Devang Vipin Khakhar

Devang Vipin Khakhar
Born (1959-04-07) 7 April 1959 (age 65)
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
NationalityIndian
Alma mater
Known forStudies on polymerization
Awards
Scientific career
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Doctoral advisor

Devang Vipin Khakhar (born 1959) is an Indian chemical engineer and the former director of the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay.[1] He is known for his pioneering researches on polymerization[2] and is an elected fellow of all the three major Indian science academies viz. Indian Academy of Sciences,[3] Indian National Science Academy[4] and National Academy of Sciences, India[5] as well as Indian National Academy of Engineering.[6] The Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, the apex agency of the Government of India for scientific research, awarded him the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology, one of the highest Indian science awards for his contributions to Engineering Sciences in 1997.[7][note 1]

  1. ^ "List of Directors". IIT Mumbai. 2017.
  2. ^ "Brief Profile of the Awardee". Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize. 2017.
  3. ^ "Fellow profile". Indian Academy of Sciences. 2016.
  4. ^ "Indian fellow". Indian National Science Academy. 2016.
  5. ^ "NASI fellows". National Academy of Sciences, India. 2016. Archived from the original on 15 March 2016.
  6. ^ "INAE fellows". Indian National Academy of Engineers. 2016. Archived from the original on 3 April 2015. Retrieved 26 January 2017.
  7. ^ "View Bhatnagar Awardees". Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize. 2016. Retrieved 12 November 2016.


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