Alok Nayar is Manager (Metallurgy) at the Research Centre; Escorts Limited. He holds a B Tech (Hons) degree in metallurgical engineering from IIT Kharagpur, India, and a M S degree in materials science from the University of Minnesota, USA. Prior to joining Escorts Limited, he was a graduate Trainee at TELCO, Jamshedpur, and product development Engineer at TISCO, Jamshedpur.