Mangalaraja Ramalinga Viswanathan is the Full Professor in the Faculty of Engineering and Architecture, Universidad Arturo Prat (Arturo Prat University), Iquique, Chile. Previously, he served as the Full Professor in the Faculty of Engineering and Sciences, Adolfo Ibáñez University, Santiago, Chile, and in the Department of Materials Engineering, University of Concepción at Concepción, Chile. He has worked as the Director of International Relations at the University of Concepción for the period of two years from 2018 to 2019. He served as the Director of the Department of Materials Engineering for the period of six years from 2010 to 2016. He also served as the President of the Chilean Metallurgy and Materials Society (SOCHIMM) for the period of 2015-2017. Life-Member of Indian Ceramic Society (ICS) and Fellow of Indian Institute of Ceramics (IIC). Also, member of The Mineral, Metals and Materials Society (TMS) American Ceramic Society (ACerS) and founder member of PAN American Ceramic Society. He authored/coauthored more than 475 research articles in the refereed international scientific indexing (ISI) journal publications, more than 50 book chapters, eight Chilean and Indian patents, Editor in eight books, and more than 250 research presentations in several International Conferences/Seminars. He has guided more than 50 Engineering Title Thesis, 4 Master Thesis, 12 Ph.D. Scholars and 42 Postdoctoral Researchers.