About the Author

Dr K. S. Sai Ram graduated in Civil Engineering from the College of Engineering, Andhra University, Visakhapatnam, in the year 1983. After working for a few months with Unitech Consultants Pvt. Ltd, he joined IIT Bombay and obtained his M.Tech. degree in Aerospace Structures. In 1986, he joined as a lecturer in the Department of Civil Engineering, RVR & JC College of Engineering, Guntur, where he is currently Professor and Head. He obtained his Ph.D. in the year 1992 from IIT Kharagpur in the field of Fibre Reinforced Plastic Composite Materials.

Dr Sai Ram has published ten research papers in international journals and three in national journals. He also presented research papers in conferences. He has guided two candidates towards their Ph.D. degrees and has also supervised six M.Tech. dissertations. He has been teaching the design of steel structures for the last 20 years to undergraduate students of Civil Engineering.