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Man Mohan Sharma
Indian chemical engineer (born 1937) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Man Mohan Sharma, FRS, FREng[1] (born May 1, 1937) is an Indian chemical engineer.[2] He was educated at Jodhpur, Mumbai, and Cambridge. At age 27, he was appointed Professor of Chemical Engineering in the Institute of Chemical Technology, Mumbai.[3] He later went on to become the Director of UDCT, the first chemical engineering professor to do so from UDCT.
Man Mohan Sharma | |
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Born | (1937-05-01) 1 May 1937 (age 87) |
Alma mater | Institute of Chemical Technology Cambridge University |
Awards | • Padma Vibhushan (2001) • Padma Bhushan (1987) • Leverhulme Medal (1996) • Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize (1973) |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Chemical Engineering |
Institutions | Institute of Chemical Technology |
In 1990, he became the first Indian engineer to be elected as a Fellow of Royal Society, UK. He was awarded the Padma Bhushan (1987) and the Padma Vibhushan (2001) by the President of India.[4] he has also been awarded the Leverhulme Medal of the Royal Society, the S.S. Bhatnagar Prize in Engineering Sciences (1973), FICCI Award (1981), the Vishwakarma medal of the Indian National Science Academy (1985), G.M. Modi Award (1991), Meghnad Saha Medal (1994), and an honorary Doctor of Science degree from Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi (2001).[3]
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