• B.E in Mechanical Engineering from Osmania University, Telangana (University Gold Medalist – 2014 Batch)
• PhD in Mechanical Engineering from NIT Warangal (External Candidate) Telangana and worked in the International Advanced Research Centre for Powder Metallurgy and New Materials (ARCI) Hyderabad, Government of India in Centre for Laser Processing of Materials

• Additive manufacturing technologies
• Laser materials processing (High-speed laser hardening, welding, remelting, alloying, and cladding)
• Computational Modelling of Multiphysics Systems
• Data-Driven and Physics-Informed Machine Learning for manufacturing
• Advanced materials design and characterisation
• Process Control and Optimisation

Industry-sponsored application development Projects:

• National Engineering Industries Ltd. (NBC Bearings): Design and development of laser surface treatment process on taper roller bearing elements to enhance load bearing capacity and life. (TRL: 7, Patents Granted (Indian): 02)
• GE Aerospace: Development of laser hardening process on gas turbine compressor vanes to improve droplet erosion resistance. (TRL: 5)
• Tata Steel Ltd.:

Development of laser surface treatment process for TMB of auto-body parts. (TRL: 7)

Development of Laser softening process on automotive high strength steels to enhance        formability   for   auto-body components. (TRL: 5)

Government funded R&D Projects:

• NTPC: Technology of laser-clad coated for life improvement of boiler nozzle used in thermal power plants, (TRL: 9)
• IGCAR: Development of Technology of Hardfacing of Fast Breeder Reactor Components by laser surfacing process (TRL: 7)

Inhouse Projects:

Development of laser processing solutions for various applications such as hardening of turbine blade, casting rollers, textile processing wires, dissimilar and similar welding of steels, welding of high temperature materials such as steels and superalloys, coating for nuclear components, welding of special solenoid valves and laser surface processing to develop exotic coatings with metal-matrix composites.

• Anusha, Adepu Kumar, S M Shariff, “Effect of spheroidization on laser surface hardening of bearing steel and its sliding wear performance”, Tribology Transactions, accepted (2025).
• Anusha, “Exploring Surface Finishing Approaches in Additive Manufacturing: Techniques, Outcomes, and Future Directions”, Manufacturing Technology Today (MTT), Vol no. 23, Issue no. 1-2, Jan-Feb 2024.
• Anusha, Adepu Kumar, S M Shariff, “Numerical and Statistical Modelling of High Speed Rotating Diode Laser Surface Hardening Process on a Steel Rod”, Optics and laser Technology, Vol. 143, 107309.
• Anusha, Adepu Kumar, S M Shariff, “Finite element analysis and experimental validation of high-speed laser surface hardening process”, The International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology, 115(7), 2403-2421.
• Aqeel Mohd, Gautam JP, Anusha E, and Shariff SM, “High-Power Fiber-coupled Diode Laser Welding of 10-mm Thick Inconel 617 Superalloy”, Journal of Laser Applications, 36, 012008.
• Anusha, Adepu Kumar, S M Shariff, “A novel method of laser surface hardening treatment inducing different thermal processing condition for Thin-sectioned 100Cr6 steel”, Optics and Laser Technology, vol. 125, 106061.
• Anusha, Adepu Kumar, S M Shariff, “Diode laser surface treatment of bearing steel for improved sliding wear performance”, Optik- International Journal for Light and Electron Optics, vol. 206, 163357.
• Anusha, Adepu Kumar, S M Shariff, “Diode Laser Surface Treatment of Bearing Steel for Improved Sliding Wear Performance”, 22nd International Conference on Wear of Materials (WOM), Florida, US.
• Anusha, Adepu Kumar, G. Padmanabham, S M Shariff, “Novel Technique of Controlling Heat Input for Core Retention & Reduction in Distortion in Laser Surface Treatment of Bearing Racer”, Article in Bulletin of ILA, Vol.29, No.3, Pg.35-45.
• Sai Krishna VP, Jitender Kumar Chaurasia, Epparla Anusha, S.M. Shariff, Srikanth Bontha, “Understanding Thermal Behaviour during Laser Surface Melting of SS 316L”, Poster Presentation in Conference: National Metallurgy Day and Annual Technical Meeting of IIM 2018 at Kolkata, India.
• Debjit Misra, Balmukund Dhakar, E. Anusha, S. M. Shariff, Suman Mukhopadhyay, Satyajit Chatterjee, “Evaluation of Nanomechanical and Tribological Properties of Laser Surface Alloyed Boride-Nitride-Carbide Ceramic Matrix Composite Coatings”, Ceramics International, Vol. 44 , Pg.17050-17061.
• E Anusha, S M Shariff, G Padmanabham – Laser based surface engineering for life enhancement of power plant components, Proceedings of International Conference on Surface Engineering, New Delhi, India, pp. 1-15, 2016.
• E Anusha, S M Shariff, G Padmanabham – Investigation on effect of laser pulsing parameters on surface hardening of bearing steel, presented paper at National symposium of Mechanical Engineering and Research Scholars (NSMERS) symposium held at NIT-Warangal, India.
• E Anusha, S M Shariff, G Padmanabham – Diode laser surface treatment of bearing steel for improved mechanical and tribological properties, Poster presented at International conference on Applications of Lasers in Manufacturing, CALM 2015 held at Pragati Maidan, New Delhi, India.

• Awarded the Woman Professional Achiever Award 2025 by eMERG for excellence in science and technology.
• Awarded the IGSTC Paired Early Career Fellowship (PECFAR) 2025 for collaborative applied research between India and Germany.
• Successfully completed industry application oriented laser-based manufacturing with prestigious organizations such as NEIL, GE, TSL, DRDO, NTPC: 05 (TRL > 5) and 01 (TRL: 9)
• Awarded Indo-German Science and Technology (IGSTC) prestigious Post-doctoral Industrial Fellowship (PDIF) in 2022.
• Awarded SERB financial grant for attending “International Conference on Wear of Materials, USA (April 2019)”.
• Received best paper award for paper presentation titled “Investigation on effect of laser pulsing parameters on surface hardening of bearing steel”, presented at NSMERS symposium (2016), NIT Warangal, India.
• Awarded ARCI Fellowship as Junior Research Fellow, followed by being promoted to Senior Research Fellow in International Advanced Research Centre for Powder Metallurgy and New Materials (ARCI), Hyderabad, in 2015.
• University Gold Medalist from Osmania University, TS, for the academic year (2010-2014) in B.E (Mechanical Engineering)

• Patent No: 202541029824 Filed Indian patent on- A Method for surface re-engineering for metal blank or part improving formability using laser processing.
• Patent No: 202441021099, Granted Indian patent on- A process to improve strength and other properties of cylindrical metallic parts and components for engineering applications.
• Patent No: 202211005404, Granted Indian patent on- Autogenous laser welding system and method for joining thick metallic parts without filler wire feeder.
• Patent No: 201711046511, Granted Indian patent on – A system for treating a surface of bearing components and a process thereof.
• Patent No: 201611034362, Granted Indian patent on- A laser-based surface processing apparatus and a method to process metallic materials and components.