Satish Dhawan Visiting Professor/Scientist Program

IISc has launched the Satish Dhawan Visiting Professor/Scientist program. This Visiting Professorship is named after Prof. Satish Dhawan, the former Director of IISc, and the chair of the Indian Space Commission.

Under this scheme, visitors are normally expected to spend 1 to several months at IISc, deliver lectures, offer courses,  work on collaborative projects, and interact with faculty members and students at IISc.

The following have currently been appointed under this scheme:

• Prof. Rajesh P N Rao, University of Washington, USA
• Prof. Herbert Levine, Northeastern University, USA
• Prof. Sajal K Das, Missouri University of Science and Technology, USA
• Prof. Arun Shukla, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, USA
• Prof. Rao R Tummala, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA
• Prof. Prasad Tetali, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA
• Prof. Murugesu Sivapalan, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA
• Prof. Siva Athreya, ISI Bangalore
• Dr. Ramachandra Guha, Bangalore
• Prof. Sargur N. Srihari, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York
• Prof. C. Pandu Rangan, Former Professor, IIT-Madras