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Professor
Department of Design & Department of Mechanical Engineering Dean, Alumni
Relations IIT
Delhi New
Delhi INDIA Email :
pvmrao[at]design.iitd.ac.in |
PROFILE
P.
V. Madhusudhan Rao is professor in departments of mechanical engineering and
design at IIT Delhi. He was also founding head of the department of design. He
is a co-founder of Assistech lab in Khosla school of information technology,
which works towards development of assistive technologies for empowerment of
visually challenged. As a coordinator of IIT Delhi Design Innovation Center
(DIC), he is also responsible for initiating and driving multiple programs in
design, innovation & entrepreneurship.
He
obtained his bachelors in mechanical engineering from college of engineering,
Osmania university, masters in mechanical engineering from IIT BHU and his Ph.D
from IIT Kanpur. He was a guest researcher to US government's National
Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST, USA) five times. He was visiting
scientist to Massachusetts Institute of Technology and visiting faculty to
Stanford University.
His current
teaching and research interests include product design & manufacturing with
a special emphasis on design of medical & assistive devices. He serves on
editorial boards of journal of computing and information science in engineering
published by ASME (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers) and journal of
smart and sustainable manufacturing systems published by ASTM (American Society
of Testing of Materials). He has also served on the editorial board of
International Journal of Machine Tools & Manufacture (Elsevier) and BMJ
Innovations (BMJ Publishing Inc).
He has about 25
patents and designs to his credit many of which have been commercialized. He
and his team’s translational research efforts have led to successful products
and solutions which are presently in the national and international market and
have made an impact. He also serves as founder, board member and scientific
advisor of many start-ups and technology business incubators.
He has carried
out more than sixty five sponsored research, consulting and innovation projects
which were sponsored by organizations such as Department of Science &
Technology (DST), Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), Ministry of
Education (MoE/MHRD), Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology
(MeitY), Department of Biotechnology (DBT), DRDO, Indian National Academy of
Engineering (INAE), Boeing Company, Microsoft, Wellcome Trust (UK), EPSRC (UK),
WHO, Omidyar Network, Bill, Melinda Gates Foundation, BHEL, AIIMS and
Government of Ethiopia. He had joint academic and research activities with many
global universities which include Massachusetts Institute of Technology, TU
Berlin, TU Darmstadt, TU Dresden, UCL London, The University of Sheffield,
EPFL, Virginia Tech, University of Maryland, IUPUI, Auburn University, City
University of Hong Kong and University of Porto.
He has
chaired/served on many academic, research and innovation committees of
government of India which include DST, DBT, ICMR, BIRAC, MeitY, Ministry of
Pharmaceuticals, Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), All
India Council of Technical Education (AICTE), University Grants Commission
(UGC), Ministry of Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises (MSME), Ministry of
Education (MoE), Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, Ministry of
Railways, Ministry of Culture, Ministry of Commerce & Industry, Rashtrapati
Bhavan and Government of Gujarat and Government of Rajasthan. He has also
served as a member of board of governors of IIT Delhi and member of Startup20
Taskforce of G20.
He has
delivered more than 100 keynote/plenary/invited lectures and contributed as a
panelist in many panels including those organized by World Economic Forum,
UNDP, WHO, UNICEF, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), Royal Academy of Engineering
(RAE, UK), PAN IIT, CII, FICCI and National Innovation Foundation.
He has
organized and co-organized multiple conferences and events which include
Indo-Japan joint workshop on manufacturing (with IIT Kanpur), Inclusive
manufacturing forum (with NIAS), India social good summit (with UNDP), National
aeromodelling challenge (with Boeing), human powered vehicle challenge (with
ASME), capacity building workshop for social entrepreneurs (with Harvard
Business School & Tata Trusts), inclusive innovation conference (with
Omidyar network), multiple capacity building programs related to innovation and
entrepreneurship (with Niti Aayog), Joint Innovation Bootcamps (with MIT),
Biodesign Workshops (under Stanford India Biodesign programme), Assistive
Technology Workshops (with WHO) and Assistive Technology Conference (with
Microsoft).
He is a Fellow
of ASME (American Society of Mechanical Engineers) and recipient of Abdul Kalam
Technology Innovation National Fellowship of INAE (Indian National Academy of
Engineering). He is also recipient of IIT Delhi’s K. L. Chopra Faculty Research
Award in Applied Research category in its inaugural year. He has been conferred
with of 2005 Vasvik Industrial Research Award and has received twice national
award by Ministry of Science & Technology.