Ashutosh Sharma

Ashutosh Sharma
Born August 22, 1961
Ajmer, Rajasthan
Fields Chemical engineering, Nanotechnology
Institutions Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur
Alma mater Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur
Pennsylvania State University
University at Buffalo

Ashutosh Sharma is an Institute Chair Professor and C V Seshadri Chair Professor at the Department of chemical engineering of Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur. He is the founding Coordinator of DST Thematic Unit of Excellence on Soft Nanofabrication and Chairman of Centre for Environmental Science and Engineering at IIT Kanpur.[1] He is best known for his pioneering research work in the areas of colloids, thin film, interfaces, adhesion, patterning and in the fabrication and application of self-assembled nano-structures.[2][3][4][5]

On January 9, 2015, he was appointed as the Secretary, Department of Science and Technology, Government of India.[6]

Early life

Ashutosh Sharma got his B.Tech degree in Chemical Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur (IIT Kanpur), India in 1982. Sharma graduated with master's degree from Pennsylvania State University in 1984 and three years later obtained his Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from the Buffalo State University.[2]

Career

He is an elected fellow of prestigious societies such as the Academy of Sciences for the Developing World, Indian National Science Academy, Indian National Academy of Engineering, Indian Academy of Sciences and the National Academy of Sciences, India.[7] In 2002, he received Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar award in engineering sciences for his "original pioneering contribution to the understanding of the behaviour of thin films and other highly confined nanoscale systems".[8] In the next year, he was awarded Herdillia Award by the Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers. Again, in 2007, he was awarded Distinguished Alumnus Award from the Indian Institute of Technology in Kanpur.[9] And in the year of 2010, Infosys Science Foundation have awarded him with Infosys Prize in Engineering and Computer Science for his "scholarly scientific contributions in the broad areas of nanoscale surface pattern evolution, instability, and the dynamics of thin liquid and solid films and soft matter.".[10]

He was a member of the editorial board of Chemical Engineering Science from 2007 to 2010. Prior to it, he served on the editorial board of the Journal of Colloid and Interface Science (2000-2002) and Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering (2006-2008). Then, from 2011 to 2013, he was in the editorial board of Nanomaterials and Energy journal. From 2012 to 2014, he served as an Associate Editor of the Journal of Micro - and Nano-Manufacturing. From 2013 to date, he has been serving as an Associate Editor of ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces journal.[11]

References

  1. ↑ "Ashutosh Sharma". Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur. Archived from the original on December 19, 2013. Retrieved December 19, 2013.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Ashutosh Sharma - UB Chemical and Biological Engineering". University at Buffalo. Retrieved August 22, 2014.
  3. ↑ "Revolutionizing sticky goo for tape, notes". CNN. January 9, 2012. Archived from the original on January 14, 2014. Retrieved August 22, 2014.
  4. ↑ "Frogs feet and nano hopes". Mint. Archived from the original on December 19, 2013. Retrieved August 22, 2014.
  5. ↑ Barnes, W. Jon. P. (12 October 2007). "Biomimetic Solutions to Sticky Problems". Science 318 (5848): 203–204. doi:10.1126/science.1149994. (subscription required (help)).
  6. ↑ "Welcome to Department of Science & Technology (DST)". Department of Science and Technology (India). Retrieved February 12, 2015.
  7. ↑ "Dr Ashutosh Sharma wins Infosys Prize, 2010, Nanotech". Careers360. Archived from the original on August 26, 2014. Retrieved August 22, 2014.
  8. ↑ "Awardee Deatils: Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize". CSIR Human Resource Development Group, Govt. of India. Retrieved August 22, 2014.
  9. ↑ "Ashutosh Sharma: Distinguished Alumnus Award - 2007". Dean, Resource and Alumni, IIT Kanpur. Archived from the original on August 26, 2014. Retrieved August 22, 2014.
  10. ↑ "Infosys Prize - Laureats". Infosys Science Foundation. Archived from the original on December 22, 2013. Retrieved August 22, 2014.
  11. ↑ "Editors - ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces". American Chemical Society. Retrieved August 22, 2014.