Publications

Papers published in Journals (International/National)

International:

47. Veera Venkata Nagaraju, K., Kumaran, S. and Srinivasa Rao, T., (2021) “Optimization of microwave processing parameters on powder-metallurgical 316L stainless steels”, Mater. Manuf. Process., 1-13. (DOI:10.1080/10426914.2021.2001512).

46. Veera Venkata Nagaraju, K., Kumaran, S. and Srinivasa Rao, T., (2021) “Microwave sintering response of different grade stainless steels and its influence on metallurgical properties”, Powder Metall., 1-14. (DOI:10.1080/00325899.2021.1981656).

45. Veera Venkata Nagaraju, K., Kumaran, S. and Srinivasa Rao, T., (2021). “Densification kinetics of P/M austenitic (316L) stainless steels processed by rapid microwave hybrid heating method at various conditions”, Adv. Mater. Process. Technol., 1-14. (DOI:10.1080/2374068X.2021.1970993).

44. Veera Venkata Nagaraju, K., Kumaran, S. and Srinivasa Rao, T., (2021) “Electrochemical behaviour of various grade P/M stainless steels processed by rapid microwave hybrid sintering (super-solidus) method”, Mater. Lett., 302, 130394. (DOI: 10.1016/j.matlet.2021.130394).

43. Nagaraju, K.V.V., Kumaran, S. and Srinivasa Rao, T., (2019) “Microwave sintering of 316L stainless steel: Influence of sintering temperature and time”, Mater. Today: Proc., 27(5), 1-6. (DOI: 10.1016/j.matpr.2019.09.062).

42. T. Sakthivel, P. Sruthi, P. Parameswaran, G.V.S. NageswaraRao, K. Laha, T. SrinivasaRao, Enhancement in Creep Strength of Modified 9CR-1Mo Steel Through Thermo Mechanical Treatment, Transactions of the Indian Institute of Metals, 70 (2016).

41. B. Bhatt, T.S.R.Ch. Murthy, P.K.Limaye, A. Nagaraj, K. Singh, J.K. Sonber, K. Sairam, A. Sashanka, G.V.S. NageswaraRao, T. SrinivasaRao, Tribological studies of monolithic chromium diboride against cemented tungsten carbide (WC-Co) under dry condition, Ceramic International, 42 (2016)15536-15546.

40. Vidhyasagar Reddy, J.K. Sonber, K. Sairam, T.S.R.Ch. Murthy, Shankar Kumar, G.V.S. NageswaraRao, T. SrinivasaRao, J.K. Chakravartty, Densification and Mechanical Properties of CrB2+MoSi2 based Novel Composites, Ceramic International, 41 (2015) 7611-7617.

39. B. Mahesh, K. Sairam, J.K. Sonber, T.S.R.Ch. Murthy, G.V.S. NageswaraRao, T. SrinivasaRao, J.K. Chakravartty, Sinterability Studies of Monolithic Chromium Diboride (CrB2) by Spark Plasma Sintering, Int. Journal of Refractory Metals and Hard Materials, 52 (2015) 66-69.

38. Shankar Kumar, K. Sairam, J.K. Sonber, T.S.R.Ch. Murthy, Vidhyasagar Reddy, G.V.S.NageswaraRao, T. SrinivasaRao, Hot-Pressing of MoSi2 reinforced B4C Composites, Ceramic International, 40 (2014) 16099-16105.

37. S. Kennedy, S. Kumaran, T. SrinivasaRao, Effect of Milling on Sintering Behavior of γTiAl by Spark Plasma Sintering, Materials and Manufacturing Processes, 28 (2013) 928-932.

36. Nishtha Gupta, B. Ravisankar, S. Kumaran, T. SrinivasaRao, Densification of Al-2024 and Al-2024/Al2O3 Powders by Conventional P/M Route and ECAP - A comparative Study, Transactions of the Indian Institute of Metals 65 (2012) 381-386.

