Shrikant Lele (born 1943) is an Indian metallurgical engineer and a distinguished professor of

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. He is a former director of the Institute of Technology of the university (2002–05) and is known for his studies on structural metallurgy. He is credited with reportedly original work on

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effects, solid state and

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transformations as well as

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in alloys and

electron diffraction Electron diffraction refers to the bending of electron beams around atomic structures. This behaviour, typical for waves, is applicable to electrons due to the wave–particle duality stating that electrons behave as both particles and waves. Si ...

from

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. His researches have been documented in several peer-reviewed articles; and

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the online article repository of Indian Academy of Sciences has listed 33 of them. Born on 24 January 1943, Shrikant Lele is the author of a book, ''Thermodynamics of Materials (Cambridge Solid State Science Series)'' and has also contributed chapters to books published by others. He is associated with the INSPIRE program of the Department of Science and Technology as a member of its Engineering section and is an elected fellow of the

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, and the

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. The

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, the apex agency of the Government of India for scientific research, awarded him the

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, one of the highest Indian science awards for his contributions to Engineering Sciences in 1987. He received the Professor Brahm Prakash Memorial Medal of the

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in 2010. The

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organized a conference on ''Advanced X-Ray Techniques in Research and Industry'' in honour of Lele on the occasion of his 60th birth anniversary.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Lele, Shrikant Recipients of the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Award in Engineering Science 1943 births Indian scientific authors Fellows of the Indian Academy of Sciences Fellows of The National Academy of Sciences, India Banaras Hindu University alumni Banaras Hindu University faculty Engineers from Uttar Pradesh Indian metallurgists Living people