001. Published as Chapter 12th  of the book entitled “Thermal Systems and Heat Transfer”, Edited by S. N. Gupta et al, JBD Book Distributors, New Delhi, 2001, pp 71-75.

• Pore fluid effect on shear strength of Pilani soil, Journal of The Institution of Engineers (India), Vol. 82 (CE), December 2001, pp 157 – 162.

• Analysis of angular contact ball bearing using object oriented programming, Proc. Of 46 th Congress of ISTAM, Hamirpur, December 2001, pp 201 – 209.

• Interrelation between ultrasonic pulse velocity, density and bearing capacity of Pilani soil, Proc. of 11th National Symposium on Ultrasonics, Organized by the Ultrasonic Society of India, held at Anantapur, January 2002

• Chaotic vibrations in high speed rolling element bearings, Proc. of International Conference on Industrial Tribology (ICIT-2001), Jamshedpur, April 2002, pp 9-57 to 9-64.

• The element free Galerkin method in three dimensional steady state heat conduction, International Journal of Computational Engineering Science, Vol. 3, No. 3, May 2002, pp 291-303.

• The solution of one-dimensional heat transfer problems using meshless element free Galerkin method, Proc. Of 47 th Congress of ISTAM, Guwahati, December 2002, pp 81 – 89.

• Nonlinear dynamic responses of rolling element bearings due to surface waviness under radial load, Proc. Of 2nd International Conference on Vibration Engineering and Technology of Machinery (VETOMAC-2), Mumbai, December 2002, pp 1-14.

• Experimental and finite element analysis of fracture criterion in general yielding fracture mechanics, Sadhana, Vol. 27, No. 6, December 2002, pp 631-642.

• Nonlinear dynamic behaviors of a complex rotor bearing system due to surface imperfections, Proc. of the International Symposium on Process Systems Engineering and Control (ISPSEC'03), Mumbai, January 2003, pp 241-246.

• Experimental analysis of fracture criterion in general yielding fracture mechanics, Journal of The Institution of Engineers (India), Vol. 84 (ME), April 2003, pp 18 – 21.

• The effect of speed of balanced rotor on nonlinear vibrations associated with ball bearings, International Journal of Mechanical Sciences, Vol. 45, April 2003, pp 725-740.

• Effects of preload and number of balls on nonlinear dynamic behavior of ball bearing systems, International Journal of Nonlinear Sciences and Numerical Simulation, Vol. 3, April 2003, pp 265-278.

• Quasi-periodic, subharmonic and chaotic motions of a rotor bearing system, International Journal of Nonlinear Sciences and Numerical Simulation, Vol. 4, June 2003, pp 361-372.

• Heat transfer analysis of two dimensional fins using meshless element free Galerkin method, Numerical Heat Transfer, Part A, Vol. 44, July 2003, pp 73-84.

•Nonlinear dynamic behaviors of high speed rotor supported by rolling element bearings, Int. Journal of Applied Mechanics and Engineering, Vol. 8 , October 2003, pp 705-720.

• Numerical comparison of meshless solutions in heat transfer problems, Proc. of 48th Congress of the Indian Society of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics (ISTAM), BIT, Mesra, Ranchi, December 18-21, 2003, pp 99-107.

• Verification of J-CTOD relation in general yielding fracture mechanics (Part-I), Proc. of 48 th Congress of the Indian Society of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics (ISTAM), BIT, Mesra, Ranchi, December 18-21, 2003, pp 82- 90.

• Physical Significance of fracture criterion in plane stress, plane stress-plane strain and plane strain zone, Proc. of 48th Congress of the Indian Society of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics (ISTAM), BIT, Mesra, Ranchi, December 18-21, 2003, pp 72- 81.

• Verification of J-CTOD relation in general yielding fracture mechanics, Proc. of 13 th National Conference of Indian Society of Mechanical Engineers, IIT, Roorkee, December 30-31, 2003, Paper Number: MD-051.

• The numerical solution of three dimensional transient heat conduction problems using element free Galerkin method, Heat and Technology , Vol. 21, No. 2, December 2003, pp 73-80.

