Damodar Acharya
Damodar Acharya is an Indian engineer and educationist. He served as the director of the Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur from July 2007 to 30 June 2012.[1] The government nominated Prof Acharya as a director on the central board of the Reserve Bank of India in October 2012.[2]
Career[]
Professor Damodar Acharya received his Ph.D. (in 1975) and M.Tech. in IE & OR (in 1972) degrees from IIT Kharagpur, and B.Sc.(Engineering) degree in Mechanical Engineering with distinction (in 1970) from NIT Rourkela. Professor Acharya has about 32 years of diversified experience - twenty-seven years of teaching and research experience at IIT Kharagpur, and five years of experience in academic administration as Vice-Chancellor, Biju Patnaik University of Technology, Rourkela, and as Chairman of the All India Council of Technical Education.[1]
Recognition[]
- The Chief Minister of Odisha conferred him with the Think Odisha Leadership Award in 2010, jointly with the former Vice-Chancellor of the Odisha University of Agriculture and Technology, Baidyanath Misra, for their contributions in the field of education.[3]
References[]
- ^ a b "At the helm". Frontline. 1 July 2007. Archived from the original on 27 October 2007. Retrieved 1 July 2007.
- ^ "Reserve Bank of India - Press Releases". Rbi.org.in. Retrieved 2019-03-25.
- ^ Patnaik, Nageshwar (August 17, 2010). "Orissa CM gives away Think Odisha Leadership Awards, 2010" – via The Economic Times.
- ^ "News: India News, Latest Bollywood News, Sports News, Business & Political News, National & International News - Times of India". The Times of India.
- ^ "Pak exploring `porous` LoC: Report". Zee News. 26 July 2000.
- ^ "Clean chit to IIT in student death case - Indian Express". archive.indianexpress.com.
- Indian academics
- Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur alumni
- Living people
- 20th-century births
- Reserve Bank of India