Dr.

Arcot Ramachandran
(1923-2018)

PRESENTED BY :

CH. ANANDAMAYEE
TEJASWINI JENA
CLASS - IX, SEC - F
DAV PUBLIC SCHOOL
CHANDRASEKHAR PUR,BHUBANESWAR
Padma Bhusan Dr. Arcot Ramachandran
( 1923 – 2018 )
Life sketch
 Arcot Ramachandran was graduated in Mechanical Engineering from Madras
University.
 MS degree and PhD in Engineering from Purdue University, USA.
 Faculty member and Assistant Professor of the Department of Power
Engineering at the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore.
 Research Engineer at Babcock & Wilcox Research and Development Centre,
Scotland.
 Post-doctoral research fellow, to Purdue University and, later, at Columbia
University.
 Came back to India, in 1957,joined at IIT, Madras and became Head of the
Department of Mechanical Engineering in 1965.
 In 1967, he became the Director of IIT Madras.
Life sketch….contd.

 Government Secretary and the Director-General of the CSIR (Council of

Scientific and Industrial Research) In 1973.

 His innovative steps taken at CSIR are as follows:

• Environment Planning, Co-ordination and Research Programme.
• Science and Engineering Research Council
• Energy Sources Research and Development Programme.
• National Information System for Science and technology (NISSAT).
• Central Electronics Limited.
Awards and recognitions

• Padma Bhushan – Government of India – 2003

• Sir M. Visvesvaraya Life Time Achievement Award in Engineering – 1999

• Indian National Academy of Engineering Life Time Achievement Award – 1999

• World Federation of Engineering Organizations Award – 2005

• Shanti Swaroop Bhatnagar Gold Medal – 1998

• World Habitat Trophy – Building and Social Housing Foundation of UK – 1995

• Heat Transfer Memorial Award – American Society of Mechanical Engineers –

1986[
Contributions
 He has made many contributions, both social and educational, during his
academic and administrative careers.
 He proposed the introduction of World Habitat Day, observed on first Monday
of every October.to remind the world of sustainable progress with regard to
environment.
 Because of him 1987 was declared as the International Year of Shelter for the
Homeless,
 He established the School of Research in Heat and Mass Transfer.
 He implemented the first Science and Technology Plan.
 Established the National Remote Sensing Agency (NRSA) in Hyderabad.
 He is regarded as the architect of the National Program for Research and
Development in Renewable Sources of Energy.
Writings/Articles published:
• Earth construction technology .United Nations published in 1992.
• Sustainable Transportation: Strategies and Development, Brazil: United
Nations.1992.
• Energy research and development in India: Challenges and
perspectives,Andhra Pradesh Akademi of Sciences, published in 1974.
• Human settlements and the new international development strategy, United
Nations Centre for Human Settlements.published in 1979.
• Human settlements in the development process Eastern Regional Organization
for Planning and Housing in 1980.
• Problems of urbanization in Africa : the role of secondary cities in economic and
social development.published in 1984, Dakar, Senegal: Institute for
Development Anthropology document.
India lost a great scientist on 17 May 2018 at the
age of 95.

He will always be remembered for his social

commitment to the cause of sustainable
global development.

THANK YOU