Biography of D.Ramakrishna Naidu

Author of “Retrofitting the TARDAMS*”, Invention, Robotics, Industrial Automation, Design Engineering, R&D for Defence and Industry are his passion.
( Paper selected and presented by invitation at global MAST Confex 2006 in NICE, France, September 4, 2006)

He has done projects in the above fields, spanning 43 years and is writing a book on these, titled “108 Engineering Delights”.

TARDAMS, the acronym for The Artec Robotic Docking And Movement System is invented by him for “Force Exponentiation”, besides overcoming the severe operational limitations and high stresses imposed on helicopters by the existing handling systems on board Frigates/Corvettes and Destroyers. He has been part of the CAE design team as Naval domain Consultant on Helicopter Traverse systems for P-17(“Sea King” Heavy Helicopter), AOPV(Advanced Light Helicopter) and KDX (Lynx Helicopter for Korean Destroyer) projects.

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A heavy load (76 Tonnes) comprising 2 conjoined end-pieces of the Grinding mill of a massive minerological plant (7.6 Million tonnes p.a), being deftly unloaded from a 100 tonne carrier truck which was on the verge of tilting over into a deep gorge, under the direct direction of D. Ramakrishna Naidu. This timely operation not only saved the costly Mill parts but also prevented a major slippage in the tight construction schedule. This project (14,000 tonnes of process plant) was successfully completed ahead of schedule by 90 days (out of 620 days) and substantially below budget by a very dedicated team of 150 Engineers and 1350 workmen under the charge of D.Ramakrishna Naidu (1977-1980)

A 3-Axis Grinder/Milling jig designed, built and delivered in a short time of 2 weeks for structural steel columns end Milling for aligned fitting of Foundation Base plates, by D.Ramakrishna Naidu (1981) as Proprietor of Trueman Engineering (since merged with Artec Sriman Controlls)