IIT (BHU) Director Amit Patra Takes Additional Charge As IIT Kharagpur Director – News18

Last Updated:December 31, 2024, 21:00 IST

Professor Amit Patra will be serving in this position until the regular incumbent assumes office or until further notice, whichever is earlier.

Amit Patra, director of IIT Banaras Hindu University (IIT BHU) has taken the additional responsibility as the Director of the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kharagpur today, December 31, 2024. Patra will be serving in this position until the regular incumbent assumes office or until further notice, whichever is earlier.

He is currently a professor in the Higher Academic Grade Pay. Professor Amit Patra completed his BTech from IIT Kharagpur in 1984, followed by MTech in 1986, and PhD in 1990. He was also a faculty member in the Department of Electrical Engineering since 1987 at the institute.

Between 2018 and 2019, he was a Senior Visiting Research Scientist at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County. He has been serving there as an Honorary Adjunct Professor. Earlier, he served in several administrative positions including the Dean of Alumni Affairs and International Relations between 2007 and 2013. He was also the Professor-In-Charge, the Advanced VLSI Design Lab at IIT Kharagpur from 2004 to 2007 wherein he was instrumental in expanding the chip design activity of the laboratory and also setting up an advanced test facility. During his tenure, the laboratory received funding of about USD 1 Million from major multinational corporations like National Semiconductor, Intel, Synopsys, etc.

Prof. Patra’s current research interests include power management circuits, mixed-signal VLSI design, battery management systems, diagnostics, and prognostics in industrial and biomedical systems.

He is also a recipient of the Young Engineer Award of the Indian National Academy of Engineering in 1996. He also received the Young Teachers Career Award from the All India Council for Technical Education in 1995 along with the Samsung Innovation Award.