R.H. Tupkary Dr. R. H. Tupkary graduated in Met. Engg. from Bananas Hindu University in 1959 in first class and was placed at third position in merit list. He completed M.Eng.Sci. and Ph.D. from University of Melbourne in 1963 and 1966 respectively. He worked as a lecturer in Met. Egg. during 1959-62 and Reader during 1966-1970 period in BHU and then joined Visvesvaraya Regional College Engineering, Nagpur as Professor and later became head and voluntarily retired in 1994. Dr. Tupkary is a recipient of Binani Gold Medal of Indian Institute of Metals in 1972 and Distinguished Alumnus Award of BHU in 1988. He has published several technical papers and is more known for his two books, one on Steel Making and the other on Iron Making which are very popular textbooks of the subjects since 1977. Out of these two books, "Steel Making" was written when he was confined in Nagpur Central Jail during the emergency period of 1975-77. During his tenure as professor in VRCE, he was actively associated with Nagpur University, through its various academic and administrative bodies as their elected member. He has also worked as Managing Director of one Marathi daily published from Nagpur during the period 1994-97. He is committed social worker and is associated with varieties of such activities at and around Nagpur.