Born in 1942, he obtained his Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering from A.M.U.), Aligarh (1964), Master’s Degree (Production) from lIT Kharagpur (1966) and Ph.D. from lIT Delhi in 1976.After serving with M/s L&T Ltd. and A.M.U.,Aligarh, he joined DCE as Asstt. Prof. in 1977. He became Prof. in 1982 and founding HOD of PIE Deptt. in 1988. He retired in Dec. 2002. In between, he was Principal of prestigious PEC, Chandigarh (Deemed University) from March 1992 to Dec.2000. He has served as Dean of Faculty of Technology, Member of Court, Member ofAcademic Council and Chairman, Board of Research Studies (Technology), University of Delhi and also as the Dean, Faculty of Engineering & Technology, Punjab University, Chandigarh. He has been associated with academic bodies of many institutions besides being Member of Governing Boards of many renowned Institutions. Contributions of Dr. R. Prakash include introduction of VE and LCC as subject in Engg. Education, starting of new programmes including BE (P&IE) at DCE. Besides, he contributed to acquiring land for new campus of DCE. During his deanship he could make rules for introducing the current system of examination. He started CEE & revived the B.Tech degree for diploma holders at Delhi University. He contributed towards development of PEC which later attained the status of a deemed university. He has been associated with AICTE and has worked as a Member of various Expert Committees from time to time. He was member of Sectorial Committee, NBA and also on many Policy Committees of MHRD, Govt. of India. At present, he is mentor/ auditor for centrally funded institutions (N. I .Ts etc.) underTEQIP. He has authored a book and more than sixty research papers in International and National journals/conferences. Besides he has guided three Ph.D and scores of M.E. dissertations. He was a visiting faculty to lIT, Delhi and has delivered seminar talks at AlT, Bangkok. He is fellow of many learned society like IE India, MSI, ISME, IMA etc. He is awarded Antia Memorial Gold Medal for his research paper by IE (India), in 1996.
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