Curriculam - Vitae

Name: ASOK KUMAR MALLIK
Date of Birth: February 11, 1947
Designation: Professor of Mechanical Engineering

Academic Career starting from School leaving

Degree	University	Year	Distinction
Higher secondary	West Bengal Board	1962	Rank 25 in the state National Scholarship
B.E (Mech. Engg.)	B.E. College, Shibpur. University Of Calcutta	1967	Secured first rank in the entrance examination. Awarded Forbes memorial medal for securing first rank among all the departments in B. E intermediate examination. Second rank in the university final examination.
M.E (Mech. Engg.)	B.E. College, Shibpur. University of Calcutta	1969	First rank. Gold Medalist. Obtained record marks.
Ph.D	IIT Kanpur	1973

Professional Career:

Designation	Institution	Period
Teacher’s Trainee	B.E. College, Shibpur	1967-70
Lecturer	IIT Delhi	1970-71
Lecturer	IIT Kanpur	1971-75
Assistant Professor	IIT Kanpur	1975-82
Professor	IIT Kanpur	1982-
Visting Fellow as a Commonwealth scholar	Institute of Sound and Vibration Research, Southampton, England	1974-75
AvH Fellow	TH, Aachen, Germany	1983-84, 1990, 1996
AvH Fellow	TU Darmstadt, Germany	2001,2004

AWARDS and HONOURS:

Awarded National Scholarship(1962), Commonwealth Scholarship (1974) and Alexander von Humboldt Fellowship(1983).
Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering (1996)
Fellow of the Indian Academy of Sciences,Banglore(1997)
Fellow of the Indian National Science Academy, New Delhi (2001)
Fellow of the National Academy of Sciences, Allahabad (2004)
Member of the General Assembly (Representative of India) of The International Union of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics(1997-2000)
Honorary Life Member (for Lifetime Contribution) of Association of Mechanisms and Machines and Machines (Affiliated to IFTOMM). (1999)
Distinguished Teacher Award of IIT Kanpur ( 2004)
First occupant of the Prof. S. Sampath Chair at IIT Kanpur (2006)

Areas of specialization:

Vibration Engineering, Kinematics and Dynamics of Machinery, Robotics

Research and Project Guidance:

Guided: 30 (Thirty) B. Tech projects In Progress: 1 (One) B. Tech. project

50 (Fifty) M. Tech. students 5 (Five) M. Tech. students

09 (Nine) Ph.D students 2 (Two) Ph. D students

Other Academic Activities:

1. Designed and fabricated sixty (65) fully articulated, transparent plastic models of Planar Mechanisms for overhead projection.

Made two (2) educational video movies, one of which (Vibration) was transmitted several times by the UGC National Programme of Doordarshan and the other one on “Four-bar Coupler Curves”.
Carried out a number of industrial consultancy projects in the field of Vibration and Noise control.
Carried out several sponsored projects.
Developed a software for analysis, synthesis and animation of four- and six-link planar mechanisms.
Prepared a 40 lecture video course on Kinematics of Machines for transmission in Eklavya channel of Doordarshan under NPTEL project.

Other important corporate activities:

(i) Convenor, Departmental Undergraduate Committee (1976-77)

(ii) Vice Chairman, Joint Entrance Examination, IIT Kanpur (1982)

(iii) Head, Counseling Service, IIT Kanpur (1984-85)

(iv) Dean of Students’ Affairs, IIT Kanpur (1985-86)

(v) Head, Center of Robotics, IIT Kanpur (1990-93)

(vi) Chairman, Fourth Undergraduate Review Committee, IIT Kanpur (done every 10 years) (2000)

(vii) Senate Representative in The Board of Governors, IIT Kanpur (2000 - 01)

(viii) Member Research Council, Central Mechanical Engineering Research Institute, Durgapur - a CSIR Laboratory (1995 – 98)

(ix) Member, Expert Committee on Engineering Sciences of CSIR (2001 – 2003)

(x) Member of Selection Committees as Senate, Board or Visitor’s nominee of all other 6 IITs.

(xi) Member Programme Advisory Committee on Mechanical Engineering, Civil Engineering and Robotics of DST (2004-2007)