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A. V. Anilkumar

PhD (California Institute of Technology)
Guest Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Professor, Vanderbilt School of Engineering
Drop & bubble dynamics, encapsulation

Research Interests

  • Aero thermodynamics, rocket propulsion and flight dynamics
  • Energy conversion wind, thermoelectrics, biodiesel
  • Materials processing float-zones, directional solidification
  • Drop & bubble dynamics, encapsulation

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Achintya Bhowmik

PhD (Auburn University)
Guest Professor, Electrical Engineering
CTO & Executive Vice President of Engineering at Starkey Technologies

Research Interests

  • Human-computer interactions
  • Computer vision and display technologies

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Amb. V. Ashok

Indian Foreign Service (retd.)
Guest Professor, Humanities & Social Sciences
Garwood Fellow and Senior Advisor on Smart Villages, University of California, Berkeley, USA
India's ambassador to Czech Republic and Zimbabwe (2007, 2011)

Research Interests

  • Identify technologies to enable rural communities in India access global markets
  • Engage with key government officials to accelerate innovation and investment in India

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Ashok Joshi

PhD (IIT Bombay)
Guest Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Structural dynamics, Aeroservoelasticity & aerothermoservoelasticity

Research Interests

  • Structural dynamics
  • Aeroservoelasticity & aerothermoservoelasticity
  • Reentry guidance
  • Modelling
  • Navigation
  • Guidance and control of unmanned aerial systems

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Dheeraj Sanghi

PhD (University of Maryland)
Guest Professor, Computer Science & Engineering
Professor, IIT Kanpur

Research Interests

  • Computer networks
  • Protocols
  • TCP/IP
  • IPv6
  • Network security
  • Telecom regulation

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Durgesh C. Rai

PhD (Universty of Michigan)
Guest Professor, Civil Engineering
Professor, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur

Research Interests

  • Experimental seismic behavior of structures
  • Seismic evaluation and strengthening
  • Energy dissipation devices
  • Masonry and Steel-RC composite members

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Harsh Bhargava

MBA (Harvard Business School)
Guest Professsor, Humanities & Social Sciences
Entrepreneurship development

Research Interests

  • Entrepreneurship development

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Jordan Litman

PhD (University of Florida)
Guest Professor, Humanities & Social Sciences
Global quality regulations, US, UK, Europe, Japan and India

Research Interests

  • Quality assurance and regulatory compliance in pharmaceutical and medical device industries
  • Good Laboratory Practices (GLP) in research laboratories
  • Global quality regulations, US, UK, Europe, Japan and India
  • Global quality and regulatory compliance of pharmaceutical and medical device industries

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Lilavati Krishnan

PhD (McMaster University)
Guest Professor, Humanities & Social Sciences
Rtd. Professor, IIT Kanpur

Research Interests

  • Distributive justice
  • Prosocial behaviour
  • Cross-cultural/cultural issues
  • Indigenous concepts in Psychology

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M. Venkataraman

MTech (IIT Madras)
Guest Professor, Civil Engineering
Vice President, Indian Chapter of International Geosynthetics Society
Geotechnical and Geosynthetics

Research Interests

  • Geotechnical and Geosynthetics

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Mahesh Tandon

PhD (University of Hyderabad)
Guest Professor, Civil Engineering
Managing Director, Tandon Consultants Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi

Research Interests

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Mythily Ramaswamy

PhD (University of Paris)
Guest Professor, Mathematics
Faculty, TIFR Centre for Applicable Mathematics

Research Interests

  • Partial differential equations
  • Nonlinear functional analysis
  • Optimal control problems

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Nikhil Balram

PhD (Carnegie Mellon University)
Guest Professor, Electrical Engineering
Head of Display R&D, Google LLC

Research Interests

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Pramod Rastogi

PhD (University of Franche Comté)
Guest Professor

Research Interests

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Pravinray Gandhi

PhD (University of Notre Dame)
Guest Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Business Development Director, Underwriters Laboratories Inc.

Research Interests

  • Fire related problems
  • Theoretical foundation for ignition of materials

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R. P. Chhabra

PhD (Monash University)
Guest Professor, Chemical Engineering
Professor, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur

Research Interests

  • Fluid mechanics of multiphase systems
  • Non-Newtonian fluid-particle mechanics
  • Transport properties of molten salts and metals

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R. S. Bisht

PhD (Kumaun University)
Guest Professor, Archaeological Sciences
Joint Director General (Retd.), Archaeological Survey of India & Padma Shri Awardee, 2013

Research Interests

  • Archaeological research
  • Conservation & environmental development of national mMonuments and administration

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Rajen Jaswa

MBA (Stetson University)
Guest Professor, Electrical Engineering
Managing Director, Jaswa & Company
Entrepreneurship skill development

Research Interests

  • Entrepreneurship skill development
  • Global business strategies
  • Agile product development
  • Customer acquisition and retention
  • Business plan and model development
  • Social media impact assessment
  • Challenges in education in developing countries

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Rajendra Bordia

PhD (Cornell University)
Guest Professor, Material Science & Engineering
Professor and Chair of the Department, MSE, Clemson University

Research Interests

  • Integrating multi-scale simulations and experimental research to design complex microstructures for energy, environment and high temperature applications

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Ramesh Gaonkar

PhD (Syracuse University)
Guest Professor, Electrical Engineering
Inter-disciplinary curriculum design and evaluation

Research Interests

  • Inter-disciplinary curriculum design and evaluation
  • Applications of microprocessor & microcontrollers
  • Designing embedded systems

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Ravi Banavar

PhD (University of Texas)
Guest Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Optimal control, nonlinear control

Research Interests

  • Optimal control, nonlinear control
  • Geometric mechanics
  • Application areas - mechanical (robotics), aerospace (launch vehicles, spacecrafts) and electrical power system networks

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Shyam Sunder

PhD (Carnegie Mellon University)
Guest Professor, Humanities & Social Sciences
Professor, Yale School of Management & Department of Economics

Research Interests

  • Financial reporting
  • Information in security markets
  • Statistical theory of valuation
  • Design of electronic markets

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Srinivas Reddy

PhD (University of California, Berkeley)
Guest Professor
Sanskrit, Tamil and Telugu literary traditions

Research Interests

  • Sanskrit, Tamil and Telugu literary traditions
  • Vijayanagara history
  • Indian classical music traditions
  • Translation studies

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Walter Nils Hakala

PhD (University of Pennsylvania)
Guest Professor
Literature and languages of North India and Central Asia

Research Interests

  • Literature and languages of North India and Central Asia
  • lexicography
  • Mughal and early colonial South Asian history
  • South Asian Islam, Sufism and epigraphy