| 词条 | Munirathna Anandakrishnan |
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| name = Munirathna Anandakrishnan | image = Anandakrishnan.jpg | imagesize = | caption = | birth_date = 12 July 1928 | birth_place = Vaniyambadi, Madras Presidency ,British India | death_date = | death_place = | restingplace = | restingplacecoordinates = | othername = | occupation = Educationist | yearsactive = since 1960 | known for = | spouse = | domesticpartner = | children = | parents = | website = | awards = Padma Shri National Order of Scientific Merit (Brazil) UM Distinguished Leadership Award Order of Ski-U-Mah Engineering Personality Award TNF Excellence Award M. K. Nambiar Memorial Award Rotary Vocational Service Award | alma_mater = College of Engineering, Guindy,University of Minnesota }}Munirathna Anandakrishnan is an Indian civil engineer, educationist and the Former Chairman of the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur and the Former Vice-Chancellor of Anna University.[1] He is a former Advisor to the Government of Tamil Nadu on Information Technology and e-Governance.[2] A winner of the National Order of Scientific Merit (Brazil),[3][4][5] he was honored by the Government of India, in 2002, with the fourth highest Indian civilian award of Padma Shri.[6] BiographyMunirathna Anandakrishnan was born on 12 July 1928[7] in the South Indian state of Tamil Nadu.[7][8] After graduating in civil engineering (BE) from the College of Engineering, Guindy, Madras University in 1952,[1] he pursued his studies at the University of Minnesota from where he secured a Master's degree (MS) in 1957 and a PhD[2] in civil engineering in 1960.[7][8][9][10] During his doctoral studies, he has been a teaching assistant at the university and was the president of the Indian Students Association and Foreign Students Council at the university.[1][8] He also worked part-time at Twin City Testing and Engineering Laboratories, a private firm, as a materials engineer[2] Anandakrishnan returned to India in 1962 and started his Indian career as a Grade I Senior Scientific Officer at the Central Road Research Institute, Delhi and worked there for a year.[1][2] The next posting was as a member of the faculty of civil engineering at the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur where he worked till 1974, holding various positions such as Assistant Professor, Professor, Senior Professor, Chairman of Civil Engineering Department, Dean and Acting Director.[2] He also served IIT Kanpur as the chairman of the central staff recruiting committee and as the advisor on campus development.[1] In 1974, Anandakrishnan moved to USA, on deputation from the Department of Science and Technology to work as the Science Counsellor at The Indian Embassy in Washington DC.[1][2] In 1978, he joined the United Nations Commission on Science and Technology for Development (CSTD) as the Chief of New Technologies at the Office of Science and Technology (OST), where he worked till his retirement from UN service 1989.[1][8] At the United Nations, he also held the posts of the Deputy Director at the Commission on Science and Technology for Development (CSTD) and the secretary of the UN Advisory Committee on Science and Technology for Development (UNACAST).[2] In 1990, Anandakrishnan returned to India to take up the position as the vice chancellor of Anna University, Tamil Nadu[8] and served the institution for two consecutive terms till 1996.[1][2][11] During this period, he was also a member of an International Expert Committee for the development of Science and Technology in Brazil and was involved in its activities till 1997.[1] After his second tenure as the vice chancellor, he was appointed as the vice chairman of the Tamil Nadu State Council for Higher Education (TANSCHE)[12] and also held the post of the Advisor to the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu[11][13][14] on matters related to Information Technology and E-Governance.[2][8][10] During his tenure, Tamil Nadu adopted the single window admission system for admission to engineering courses across the state by doing away with the common entrance test system. Anandakrishnan retired from active service in 2001 and lives with his family at Kasturibai Nagar, in Adyar, Chennai.[1] PositionsPost retirement, Anandakrishnan is known to have been active by involving himself with many institutions and organizations. He is the honorary chairman of the Board of Governors of the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur and holds the chair of the Higher Education Committee of the Federation of Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industries (FICCI).[1] He is a member of the executive councils of the University of Kerala, Central University of Haryana, Sikkim University and the National University of Educational Planning and Administration (NUEPA).[1] He is a former chairman of Science City, Tamil Nadu,[15] Madras Institute of Development Studies (MIDS),[11] the High-Power Committee for the Review and Reorientation of the Undergraduate Engineering Education in India and the Board of Undergraduate Studies of the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE),[13] New Delhi.[1] Anandakrishnan is the president of the Madras Science Association and Tamil Nadu Academy of Sciences and a member of the Indian Society for Technical Education and the Indian Society for Theoretical and Applied Mechanics.[2][16] He is also associated as a member with organizations such as Madras School of Economics, A. M. M. Murugappa Chettiar Research Centre,[17] C. P. R. Environmental Education Centre,[18] Tamil Virtual University, Assam University, Tamil Nadu Foundation,[19] Citizen Consumer and Civic Action Group (CAG),[20] Madras Management Association,[21] Madras Craft Foundation, Tamil Nadu Council for Sustainable Livelihood, MS Swaminathan Research Foundation, and International Forum for Information Technology in Tamil, Singapore, (INFITT).[2] He is the member of the Managing Committee of the Tamil Nadu chapter of the Transparency International, a trustee of the Information Technology Bar of India, Chennai and holds the chair of the Academic Advisory Committee of the National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC), Bangalore.