General Information

About MRSI

The Materials Research Society of India came into existence in February 1989, thanks to the farsighted vision of Prof. C N R Rao. Prof. Rao functioned as the first President and laid the foundation for its impressive growth over the past decade. He was succeeded by Prof. P Rama Rao, Prof. S K Joshi, Dr. R Chidambaram, D Chakravorty, Dr. R A Mashelkar, Dr. T Ramasami, Dr. G Sundararajan and Dr. Suresh Das as Presidents. Currently Prof. S B Krupanidhi serves as the President of MRSI.

MRSI functions through 23 Regional Chapters and 11 Subject groups. MRSI is supported by individual members and institutions who will be patrons of the society.

Its current membership includes 4400 Life members, 175 Honorary members and 85 Patron members amounting to a total of 4660 members.