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.
<p>Thermodynamics is the very basic science to appreciate all engineering disciplines, more particularly the chemical, metallurgical and mechanical engineering in terms of the efficiencies in various related operations that is why metallurgical thermodynamics has been developed specifically to understand the metallurgical engineering processes and their energy efficiencies. Any change is driven by the potential driving it. Thermodynamics is the tool to appreciate that potential and to assess the related energy efficiency. Hence thermodynamics is the basic tool that helps to assess finally the economics of any metallurgical process. The more one understands it the better. The present book attempts to explain the very basic thermodynamic concepts underlying metallurgical engineering operations and therefore the related economics.<br></p>
