Sanjay Govind Dhande is an Indian Mechanical engineer and educationist. He is alumnus of
College of engineering Pune. He was Director of the
Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur and was in temporary charge of the
. From the year 2016 to 2020, Professor Dhande was the
Chairman, Board of Governors of
National Institute of Industrial Engineering (NITIE), Mumbai, an Institute established by the Government of India in the year 1963. He was also Chairman, Board of Governors of
National Institute of Technology Delhi
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(NIT Delhi).
Professor Dhande was the founder director of
. He served as a part-time member of Telecom Regulatory Authority of India. Also, he was a member of the Scientific Advisory Council to the
Prime Minister of India
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.
Dhande has worked in the field of
Computer Aided Design
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, Rapid Prototyping,
Rapid Tooling
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and Reverse Engineering. AUTOLAY, an innovative CAD technology, that he developed for the Indian Aeronautical Development Agency is used by several aircraft manufacturers around the world and for the construction of light combat aircraft in India.
is a beneficiary of the protocol signed by the Prime Ministers of India and
Japan
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. Dhande has established another new institute, the Indian Institute of Saddlery Technology and Export Management (IISTEM) at Banther near
Kanpur
Kanpur or Cawnpore ( /kɑːnˈpʊər/ pronunciation (help·info)) is an industrial city in the central-western part of the state of Uttar Pradesh, India. Founded in 1207, Kanpur became one of the most important commercial and military stations o ...
under the aegis of the Indian Ministry of Commerce and Industry, in order to develop the traditional technology available in the region.
He has been assisting the Indian government by preparing the vision documents and charters for the Indian Institutes of Science for Education & Research (IISER) at
Pune and
Kolkata.
He is honored with Padma Shri in 2013.
In 2014, Professor Dhande founded
Mahindra Ecole Centrale, College of
Engineering at
Hyderabad and left the college in 2015.
Publications
Doctoral Dissertation
"Geometrical Synthesis of Two-dimensional and Three-dimensional Cam Mechanisms", Submitted to the Department of Mechanical Engg.,
Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, August 1974.
Books
"Kinematics and Geometry of Planar and Spatial Cam Mechanisms", by Sanjay G Dhande and J Chakraborty.
The book has been published by Wiley Eastern Ltd., New Delhi in 1977 and is being marketed by Wiley International Inc.,
New York City
"Computer Aided Design and Manufacture", by Sanjay G Dhande and S Sampath (editors).
The book has been published by the Committee on Science & Technology in Developing Countries (COSTED),
Singapore and is based on the proceedings of an international seminar on "CAD/CAM - Implications to Development in Asia" held at COSTED,
Madras
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, September 1986.
"Computer Aided Engineering Graphics and Design ", by Sanjay G Dhande.
The book-
manuscript is under preparation. A contract for publication has been signed with Wiley Eastern Publishers Ltd.,
New Delhi
The book is likely to be published.
Awards and honours
1. (1963) "Best Outgoing Student of the class of '63 at Modern High School",
Poona
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, India.
2. (1967) "Mr. D.P. Joshi and Mrs. J.D. Joshi Scholarship", Poona University.
3. (1968) "Mr. A.V.H. Pearce Scholarship", Poona University.
4. (1968) "Mr. D.P. Joshi and Mrs. J.D. Joshi Scholarship", Poona University.
5. (1968) "Kirloskar Brothers Ltd. Scholarship", Poona University.
6. (1968) "Best Student Award", Rotary Club, Poona.
7. (1969) "Principal G.K. Ogale Memorial Prize", Poona University.
8. (1969) "Gold Medal Award of the Institute of Engineers (India) for the overall performance in the Bachelor of Engineering programme".
9. (1987) "Distinguished Lecturer", Computer Society of India.
10. (1987) "Selected as a member of the TC 5.2 Working Group on CAD and Graphics of the
International Federation of Information Processing
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(IFIP)",
Zurich, Switzerland
11. (1990) "Distinguished Instructor (ME 5984, 89-90 / II,
Virginia Tech)"
12. (1992) "Procter & Gamble Best Paper Award (jointly with Paul Tidwell", Charles Reinholtz et al.), ASME Conference.
13. (1996) "Distinguished Tutor (TA 101, 95-96 / II,
IIT Kanpur
The Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur (IIT Kanpur) Hindi: भारतीय प्रौद्योगिकी संस्थान कानपुर) is a public institute of technology located in Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India. It was ...
)"
14. (1996) "Distinguished Teacher (TA 101, 96-97 / I & 96-97 / II, IIT Kanpur)"
15. (1997) "Distinguished Alumnus Award", College of Engineering, Poona University.
16. (2001) Elected as a Fellow of the
Maharashtra
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Academy of Sciences.
17. (2002) Elected as a Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering, New Delhi
18. (2003) Elected as a Fellow of the IETE, India.
19. (2006) Elected as a Fellow of The Institution of Engineers (India).
References
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Living people
Academic staff of IIT Kanpur
Recipients of the Padma Shri in science & engineering
1948 births