Academic Staff  
 

narahari

Department of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering (MME)

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Experience:
  • 30+ years of experience in R & D industries

Areas of Interest and contribution:
  • CFD
  • Fluid Mechanics & Gas Dynamics
  • Turbo Machines
  • Internal Combustion Engines
  • Propulsion (Jet and Rocket)
  • Heat & Mass Transfer
  • Combustion
  • Manufacturing Processes
  • More than 10 publications in National and International Journals
  • More than 5 conference presentations

Dr. H.K. Narahari
M.E., Ph.D.

Phone: 99725 89106

Professor and Head, CM (RMD)

email:  narahari@msrsas.org

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Experience:
  • More than 15 years of research and consultancy experience in space craft structures, launch vehicles and aircraft design

Areas of Interest and contribution:
  • Structural Dynamics and Stability
  • Optimization
  • Composite Structures
  • More than 5 publications
     

Dr. B. V. Vijay
B.E., M.S., Ph.D.

Phone: 98441 63984

Professor

email:  vijay@msrsas.org

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Experience:
  • 21+ years of experience in academics, research and industry

Areas of Interest and contribution:
  • Structural analysis and Design
  • FEA
  • Fatigue and Fracture Mechanics
  • Design of machine components and Mechanical equipment
  • Fatigue life extension techniques
  • Publication:
        1. 08, including one journal publication
 

Dr. N.C. Mahendra Babu
M.Tech., Ph.D.

Phone: 98806 22059

Professor and CM (MMD)

email:  mahendrababu@msrsas.org


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Experience:
  • 14+ years of experience in teaching and research

Areas of Interest and contribution:
  • Materials processing
  • Advanced machining processes
  • Materials selection
  • Welding and allied processes
  • Simulation and modeling of manufacturing processes
  • National Award for Best Doctoral Thesis by INAE in 2003
  • Young Scientist Fellowship award from DST-SERC in 2007
  • Biography has been published in Asia- Pacific Who’s Who 2004 (Rifacemento International)
  • Authored 12 international conference, 14 national conference and 2 international journal papers

Dr. N.S. Mahesh
B.E., M.E., Ph.D.

Phone: 98450 373713

Professor and
CM (AMT and EMM)

email:  nsm@msrsas.org

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Experience:
  • 35+ years of experience in industry, research and academics

Areas of Interest and contribution:
  • Gas Turbines
  • Turbomachines
  • Measurement Techniques in Internal and External Fluid Flows
     
 

Q.H. Nagpurwala
B.E., M.Tech.

Phone: 99865 60175

Professor

email:  nagpurwala@msrsas.org

 

ramdas

 

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Experience:
  • 15+ years of experience in industry and academic

Areas of Interest and contribution:
  • Manufacturing Systems
  • Industrial Automation and Robotics
  • Cost and Value Engineering
     

Prof. Ramdas Chandrashekar 
B.E., M.E.

Phone: 98457 73556

Professor (PT)

email:  ramdas.c@msrsas.org

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Experience:
  • 30+ years of experience in industry

Areas of Interest and contribution:
  • ISO, Quality management System, Quality Tools
  • Manufacturing Management, Systems & Design,
  • Project management,
  • Costing,
  • Metalcasting,
  • Metallurgy and heat Treatment especially of cast stainless steels
  • ERP/ Management Information System
  • 30 Technical publications

V.G.S. Mani
B.Tech., M.Sc. (Engg),
C.Engg (I) F.I.E.

Phone: 98453 38551

Professor (PT)

email:  vgsmani@msrsas.org

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Experience:
  • 30+ years of experience in industry

Areas of Interest and contribution:
  • General Management
  • Quality Management
  • Technical consultancy in Piston And Ring Manu
  • Teaching for Engineering Mgt Capability building
     
 

B.S. Ajit Kumar
B.E., M.Tech.

Phone: 94480 18578

Professor (PT)

email:  ajit@msrsas.org

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Experience:
  • 18+ years of industry and academics experience 

Areas of Interest and contribution:
  • Metallurgy of Ferrous and Non Ferrous alloys
  • Manufacturing  (Foundry)
  • Solidification Simulations
  • ISO, Quality management system, Quality tools
  • Hydraulics
  • Two conference papers
 

K N Ganapathi
 B.E., M.E.

Phone: 95351 62810

Asst. Professor

email:  ganapathi@msrsas.org

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Experience:
  • 9+ years of experience in industry and academics

Areas of Interest and contribution:
  • Micro-Aerial Vehicle
  • Micro-Gas Turbines
  • Testing of Turbomachines
  • CFD, Axial Compressors
  • Participated as a Team Member in MICAV 07 and MAV 08
  • Publications:
       1. SASTECH Journal: 3
       2. National Conference: 3
       3. International Conference: 4
       4. Journals: 2 SAE
  • Student Guided MSc Projects:
      1. AE 15
      2. RMD 11
      3. APD 3
 

Abdul Nassar
 M.Sc. [Engg.]

Phone: 97319 85876

Asst. Professor

email:  nassar@msrsas.org

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Experience:
  • 6+ years of experience in industry and academics

Areas of Interest and contribution:
  • Quality Management
  • Manufacturing System Optimization
  • Six Sigma and Intellectual Property
 

N. Sandeep
B.E., M.Tech.

Phone: 99804 97179

Sr. Lecturer

email:  sandeepn@msrsas.org

anilkumar
 

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Experience:
  • 2 years of experience in academics

Areas of Interest and contribution:
  • Composite Materials
  • Fracture Mechanics
  • Mechanical Vibrations
  • Fluid Mechanics
  • Published two National Level Papers
 

S. Anil Kumar
B.E., M.Tech.

Phone: 99009 34219

Sr. Lecturer

email:  anilkumar@msrsas.org

 

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Experience:
  • 1+ Years of Experience in Academics

Areas of Interest and contribution:
  • CAD/CAM/CAE
  • Computational Fluid Dynamics
  • Gas Turbine
     
 

Ananthesha
B.E., M.Sc. [Engg.]

Phone: 98806 40432

Sr. Training Engineer

email:  ananthesha@msrsas.org

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Experience:
  • 6+ years of experience in industry and academics

Areas of Interest and contribution:
  • Production Planning and Scheduling
  • Project Management
     
 

S. Vijaykumar
B.E., M.Sc.[Engg.]

Phone: 94804 14678

Sr.Training Engineer

email:  vks@msrsas.org


 

mahadevaswamy

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Areas of Interest and contribution:
  • Statistical Quality Control
  • Operation Research
  • Operation Management
  • Six-Sigma
 

M. Mahadevaswamy
B.E.

Phone: 90085 70777

Training Engineer

email:  mahadev@msrsas.org