Dhanasekharan Natarajan, electronics engineer from College of Engineering, Guindy, India, obtained his post-graduate in engineering production from the University of Birmingham, UK. His professional achievements at Bharat Electronics and Radiall Protectron include the application of reliability techniques for defense equipment, root cause analysis on electronic component failures, qualification testing of electronic components as per US and Indian military standards and designing and implementing computerized quality management systems. He retired as Assistant Professor from RV College of Engineering, Bangalore.

• Overview on Reliability Design.- Generic Stress Factors and De-rating.- Selection and Application of Components.- Failure Mode and Effects Analysis.- Overstress Analysis.- Reliability Evaluation of Electronic Equipment.- Failure Data Management.- Reliability Database System for Design.- Reliability Mathematics for Analyzing Failure Data.

Dhanasekharan Natarajan, electronics engineer from College of Engineering, Guindy, India, obtained his post-graduate in engineering production from the University of Birmingham, UK. His professional achievements at Bharat Electronics and Radiall Protectron include the application of reliability techniques for defense equipment, root cause analysis on electronic component failures, qualification testing of electronic components as per US and Indian military standards and designing and implementing computerized quality management systems. He retired as Assistant Professor from RV College of Engineering, Bangalore.

• Overview on Reliability Design.- Generic Stress Factors and De-rating.- Selection and Application of Components.- Failure Mode and Effects Analysis.- Overstress Analysis.- Reliability Evaluation of Electronic Equipment.- Failure Data Management.- Reliability Database System for Design.- Reliability Mathematics for Analyzing Failure Data.