IIT Bhubaneswar makes some key hires
April 18th, 2010
Update: IIT Bhubaneswar web site is now updated and lists most of the new faculty that have joined.
A key hire that IIT Bhubaneswar recently made is of Prof. S C De Sarkar.
Prof. De Sarkar was the deputy Director at IIT Kharagpur and my teacher (in the Compiler course) when I was doing my B.Tech in Computer Science & Engineering. He was the best teacher I encountered during my B.Tech degree. He has had many star Ph.D students including some who have won the Bhatnagar award.
He has joined IIT Bhubaneswar as the Dean of Faculty. In the words of IIT Bhubaneswar director Prof. Chakraborty: "He is now a great strength of IIT Bhubaneswar."
Some of the other highlights releted to recent hires (obtained from the IIT Bhubaneswar web page) are:
- Dr. C.N. Bhende, Asst. Prof. of Electrical Sciences received the best thesis award at Doctoral level from INAE.
- Dr. Sumanta Haldar Assistant Prof. of school of Infrastructure has been adjudged as the best Ph.D. thesis in India in the field of Geotechnical Engineering by the Indian Geotechnical Society.
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