Amitabha Ghosh (academic, born 1941)

Amitabha Ghosh is an Indian researcher, administrator and educator. He currently holds the position of Honorary Scientist, Indian National Science Academy and Honorary Distinguished Professor in the Aerospace Engineering and Applied Mechanics Department at the Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology, Shibpur, Howrah, West Bengal. He is an Emeritus Senior Fellow of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation and a Fellow of The National Academy of Sciences, India, of which he was elected a Senior Scientist Platinum Jubilee Fellow in 2012. Ghosh has made contributions in various fields, including fundamental and applied research, technology development, administration and social development.

This article is about the engineering scientist. For the planetary geologist, see Amitabha Ghosh (planetary geologist).


Amitabha Ghosh
Director at Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur
In office
1997–2002
Preceded byK. L. Chopra
Succeeded byShishir Dube
Professor at Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur
Personal details
Born1941 (age 82–83)
Nationality Indian
Alma materUniversity of Calcutta
IIEST, Shibpur
ProfessionProfessor
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