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Dr. Placid Rodriguez was born in Quilon, Kerala on October 5, 1940. After obtaining his B.Sc degree from Kerala University in 1958, he did his B.E (Metallurgy) at the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore. In August 1960, he joined the Department of Atomic Energy through its Training School and worked in the Metallurgy Division of Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC) at Bombay from 1961 till 1974. He was deputed to Oak Ridge National Laboratory, USA during 1963 to 1965 for specialised training; during this period he obtained his M.S in Metallurgical Engineering from University of Tennessee. He was awarded the Ph.D degree of the Indian Institute of Science.(IISc) in 1976. In 2001 he obtained an MBA degree from Indira Gandhi Natioanl Open University (IGNOU)with specialisation in Human Resources Management. . In June 1974, he has moved to Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research (IGCAR) formerly known as Reactor Research Centre (RRC) as Sr. Metallurgist of Metallurgy Programme and in 1986 was designated as Head of the Metallrgy, Materials & Quality Assurance Programmes in the Centre., later he became the Director of the Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research, Kalpakkam from 1.12.1992 to 31.10.2000. After his retirement on superannuation from DAE, he joined DRDO on November 1, 2000 as Chairman of its Recruitment and Assessment Centre, New Delhi. Since 2004, He is a Raja Ramanna Fellow at IIT Madras ,Chennnai and AICTE-INAE Distuingished Visiting Professor at NITs at Surathkal,Nagpur,Tirchirapalli & PSG Colllege of Technology Coimbatore. Dr. Rodriguez is internationally well-known for his R&D contributions in Mechanical Metallurgy, Welding Metallurgy, Nuclear Materials and Fast Breeder Reactor Technology. His work in the area of Serrated Yielding and Dynamic Strain Ageing is the most well known and most cited. He is equally well known for his work in creep, creep-fatigue interactions and for novel experimented techniques like Stress Relaxation and Acoustic Emission for studying dislocation dynamics. Dr. Rodriguez's standing in his profession has led to his involvement with many editorial responsibilities. Currently he is the Subject Editor in the area of Nuclear Materials and Irradiation effects of the Encyclopaedia of Materials: Science and Technology to be published by Elsevier Science Ltd. in 2001. He was the Editor of Publications of the Indian National Academy of Engineering during 1998-2000. He is on the Editorial Boards of Metals, Materials and Processes, Journal of NDE of ISNT, International Journal of Pressure Vessels and Piping, Steel India, Welding and Joining, Indian Journal of Chemical Technology and Indian Journal of Power and River Valey Development. He has served as an Editor of Transactions of the Indian Institute of Metals during 1977 - 87 and was the Chief Editor of this Journal for another 10 years. i.e. 1987-96. Dr. Rodriguezis a Member of the Scientific Advisory Comittee to the Cabinet (SAC-C).
Dr. Rodriguez has been a member of many national funding agencies for Science and Technology like Science and Engineering Research Council (SERC) of DST[1991-97] and Board of Research in Nuclear Sciences (BRNS) [1992-97]. He has also served
during 1992-99
on the
Boards
of Indian Rare Earths Limited (IRE)
and Nuclear Fuel Complex (NFC). During
1998-2000 he was the Chairperson of the Research
Council of the Central Electrochemical Research Institute (CECRI),
Karaikudi,
a Member of the Academic
Council of the Anna
University and the Technology Development Committee
of the Shree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology
(SCTIMST). Currently he chairs the Technology Transfer Commitee of SCTIMST. He is a Member of theTIFAC-CUSEC (Committee on Upgradation of Science & Engineering Colleges), the apex committee guiding Mission REACH. He chairs the TIFAC Committee on S&T inputs to Small and Medium Enterprises.
Dr. Rodriguez is a recipient of many
National
Awards. Notable
among them
are : National Metallurgists' Day
Award (1978) of
the Ministry of Steel and Mines. Keith
Hartley Memorial (Lecture) Medal (1986) of
the Indian Institute of Welding. G.D.
Birla Gold Medal (1987) of
the Indian Institute of Metals. VASVIK
Research Award for
Materials Science and Technology for the year 1990. MRSI
Lecture Medal (1991) of
the Materials Research Society of India. MRSI-ICSC
Award (1997) of
the Materials Research Society of
India. Shri
Om Prakash Bhasin Foundation Award (1999) for Engineering
including Energy and Aerospace. MRSI-Distinguished
Lectureship for the period (2000-2001)
of the
Materials Research Society of
India.
National Metallurgists' Day
Award (2000) of
the Indian Institute of Metals. Platinum Medal (2003) of
the Indian Institute of Metals.
Other
Awards won by him include
For the Sake of Honour Award (1998) from the
Rotary Club of Madras,
Vadapalani, and Swadeshi
Sasthra Puraskaram '98 awarded by the Swadeshi
Science Movement.
Dr.
Rodriguez, has played important leadership
roles in
the Professional
Societies of
his specialization.
He is a Past President (1996-97) and
an Honorary
Member of
the Indian
Institute of Metals and
Past President of the Indian
Institute of Welding (1993-95). He was a
Vice President of the Materials
Research Society (MRSI)(1997-20003) and was Honarary
Secretary of the
Indian National Academy of Engineering.(2000-2004).Currently he is President 0f Indain Nuclear Society and a Vice President of the Indian National Academy of Engineering.
He
is a Fellow
of the Indian National Academy of Engineering, the Indian
Academy of Sciences, the National
Academy of Sciences India, the Tamil Nadu Academy of
Sciences, the Indian
Institute of Metals, the
Indian Institute of Welding and the
Society for the Advancement of Electrochemical
Science and Technology and a Member
of the Asia-Pacific
Academy of Materials and Honorary Fellow of
Non-Destructive Society of India. |
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