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About INAE Study Group on Indian Engineering Heritage
on Metallurgy
The Study Group on Indian Engineering
Heritage on Metallurgy was constituted under
the Chairmanship of Prof. S. Ranganathan, IISc.,
Bangalore during the year 1996 to compile
information and documentation on the
outstanding engineering achievements in
metallurgy and to carry out studies related to
metallurgical heritage. Dr. Baldev Raj,
Formerly Director, IGCAR, Kalpakkam took
over as Chairman of this Study Group during
the year 2003. For detail, kindly visit
, or
Dr. S. Srikanth
Chairman, Study Group &
Director, CSIR-National Metallurgical
Laboratory, Jamshedpur-831007
Ph. : 0657-2345202 / 2345028
e-mail :
Dr. U. Kamachi Mudali
Co-Chairman, Study Group
& Head, Technology Transfer Cell
Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research
Kalpakkam - 602 102, Tamil Nadu
Ph. : 044-27480121
e-mail :
RSVP :
Dr. S. Jaikisan
M : 09440945320
e-mail :
Dr. N. G. Goswami
M : 09431133102
e-mail :
www.matheritage.nmlindia.org
http://library.nmlindia.org/inae
INAE Study Group onIndian Engineering Heritage on Metallurgy
cordially invites you to
2ndProf. R. Balasubramaniam
Memorial Lecture on
“The Role of Traditional Technologies in the Early Urbanization and Today”“The Role of Traditional Technologies in the Early Urbanization and Today”
by
Dr. D.P. AgrawalNASI Platinum Jubilee Fellow
Date :Monday, 09 December 2013, at 11.00 hrs.
Venue :Defence Metallurgical Research Laboratory (DMRL)
Kanchanbagh, Hyderabad-58
Dr. S. JaikisanM : 91-9440945320
Prof. R. BalasubramaniamMemorial Lecture Committee
Dr. G. MalakondaiahChief Controller, R&D (HR&M)
DRDO, New Delhihas kindly agreed to chair the programme
Prof. Vibha TripathiM : 91-9453312719
Prof. S. RanganathanM : 91-9880397490
Indian NationalAcademy ofEngineering
Indian NationalAcademy ofEngineering
Prof. D.P. Agrawal (born 03-08-1935) a NASI Platinum Jubilee Fellow, is also a recipient of many National and International awards. Mention may be made of Dr. Wakankar Rashtriya Samman (2013); National Fellowship Award, ICHR (1993-1996); Fellow of National Academy of Sciences India, (1992); U.P. Granth Academy Award (1978); Smithsonian Fellowship USA (1975); Maulana Azad Gold Medal (1962). He has worked with the Archaeological Survey of India, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR), Bombay, Physical Research Laboratory (PRL), Ahmedabad, Palaeoclimate and Prehistory Project in Rajasthan. He was appointed as the Principal Investigator of the DST Project - High Resolution Proxy Climatic Data from Kashmir.
Prof. Agrawal's research contributions have mainly been in the fields of archaeology, radiocarbon & TL dating, archaeometallurgy, Traditional Knowledge Systems and palaeoenvironment. He has done extensive work on metallurgy of the Harappa Culture, the Copper Hoards Culture, and also of the Central Himalayan region. Prof. Agrawal has specialised in the use of scientific techniques for archaeological research. His research has been mainly focused in the area of Evolution of Brain; Cognitive Archaeology; Traditional Knowledge Systems ; History of Science and Technology; Archaeometallurgy; Concepts of Time; Bronze Age Archaeology of South Asia; Palaeoclimate and Palaeoenvironment and Dating Techniques.
Prof. Agrawal retired as a senior professor and chairman of a large multidisciplinary group at Physical Research Laboratory. He has organised and attended several national and international symposia. He has given invited talks at the leading centres of archaeological and palaeoenvironmental research both in India and abroad. He has been a visiting professor at the University of Pennsylvania and also at the International Research Center at Kyoto. He was a member of the Central Advisory Board of Archaeology; Member History of Science Commission, INSA; Editor Man and Environment; Editor of History of Science and Technology Book Series; Advisor to the Journal of Archaeological Chemistry, Hyderabad.
Prof. Agrawal has published more than 230 articles and 23 books. Currently he is writing a book on History of Science & Technology under the NASI Fellowship. He has delivered a number of invited lectures/ talks across India and abroad in UK, USA, Australia, Japan, China, Russia, France, etc. At present Prof. Agrawal is the Director (Hon.) of Lok Vigyan Kendra (LVK), an organisation devoted to the study of Traditional Knowledge Systems, especially in Uttarakhand and History of Science and Technology. LVK is also addressing the problems related to the use of traditional technologies for the economic betterment of the Uttarakhand people. At Almora, his native place, Prof. Agrawal also runs a charitable Trust, Bratpalji Pannalalji Smriti Nyas through which he is able to provide some help to the needy and bright students of his home town.
Professor Ramamurthy Balasubramaniam (fondly
known as 'Bala') was born on 15 April 1961 in Salem,
TamilNadu. He obtained his Bachelor of Technology
(Gold medalist) in Metallurgical Engineering from
Institute of Technology, Banaras Hindu University
(BHU), Varanasi. For all round performance as an
undergraduate student, he was awarded Gandhy
Gold medal from Department of Metallurgical Engineering, BHU as well
as Vishwa Bharathi Award from the Indian Institute of Metals, both in 1984.
He then proceeded to Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Troy (RPI), USA
and obtained his Doctor of Philosophy in Materials Engineering in 1990.
After spending a brief stint as an Adjunct faculty at RPI, he joined the
faculty of Materials and Metallurgical Engineering at IIT Kanpur on 2nd
April 1990 and became Professor on 13th December 2001.
Professor Balasubramaniam's research interests included Material-
Hydrogen Systems, Environmental Degradation of Materials, Structure-
Property Correlat ion in Advanced Materials and Indian
Archaeometallurgy. Professor Balasubramaniam was a prolific
researcher and has published more than 250 research papers in refereed
journals of repute. He has published 10 books. Two of his recent books,
which dealt Indian Archaeometallurgy are on "The Saga of Indian
Cannons" and 'Story of Delhi Iron Pillar". His research on the corrosion
resistance of Delhi's iron pillar attracted worldwide attention. He also
adopted the text book of Materials Science, written by Callister.
In recognition of his outstanding contribution as an active researcher in
the field of Metallurgy, Materials Science and Archeometallyurgy,
Dr. Balasubramaniam received a number of prestigious awards,
including Young scientist award (1993) of Indian National Science
Academy, Alexander von Humboldt Foundation Research Fellowship
(1996), Materials Research Society of India (MRSI) Medal (1999),
Metallurgist of the Year award (1999), Ministry of Steels and Mines,
Government of India. He was a member of the National Commission for
History of Science. He was an editorial board member of a number of
international journals in the area of corrosion and Archeometallurgy. He
was one of the finest teachers and recently received the inaugural
Distinguished Educator Award (2009) from Indian Institute of Metals
(IIM). Prof. Balasubramaniam was bestowed with B B Lal Chair
Professor at IIT Kanpur in September 2009. Professor
Balasubramaniam's illustrious career was cut short by his untimely
demise on December 9, 2009. He is survived by his wife Dr. Gaitri Saini
Balasubramaniam and two daughters, Gowri and Gargi.
Professor R. Balasubramaniam Professor D.P. Agrawal