35. Thirumurugan. M, Madhavan. R, Kumaran. S, SrinivasaRao. T, Suwas Satyam, Structure-Property Correlation of Study of the Microstructure, Texture and Tensile Properties in as Extruded AZ91 and ZM21 Magnesium Alloys, Materials Science Forum, 702-703 (2012) 659-662.

34. G. Rajaram, S. Kumaran, T. SrinivasaRao, Tensile behaviour of Al-Si alloy and AlSi/graphite composites at elevated temperature, Materials Science Forum, 710 (2012) 457-462.

33. S. Kennedy, S. Kumaran, T. SrinivasaRao, Densification of y-TiAl Powders by Spark Plasma Sintering, Materials Science Forum, 710 (2012) 303-307.

32. R. Selvaraj,M. Thirumurugan,S. Kumaran, T. SrinivasaRao, Synthesis and Characteri- zationof Nanostructure Magnesium Base Alloy by Mechanical Alloying for Hydrogen Storage Applications, Materials Science Forum, 710 (2012) 332-337.

31. M. Thirumurugan, T. AnkaRao, S. Kumaran, T. SrinivasaRao, Structure-Property Correlation of Rolled ZM21/Al Magnesium Macrocomposite, Materials Science Forum, 710 (2012) 516-520.

30. A.X. AmalRebin, S. Kumaran, T. SrinivasaRao, Influence of Scandium on Magnesium and its Structure-Property Correlation, Materials Science Forum, 710 (2012) 132-136.

29. Thirumurugan, M., Kumaran, S., Suwas, S., Rao, T.S, Effect of Rolling Temperature and Reduction in Thickness on Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of ZM21 Magnesium alloy and its subsequent Annealing Treatment, Materials Science and Engineering-A, 528 (2011) 8460-8468.

28. G. Rajaram, S. Kumaran, T.SrinivasaRao, Effect of Graphite and Transition Elements (Cu, Ni) on High Temperature Tensile Behaviour of Al-Si Alloy, Materials Chemistry and Physics, 128 (2011) 62-69.

27. G. Rajaram, S. Kumaran, T. SrinivasaRao, Influence of Graphite and Copper in Mechanical Properties of Aluminum Silicon Alloy, Transactions of the Indian Institute of Metals, 64 (2011) 53-56.

26. G. Rajaram, S. Kumaran, T. SrinivasaRao, Fabrication of Al-Si / Graphite Composites and their Structure-Property Correlation” Journal of composite Materials, 45 (2011) 2743-2750.

25. R. Mariappan, S. Kumaran, T. SrinivasaRao, S.B. Chandrasekhar, Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of duplex Stainless Steels Sintered in Different Atmospheres, Powder Metallurgy, 54 (2011) 236-241.

24. G. Rajaram, S. Kumaran, T. SrinivasaRao, Sliding Wear Behaviour of Al-Si/Graphite Composite, Tribology Transactions, 54 (2011) 115-121.

23. G. Rajaram, S. Kumaran, T. SrinivasaRao, High Temperature Tensile and Wear behavior of Al-Si alloy, Materials Science and Engineering A, 528 (2010) 247-253.

22. G. Rajaram, S. Kumaran, T. SrinivasaRao, M. Kamaraj, Studies on High Temperature Wear and Its Mechanism of Al-Si/Graphite Composite under Dry Sliding Conditions, Tribology International, 43 (2010) 2152-2158.

21. P.R.S. Kumar, S. Kumaran, T. SrinivasaRao, Comparison Study of Fly Ash Reinforced AA6061 Composites Using Press-Sinter-Extrusion And Press-Extrusion Approaches, Powder Metallurgy, 53 (2010) 163-168.

20. P.R.S. Kumar, S. Kumaran, T. SrinivasaRao, S. Natarajan, High Temperature Sliding Wear Behaviour of Press-Extruded AA6061 / Fly Ash composite, Materials Science and Engineering A, 2010 1501-1509.

19. P.R.S. Kumar, S. Kumaran, T. SrinivasaRao and K. Siva Prasad, Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of Fly Ash Particle Reinforced AA6061 Composites Produced by Press and Extrusion, Transactions of the Indian Institute of Metals, 62 (2009) 559-566.

