Rate My Professor C. Chandrasekhara Sastry

Dr. C. Chandrasekhara Sastry is an Assistant Professor (Grade-I) in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the Indian Institute of Information Technology Design and Manufacturing Kurnool (IIITDM Kurnool). He earned his Ph.D. in Manufacturing Engineering from the College of Engineering Guindy, Anna University, Chennai in 2020, an M.E. in Computer Integrated Manufacturing from the same institution in 2015, and a B.E. in Mechanical Engineering from P.E.S. Institute of Technology, Bangalore, affiliated to Visvesvaraya Technological University, in 2012. Sastry's career trajectory at IIITDM Kurnool began in December 2019 as Temporary Faculty, advancing to Assistant Professor (Grade II) in December 2020 and to his current Grade-I position in October 2023. Previously, he served as a Teaching Fellow in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Anna University from March 2016 to November 2019, an Assistant System Engineer Trainee in the Engineering Division at Tata Consultancy Services from September 2015 to July 2016, and a Project Associate in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at IIT Madras from September 2012 to May 2013.

His research specializations include Additive Manufacturing, Advanced Manufacturing Processes, and Production Engineering. Sastry has been awarded the Indian National Science Academy (INSA) Visiting Scientist fellowship for the fiscal year 2024-2025. Key publications from his work include 'Investigation of boring on gunmetal in dry, wet and cryogenic conditions' in Journal of the Brazilian Society of Mechanical Sciences and Engineering (2020), 'Experimental investigation on boring of HSLA ASTM A36 steel under dry, wet, and cryogenic environments' in Materials and Manufacturing Processes (2019), 'Experimental investigation of dry, wet and cryogenic boring of AA 7075 alloy' in Materials and Manufacturing Processes (2019), 'Enhancing biofunctional coatings on selective laser sintered polyamide using pulsed laser deposition for implant applications' in Materials Chemistry and Physics (2025), 'Experimental Investigation of Dry and Cryogenic Friction Stir Welding of AA7075 Aluminium Alloy' in Advances in Materials Science and Engineering (2021), and '3D printing of shrimp derived chitosan with HAp as a bio-composite scaffold' in Materials and Manufacturing Processes (2022). His scholarly output, as profiled on Google Scholar with over 580 citations, underscores his contributions to manufacturing processes and materials science.