• Meshless EFG Method in transient heat conduction problems, Heat and Technology , Vol. 21, No. 2, December 2003, pp 99-105.

• Application of Meshless EFG Method in Heat Transfer Problems, Proc. of the XVII National and VI ISHMT/ASME Heat and Mass Transfer Conference, IGCAR, Kalpakkam, January 5-7, 2004, pp 314-319

• Non-linear dynamic behaviors of rolling element bearings due to surface waviness, Journal of Sound and Vibration, Vol. 272, No. 2, April 2004 , pp 557-580

• The effect of specimen thickness on the experimental and finite element characterization of CTOD in extra deep drawn steel sheets, Sadhana, Vol. 29, Part 4, August 2004, pp 343-347.

• Nonlinear dynamic response of a rotor bearing system due to surface waviness, Nonlinear Dynamics, Vol. 37, September 2004, pp 91-114.

• Nonlinear dynamic analysis of an unbalanced rotor supported by rolling element bearing, Proc . of International Conference on Vibration Engineering and Technology of Machinery (VETOMAC-3), New Delhi, December 2004, pp 342-348. (Published as a book entitled A Fusion of Harmonics, Edited by N. S. Vyas, J. S. Rao, J. Mathew, L. Ma and V. Raghuram, Allied Publishers Pvt. Ltd., Delhi, 2004).

• Stability analysis of an unbalanced rotor supported by rolling element bearing, Proc. of International Conference on Industrial Tribology, Mumbai, December 2004, pp 307-311. (Published as a book entitled Tribology for Equipment Reliability Edited by S. K. Swaminathan, Allied Publishers Pvt. Ltd., Delhi, 2004).

• Application of meshless element free Galerkin method in two-dimensional heat conduction problems, Computer Assisted Mechanics and Engineering Sciences, Vol. 11, 2004, pp 265-274.

• Fibre Composites in Biomedical Applications, International Conference on Recent Advances in Composite Materials, Varanasi, December 2004, pp 498-505 (Published as a book entitled Recent Advances in Composite Materials edited by V. K. Srivastava and M. Singh, Allied Publishers Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi, 2004

• Meshless Solution of Axisymmetric Non Linear Heat Transfer Problems Using Meshless Method , Proceedings of ICCES '05 , December 2005, pp 492-499

• Material Selection and Design Considerations for Artificial Total Hip Replacement, Medical and Life Sciences Engineering Vol.15 2006, pp. 1-12

• Meshless analysis of unsteady-state heat transfer in semi-infinite solid with temperature-dependent thermal conductivity, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol. 33, 2006, pp 231-239.

• Material selection and design considerations for artificial total hip replacement, Journal of Medical & Life Sciences Engineering , Vol. 15, 2006, pp 1-12.

• Numerical solution of temperature-dependent thermal conductivity problems using a meshless method, Numerical Heat Transfer, Vol. 50, 2006, pp 125-145

• The numerical solution of two-dimensional potential flow problem using meshless EFG method, International Journal of Computational Fluid Dynamics, Vol. 20, 2006, pp 1-17

• The numerical solution of axisymmetric heat transfer problems using meshless method, Journal Institution of Engineers(India), Vol.87, July 2006, pp 43-53

• Numerical analysis of fluid squeezed between two parallel plates by meshless method, Computer and Fluids, Vol 36, 2007, pp 1460-1480

Supervision of Doctoral Theses Ten students namely Dr. V.K. Srivastava, Dr. S. Radhakrishnan, Dr. Pravesh Kumar, Dr. Kamlesh Kumar, Dr. S Karthikeyan, Dr. I. V. Singh, Dr. D. M. Kulkarni, Dr. S. P. Harsha, Dr.Akhilendendra Singh and Dr. Sharad Shrivastava obtained their Ph.D. degrees under his supervision.  In addition to these ten Ph.Ds, he has guided a large number of dissertations for higher degree students.   Areas of Expertise Biomedical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Materials, Design Engineering, NDT Techniques and S&T Issues.             TOP