He has wide experience on NDT testing of castings, forgings, weld joints. He is an expert engineer for in-service, overhaul (MRO) inspection of Aerospace, Sugar and Cement plant equipment. In addition, has experience in quality control activities of pressure vessels fabrication, chemical plants, process plants, inspection of cross country pipe lines.
Ravi Kumar Thammana is currently ‘Vice President’ (South), The Indian Institute of Welding (IIW), India. He served as ‘Chairman – The Indian Institute of Welding IIW India Bengaluru branch’. Present member Central Council at IIW India, Kolkata. He is the Past Vice Chairman ISNT, Bengaluru. Jury, India skills on welding, working with Capital Goods Sector Council & Ministry of Skill Development, Government of India.
Presently, he is a member of The American Society for Nondestructive Testing (ASNT), Ohio, USA, Associate Member of Institution of Engineers (India)-Kolkata, Aeronautical Society of India and a Chartered Engineer. Also, Joint Secretary, The Indian Institute of Metals (IIM), Bengaluru chapter. A training management board (TMB) member for ISNT, head quartered at Chennai.
He is the Course Director for Pre-conference tutorials (PCT) for NDE2020, NDE2021 and NDE2022 at ISNT.