Background
Achar, Gopala Krishna was born on March 10, 1945 in Shivaganga, Bangalore Distirict, Karnataka, India. Son of Ramammurthy and Nagamani Achar.
educator consultant researcher metallurgical engineer
Achar, Gopala Krishna was born on March 10, 1945 in Shivaganga, Bangalore Distirict, Karnataka, India. Son of Ramammurthy and Nagamani Achar.
Bachelor of Science, Bangalore University, India, 1965. Bachelor in engineering, Indian Institute of Science Bangalore, India, 1968. Master of Science, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, India, 1971.
Doctor of Philosophy, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, India, 1976.
Associate lecturer Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai, India, 1968—1971, lecturer India, 1971—1979. Assistant professor Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai, Tamilnadu, India, 1979—1984, associate professor, Tamilnadu, India, 1984—1988, professor, Tamilnadu, India, since 1988. Guest scientist Gkss Research Center, Geesthacht, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, 1990—1992, Research Center, Juelich, Nord Rhein Westphalia, Germany, 2001—2003.
Married Veena Sastry, February 25, 1993. Married Amrutha Ramarao, May 23, 1970 (deceased March 28, 1990). Children: Amith Gopalakrishnaachar, Ananth Gopalakrishna.