Dr. Vidyashankar Buravalla obtained his Ph.D in Aerospace Engineering from IISc in 1998 and has worked in national, International and Multinational R&D entities over the last 3 decades. His areas of expertise include Smart materials and systems, composite materials and structures, continuum mechanics, thermodynamics, fracture mechanics, vibration and damping, NDE and turbomachinery. He recently superannuated as a Principal Engineer from GE Aerospace Research Center in Bangalore where he worked for nearly 13 years. Prior to that, he worked in GM R&D for nearly 10 years, in ADA for 3 years and in Rolls-Royce Technology Center in Sheffield UK for 3 years as Research Fellow. He has 24 Journal and 13 Conference publications and more than 35 technical internal reports. He has 22 International patents awarded and more than 20 patent applications under review/processing. He has received several awards in his R&D career and served as an Adjunct Faculty at IIT-Kanpur between 2008 and 2012. He is associated with several professional bodies and was recently Hon. President of ISSS. He is also the recipient of the Distinguished Career Award from ISSS in 2024.

He is currently associated with Dept. Of Aerospace Engineering at IISc., as Guest Faculty and Consultant.