M. S. Ananth
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Madaboosi Santanam Ananth is an India
n academician who was appointed as Director, Indian Institute of Technology, Madras
in December 2001.
, Chennai
where he completed his Bachelor's in Chemical engineering with a gold medal. Subsequently, he obtained his M.E. and Ph.D.(1972) degrees from University of Florida
, Gainesville
. His doctoral work at the University of Florida
was on molecular thermodynamics, and his advisor was Professor Keith E. Gubbins, a famous British-born internationally renowned scientist, who figures in the list of "hundred great chemcial engineers" in America after the post-war years, and who is presently a distnguished professor at the North Carolina State University, Raleigh.
He was a visiting faculty at Princeton University
(1982–83) and a visiting scientist at National Institute of Standards and Technology
, Boulder, Colorado
(1990–91). He was a Visiting Scientist in the National Institute of Standards and Technology, Boulder, Colorado (1990–91), in RWTH, Aachen, Germany (Summer 1983 and Summer 1999) and a Visiting Thermodynamics Expert in Aspen Tech, Massachusetts, USA (Summer 1991).
He has held various senior positions such as Head of the Department, Dean of Academic Courses and Dean of Academic Research.
Ananth is the head of NPTEL
's Project Implementation committee. He also serves on the Board of companies including Chennai Petroleum Corporation Limited, Neyveli Lignite Corporation
and Medlab Asia.
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
n academician who was appointed as Director, Indian Institute of Technology, Madras
Indian Institute of Technology Madras
The Indian Institute of Technology Madras is an engineering and technology school in Chennai in southern India. It is recognized as an Institute of National Importance by the Government of India...
in December 2001.
Biography
Ananth is an alumnus of Alagappa College of TechnologyAlagappa College of Technology
Alagappa College of Technology is an educational institution that offers higher education in Engineering, Technology and allied Sciences. This college was established in the year 1978 by combining three technological departments of University of Madras as a constituent part of Anna...
, Chennai
Chennai
Chennai , formerly known as Madras or Madarasapatinam , is the capital city of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, located on the Coromandel Coast off the Bay of Bengal. Chennai is the fourth most populous metropolitan area and the sixth most populous city in India...
where he completed his Bachelor's in Chemical engineering with a gold medal. Subsequently, he obtained his M.E. and Ph.D.(1972) degrees from University of Florida
University of Florida
The University of Florida is an American public land-grant, sea-grant, and space-grant research university located on a campus in Gainesville, Florida. The university traces its historical origins to 1853, and has operated continuously on its present Gainesville campus since September 1906...
, Gainesville
Gainesville, Florida
Gainesville is the largest city in, and the county seat of, Alachua County, Florida, United States as well as the principal city of the Gainesville, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area . The preliminary 2010 Census population count for Gainesville is 124,354. Gainesville is home to the sixth...
. His doctoral work at the University of Florida
University of Florida
The University of Florida is an American public land-grant, sea-grant, and space-grant research university located on a campus in Gainesville, Florida. The university traces its historical origins to 1853, and has operated continuously on its present Gainesville campus since September 1906...
was on molecular thermodynamics, and his advisor was Professor Keith E. Gubbins, a famous British-born internationally renowned scientist, who figures in the list of "hundred great chemcial engineers" in America after the post-war years, and who is presently a distnguished professor at the North Carolina State University, Raleigh.
He was a visiting faculty at Princeton University
Princeton University
Princeton University is a private research university located in Princeton, New Jersey, United States. The school is one of the eight universities of the Ivy League, and is one of the nine Colonial Colleges founded before the American Revolution....
(1982–83) and a visiting scientist at National Institute of Standards and Technology
National Institute of Standards and Technology
The National Institute of Standards and Technology , known between 1901 and 1988 as the National Bureau of Standards , is a measurement standards laboratory, otherwise known as a National Metrological Institute , which is a non-regulatory agency of the United States Department of Commerce...
, Boulder, Colorado
Boulder, Colorado
Boulder is the county seat and most populous city of Boulder County and the 11th most populous city in the U.S. state of Colorado. Boulder is located at the base of the foothills of the Rocky Mountains at an elevation of...
(1990–91). He was a Visiting Scientist in the National Institute of Standards and Technology, Boulder, Colorado (1990–91), in RWTH, Aachen, Germany (Summer 1983 and Summer 1999) and a Visiting Thermodynamics Expert in Aspen Tech, Massachusetts, USA (Summer 1991).
He has held various senior positions such as Head of the Department, Dean of Academic Courses and Dean of Academic Research.
Ananth is the head of NPTEL
NPTEL
The National Programme on Technology Enhanced Learning is a Government of India sponsored collaborative educational programme. By developing curriculum-based video and web courses the programme aims to enhance the quality of engineering education in India...
's Project Implementation committee. He also serves on the Board of companies including Chennai Petroleum Corporation Limited, Neyveli Lignite Corporation
Neyveli Lignite Corporation
Neyveli Lignite Corporation Limited is a government-owned lignite mining and power generating company in India. NLC operates the largest open-pit lignite mines in India, presently mining 24 MT of lignite and has an installed capacity of 2490 MW of electricity per year. It also supplies a large...
and Medlab Asia.
Awards, honors and memberships
- Herdillia award for excellence in basic research in chemical engineering (IIChE 1994)
- Fellow, Indian Institute of Chemical Engineering
- Fellow, Indian National Academy of EngineeringIndian National Academy of EngineeringThe Indian National Academy of Engineering was founded in 1987 with the aim of promoting and advancing the practice of engineering and technology in the country....
External links
- Ananth at Indian Institute of Technology, Madras