Dr. Vandana Rao, M. E. (Ind. Met.), PhD in process metallurgy from the M. S. University of Baroda, is Associate Professor in Metallurgical and Materials Engineering department in the M. S. University of Baroda. In a career span of 23 years she has guided more than 30 post-graduate students and many under-graduate students as well. She has published more than forty technical papers in reputed national and international journals and has authored a book �Development of Magnesium Alloys for Automobiles� jointly with Sonam Patel. Her areas of interest include mineral dressing, ceramic & composite materials, powder metallurgy, iron making, materials characterization, failure analysis and materials science.