Kripa
Shanker obtained his B.Sc.Engg. (Mechanical) from Banaras
Hindu University, M.Tech. in Mechanical Engineering from IIT
Kanpur; and M.S and Ph.D. in Operations Research and Industrial
Engineering from Cornell.
His
main areas of teaching and research include production/operations
management, supply chain management, quantitative and statistical
decision models, computer integrated/flexible manufacturing
systems, cellular manufacturing, and simulation.
He
joined IIT Kanpur as a faculty member in the Industrial and
Management Engineering Department in 1978 where he has been
serving as a Professor since 1987. He had been a visiting
Professor at the Asian Institute of Technology from 1882-84,
and again from 1998-2000. He has also taught at Cornell.
He
has supervised over 100 Masters and 9 Doctoral theses. He
has published seventy papers in international journals and
conference proceedings. He has been associated with more than
a dozen sponsored projects in the field of CAM, CIMS and FMS
from various sponsoring agencies. He has organized several
continuing education courses for engineering college teachers,
and engineers and managers from industry on the topics of
inventory control, quality and reliability, DSS, CIMS, FMS
and IMS.
He
has received several scholastic awards and prizes for his
studentship and also for his professional accomplishments.
He is a recipient of Gold Medal for standing first in Mechanical
Engineering at BHU. He has also been recipient of National
Merit Scholarship and Government of India Scholarship for
Studies Abroad. He has been awarded ISTE National Award for
Outstanding Academic, 2001, and Distinguished Alumunus Award
from BHU in 2007.
He
is affiliated with many professional bodies which include
Operations Research Society of America, Operations Research
Society of India, Institute of Industrial Engineers (IIE)
(Sr. Member), Fellow of Indian National Academy Engineering,
Institution of Engineers, India Fellow (Life Member), Indian
Institution of Industrial Engineering, Indian Society for
Technical Education (Life Member). He is reviewer of several
international journals in the areas of FMS, CIMS, production
and operations management.
During
the last 30 years at IIT/K as a faculty, he has held various
positions like founder and Head for several years of Data
Processing Cell (now Office Automation), Warden, Head of Department,
Head Counselling Service, Dean of Students Affairs etc. At
the national level, his participation include as Member, CII
National Committee on Technical Education and Training, Chairman,
Institution of Engineers (India) Kanpur Local Centre, Member,
AICTE National Broad of Accreditation of Management Institutions,
member of Board of Governors of several institutions including
NITs, Chairman Board of Apprentice and Training (Northern
Region),
His
major professional/administrative achievements with national
impact include his initiating at IIT Kanpur, teaching and
research in the field of computer integrated/flexible manufacturing
systems (CIM and FMS), Data-Processing Centre (now office
automation) and starting 2-year MBA programme.
He
has been the Deputy Director of IIT Kanpur for the two consecutive
terms (2002-08).
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