Mr. & Mrs. Gian Singh Bindra Chair
Mr. Jagjeet Singh Bindra instituted the Mr. & Mrs. Gian Singh Bindra Chair at IIT Kanpur, dedicated to the Department of Chemical Engineering.
Mr. Bindra is currently a member of the Board of Directors of HPCL-Mittal Energy Ltd. Mr. Bindra spent 32 years with Chevron Corporation, beginning his career as a research engineer and later serving as President of Chevron Global Manufacturing from 2004 to 2009, where he led the company's worldwide manufacturing operations.
Following his retirement from Chevron, he served on the Boards of several leading global companies, including LyondellBasell Industries, Larsen & Toubro, Reliance Petroleum, Transfield Services Australia, Transocean, WorleyParsons Australia, GS Caltex Korea, and Edison International and Southern California Edison. After earning his B.Tech. in Chemical Engineering from IIT Kanpur, Mr. Bindra pursued a Master's degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of Washington. He is a Distinguished Alumnus of IIT Kanpur and the University of Washington College of Engineering.
Current Occupant
Prof. Yogesh M Joshi
(Jun. 2024 - Jun. 2027)
Prof. Yogesh M. Joshi from the Department of Chemical Engineering, IIT Kanpur, has research interests in rheology, colloidal glasses, and gels. He is a recipient of several prestigious honours, including the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize in Engineering Sciences, J.C. Bose Fellowship, DRDO Academy Excellence Award, DAE-SRC Outstanding Investigator Award, RPG Life Sciences M. M. Sharma Gold Medal, INSA Medal for Young Scientist, INAE Young Engineer Award, and the NASI-Scopus Young Scientist Award. He is also an elected Fellow of the Indian National Science Academy (INSA), the Indian Academy of Sciences (IAS), and the Society of Rheology, USA. He received his undergraduate degree from Pune University and completed his Ph.D. from IIT Bombay.
Former Occupant
Prof. V. Shankar
(Feb. 2021 - Jan. 2024)
Prof. V. Shankar from the Department of Chemical Engineering, IIT Kanpur, has research interests in the field of stability of fluid flows, flow past soft solid surfaces, electrokinetics and electrohydrodynamics, viscoelastic flows. He was elected as an Associate of the Indian Academy of Sciences, Bangalore (2004-2007), and has received several prestigious accolades, including the INSA Medal for Young Scientists (2004), INAE Young Engineer Award (2006), Diamond Jubilee Young Achiever Award from the Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers (2007), and the Arakere Vasudev Young Faculty Research Fellowship at IIT Kanpur (2010-2013). He obtained his undergraduate degree from the Central Electrochemical Research Institute, Karaikudi (1993), and completed his M.E. (1995) and Ph.D. (2000) from the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore.