Buchibabu Vicharapu is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Indian Institute of Technology, Palakkad. He completed his M.Tech in Materials Engineering at School of Engineering Sciences and Technology, Ph.D in Mechanical Engineering at Indian Institute of Technology Bombay. His research areas in Welding Science and Technology Fundamental modeling of manufacturing processes Microstructure-property-processing relations Analysis of residual stresses and distortion Additive Manufacturing.