18. S. Kumaran, T. SrinivasaRao, Formation of Nano-intermetallic Compounds and their stability during Mechanical Alloying of Ti-48Al-12Nb-1Cr System, Advanced Materials Research, 67 (2009) 283-288.

17. R. Mariappan, S. Kumaran, T. SrinivasaRao, Effect of Sintering Atmosphere on Structure and Properties of Austeno-Ferritic Stainless Steels, Materials Science and Engineering A, 515 (2009) 328-333.

16. T.T. Saravanan, S. Kumaran, T. SrinivasaRao, Structural Evolution and Magnetic Properties of Mechanically Alloyed Metastable Fe-Ni-Zr-B System, Materials Letters, 6 (2009) 780-782.

15. S. Kumaran, T. Sasikumar, R. Arockiakumar, T. SrinivasaRao, Nanostructured Titanium Aluminides Prepared By Mechanical Alloying and Subsequent Thermal Treatment, Powder Technology, 185 (2008) 124-130.

14. S. Kumaran, B. Chantaiah, T. SrinivasaRao, Effect of Niobium and Aluminium Additions in TiAlPrealloyedPowders during High Energy Ball Milling, Materials Chemistry and Physics, 108 (2008) 97-101.

13. S. Kumaran, B. Chantaiah, T. SrinivasaRao, Development of Amorphous and TiAl-Nb2Al Intermetallic Nanocomposite Powders by Mechanical Alloying, Materials Science Forum, 561-565 (2007) 1429-1432.

12. S. Kumaran, T. SrinivasaRao, R. Subramanian, P. Angelo, Nanocrystalline and Amorphous Structure formation in Ti-Al system during High Energy Ball Milling , Powder Metallurgy, 48 (2005) 354-357.

11. S. Premkumar, S. Kumaran, T. SrinivasaRao, Structure-Property Correlation of Precipitation Hardened AZ91 Magnesium Alloy, Journal of Materials Science and Technology, 20 (2004) 835-838.

10. G. Venkatasubramanian, T. SrinivasaRao, Age Hardening Behaviour of Sintered and Hot Extruded Al+Cu Preforms, International Journal of Powder Metallurgy Science and Technology, 6 (1995) 19-24.

9. T. SrinivasaRao, K.S. Pandey, Material Behaviour during Cold Upsetting of Sintered Al and Al-Cu Ring Preforms, International Journal of Powder Metallurgy Science and Technology, 5 (1994) 13-24.

8. P. Sridhar, K.V.D. Murthy, T. SrinivasaRao, Hot Upset Forming of Sintered Al(2024)+SiC MMCs, International Journal of Powder Metallurgy Science and Technology, 4 (1993) 47-52.

7. T. SrinivasaRao, K.S. Pandey, Axial Cold Compression of Sintered Al-4Cu Disc and Ring Preforms, Journal of Material Processing and Technology, 39 (1993) 319-326 .

6. T. SrinivasaRao, K.S. Pandey, Behaviour of Aluminium and Aluminium-Copper P/M Ring Preforms under Radial Crushing Test, International Journal of Powder Metallurgy Science and Technology, 2 (1993) 49-56.

5. T. SrinivasaRao, K.S. Pandey, Effect of Copper Addition to Aluminium on the Mechanical Properties of Sintered but Cold Formed Preforms, Advances in Powder Metallurgy & Particulate Materials, 1992.

4. T. SrinivasaRao, K.S. Pandey Some, Aspects of Cold Forming of Sintered AluminiumCopper Alloys, International Journal of Powder Metallurgy Science and Technology, 3 (1992) 36-47.

3. Tanuj Kumar Das, T. SrinivasaRao, K.S. Pandey, Some Wear Resistance Studies on Iron Copper Sintered Preforms, International Journal of Powder Metallurgy Science and Technology, 3 (1991) 35-41.

2. G.P. Maheshwari, T. SrinivasaRao, K.S. Pandey, Oxidation Behaviour of Sintered Deformed Copper and Aluminium Admixed Copper Preforms in Air, International Journal of Powder Metallurgy Science and Technology, 2 (1991) 43-52.

