Professor Ray obtained his Bachelor’s degree from Bengal Engineering College, Shibpur and Gold Medal from Calcutta University for standing first in his discipline. He was awarded M.Tech and Ph.D. degree by IIT Kanpur. He joined a career in research and worked in National Aeronautical Laboratory, Bangalore and National Physical Laboratory, Delhi, before joining the erstwhile University of Roorkee in 1978 as a faculty in Metallurgical and Materials Engineering. He has held visiting appointments in the University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee, USA, Institut National Polytechniq de Grenoble, France and Technical University, Berlin, Germany. He has research interests in Materials development with special emphasis on cast metal matrix composites (MMC). He has many pioneering contribution in cast MMC including introduction of stir-casting and addition of surface active elements for which he held the first patent in the world. Since then, Professor Ray has progressively decreased the size of reinforcement in stir-cast composite from hundreds of microns to nanometers. In the mean time he also developed interest on materials used in Li-ion batteries. He has supervised twenty nine M. Tech dissertations and thirty four dissertations leading to Ph.D. degree. He has published more than 200 technical papers, mostly in International journals and handbooks including those of ASM and ASLE. For his research contribution, Professor Ray has received MRSI annual, Medal and Khosla Research Medal. He is a fellow of the National academy of Sciences, India and Indian National Academy of Engineering. Professor Ray has extensive experience in administration of academic institute in various capacities including the Head of academic department, Chairman, Gate, the Dean, Administration and the Dean, Sponsored Research and Industrial Consultancy (SRIC). His objective is to promote clean and principled academic life in pursuit of knowledge without fear and favor.
