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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
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dbanerjee@hqr.drdo.in |