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Prof. Raghu V. Prakash Professor Department of Mechanical Engineering Indian Institute of Technology Madras Chennai 600 036, India
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Biography
Prof. Raghu Prakash received his Master's and Ph.D. from Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore. Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from College of Engineering, Guindy, Madras (now Chennai). He has more than three decades of post-PhD work experience, as a Scientist at CSIR-NAL; Technical Director of a start-up company in Bangalore, India; Visiting Professor/Scientist at National Taiwan University, Taipei, ROC before joining IIT Madras as a Faculty in 2004.
His research interests include Product design, Mechanical Design of structures and components, Experimental techniques for durability assessment under real-time usage, crash assessment of automotive structural elements. He has more than 100 journal, book chapter publications (many in ASTM STP’s) and more than 100 Conference publications and has edited 7 book volumes; he has guided 64 Master’s dissertations, 20 Master’s (M.S.) theses and 14 Ph.D. theses since 2004. At IIT Madras, he teaches courses relating to Design with Engineering Materials, Product Design, Design for Manufacture and Assembly (DFMA), apart from being a researcher and consultant to several Industries.
Prof. Prakash is a voting rights member of ASTM International (Technical Committees, D-30, E-08 and E-28), past Chair of the Materials Processing Technical Committee of the Materials Division of ASME and executive council member of a number of professional societies.
Awards & Honors
- Binani Gold Medal, Indian Institute of Metals (1997).
- NSC visiting Professor/Scientist, National Taiwan University, 2003-04.
- Erasmus-Mundus Heritage Fellowship, 2013, 2014.
- CSIR SRF 1989-1993.
- National Merit Scholarship, 1979-85.
- ICCES Distinguished Fellow, 2015.
- NTU, Singapore Visiting Fellow, Nov 2023.
- Vice-Chairman, ASME Technical Committee on Materials Processing, Materials Division, 2018.
- Chairman, ASME Technical Committee on Materials Processing, Materials Division, 2019-20.
- Chairman, Society for Failure Analysis (Chennai Chapter), (2017-date).
- President, Indian Structural Integrity Society (2023-25).
- Director, Executive Council of International Congress on Fracture (ICF) (2023-2027).
- Vice-President, Executive Council of International Congress on Mechanical Behavior of Materials (ICM)(2023-2027).
MoU's Initiated / Championed:
· University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR, USA
· University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy
· Politecnico di Milano, Milano, Italy
· Centre for Advanced Life Cycle Engineering (CALCE), University of Maryland, MD, USA
· University of Kassel, Germany
· RMIT, Melbourne, Australia
Global Academic Collaboration Programs:
1. GIAN course by Prof. Monica Bordegoni, PoliMi, Milan, Italy
2. GIAN course by Prof. Ashok Saxena, University of Arkansas, USA.
3. SPARC program with Prof. Rajarshi Das, RMIT, Melbourne, Australia.
Conference Organization
· Topic Organizer, ASME Materials Division, ASME International Mechanical Engineering Conference and Exposition (IMECE) (since 2009).
· Track Organizer, ASME India IMECE 2025, Track-2 on Advanced Materials and Manufacturing Technologies (Sep 2025).
· International Conference on Product Design (ICoRD 13) and SICE, ICONS series.
Editorial Responsibilities
1. Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Structural Longevity (2015-20)
2. Regional Editorial Board Member, Frattura ed Integrita Strutturale (IGF Journal of Fracture and Structural Integrity).
3. Editorial Board Member, Journal of Life Cycle Reliability and Safety Engineering.
Research Guidance:
Ph. D Guidance - Completed.
1. Kathirvel Thiyagarajan (2010) - With Prof. Krishnan Balasubramaniam (ME).
2. K. Anandavel (2011)
3. K. Hariharan (2011)
4. S. Suresh Kumar (2012)
5. Dhinakaran Sampath (2014)
6. Abdul HuQ Ghouse (IIT Hyderabad Student) (2015).
7. S. Arun Kumar (2015)
8. Kavitha, N.S. (2016)
9. Bharat Kumar Pant (2017) - With Prof. M. Kamaraj (MM).
10. Mathew John (2018).
11. Pankaj Dhaka (2020)(M.S+PhD)
12. Manuel Thomas (2021).
13. Hithendra K (2023).
14. Peddi Sai Rama Narayana (2024) - Title: Development of Advanced Design Methodologies for Automotive Crashworthiness.
M.S (by Research) Guidance - Completed.
1. V V S Jaya Rao (2006) - Co-guided with Krishnan Balasubramanian
2. Prashant Bhokardole (2008)
3. K. M. Mohamed Muneer (2009) - Co-guided with Krishnan Balasubramanian
4. Rohan Sharad Ghogare (2010)
5. R. Saravanan (2011) - Co Guided with R. Gnanamoorthy
6. Hithesh H.C. (2012)
7. Arun Kumar (2012) - Co-Guide: Parag Ravindran
8. Vidya Joshi Dinkar (2012) - Co-Guided with Krishnan Balasubramanian
9. Ramakanth J. V. (2015)
10. Girija Kumari Sethy (2016)
11. Padmanabhan P (2016)
12. Sachin Bapurao Mirajkar (2019)
13. Sai Deepak Namburu (2019) - Co-Guided with C. Lakshmana Rao, AM
14. Vishnu Viswanath (2020)
15. Sanjay Toshniwal (2021)
16. Harikumar Payoor (2022)
17. S. Esakki Muthu (2022)
18. Prathmesh Bharat Pokharkar (2023)
19. C. Anish (2024)
20. Akash Shit (2025)
M.Tech Students Guided:
Completed guidance of M. Tech dissertations for 64 students (since 2004); Monalisha Maharana (M. Tech - UoP student) won the Lucas-TVS Prize for Best M. Tech thesis, 2017; A. Prasanna won the Prof. Ramamohana Rao Memorial Prize (2022).
PDF Guidance
1. Dr. Sabitha Ghosh (Women PDF Scheme of IIT Madras)
2. Dr. S. Nagarajan (DST-PDF Scheme).