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Sanjay Govind Dhande

Sanjay Govind Dhande
Born (1948-02-14) 14 February 1948 (age 69)
Nationality Indian
Education

B. E. - 1969 Major - Mechanical Engineering, University of Poona, India

Ph.D. - 1974 Major - Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur
Occupation Engineer, educationist
Home town Pune, Maharashtra

B. E. - 1969 Major - Mechanical Engineering, University of Poona, India

Sanjay Govind Dhande is an Indian engineer and educationist. He was director of the Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur and is in temporary charge of the Indian Institute of Information Technology and Management Gwalior. From the year 2016, Professor Dhande is the Chairman, Board of Governors of National Institute of Technology Delhi and National Institute of Industrial Engineering (NITIE), Mumbai, an Institute established by the Government of India in the year 1963.

Professor Dhande was the founder director of PDPM Indian Institute of Information Technology Design and Manufacturing Jabalpur. He served as a part-time member of Telecom Regulatory Authority of India. Presently, he is a member of the Scientific Advisory Council to the Prime Minister of India.

Dhande has worked in the field of Computer Aided Design, Rapid Prototyping, Rapid Tooling and Reverse Engineering. AUTOLAY, an innovative CAD technology, that he developed for the Indian Aeronautical Development Agency is used by several aircraft manufacturers around the world and for the construction of light combat aircraft in India.

PDPM IIITDM Jabalpur is a beneficiary of the protocol signed by the Prime Ministers of India and Japan. Dhande has established another new institute, the Indian Institute of Saddlery Technology and Export Management (IISTEM) at Banther near Kanpur under the aegis of the Indian Ministry of Commerce and Industry, in order to develop the traditional technology available in the region.

He has been assisting the Indian government by preparing the vision documents and charters for the Indian Institutes of Science for Education & Research (IISER) at Pune and Kolkata.


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