Professor P.S. Robi graduated from the Department of Metallurgical Engineering and Materials Science, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay in the year 1995. He joined the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati (IITG) in February 1997 as an Assistant Professor. He was elevated to Associate Professor and subsequently became a Full Professor in the year 2007. He is actively involved in research in the area of Materials and Manufacturing Processes. His areas of specialization include development of microalloyed aluminium alloys, creep studies of high temperature alloys, thin-strip casting technology, powder metallurgy, smart materials, deformation mechanism maps, etc. He has published around 60 papers in international journals and conference proceedings.