Sanjay Govind Dhande is an Indian mechanical engineer and educationist. He is alumnus of

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. He was Director of the

Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur The Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur (IIT- Kanpur or IIT-K) is a public institute of technology located in Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India. As an Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), it was declared an Institute of National Importance by ...

and was in temporary charge of the Indian Institute of Information Technology and Management Gwalior. From the year 2016 to 2020, Professor Dhande was the Chairman, Board of Governors of

National Institute of Industrial Engineering The Indian Institute of Management Mumbai (IIM Mumbai or IIM-M), formerly known as the National Institute for Training in Industrial Engineering (NITIE Mumbai) is a reputed graduate business school under the Ministry of Education (India), Gov ...

(NITIE), Mumbai, an Institute established by the Government of India in the year 1963. He was also Chairman, Board of Governors of

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(NIT Delhi). Professor Dhande was the founder director of Indian Institute of Information Technology, Design and Manufacturing, Jabalpur. 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

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. Dhande has worked in the field of

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, Rapid Prototyping, Rapid Tooling 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. Indian Institute of Information Technology, Design and Manufacturing, Jabalpur is a beneficiary of the protocol signed by the Prime Ministers of India and

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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 (Hindustani language, Hindustani: ), originally named Kanhapur and formerly anglicized as Cawnpore, is the second largest city of the Indian States and union territories of India, state of Uttar Pradesh after Lucknow. It was the primary ...

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

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and

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. He is honored with Padma Shri in 2013. In 2014, Professor Dhande founded Mahindra Ecole Centrale, College of

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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.,

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, 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.,

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"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),

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and is based on the proceedings of an international seminar on "CAD/CAM - Implications to Development in Asia" held at COSTED,

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, September 1986. "Computer Aided Engineering Graphics and Design ", by Sanjay G Dhande. The book-

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is under preparation. A contract for publication has been signed with Wiley Eastern Publishers Ltd.,

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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 Pune ( ; , ISO 15919, ISO: ), previously spelled in English as Poona (List of renamed Indian cities and states#Maharashtra, the official name until 1978), is a city in the state of Maharashtra in the Deccan Plateau, Deccan plateau in Western ...

, 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 (IFIP)",

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11. (1990) "Distinguished Instructor (ME 5984, 89-90 / II,

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)" 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,

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)" 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

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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

{{DEFAULTSORT:Dhande, Sanjay Govind Living people Academic staff of IIT Kanpur Recipients of the Padma Shri in science & engineering 1948 births