Shyamsunder Mandayam

36+ years experience innovator, researcher and technologist with deep domain expertise in the multidisciplinary area of Nondestructive Evaluation (NDE) of materials, components and structures as applied to aerospace, automotive, power, renewables, oil & gas, defence, nuclear and other industries. Passion to drive, lead and synergize between domains and adjacencies to enable best-in-class solutions using cutting-edge technologies to industrial problems and challenges through collaborations, knowledge sharing and networking. Currently driving the vision and adoption of NDE4.0 by the Indian Industry.

At GE Research -Driving the technology vision and roadmaps for the core area of NDE and Inspection to keep GE at the forefront of this domain with respect to the competition and the prevailing state-of-the-art globally. Incubating, Developing and Transitioning innovative technology solutions and intellectual property for the various business verticals of GE enabling productivity, reliability, safety, cost reductions, and increased efficiency for the various products and processes.

Building, motivating, guiding and shaping the teams and team members to be the world’s best in technology and innovation to solve the industrial challenges. At IGCAR -Developing, Validating and Transitioning the state-of-the-art technologies in NDE and inspection for quality control and asset integrity management of Pressurized Heavy Water Reactors (PHWRs) and Fast Breeder Reactors (FBRs) including the development of new sensors, inspection methodologies, analytics and adaptability and deployment in highly radioactive environments. Adopting the developed expertise to other strategic sectors of defence and space as well as other industries in the power, petrochemical and aerospace sectors needing advanced technologies for their lifecycle management.