Faculty Profile

Dr. Guru Prakash

Associate Professor

Department of Metallurgical Engineering

School of Engineering

  guru.prakash@opju.ac.in

  •  PhD in Metallurgical and Materials Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee- 2018.
  •  M.Tech. in Metallurgical and Materials Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee – 2013.
  •  B.E. in Metallurgical and Materials Engineering from National Institute of Technology Technology, Jamshedpur – 2001
  •  Post Graduate Diploma in Steel Technology (PGDST) in Metallurgical and Materials Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur from 2007-2008
  •  Working as an Associate Professor in OP Jindal University, Raigarh (C.G), from Feb 2023 to till date.
  •  Worked as an Assistant Professor (on contract) in Punjab Engineering College (Deemed to be University) from Aug 2022 to Jan 2023.
  •  Worked as an Assistant Professor (on contract) in Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology from Sep 2020 to June 2022
  •  Worked as an Assistant Professor in Maharishi Markandeshwar (Deemed to be University), Mullana-Ambala from June 2018 to Aug 2020
  •  Worked in various positions (Graduate Operations Trainee, Manager, Senior Manager) in Tata Steel Limited from July 2001 to July 2011.
  •  Physical Metallurgy.
  •  Surface Engineering
  •  Iron and Steel Making
  •  Guru Prakash, Ramkishore Anant, R. Gupta, A Bansal, Microwave welding as alternative non conventional welding technique, Advances in Microwave Processing for Engineering Materials (2022), CRC Press, Taylor and Francis, pp 72-86.
  •  Amit Kumar, Guru Prakash, N. K.Batra, Enhancement of adhesive wear resistance of AISI 409 M steel by deposition of WC-10Co-4Cr Powder using GTAW process, Advances in Mechanical Engineering (2021), Springer, pp 481-94.
  •  Guru Prakash, S.K. Nath, Studies on enhancement of silt erosion resistance of 13/4 martensitic stainless steel by low-temperature salt bath nitriding. Journal of Material Engineering and Performance (Springer). Vol. 27 (2018). pp 3206-16
  •  Guru Prakash, S. K. Nath, Slurry erosion behaviour of micron sized TiC modified WC-10Co-4Cr coating on 13/4 martensitic stainless steel by high velocity oxy fuel process, Materials Today: Proceedings (Elsevier), Vol. 5 (2018), pp. 17333-41
  •  Guru Prakash, S.K. Nath, Slurry erosion behaviour of low temperature liquid nitrided 16Cr5Ni martensitic stainless steel, Transactions of Indian Institute of Metals (Springer), Vol. 74 (2021), pp 521-30
  •  Amit Kumar, N.K.Batra, Guru Prakash, Gas tungsten arc welding alloying of AISI 409 M steel with WC-10Co-4Cr to enhance the 3-body wear resistance, Materials Today: Proceedings (Elsevier), Vol. 41 (2021), pp. 935-41
  •  S. Kumar, Guru Prakash, S. Gupta, A. Kumar, S. Dhar, R. Ranjan: Surface defects in High strength hot-rolled strips, Tata Search 2007, pp. 359-68
  •  Guru Prakash, S. K. Nath, Development and characterization of WC-10Co-4Cr Coatings modified with micron sized TiC particles on 13/4 Martensitic stainless steel by High velocity oxy fuel process NMD 2016 at IIT Kanpur, 11th -14th Nov, 2016
  •  Guru Prakash, S. K. Nath, Development of wear resistant nano TiC modified WC-Co-Cr coatings on 13/4 martensitic stainless steel by high velocity oxy fuel process, 3rd International conference on advances in steel, power and construction technology, Raipur, 22nd -23rd Mar 2017
  •  Guru Prakash, S. K. Nath, Development of nano TiC reinforced cermet coating for hydroturbines blades for erosion resistance, 9th International conference on Materials for Advanced technologies, Singapore, 18th -23rd June, 2017
  •  Guru Prakash, S. K. Nath, Erosion studies of WC-10Co-4Cr based cermet coating applied on 16/5 martensitic stainless steel by high velocity oxy fuel process, International conference on Advances in Materials & Processing: Challenges & Opportunities, Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee, 30th Nov- 2nd Dec, 2017
  •  Received MHRD (Government of India) scholarship during PhD at IIT Roorkee
  •  Achieved AIR 184 in Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) in Metallurgy (MT) in the year 2011.
  •  Achieved 3rd rank in M. Tech. in Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering at IIT Roorkee
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