HAL Chair
Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd. (HAL), Lucknow, instituted the HAL Chair at IIT Kanpur to support a faculty member engaged in advanced research and multidisciplinary work in aircraft systems technology and its applications. