Gangan Prathap
Aeronautical Engineering
Indian National Science Academy
India
Biography
Gangan Prathap earned his BTech (1974) and PhD (1978) degrees in Aeronautical Engineering from IIT Madras. He worked as Scientist at the National Aerospace Laboratories (NAL), Bangalore (1978-2000), Scientist-in-Charge, CSIR Centre for Mathematical Modeling and Computer Simulation at Bangalore (2000-08), as Vice-Chancellor, Cochin University of Science and Technology (2008-09) and Director, National Institute of Science Communication & Information Resource, New Delhi (2009-2013). Presently he is Honorary Professor at the APJ Abdul Kalam Technological University, Thiruvananthapuram.
Research Interest
Structural Mechanics