[2] Anandakrishnan is a former chairman of several University Grants Commission panels and committees such as Engineering and Technology panel, Committee on Specification of Degrees, Expert Committee to review the Maintenance Grant Norms for Delhi Colleges and the Expert Committee to examine the proposals for starting new Academic Staff Colleges. He has also headed the AICTE committees like Sectoral Committee of the National Board of Accreditation, Southern Regional Committee, Standing Committee on Entry and Operation of Foreign Universities in India and All India Board of Under Graduate Studies in Engineering and Technology.[2] He has also been associated as a member with the academic advisory council of Pondicherry University and with the National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC), Bangalore.[2] PublicationsAnandakrishnan is the author of a book and the editor of three more on educational and technical aspects of engineering.[2]
He is also credited with over 100 articles[1] in peer reviewed national and international journals.[2][26][27] Awards and recognitionsMunirathna Anandakrishan won the Order of the Ski-Uh-Mah from the University of Minnesota in 1958 for his activities during his studies at the institution.[2][8] In 1972, he received the Indian Invention Promotion Award for developing the design of a radial permeability measuring device.[2] The Institution of Engineers (India) selected him for the Engineering Personality Award in 1992 for his contribution in liaising with UN agencies.[2] The next year, he received two awards, the TNF Excellence Award from the Tamil Nadu Foundation and the M. K. Nambiar Memorial Award from the Madras Institute of Magnetobiology.[2] A year later, Rotary International, Meenambakkam awarded him the Rotary Vocational Service Award. Rotary Club of Madras followed it with the For the Sake of Honour Award the next year. He received one more award, the National Science and Technology Award for Excellence in 1995.[2] The Government of Brazil conferred on him the Commander of the National Order of Scientific Merit (Brazil) in 1996[1][3][8] and the same year, he received the Ugadi Puraskar from the Madras Telugu Academy.[2] The International Institute of Tamil Studies honoured him in 1999 and the Centenarian Trust, Chennai selected him as the Man of the Year 1999.[2][8] The Government of India awarded him the civilian honour of Padma Shri in 2002[8] and the University of Minnesota awarded him the Distinguished Leader Award in 2003.[1][2][8] The year 2004 brought him two awards, the Platinum Jubilee Award of the Indian Ceramics Society and the ICCES Outstanding Achievement Award from the International Conference on Computational and Experimental Engineering and Sciences.[2] Anandakrishnan is an elected Fellow of the National Academy of Sciences, India and the Institution of Engineers (India).[1][2] He is also a Fellow of the Indian Society of Technical Education. Kanpur University honoured Anandakrishnan with the title of Doctor of Science (Honoris Causa) in 2005.[1] The University Grants Commission (India) awarded him the UGC National Swami Pranavananda Saraswati Award in 2006.[1] Publications
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P. R. Environmental Education Centre | publisher=C. P. R. Environmental Education Centre | date=2014 | accessdate=20 January 2015}} 19. ^{{cite web | url=http://tnfusa.org/ | title=Tamil Nadu Foundation | publisher=Tamil Nadu Foundation | date=2014 | accessdate=20 January 2015}} 20. ^{{cite web | url=http://www.cag.org.in/ | title=CAG | publisher=CAG | date=2014 | accessdate=20 January 2015}} 21. ^{{cite web | url=http://mmachennai.org/ | title=Madras Management Association | publisher=Madras Management Association | date=2014 | accessdate=20 January 2015}} 22. ^{{cite book | url=http://store.elsevier.com/Science-Technology-and-Society/isbn-9781483148281/ | title=Science, Technology and Society | publisher=Pergamon | author=Standke and Anandakrishnan (Editors) | year=1980 | pages=652 | isbn=9781483148281}} 23. ^{{cite book | url=https://www.amazon.co.uk/Engineering-Graphics-M-Anandakrishnan/dp/0876920016/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1421735871&sr=1-1 | title=Engineering Graphics | publisher=Prentice Hall | author=M. Anandakrishnan (Author), R.H. Siddiqi (Author) | year=184 | isbn=978-0876920015}} 24. ^{{cite book | url=http://www.worldcat.org/title/planning-and-popularizing-science-and-technology-in-developing-countries-proceedings-of-the-panels-of-specialists-of-the-united-nations-advisory-committee-on-science-and-technology-for-development-held-at-kuwait-8-11-january-1983-an-dtunis-6-9-april-1983/oclc/822708930?ht=edition&referer=di | title=Planning and Popularizing Science and Technology in Developing Countries | publisher=Tycooly Publications | author=M. Anandakrishnan (Editor) | year=1983 | pages=293 | OCLC=822708930}} 25. ^{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books/about/Trends_and_prospects_in_planning_and_man.html?id=rHeQHAAACAAJ&redir_esc=y | title=Trends and Prospects in Planning and Management of Science and Technology for Development | publisher=United Nations Centre for Science and Technology for Development | author=M. Anandakrishnan (Editor) | year=1984 | pages=476}} 26. ^{{cite web | url=http://www.worldcat.org/search?q=au%3AAnandakrishnan%2C+M.&qt=hot_author | title=World Cat Profile | publisher=World Cat | date=2014 | accessdate=20 January 2015}} 27. ^{{cite web | url=https://www.amazon.co.uk/Books-M-Anandakrishnan/s?ie=UTF8&page=1&rh=n%3A266239%2Cp_27%3AM.%20Anandakrishnan | title=Amazon Profile | publisher=Amazon | date=2014 | accessdate=20 January 2015}} 14 : Recipients of the Padma Shri in literature & education|Living people|20th-century Indian educational theorists|People from Vellore district|Indian technology writers|1928 births|Indian civil engineers|Indian Institute of Technology Delhi faculty|Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur people|Fellows of The National Academy of Sciences, India|Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur faculty|Engineers from Tamil Nadu|20th-century Indian engineers|Scholars from Tamil Nadu |
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