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Prof. Gangan Prathap
National Institute for Interdisciplinary Science and Technology (NIIST)
CSIR-NIIST, Thiruvananthapuram, India
Education:
B.Tech.(Aero. Engg.) IIT Madras 1974 First class with distinction and first rank
Ph.D. (Aero. Engg.) IIT Madras 1978
Academic Prizes, Honours and Awards:
- First rank in School - Raffles Institution, Singapore 1968
- First rank in Pre-University - Madras Christian College, Madras 1969
- National Prize for 1st rank in India, Joint Ent. Exam to IIT's 1969
- President of India Prize for 1st rank in BTech Degree Course IIT Madras 1969-1974
- DAAD Exchange Fellow, Braunschweig, W. Germany, 1983-84
- Associateship of Indian Academy of Science in 1985
- NAL Foundation Day Award for Outstanding Contributions to Basic Research 1988
- S S Bhatnagar Prize in Science and Technology for 1990
- Honorary Senior Fellow, Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, Bangalore
- Distinguished Alumnus Award of Aero. Soc of India 1996, for best Aero. Engg. alumnus of IIT Madras
- Distinguished Alumnus Award 1999 of IIT Madras
- Chairman, Board of Governors, NIT, Arunachal Pradesh
Positions Held:
1. Institute Fellowship for Doctoral research, IIT Madras, Aug. 1974 - Feb. 1977
2. Research Assistant, Fibre Reinforced Plastics Research Centre, IIT Madras, Mar. 1977 - Aug. 1978
3. Research Associate, National Aeronautical Laboratory, Bangalore, Sep. 1978 - Aug. 1980
4. Scientist, National Aerospace Laboratories, Bangalore, Aug. 1980 – Apr. 2000
5. Scientist-in-Charge, CSIR Centre for Mathematical Modelling and Computer Simulation, Apr. 2000 – Jan. 2008
6. Vice-Chancellor, Cochin University of Science and Technology, Kochi, India 682002, Feb. 2008 – Feb. 2009
7. Vice-Chancellor-in-Charge, Kerala University, Aug. 2008 – Dec. 2008
8. Director, NISCAIR, New Delhi, Feb. 2009 – June 2013
9. Director-in-Charge, CSIR Recruitment and Assessment Board, 2011-2013
10. Outstanding Scientist, NISCAIR, New Delhi, July 2013 – Aug. 2013
11. Outstanding Scientist, NIIST, Thiruvananthapuram, Aug. 2013 -
12. DAAD Exchange Fellow, DLR Inst. of Structural Mechanics, Braunschweig, Germany, Jun. 1983 - Sep. 1984
Membership in Professional Societies:
1. Fellow of the Indian Academy of Sciences
2. Fellow of Indian National Science Academy
3. Life Member of the Indian Society for Theoretical and Applied Mechanics
4. Life Member of the Indian Society for Advancement of Materials and Process Engineering
5. Founder Life Member of the Indian Society for Mathematical Modelling and Computer
Simulation.
6. Member, Current Science Association
7. Fellow, World Innovation Foundation
8. Fellow, Society for Information Science
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