Dr. Hanumanthu Purushotham assumed charge as the Chairman and Managing Director of National Research Development Corporation (NRDC) last week. Prior to this assignment, he was Scientist-G & Head of Knowledge Management Centre of International Advanced Research Centre for Powder Metallurgy & New Materials (ARCI), Department. of Science & Technology, Government of India, located at Hyderabad. He has about 30 years of diverse experience across the innovation value chain in different industry verticals. He served as scientist in different capacities in various CSIR laboratories of the country.