1. T. SrinivasaRao, K.S. Pandey, Aluminium Powder ring Preforms Deformation Behaviour and Rupture Test Key Engineering Materials, 29-32 (1989) 351-364.

National:

11. R. Mariappan, S. Kumaran, T. SrinivasaRao, S.B. Chandrasekhar, “Studies on Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of VacuumSintered Stainless Steels”, Transactions of PMAI, Vol.35, pp32-37, December, 2009.

10. R. Mariappan, S. Kumaran, T. SrinivasaRao, V. Muthupandi, “Effect of Composition and Sintering Atmosphereon Phase Balanceof P/M Duplex Stainless Steels, Transactions of PMAI, Vol.35, pp21-25, December, 2009.

9. P.R.S. Kumar, S. Kumaran, T. SrinivasaRao,“Studies on AA6061-Fly Ash Composites Produced by Press Extrusion Approach”, Transactions of PMAI, Vol.35, pp47-53, December, 2009.

8. R. Mariappan, S. Venu Kumar, P.R.S. Kumar, S. Kumaran, T. SrinivasaRao, “Sintered Properties of Duplex Stainless Steels in Nitrogen Atmosphere”, Transactions of PMAI, Vol.34, pp23-27, December, 2008.

7. P.R.S. Kumar, S. Jerome, S.Kumaran, T. SrinivasaRao, “Friction Welding of Fly Ash Reinforced AA6061 (P/M) Composite and Wrought Alloy”, Journal of Manufacturing Engineering, Vol.3, No.4, pp272-277, December 2008.

6. M.Nandhakumaran, S. Kumaran, B. Ravisankar, T. SrinivasaRao,“Synthesis and Characterization of Fe-Based Multicomponent Bulk Metallic Glasses by High Energy Ball Milling“, Transactions of PMAI, Vol.33, pp14-17,December, 2007.

5. T. SrinivasaRao, D.L. Bourell, “Selective Laser Sintering-A Promising Method of Producing Composite Parts”, Transactionsof PMAI, Vol.24, pp22-28,1997.

4. Rajan Subramanian, T. SrinivasaRao, K.S. Pandey, “Densification Behaviour and Electrical conductivity Measurements of Cu-2Al Sintered Alloy Preforms during Cold Upsetting”, TransactionsofPMAI,Vol.19, pp80-84, 1992.

3. H.H. Kumar, T. SrinivasaRao, K.S. Pandey, “Cold Working of Sintered C-335 Alloy”, Transactions of PMAI, Vol.18, pp47-51, 1991.

2. T. SrinivasaRao, K.S. Pandey, “Development of Theoretical Relations during Deformations of Disc and Ring Shape Powder Preforms”, Transactions of PMAI, Vol.15, pp15-22, 1988.

1. T. SrinivasaRao, G.L. Dutta, M.S.S.K. Naidu, “Assessment of Nodularity and Mechanical Properties of S.G.Iron using Ultrasonic and Electrical Resistivity” Journal of Indian Institute of Foundrymen, Vol.34, pp222-226, 1985.

 

Papers published in Conferences (International/National):

International:

14. G. Rajaram, S. Kumaran, T. SrinivasaRao, M. Kamaraj, “High Temperature Dry Sliding Wear BehaviourofAl-Si/Graphite CompositesProcessed By Stir Casting”TMS Annual Meeting, Vol.2, pp191-198, 2011, /TMS 2011 –140thAnnual Meeting and Exhibition, Supplemental Proceedings.

13. G. Sailaja, S. Kumaran, T. SrinivasaRao, “Synthesis and Characterization of Nanostructured Mg-Ti Binary Alloy by Mechanical Alloying for Hydrogen Storage Applications”, Int. Conf. on Nanoscience and Technology at PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore, 5-6 March, 2010.

12. M. Mariappan,S. Kumaran, T. SrinivasaRao,“Hot Forging Characteristics of Sintered Duplex Stainless Steels”, Int. Conf. on Powder Metallurgy in Processing of Particulate Materials and Products at Jaipur, 28-30 January, 2010.

