Dr. Chetput Venkatasubban Seshadri (14 April 1930 – 17 September 1995) was a distinguished Indian chemical engineer who was chair of chemical engineering at IIT Kanpur.[1][2] IIT Kanpur today has an endowed chair named for him, the C. V. Seshadri Professorship.
Career
editHe received his PhD from Carnegie Mellon University, and was then at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology as a postdoctoral 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]
Family
editHe was a Calamur: brother to C. V. Ranganathan and C. V. Karthik Narayanan, brother-in-law to M. R. Srinivasan, cousin to Aryama Sundaram, Nanditha Krishna, and C. V. Karthikeyan, nephew of C. R. Pattabhiraman, grandson of Sir C. P. Ramaswami Iyer, grandnephew of Sir C.V. Kumaraswami Sastri and C.V. Viswanatha Sastri, and great-great-great-grandson of C. V. Runganada Sastri. Extended uncles include Shankaracharya Bharati Krishna Tirthaji, and C. Sivaramamurti.
References
edit- ^ "Institute Distinguished Lecture in Chemical Engineering (in the memory of Professor C. V. Seshadri)". IIT Bombay. Retrieved 7 January 2011.
- ^ "The Murugappas: Distinguished Philanthropic Family". Forbes (India). Retrieved 7 October 2014.
- ^ a b "C.V.Seshadri Memorial Distinguished Lecture Series". IIT Kanpur. Retrieved 7 October 2014.
- ^ "About MCRC". Shri AMM Murugappa Chettiar Research Centre. Retrieved 7 January 2011.
- ^ "Recipient of Jamnalal Bajaj A ward for Application of Science and Technology for Rural Development-1981" (PDF). Jamnalal Bajaj Foundation. Retrieved 7 October 2014.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "C. V. Seshadri Chair at IIT Kanpur". IIT Kanpur. Archived from the original on 20 March 2012. Retrieved 7 January 2011.