Upadrasta Ramamurty Explained

Upadrasta Ramamurty
Birth Date:1967
Birth Place:Bhimavaram, West Godavari district
Nationality:Indian
Awards:Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar award

Upadrasta Ramamurty (born 1967) is an Indian engineering scientist. He holds a position as a professor in the Department of Materials Engineering at the Indian Institute of Science.

Background

He has a Ph.D. (1994) from Brown University, a master's degree in engineering (1991) from the Indian Institute of Science, and a bachelor's degree in engineering (1989) from Andhra University.[1]

Awards

He was awarded in 2011 the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology, the highest science award in India, in the engineering category.[2] In 2015, he was awarded the TWAS Prize in the engineering category for his fundamental contributions to the understanding of deformation, fatigue and fracture in several classes of new materials.[3] [4]

Notes and References

  1. http://materials.iisc.ernet.in/~ramu/Resume%20UR.pdf "Resume for Upadrasta Ramamurthy", 19 October 2011
  2. "11 scientists selected for Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar award" ibn live, 26 September 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110929193539/http://ibnlive.in.com/generalnewsfeed/news/11-scientists-selected-for-shanti-swarup-bhatnagar-award/836081.html
  3. Web site: Winners of 2015 TWAS Prizes announced.
  4. News: IISc scientist wins The World Academy of Sciences award. 9 December 2015. Hindustan Times. 21 January 2019.