11. M. Mariappan,S. Kumaran, T. SrinivasaRao,“Corrosion Behaviour of Hot forged Sintered Duplex Stainless Steels”, Int. Conf.on Powder Metallurgy in Processing of Particulate Materials and Products at Jaipur, 28-30 January, 2010.

10.NareshNalajala, S. Kumaran, T. SrinivasaRao, “ Synthesis and Characterization of Nanostructured Mg Based Multicomponent Alloys for Hydrogen Storage through Mechanical Alloying, Int. Symposium on Hydrogen and Energy Storage at IIT, Kanpur, 14thJanuary, 2010.

9.G.Rajaram, S.Kumaran, T.SrinivasaRao, “Mechanical Behaviour and Wear Studies of Hyper Eutectic Al-Si Alloy/ Graphite Particulate ReinforcedComposites” ICMAT & IUMRS-ICA 2009 conference, Singapore, 28thJune to 3rdJuly 2009.

8.M. Mariappan, P.R.S. Kumar, S. Kumaran, T. SrinivasaRao, “Mechanical and Metallurgical properties of Duplex Stainless Steel Produced through Powder Metallurgy: An Overview”, presented in the International Symposium on Advances in Stainless Steels at IGCAR,9-11 April, 2007.

7.P.R.S. Kumar, M. Mariappan, S. Kumaran, T. SrinivasaRao, “Fabrication of AA6061-Fly Ash Particulate Composite by P/M Technique and its Characterization”, presented in the 10thInternational Conference on Advanced Materials (IUMRS-ICAM 2007)at Bangalore, 8-13 October 2007.

6.M.Nandhakumaran, S. Kumaran, B. Ravisankar, T. SrinivasaRao,“Synthesis and Characterization of Fe-Based Multicomponent Bulk Metallic Glasses by High Energy Ball Milling“, presented in the International Conference PM-07 at Noida,9-11 February. 2007.

5.K. Sureshkumar, M. Nandhakumaran, C. PriyaMeenatchi, S. Kumaran, T. SrinivasaRao, “Development of TiAl Dispersed Aluminium/Aluminium Alloy Composites through Powder Metallurgy”, International Conference on Recent Advances in Materials & Processing (RAMP-2006), PSG College of Tech., Coimbatore,29thNovember, 2006.

4.R.Balaji, S. Kumaran, T. SrinivasaRao, “Effect of Cold Deformation onAge Hardening Behaviour of AZ91 Magnesium Alloy”, presented in theInternational Conference on Heat Treatment of Industrial Components (International Heat Treat 2004),held at Chennai,January, 2004.

3.K. Sundari, T. SrinivasaRao, “Age Hardening Behaviour & Mechanical Properties of Sintered -Hot Extruded 2121 Al+ SiCpComposite”, presented in the Int. Conf. on Advances in Powder Materials Processing (POWMAT-99) held at Hyderabad,23-25March, 1999.

2.T. SrinivasaRao, D.L. Bourell, H.L. Marcus, “Densification Behaviour of SLS Processed Al2O3/Al Composite”, Proceedings of the 1995 SFF Symposium, Ed. By H.L. Marcus, J.J. Beaman, J.W. Barlow, D.L. Bourell and R.H. Crawford, The University of Texas at Austin, TX 78712, USA, 1995.

1.D.K. Sharma, T. SrinivasaRao, K.S. Pandey, “Hot Extrusion of Sintered Al-Fe Powder Composites”, Proceedings of the 2ndInternational Conference on Die and Mould Technology (ICDMT) –Forging Ahead Towards Modern Die & Mould Technology, pp529-536, Sept. 1992.

National:

29.G.Rajaram, S.Kumaran, T.SrinivasaRao“Influence of Graphite and Copper in Mechanical Properties of Aluminum Silicon Alloy” International Symposium for Research Scholars (ISRS-2010), Indian Institute of Technology Madras on December 20-22, 2010.

