Government Polytechnic College Visakhapatnam – AP State Board of Technical Education

Head of Metallurgical Engineering Department

Teaching Subjects: Physical Metallurgy, Heat Treatment Technology

& Welding Technology, Iron & Steel making

U.G. Teaching Experience: Teaching for B.E students at Andhra University,

Visakhapatnam from last 04 years.

Awards received: 1) State award to meritorious Teachers 2011 (Technical

Education, Government of Andhra Pradesh, INDIA)

2) Best research paper award (COSMET-2007, Andhra University,

Visakhapatnam, INDIA)

3) Best research paper award (NCWPQ, NMRL, Amberinath &

NRB, New Delhi, INDIA)

4) Panthaki memorial award for the best technical paper presented

at “National welding seminar 2010” by Indian Institute of

welding.

Ph.D. Metallurgical Engineering Andhra University.Visakhapatnam, INDIA 2009 All A grade reports including foreign report
M. Tech Industrial Metallurgy Andhra University.Visakhapatnam, INDIA 2019 8.98 (CGPA) I
B.E. Metallurgical Engineering Andhra University.Visakhapatnam, INDIA 1992

1.K.Ratna Kumar and K.Srinivasa Rao, Microstructure and Pitting Corrosion of Partially Melted Zone of A356 Al-Si alloy welds, Transactions of Indian Institute of Metals, Vol. 61, No. 4, August 2008, pp. 283-291.
2.K.Ratna Kumar, G.Madhusudana Reddy and K. Srinivasa Rao, Microstructure and Corrosion Behavior of Cast A356 and Wrought AA6061 Aluminium Alloy Welds, Journal of Advanced materials research, vol.117, 2010, pp.37-42.
3.K.Ratna Kumar and K.Srinivasa Rao,: Partially Melted Zone and Pitting Corrosion Resistance of A356 Aluminium-Silicon alloy GTA weld, IWS welding Journal, weld 5, bead 4, December 2008.