Dr. Banerjee is an internationally recognized expert in materials science and one of the country’s leading metallurgists, known especially for his contributions to the understanding of the science, technology and application of titanium alloys. He has two patents and above 100 publications in leading international journals to his credit. He has held visiting positions in the world’s premier institutions of materials research such as the Carnegie Mellon University, USA, Los Alamos National Laboratory, USA, General Electric Corporate Research and Development Laboratory, USA, the University of Michigan, USA and the University de Paris-Sud, France.

As the Director of the Defence Metallurgical Research Laboratory, he provided leadership to the nation’s key metallurgy programmes for defence applications covering military aircraft and engines, missiles and armoured vehicles, and naval platforms.

In recognition of his contribution, he has been honoured with National Metallurgist Award 1987, DRDO Scientist of the Year Award 1987, Shanti Swaroop Bhatnagar Award 1993 and Materials & Superconductivity Prize 2001. He has been conferred with the 'Padma Shri Award' in 2005.He was awarded Technology Leadership Award of DRDO in 2008.

Dr Banerjee is a Fellow of the Indian Academy of Science, Indian National Science Academy, National Academy of Sciences and the National Academy of Engineering. He has also served on the strategic advisory committee of the Metallurgical Society (TMS) of USA.

Email ID : dbanerjee@hqr.drdo.in