Background
Kothari, Navin Chandra was born on January 18, 1930 in Devagadh, Gujarat, India. Arrived in Australia, 1967. Son of Mohan Lal Lallubhai and Chandra Kanta (Gandhi) Kothari.
Materials science and engineering educator
Kothari, Navin Chandra was born on January 18, 1930 in Devagadh, Gujarat, India. Arrived in Australia, 1967. Son of Mohan Lal Lallubhai and Chandra Kanta (Gandhi) Kothari.
Bachelor of Science, Bombay University, 1950. Bachelor of Science, St. Xavier, Bombay, 1957. Doctor of Philosophy, St. Xavier, Bombay, 1951.
Executive plant metallurgist, Dixon Sintaloy, Stamford, California, 1955-1959; research scholar, part-time lecturer, U. Queensland, 1964-1966; group leader, senior scientist, U. Queensland, 1960-1963; consultant, Unesco/Faculty of Engineering, Paris and Kandy, Sri Lanka, 1967-1968; lecturer to senior lecturer, James Cook University, Townsville, Australia, 1968-1973; reader/associate professor, James Cook University, Townsville, Australia, since 1974. Overseas materials consultant Conart Builders, Bombay, 1978-1990, technical consultant Conart Engineering Ltd., Bombay, 1994. Consultant on materials science and engineering.
Fellow American Society for Materials, Institution of Engineers Australia, Institute of Metals and Materials. Member National Assn of Corrosion Engineers, American Society Metals, American Institute Metallurgical Engineers, American Powder Metallurgy Institute, Australian Institute of Metals, Australian Non-Destructive Testing Society, Concrete Institute of Australia.
Married Ansuya Navin Gandhi, June 6, 1950. Children: Leena Fraser, Niel Kothari.