Dr. Ram Kumar Kesharwani

Assistant Professor-II

Dr. Ram Kumar Kesharwani currently works as an Assistant Professor (II) at the School of Mechanical Engineering of Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology (Deemed to be University) Bhubaneswar – 751024, India. Before this, he has also worked as a post-doctoral research associate at the Integrated Manufacturing Technologies Research and Application Center of Sabanci University Istanbul, Turkey. His research area broadly involves friction stir welding, formability testing techniques and multiscale modelling of metal plasticity. He earned a PhD from the Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, India; and a Master of Technology in Production Engineering from the National Institute of Technology Rourkela, India. He holds graduation in Mechanical Engineering.

EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION

BE (Pt RSU, Raipur, CG, India), MTech (NIT Rourkela), PhD (IIT Kharagpur), Post Doctorate (KTMM SUIMC, Istanbul)

COURSE EXPERTISE

Metal Forming

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Friction Stir Welding, Tailor Welded Blanks, Metal Forming, Crystal Plasticity, Materials Testing and Characterizations

Administrative Responsibilities

Tutor-Mentoring, Taskforce Coordinator of MyPerfectice