Dr. Chetput Venkatasubban Seshadri (14 April 1930 – 17 September 1995) was a distinguished Indian chemical engineer.[1][2] He has received his PhD from Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh. He was then at Massachusetts Institute of Technology as a research associate. He started his independent academic career as an assistant professor of IIT Kanpur in 1965. Later he became a professor and finally the head of the Chemical Engineering Department of IITK. He also served as the dean of students affairs at IITK.[3]

He was the founding director of the Shri AMM Murugappa Chettiar Research Centre.[4] During his tenure as a director, this Research Center won Jamnalal Bajaj Award for Application of Science and Technology for Rural Development in 1981.[3][5]

In 2008, the C. V. Seshadri chair of professorship was instituted at the Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur.[6] Prof. Yogesh M. Joshi is the present occupant of this chair.[7]

References

  1. ↑ "Institute Distinguished Lecture in Chemical Engineering (in the memory of Professor C. V. Seshadri)". IIT Bombay. Retrieved 7 January 2011.
  2. ↑ "The Murugappas: Distinguished Philanthropic Family". Forbes (India). Retrieved 7 October 2014.
  3. 1 2 "C.V.Seshadri Memorial Distinguished Lecture Series". IIT Kanpur. Retrieved 7 October 2014.
  4. ↑ "About MCRC". Shri AMM Murugappa Chettiar Research Centre. Retrieved 7 January 2011.
  5. ↑ "Recipient of Jamnalal Bajaj A ward for Application of Science and Technology for Rural Development-1981" (PDF). Jamnalal Bajaj Foundation. Retrieved 7 October 2014.
  6. ↑ Ranganathan, Shyam (6 January 2009). "C.V. Seshadri chair in IIT Kanpur". The Hindu. Chennai, India. Archived from the original on 8 November 2012. Retrieved 7 January 2011.
  7. ↑ "C. V. Seshadri Chair at IIT Kanpur". IIT Kanpur. Archived from the original on 20 March 2012. Retrieved 7 January 2011.
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