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Kethavath Kranthi Kumar

Kethavath Kranthi Kumar

Kethavath Kranthi Kumar
Kethavath Kranthi Kumar
Assistant Professor
Centre/School/Special Centre
School of Engineering
Room No
18, VIKAS Building
Off. Phone
+91-11-26739285
Email
kranthikumar@jnu.ac.in, kranthikumar@mail.jnu.ac.in
Personal Webpage
https://scholar.google.co.in/citations?user=BmIiQucAAAAJ&hl=en
Qualifications

Ph.D.: Department of Mechanical Engineering, National Institute of Technology, Warangal, Telangana, India.
M.Tech.: Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu, India.
B.Tech.: Department of Mechanical Engineering, Osmania University, Hyderabad, Telangana, India.

Areas of Interest/Specialization

Welding and additive manufacturing, Processing and manufacturing, Characterization and microscopy, Mechanical properties of materials

Experience

April 2023 - till date: Assistant Professor, School of Engineering, Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi, India.

February 2023 - April 2023: Research Associate, Defence Metallurgical & Research Laboratory (DMRL), Kanchanbagh, Hyderabad, Telangana, India.

Dec 2021 - January 2023: Research Engineer, Defence Research & Development Laboratory (DRDL), Kanchanbagh, Hyderabad, Telangana, India.

Awards & Honours

Qualified in The Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) in 2014.

Received MHRD (NIT Warangal) Institute fellowship [2016-2021].

Received DRDO (DMRL) - Research Associate fellowship [2023-2025].

International Collaboration/Consultancy

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Best Peer Reviewed Publications

1. Kethavath Kranthi Kumar, Adepu Kumar and MVNV Satyanarayana, "Effect of friction stir welding parameters on the material flow, mechanical properties and corrosion behavior of dissimilar AA5083-AA6061 joints", Proc IMechE Part C: J Mechanical Engineering Science (SCI), Vol. 236(6), pp 2901–2917, 2021.

2. Kethavath Kranthi Kumar, Adepu Kumar and MVNV Satyanarayana, "Enhancing corrosion resistance and mechanical properties of dissimilar friction stir welded 5083-6061 aluminium alloys using external cooling environment", Proc IMechE Part L: J Materials: Design and Applications (SCI), Vol. 235(12), pp 2692–2708, 2021.

3. Kethavath Kranthi Kumar, Adepu Kumar, MVNV Satyanarayana and Korra Nagu, "Microstructure and strain hardening behavior at the inter-mixing zone of water-cooled friction stir welded dissimilar aluminum alloys", Materials Letters (SCI), Vol 326, pp 132991, 2022.

4. Kethavath Kranthi Kumar, Adepu Kumar and Saravana Sundar, "Investigation of microstructure characteristics and work hardening behaviour of water-cooled FSW dissimilar aluminium alloys", Materials today communications (SCI), Vol 35, pp 105857, 2022.

5. Kethavath Kranthi Kumar, Adepu Kumar and Korra Nagu, "Mechanical and Corrosion Behaviour of Friction Stir Welded 5083–6061 Aluminium Alloy Joints: Effect of Base Material Position", Transactions of Indian Institute of Metals (SCI), Vol 76, pp 1985–1996, 2023.

Recent Peer Reviewed Journals/Books

1. M.V.N.V. Satyanarayana, G. Manohar, Vikram Kumar S. Jain, Kethavath Kranthi Kumar, Adepu Kumar, and Saravana Sundar, "Influence of cooling media on the electrochemical behavior of friction stir processed Al2014 alloy," The Journal of The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society (TMS) (SCI), Vol. 75, pp 526–536, 2023.

2. Satyanarayana MVNV, Yanda S, Kethavath Kranthi Kumar, et al., "Effect of multi-pass overlapping friction stir processing on fatigue behavior of Al-Cu alloy," Proc IMechE Part L: J Materials: Design and Applications (SCI), 2024 - Published.

3. Korra Nagu, A. Varun, Sandeep Mechiri, Kethavath Kranthi Kumar, MVNV Satyanarayana, and Adepu Kumar et al., "Fatigue behaviour of friction stir welded AA6061 alloy using brass insert," Proc IMechE Part E: Journal of Process Mechanical Engineering (SCI), 2024 - Published.

Patents (if any)

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A warm welcome to the modified and updated website of the Centre for East Asian Studies. The East Asian region has been at the forefront of several path-breaking changes since 1970s beginning with the redefining the development architecture with its State-led development model besides emerging as a major region in the global politics and a key hub of the sophisticated technologies. The Centre is one of the thirteen Centres of the School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi that provides a holistic understanding of the region.

Initially, established as a Centre for Chinese and Japanese Studies, it subsequently grew to include Korean Studies as well. At present there are eight faculty members in the Centre. Several distinguished faculty who have now retired include the late Prof. Gargi Dutt, Prof. P.A.N. Murthy, Prof. G.P. Deshpande, Dr. Nranarayan Das, Prof. R.R. Krishnan and Prof. K.V. Kesavan. Besides, Dr. Madhu Bhalla served at the Centre in Chinese Studies Programme during 1994-2006. In addition, Ms. Kamlesh Jain and Dr. M. M. Kunju served the Centre as the Documentation Officers in Chinese and Japanese Studies respectively.

The academic curriculum covers both modern and contemporary facets of East Asia as each scholar specializes in an area of his/her interest in the region. The integrated course involves two semesters of classes at the M. Phil programme and a dissertation for the M. Phil and a thesis for Ph. D programme respectively. The central objective is to impart an interdisciplinary knowledge and understanding of history, foreign policy, government and politics, society and culture and political economy of the respective areas. Students can explore new and emerging themes such as East Asian regionalism, the evolving East Asian Community, the rise of China, resurgence of Japan and the prospects for reunification of the Korean peninsula. Additionally, the Centre lays great emphasis on the building of language skills. The background of scholars includes mostly from the social science disciplines; History, Political Science, Economics, Sociology, International Relations and language.

Several students of the centre have been recipients of prestigious research fellowships awarded by Japan Foundation, Mombusho (Ministry of Education, Government of Japan), Saburo Okita Memorial Fellowship, Nippon Foundation, Korea Foundation, Nehru Memorial Fellowship, and Fellowship from the Chinese and Taiwanese Governments. Besides, students from Japan receive fellowship from the Indian Council of Cultural Relations.