The Mind of an Engineer

Front Matter....Pages i-xxxii
The Mind of an Engineer....Pages 1-9
Directed and Systematic Approaches Towards Sustainability in the Twenty-first Century....Pages 11-18
Treating Challenges as Opportunities....Pages 19-27
Mind to Chemical Markets: Engineering and Managing the Complex Journey....Pages 29-36
The Search for Meaningful Purpose: Reminiscences of an Indian Engineer....Pages 37-41
An Engineer or a Scientist—A Perpetual Dilemma....Pages 43-52
Is an Engineer’s Mind Different?....Pages 53-55
Technology and the Global Community....Pages 57-61
The Anatomy of Change....Pages 63-69
India’s Tryst with Destiny Establishment of the Highest Level of Engineering and Technology....Pages 71-77
Glimpses from a Lifetime in Teaching and Research....Pages 79-94
My Four Decades in BARC....Pages 95-100
Think to Do Something....Pages 101-105
The Milestones of My Professional Life....Pages 107-110
Reminiscing My Days at the Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC), Trivandrum....Pages 111-121
Chasing a Dream....Pages 123-127
My Eureka Moment....Pages 129-133
My Reminiscences....Pages 135-142
From ‘Nowhere to Somewhere’....Pages 143-147
My Life in an Encouraging Educational and Professional Environment....Pages 149-159
The Journey from a Village as a Farmer’s Son to Fashion World as a Scientist in Leather....Pages 161-165
Forty Years of Academics and Administration: Experiences and Lessons....Pages 167-169
Creativity—A Personal Challenge....Pages 171-174
Life—A Journey of Learning....Pages 175-184
Some Views and Experience on the Mind of an Engineer....Pages 185-193
A Tribute to Some of My “Teachers” Who Mattered the Most....Pages 195-199
A Journey of Self-realization....Pages 201-209
A Sketch of My Life....Pages 211-223
A Humble Journey....Pages 225-229
My Experiences....Pages 231-236
My Experiences in Creating Indigenous Technology Enterprise in India....Pages 237-244
My Journey as a Materials Engineer....Pages 245-249
My Experiences at IIT Kanpur....Pages 251-255
Journey I Enjoyed Amidst Challenges....Pages 257-259
Reminisces from the Past....Pages 261-266
Engineering Challenges—A Personal Account....Pages 267-272
From Academia, with Love....Pages 273-277
The House of Education....Pages 279-286
Need of Promotion of Innovation in Indian Engineering Institutes....Pages 287-296
From Physics to Engineering Physics....Pages 297-308
Physicist or Metallurgist....Pages 309-315
Commercialization of Indigenously Developed Technologies....Pages 317-328
Hydrodynamic Cavitation Technology: Industrial Applications....Pages 329-340
R&D—Another Oxymoron?....Pages 341-354
Ten Levers of Smart Engineering....Pages 355-358
Life with Experiments....Pages 359-361
Playing with Fuzziness and Ambiguity in Patterns—Challenges and Achievements....Pages 363-374
A View of India Through Kolam Patterns and Their Grammatical Representation....Pages 375-384
A Logical Perspective of Formal Verification: A Narrative on the Genesis and Evolution of the Formal Verification Group at IIT Kharagpur....Pages 385-390
Engineering and Innovation in Manufacturing and Production of Akash Missile System....Pages 391-399
The First Steps Toward Self-reliance in Solid Propellant Rockets....Pages 401-408
Challenges in Developing Indigenous Technology....Pages 409-413
The Challenge of Developing a High-Speed Rotor Assembly—How It Was Met....Pages 415-421
My Tryst with Indigenous Armour Development....Pages 423-425
Inertial Sensors and Navigation Systems....Pages 427-432
Perspectives on Technology Trends in Biopharmaceuticals Manufacture....Pages 433-439
The Hydropower Development in India—Challenges and Way Forward....Pages 441-454
Integrated Coastal Zone Management of Chilika Lake....Pages 455-456
Back Matter....Pages 457-458