Ph.D. (Mathematics, IIT Kanpur); Former Professor of Mathematics; Dean Academic Affairs; Chairman, Department of Mathematics, all at IIT Kanpur;
Distinguished service award in Mathematical Sciences, Vijnana Parishad of India;
Teaching, research and academic administration experience of more than 40 years at IIT Kanpur;
Supervisor of eight Ph.D. students.
His research interests Operations research with emphasis on Queuing, Mathematical programming, and Combinatorial optimization.