Dr.Pradeep Kumar Krishnan is a senior grade faculty, department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, National University of Science and Technology (NUST), Muscat, Sultanate of Oman.
He is very much interested in research, teaching and learning. He has obtained a Ph.D. from one of the most prestigious universities “The National Institute of Technology Durgapur (NIT-D)” in India, focusing on all areas relating to production process, characterization and mechanical behavior of engineering and engineered materials. He is professionally engaged for 16 years in the field of Teaching & Research in various countries such as India, Malaysia, and Oman. He has received many awards such as Best Faculty Award 2020, Young Researcher Award 2021, Promising Scientist Award 2021, Fellow membership of I2OR, FSAS, and so on. He is a life time member of Indian Welding Society (IWS) and also a certified Chartered Engineer (CEng) being issued by the Institute of Engineers, India (IEI).
He has published more than 10 research papers in various national & international journals with high Impact Factor and citations and participated more than 10 National and International Conferences, participated more than 65 Seminars/Webinars, participated more than 20 short term trainings and participated more than 20 staff development workshops around the globe. He has published 2 book chapters to Elsevier publications. He has coordinated over 100 industrial visits to undergraduate students between 2015 and 2020. He has Arranged short-term hydraulic and pneumatic courses for Royal Yacht, Sultanate of Oman (2017) and Royal Navy, Sultanate of Oman (2018) technicians. In addition, over the period from 2008 to 2020 he has directly mentored, supervised and successfully graduated over 48 undergraduate and graduate students.