Prof. Sanjay Govind Dhande

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Sanjay Govind Dhande is presently working as the Director of Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur and now in additional charge of the Indian Institute of Information Technology & Management(IIITM), Gwalior. He was the Founder Director of PDPM Indian Institute of Information Technology Design & Manufacturing Jabalpur. He served as a part-time member of Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI). Presently, he is a member of the Scientific Advisory Council to the Prime Minister of India (PM-SAC).

Professor Dhande has worked in the field of Computer Aided Design (CAD), Rapid Prototyping, Rapid Tooling and Reverse Engineering. AUTOLAY, an innovative CAD technology, developed for Aeronautical Development Agency by Professor Dhande is being used actively by the leading aircraft manufacturers of the world. AUTOLAY is also used for the construction Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) in India.

He extended support to the Govt. of India for incubating PDPM IIITDM Jabalpur. This Institute is being helped in different areas as part of the protocol signed by the Prime Ministers of India and Japan. Another new Institute called Indian Institute of Saddlery Technology and Export Management (IISTEM) at Banther near Kanpur under the aegis of the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Govt. of India has been established by Professor Dhande, in order to harness the traditional technology available in the region.

He has been extending executive help in preparing the vision documents, charters and background papers for helping the Govt. of India in establishment of Indian Institutes of Science for Education & Research (IISER) at Pune & Kolkata.