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Gangan Pratap is new Cusat Vice-Chancellor

KOCHI: Renowned scientist Gangan Pratap is the new Vice-Chancellor of the Cochin University of Science and Technology (Cusat).

Governor, who is also the Chancellor of the university, has released an order in this connection.

Dr. Pratap is at present the head of Centre for Mathematical Modelling and Computer Simulation (CSIR), Bangalore.

A winner of Bhatnagar Award in 1990, the top award given to scientists in the country, Dr. Pratap belongs to Mayyanad in Kollam. Sociologist Latha Sukumaran is his wife and their son Rahul is an engineer with L&T, Baroda. Dr. Pratap has published more than 300 research papers, including the book “Finite Element in Structural Mechanics,” which was published from Holland. He is also member of the editorial boards of many scientific journals.

Dr. Pratap completed his schooling in Singapore and took his B.Tech, in Aero Engineering with first rank from IIT Madras in 1974. He took his doctorate from IIT Madras in 1978. He was accorded fellowships for various research institutions like Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research and Indian Academy for Science.

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