Dr. N. Anandavalli is Principal Scientist, CSIR - Structural Engineering Research Centre, Chennai. She completed her graduation from University of Madras, 1991 winning "The Rao Bahadur S.Subbarayachariyar Medal" for first rank. She received Ministry of Human Resources Scholarship for pursuing her post graduate studies at PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore (1993). She received the CSIR-JRF and SRF fellowship (1993 - 1996). She was awarded Ph.D. from Anna University (2012) for her work on 'Experimental and analytical studies on laced reinforced concrete and laced steel-concrete composite elements', which was highly commended by Indian and Foreign examiners. Her research interests includ...