Niranjan Krishna Naik is an Indian Aerospace Engineer and Professor Emeritus at Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai. He is known for his research work on thermomechanical behavior of textile composites and ballistic impact, low velocity impact, fatigue and fracture of composites. Read More
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