Dr. A. O. Surendranathan is a professor in the Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, National Institute of Technology Karnataka, India. His academic qualifications are a BSc, AMIE, ME, and a PhD. He has seven years of research and twenty-nine years of teaching experience. Dr. Surendranathan has presented and published more than 100 papers and has received numerous medals, awards, prizes, and honors. He has chaired technical sessions at conferences and has been a member or office holder in eight professional organizations. Dr. Surendranathan’s foreign assignments have included travel to Ethiopia, Australia, and the United States.