his credit nearly 160 journal papers, 30 edited volumes and over 50 publications in conference proceedings. Other contributions Rama Rao contributed to setting up the Heavy Alloy Penetrator Plant, Tiruchirapalli, the first full-fledged ordnance factory to come up in India based on indigenous R&D, the International Advanced Research Center for Powder Metallurgy & New Materials, Hyderabad, Non-Ferrous Materials Technology Development Center, Hyderabad, National Institute of Ocean Technology, Chennai, Safety Research Institute, Kalpakkam and the Technology Development Board of DST. He was Editor of the Transactions of the Indian Institute of Metals and the Bulletin of Materials Science and served on the Editorial boards of Materials Science and Engineering (an international journal), International Journal of Fatigue and International Journal of Pressure Vessels and Piping. He also served as INSA Council Member. Recognition Professor Rama Rao was conferred the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Engineering Science in 1979, Homi J. Bhabha Award for Applied Sciences (1986), Padma Shri (1989), Prize for Materials Science by INSA (1989), Tata Gold Medal (1992) by Indian Institute of Metals (IIM), Platinum Medal (1994), National Metallurgist by the Union Ministry of Steel (1999), Jawaharlal Birth Centenary Award by the Indian Science Congress Association (ISCA) (1999), Padma Bhushan (2001), Sisir Kumar Mitra Memorial Lecture Award (2001), Meghnad Saha Medal (2004), Millennium Plaque of Honour (2003), Life Time Achievement Award" instituted by the Ministry of Steel, Government of India, Ashutosh Mukherjee Memorial Award (2009), G. M. Modi Award For Innovative Science, 2011 & Technology and Padma Vibhushan, 2011. He was elected International Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering (UK), the Academy of Sciences for the Developing World, Ukrainian Academy of Sciences, Kyiv, Indian Academy of Sciences, Bangalore, US National Academy of Engineering (2012), National Academy of Sciences, India, Allahabad and Indian National Academy of Engineering. He has been President, Indian Academy of Sciences, Bangalore (1995–98), Indian National Academy of Engineering (2001–02), ISCA (General President) (1997–98), IIM (1990–91), Materials Research Society of India (1992–94), Indian Nuclear Society (2008–09), and International Congress on Fracture (1989–93); and Vice-President, International Union of Materials Research Societies (2002–03). American Society of Materials awarded him their Distinguished Life Membership in 2004. See also Department of Science and Technology, Government of India Notes Living people 1937 births Scientists from Hyderabad, India Indian metallurgists Fellows of the Indian National Science Academy Recipients of the Padma Vibhushan in science & engineering Recipients of the Padma Bhushan in science