PROFILE :
Name : Gopal .A
Email : gopal.nitk AT gmail.com

Major Achievements : Gate-2007, 2009 and 2010 qualified

Awards and Distinctions :
1)GATE Fellowship from MHRD&UGC (2yrs)
2)Fellowship from D.R.D.O for the present project

Academic record :
1. Post Graduate Engineering : Materials Engineering
Institute : Dept. of Metallurgical and Materials
Engineering, NITK-Surathkal
%of Marks : 8.1/10
Year of Completion June-2010
2. Master of Science (Physics) Institution : Osmania University, Hyderabad, India
Specialization : Solid state physics
% of marks : 71.0%
Year of completion : 2007
3. Bachelor of Science (MPC)
Institution : Kakatiya University, AP, India
Subjects : Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry
% of Marks : 66.5%
Year of completion : 2005
4. Intermediate (10+2) : Board of Intermediate Education, Andrapradesh
Subjects : Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry
% of Marks : 71%
Year of completion : 2002
5. 10(SSC) : Board of Secondery Education, Andrapradesh
% of Marks : 62.5%
Year of completion : 2000

Research experience : Worked in DRDO sponsored project on “Corrosion Inhibitor Studies” in the part of M. Tech programme, for a year

Teaching experience : Handled physics subjects for both P.G and U.G students for a year in, from 2007-2008

Vacation project : A summer vacation project completed for 45 days in Foundry and forge division at “Hindustan Aeronautics Limited(HAL)”, Bangalore, India

Seminars, Conferences and work shops :
- Participated in International Conference IMTCE-2010 as technical paper presenter, which was held in Helton kuching, Sarawak , Malaysia.
- Technical visit, National University of Singapore, Singapore
- Participated a three day work shop on “Quenching and distortion control” at National Institute of Technology Karnataka(NITK), surathkal.
- Participated a two day work shop on “Process Modeling in Iron making and steel making” at National Institute of Technology Karnataka(NITK), surathkal.
- Participated a three day “Indian Engineering Congress” conducted by INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERS(INDIA) at NITK-surathkal.
- Participated a three day national level conference on “Managing Technical Education for Leveraging Innovation and Entrepreneurship” conducted by INDIAN SOCIETY FOR TECHNICAL EDUCATION ,NEW DELHI.

Research Papers going to publish :
1. “Corrosion Inhibitive effect of Glycine for 6061Al-15%(Vol)SiC(p) composite material in H2SO4 media”. by Gopal.a and Dr.Jagannath nayak, Electrochemical journal, reviewed and accepted.
2. “Corrosion Inhibition of6061Al-15%(Vol)SiC(p) composite material by Glycine in HCl media”. by Gopal.a and Dr.Jagannath nayak, Journal of Material science and engineering, USA, reviewed and accepted on behalf of IMTCE-2010 International Conference, Malaysia.
Computer and communication skills
- Certificate course in computer systems from APTECH computer education
- M.S office, Mat lab, Origin( for mathematical analysis), web designing, Java script, C-language.
- Certificate course in “English Grammar and vocabulary” for a three months conducted by CENTER FOR ENGLISH LANGUAGE TRAINING ,Department of English, University College of Engineering, Osmania University-Hyderabad.

Personal Details :
Date of Birth : 1.03.1984
Age : 26(DOB: 1st, March 1984)
Nationality : Indian

DECLARATION :
I hereby declare that the details given above are true to the best of my knowledge.

Date : 01-11-2010
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