Dr. Rina Sahu is an Associate Professor of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering Department, National Institute of Technology Jamshedpur. She has completed her B.Tech in Metallurgical and Materials Engineering and M. Tech in Foundry Technology from NIT Jamshedpur. She was awarded her Ph.D (Engg.) in 2010 at IIEST Shibpur. Her research areas are metallic glasses, nanostructured materials, lean grade ores, mineral beneficiation and hydrometallurgy. She has more than 20 years of experience in R&D and teaching. She has six years of research experience with CSIR-NML Jamshedpur and more than fourteen years of experience in teaching [BIT Ranchi, OPJIT Raighar and NIT Jamshedpur]. She has published four books with international publishers. She has more than 122 conference proceedings in national and international conferences and 48 papers published in reputed international journals. She has organized 14 workshops/conferences in national and international levels. She has guided 122 UG students, 17 PG students and 9 PhD students. She has the membership of The Indian Institute of Metal (IIM- Life Member), The Institute of Engineers (IEI-Life Member), The Institute of Indian Foundrymen (IIF-Member), Vigyan Bharti, Jharkhand (VB-Life Member) and Hum Aur Aap Foundation. Dr. Ranjit Prasad is currently an Associate Professor and Ex-HOD in the department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, National Institute of Technology, Jamshedpur. He obtained his B.Sc (Hons), M.Sc. and Ph.D in Geology from Ranchi University, Jharkhand. His major area of research interests includes mineral processing and reform in education. He has a teaching experience of 35 years. He has published three books, more than 50 papers in reputed national, international journals and conferences. He has a patent in "An improved process for the reduction of chromite ore". Currently, He is the Member of Expert Appraisal Committee (Industry-1) at the Ministry of Environment Forest and Climate Change (Impact Assessment Division), Regional Coordinator of Unnat Bharat Abhiyan, A member of RCI NIT Jamshedpur (A flagship Program of Ministry of Education and a member of All India Technical Education Team (Shiksha Sanskriti Uthan Nyas, New Delhi). Dr. K.L. Sahoo is a Senior Principal Scientist in the Materials Engineering Division at CSIR-NML Jamshedpur. He holds a B.E. in Metallurgical Engineering, an M.E. in Metallurgical Engineering, a Ph.D. from IIT Kharagpur, and completed a postdoctoral fellowship as a Visiting Scientist at HMI, Berlin, from June '03 to Dec. '04. He has over 25 years of experience in R&D and Academics, along with 3 years of experience in industry. He is also engaged as an Adjunct Professor at the Academy of the Council of Scientific & Industrial Research. His field of work includes metallic glasses and nanocrystalline materials, quasicrystals, casting, semi-solid processing, forming processes, and foams (steel & aluminum), as well as alloy development. He has published 165 papers, 80 proceedings, 32 as proceedings, and 37 as presentations. He holds 11 patents (2 international, 9 national), has been involved in 41 sponsored projects (as Project Leader for 13, Co-Project Leader for 13, and as a member for 15), and has facilitated the transfer of 4 technologies. He has supervised theses for 5 Ph.D. students (4 completed, 1 ongoing), 12 M.Tech. students, 8 B.Tech. students, and 4 Advanced Diploma Course students. Some of his major achievement awards include the Prof. Shilobhadra Banerjee Award for the best in-house OLP project, the National Metallurgist Day (NMD) Award for Best Metallurgist of the Year 2013 by the Ministry of Steel, Government of India, the Raman Research Fellowship Award 2008-09, the CSIR Young Scientist Award (2000) in Engineering Sciences, the Nijhawan Award (2001) for the best paper published from NML in 2000, the INSA-The Royal Society Fellowship Award (2002), the JICA Fellowship Award (1999), First Prize in the Metallography Contest 1997 at IIT Kharagpur, and the National Merit cum Means Scholarship.
