M. A. Ramlu

Madisetti Anant Ramlu (born 1927) served as the founder and first Head of the Department of Mining Engineering at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) in Kharagpur, India, from 1958 until 1987, when he retired as the Deputy Director & Acting Director of IIT Kharagpur. He is an expert in the area of mines safety, machinery, and open-cast mining. He received his BS in Mining & Metallurgy from the Banaras Hindu University (BHU) and his PhD in Mining Engineering from Germany (Bergakadamie Clausthal). Details on his doctoral thesis are available at "Ablagerung von feinem Kohlenstaub in einem Staubversuchsraum unter Tage". (1956) Madisetti, Anant Ramlu., Clausthal, Bergak., F. f. Bergbau u. Hüttenw., Diss. v. 16. Juli 1956 (Nur in beschr. Anz. f. d. Aust.).
Dr. M. A. Ramlu is married to Saroja, and has two sons - Dr. Vijay K. Madisetti of Georgia Institute of Technology and Dr. Avanindra Madisetti of Mobius Semiconductors in Irvine, California. Prof. Madisetti A. Ramlu was recently awarded the 2009 S. K. Bose Memorial Teaching Excellence Award by the Mining, Geological, and Metallurgical Institute (MGMI) of India.

• Madisetti Anant Ramlu (1991). Mine Disasters and Mine Rescue. Rotterdam: A.A. Balkema. ISBN 90-6191-964-9. 
• Madisetti Anant Ramlu (1996). Mine Hoisting. Rotterdam ; Brookfield, VT: A.A. Balkema. ISBN 90-5410-298-5.