28.G.Rajaram, M.Thirumurugan, S.Kumaran, T.SrinivasaRao“Mechanical and Tribological Behaviour of Al-Si Alloy/Graphite Composite” National Metallurgist Day-Annual Technical Meeting (NMD-ATM 2010),Indian Institute of Metals & Indian Institute of Science Bangalore , 14thNov to 16thNov 2010.

27.M.Thirumurugan, G.Rajaram, S.Kumaran, T.SrinivasaRao“Effect of rolling parameters on structure and properties of Zm21alloy” National Metallurgist Day-Annual Technical Meeting (NMD-ATM 2009),Indian Institute of Metals 14thNov to 17thNov 2009.

26.G.Rajaram, S.Kumaran,T.SrinivasaRao,“Mechanical Behaviour and Wear Studies of Hyper Eutectic Al-Si Alloy/ Graphite Particulate Reinforced Composites” ICMAT & IUMRS-ICA 2009 conference, Singapore, 28thJune to 3rdJuly2009.

25.G. Rajaram, M. Thirumurugan, S. Kumaran, T. SrinivasaRao, “Preparation of Al-Si/Graphite particulate reinforced composite through Stir Casting Method and their structure property correlation”, MRSI Conference, during 10-12 February, 2009 atKolkata -Awarded Best Poster Award.

24.R. Jithendra Kumar, T. Anitha, H. Shaikh, R.K. Dayal, H.S. Khatak, T.S. Rao, “Effect of Heat Input on the Pitting Corrosion Behaviour of AISI Type 316N Stainless Steel Weld Metal”, presented in the National Welding Seminar 2006 at Chennai, 24-26 November, 2006.

23.K. Sureshkumar, M. Nandhakumaran, C. PriyaMeenatchi, S. Kumaran,T. SrinivasaRao, “Development of TiAl Dispersed Aluminium/Aluminium Alloy Composites through Powder Metallurgy”, RAMP-2006, PSGCollege of Tech., Coimbatore, 29thNovember, 2006.

22.R. Arockia Kumar, S. Kumaran, T. SrinivasaRao, “Nanostructured Materials throughMechanical Alloying: Opportunities and Problems –An Overview”, presented in the 12thNational Convention of Electrochemists (NCE-12) at Madurai, 18-19 February. 2005 -Got the best paper award.

21.T. SrinivasaRao, “Characterization of Light Metals: Case Studies”, Proceedings of the NationalConference on Fabrication and Processing of Composites and Light Materials (FPCL-2004) at Annamalai University, pp30-36, January 2-3, 2004.

20.R. Arockia Kumar, S. Kumaran, T. SrinivasaRao, “Particulate Reinforced Hybrid Aluminium Metal Matrix Composite: Microstructures and Mechanical Properties” presented in the 30th National P/M Conference and Annual Technical Meeting held at Kolkata, 21-22 January, 2004.

19.P. Chakravarthy, S. Kumaran, T. SrinivasaRao, R. Subramanian and P.C. Angelo, “Grain Refinement and Microstructural Studies of Mechanically Alloyed Al-Ni-Zr Powders”, proceedings of the second National Conference on Quality Control in Metallurgical Industries, Coimbatore, pp 197-202, 5-6thDecember, 2003.

18.S. Varalakshmi, S. Kumaran, T. SrinivasaRao, “Age Hardening Behaviour of Vacuum Hot Pressed 2121Al Control alloy and 2124Al/30 v.%SiCpComposite” presented in the 29thNational PM Conference held at Goa during January 30-31, 2003.

17.G. Paul Selvarathinam, S. Premkumar, S. Kumaran, T. SrinivasaRao, “Electrical Conductivity and Microstructural Studies on Sintered Cu-graphite-Zr Composites” presented in the 29thNational PM Conference held at Goa during January 30-31, 2003.

16.S. Kumaran, T. Sasikumar, R. Arockiakumar, T. SrinivasaRao, “Synthesis of Nanocrystalline and Intermetallic Phase in Titanium-Aluminum System during Mechanical Alloying”, presented in the 29thNational PM Conference held at Goa during January 30-31, 2003.

15.K. Sundari, T. SrinivasaRao, “Age Hardening and Wear Behaviour of Al 2124 + SiCpComposite”, Proceedings of the National Conference on Processing of Metals (Organized by PSG College of Tech. Coimbatore), pp416-420, 2002.

14.G. RamaniKannan, S. Kumaran, T. SrinivasaRao, “High Temperature Mechanical Behaviour of Al-Li-Cu-Mg-Zr Cast Alloy”, Proceeding of National Conf. on Light Metals and Composites for Strategic and Societal Needs at Thiruvananthapuram, pp143-148, 2002.

13.S. Premkumar, G. Paul Selvarathinam, S. Kumaran, T. SrinivasaRao, “Age Behaviour of Cast AZ91 Magnesium Alloy and its Influence on Microstructure and Mechanical Properties”, presented in the Conference on Light Metals and Composites for Strategic and Societal Needs(LMCSSN-2002) held at Thiruvananthapuram during 22-23 Oct.2002.

12.T. SrinivasaRao, “EPMA Studies on Vacuum Hot Pressed and Homogenized2124 Al and 2014 Al/SiCpComposite”, presented in NCPM 2000, IIT Chennai, 3-4 February, 2000.

11.S.B.N. Ramamurthy, T. SrinivasaRao, “Studies on Sintered 304L Steel Preforms”, presented in the Annual Technical meeting of PMAI held at Jaipur during 21-23, February, 2000.

10.S. Sunderajan, K. Mathrubootham, T. SrinivasaRao, S. Ram Narayanan, R.S. Stephan Rathinaraj, V. Suriyanarayanan, “Effect of Porosity Sealing on Corrosion Control of ZM21 Cast Alloy”, presented in the IIM Conference, 1995.

9.P. Sridhar, K.V.D. Murthy, T. SrinivasaRao, “Behaviour of Sintered Al/ZrO2MMCs during Hot Upset Forming”, presented in the 19thNational P/M Conference held at REC, Tiruchirappalli during 24-25 February. 1993.

8.T. SrinivasaRao, “Wear Studies on Sintered Al/SiCpMetal Matrix Composite”, presented in the All India Seminar on Composite Materials and Applications, held at Ahmedabad during 4-5 Sept. 1992.15

7.A.K. Garg, T. SrinivasaRao, K.S. Pandey, “Salient Features of Cold Forming Sintered Ring Preforms of 601AB and 602AB Alloys”, presented in the 15thAIMTDR Conference held at Coimbatore, 3-5 Dec. 1992.

6.B. Dutta, T. SrinivasaRao, K.S. Pandey, “Some Studies on Electrical Conductivity of Sintered 201AB and 202AB alloy Preforms during Cold Upsetting”, presented in the 18thNational P/M conference at Pune, February. 1992.

5.Ajay Singhal, T. SrinivasaRao, K.S. Pandey, “Cold Formability of Sintered Cu-Cu2O Composites”, presented in the 17thNational P/M conference at Thiruvananthapuram, 28thFeb.-2ndMarch 1991.

4.V. Manimegalai, T. SrinivasaRao, K.S. Pandey, “Effect of Silicon Addition on the Oxidation Kinetics of Cu-6.7Al in Air”, presented in the 17thNational P/M Conference at Thiruvananthapuram, 28thFeb.-2ndMarch 1991.

3.G. VijayaBhanu, M.K. Gaur, T. SrinivasaRao, K. Mathrubootham, K.S. Pandey, “Densification Behaviour of SinteredAl-Fe Composites during Cold Upsetting”, presented in the 15thNational P/M Conference at Srinagar, May 1989.

2.M.K. Gaur, G. VijayaBhanu, T. SrinivasaRao, K. Mathrubootham, K.S. Pandey, “Effect of Graphite on the Wear Behaviour of Iron-10Cu Sintered Preforms”, presented in the 15thNational P/M Conference at Srinagar, May 1989.

1.T. SrinivasaRao, K. Mathrubootham, K.S. Pandey, “Pollution Control-Fighting A Loosing Battle”, Proceedings of the National Seminar on Status and Allied Industries (NA-SAGSOCAAI-86), pp57-60, 1986.