Dr. Vishvesh J. Badheka, born 1979, studied Metallurgy at The M.S. University of Baroda, India. He received his Master of Engineering degree in 2001 and his doctorate in July 2007.

He is in receipt of following research projects from different funding agency.

I) In 2001/2002 he got the "Young Scientists Award Scheme" from the Department of Science & Technology (DST), New Delhi, India, for his project "Automatic Narrow Gap Welding" in the form of financial assistance for carrying out further research on this topic for three years.

ii) Recently he is in the receipt of second “Young Scientist Award scheme” from same agency, for the project “Gas Metal Arc Welding with Metal Core Wire” in the year July 2008

iii) He has also received research project on “Weldability aspects of Low Activation Ferritic-Martensitic Steel Welded by Activated Flux Tungsten Inert Gas Welding” from Board For Research in Fusion Science & Technology (BRFST),National Fusion Program of Institute for Plasma Research, Department of Atomic Energy, Gandhinagar, India in the year Sept 2008. Project is on going and is in collaboration with Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research (IGCAR), Kalpakkam.

He has seven international and six national publications to his credit.

Worked as a lecturer at the Metallurgical and Materials Engineering Department of the M.S. University of Baroda for 4.6 years, Since September 2007 has been working as Assistant Professor at Institute of Petroleum Technology,
Pandit Deendayal Petroleum University, Gandhinagar-382007, Gujarat, India.

Specialization:
Metallurgy & Welding Technology.

Research Interest:
Welding Technology for Energy Sector.