Prof. Ashok Misra is the Chairman of Intellectual Ventures India, Bangalore. Prior to this he was at the IIT Bombay as its Director, from 2000-08; at IIT Delhi from 1977-2000; and at Monsanto Chemical Co. from 1974-77. He obtained his B.Tech. at IIT Kanpur, M.S. at Tufts University and Ph.D. at the University of Massachusetts. He was awarded the Doctor of Science by Thapar University, Patiala. He is a Fellow of National Academy of Sciences India and was its President from 2006-08 and a Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering.
Prof. Misra is on the Board of Directors of Reliance Industries Ltd., and Rashtriya Chemicals & Fertilizers Ltd. and was on the Board of National Thermal Power Corporation Ltd. for 6 years. He is a member of the International Academic Advisory Panel, Govt. of Singapore and was a member of the Scientific Advisory committee to the Cabinet, Govt. of India. He is or has been on the Boards of several national and international institutions.
He has received several awards which include; S.S. Bhatnagar Memorial Award at the 94th Indian Science Congress; Distinguished Alumnus Awards from University of Massachusetts, IIT Kanpur and Tufts university; Chemtech CEW Awards (Education); National Systems Gold Medal; Qimpro Platinum Standard Award (Education). He has co-authored a book, has 6 patents and published over 100 international publications.
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