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The Mind of an Engineer: Volume 2

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Editors:
  1. Purnendu Ghosh

    1. The Executive Director, Birla Institute of Scientific Research, Jaipur, India

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  • Reflects personal experience of eminent engineers and scientists of India

  • Entails motivational and path-breaking innovations by great scientific minds

  • Serves as a rich reference book for young scientists

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Table of contents (37 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxv
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  2. Harnessing Science and Technology for Development: A Governance Challenge in Indian Context

    • Anil Kakodkar
    Pages 1-7

  3. My Tryst with Destiny

    • R. K. Bhandari
    Pages 9-18

  4. An Academic’s Approach to Professional Problems

    • Subhash Chander
    Pages 19-25

  5. Why Can’t We Do It Here? How Early Can Innovation and Entrepreneurship Be Taught?

    • V. S. Ramamurthy
    Pages 27-29

  6. Engineering Education and Sustainable Development

    • R. Natarajan
    Pages 31-35

  7. Innovative Engineering and Leadership for Achieving National Goals

    • Pradeep Chaturvedi
    Pages 37-43

  8. A Journey from a Remote Village to Capital of India

    • S. Sreenivasa Murthy
    Pages 45-55

  9. Exciting Moments of Research

    • Jayanta Mukhopadhyay
    Pages 57-63

  10. The ‘Making’ of the Mind of an Engineer—Some Thoughts on Engineering Education in India

    • A. K. Suresh
    Pages 65-73

  11. No Job Is Small or Big; It Is the Way in Which You Do Makes It Small or Big

    • B. S. K. Naidu
    Pages 75-82

  12. When I Look Back My Career at BARC…

    • Manjit Singh
    Pages 83-84

  13. Engineers—Pre-eminent in Society

    • S. S. Chakraborty
    Pages 85-90

  14. Evolving Ideas of Teaching and Research in Engineering Institutions During My Journey in Academics Over Five Decades

    • Bayya Yegnanarayana
    Pages 91-102

  15. An Engineer’s Prayer to the Blue Fairy

    • Srinivasan Ramani
    Pages 103-108

  16. Grassroot Innovation, Laboratory Experiments and Modeling: Case Study of Appropriate Technology Development

    • A. W. Date
    Pages 109-118

  17. Journey of an Engineer

    • A. L. Chandraker
    Pages 119-125

  18. Challenges in My Journey Towards Achievements

    • J. Krishnan
    Pages 127-129

  19. Nurturing Professionalism

    • Anant V. Patki
    Pages 131-136

  20. Journey of a Teacher-Engineer

    • Ashok Jhunjhunwala
    Pages 137-144
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About this book

This book is a collection of chapters reflecting the experiences and achievements of some of the Fellows of the Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE). The book comprises essays that look at reminiscences, eureka moments, inspirations, challenges and opportunities in the journey of an engineering professional. The chapters look at the paths successful engineering professionals take towards self-realisation, the milestones they crossed, and the goals they reached. The book contains 38 chapters on diverse topics that truly reflect the way the meaningful mind of an engineer works.

Editors and Affiliations

  • The Executive Director, Birla Institute of Scientific Research, Jaipur, India

    Purnendu Ghosh

About the editor

Purnendu Ghosh is the Executive Director, Birla Institute of Scientific Research, Jaipur. Prior to this he was Professor at the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi. He worked at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH), Zurich, Switzerland; University of Melbourne, Australia; National Research Centre for Biotechnology (GBF), Braunschweig, Germany. He has taken a lead role in augmenting bioprocess engineering and biotechnology activities in the country as a member of several Task Forces of the Department of Biotechnology, Government of India. He is the Vice President of Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE), and the founder Editor-in-chief of INAE Letters, a Springer-Nature publication. Besides technical publications, he has written books of different genre.


Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Mind of an Engineer: Volume 2

  • Editors: Purnendu Ghosh

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-1330-5

  • Publisher: Springer Singapore

  • eBook Packages: Engineering, Engineering (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2020

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-15-1329-9Published: 28 November 2019

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-981-15-1332-9Published: 28 November 2020

  • eBook ISBN: 978-981-15-1330-5Published: 18 November 2019

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXV, 316

  • Topics: Job Careers in Science and Engineering, Science Education, Popular Science in Technology

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