Madaboosi Santanam Ananth is an Indian academic who served as the director of the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras from 2001 to 2011.[1][2] He was presented with The Herdillia award for excellence in basic research in chemical engineering.
M S Ananth | |
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| Born | 1945 (age 78–79) |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Alma mater | University of Florida, Gainesville Alagappa College of Technology, Guindy, Chennai |
| Known for | Thermodynamics |
| Awards | Herdillia award for excellence in basic research in chemical engineering (IIChE 1994) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Chemical engineering |
| Institutions | Indian Institute of Technology, Madras |
| Doctoral advisor | Keith E. Gubbins |
Biography edit
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He did his schooling in Madras Christian College Higher Secondary School.[3] Ananth is an alumnus of Alagappa College of Technology, Chennai, where he completed his bachelor's degree in chemical engineering with a gold medal. Subsequently, he obtained his M.E. and Ph.D.(1972) degrees from University of Florida, Gainesville.[4] His doctoral work at the University of Florida was on molecular thermodynamics, and his advisor was Keith E. Gubbins, a famous British-born internationally renowned scientist, who figures in the list of "hundred great chemical engineers" in America after the post-war years, and who is a distinguished 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).[5] 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, US (summer 1991).
He has held various senior positions such as the head of the department, dean of academic courses and dean of academic research.
Ananth is the head of NPTEL's Project Implementation committee,[6] and the NPTEL program is often referred to as his 'brainchild'.[7] He also serves on the boards of companies, including Chennai Petroleum Corporation Limited, Neyveli Lignite Corporation and Medlab Asia.[8]
Research interests edit
Awards, honors and memberships edit
- Herdillia award for excellence in basic research in chemical engineering (IIChE 1994)
- Fellow, Indian Institute of Chemical Engineering
- Fellow, Indian National Academy of Engineering
References edit
- ^ "PROF. M.S. ANANTH IS THE NEW DIRECTOR OF IIT-CHENNAI". Govt. of India, Press Information Bureau. 21 December 2001. Retrieved 11 July 2009.
- ^ "Scientific Indian". The Hindu. 29 September 2011. Retrieved 4 June 2014.
- ^ "Star-studded 175th b'day for MCC school". The Times of India. 7 October 2010. Retrieved 7 October 2018.
- ^ "New Director for IIT-Madras". The Hindu. 22 December 2001. Archived from the original on 5 November 2012. Retrieved 11 July 2009.
- ^ Mohanty, Meera (8 December 2005). "We want action, not daya or karuna". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 5 November 2012. Retrieved 11 July 2009.
- ^ NPTEL FAQ
- ^ India's Online Science and Engineering Course Now Free for Students Everywhere
- ^ "Chennai Petroleum Corporation Ltd, Officers and Directors, Ananth, M. S., Brief biography". Reuters Finance. Retrieved 11 July 2009.