RAJ KUMAR
Ranchi, Aug.12: BIT, Mesra Vice-Chancellor Indranil Manna today met Chief Minister Hemant Soren alongwith his registrar Colonel Sukhpal Singh and presented a cheque worth Rs 12.56 lakh to the CM Relief Fund.
Prof. Manna is a JC Bose fellow of DST. He obtained his B. Engg. Degree from Calcutta University (BE College) in 1983, M. Tech. from IIT Kanpur in 1984 and PhD from IIT Kharagpur in 1990. He was a Premchand Roychand Scholar (1992) and a Mouat Medal awardee (1999) of Calcutta University.
He served as an expert in NAAC, NBA, etc. He is a former President of the Indian Institute of Metals and Vice President of the Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE). The University of Kalyani and Kazi Nazrul University had conferred DSc (hc) on him in 2017. He served as the Director of CSIR-CGCRI in Kolkata during 2010-2012 and of IIT Kanpur during 2012-2017. Professor Manna is now the 14th President of INAE since Jan 1, 2021 for the next 2 yrs.
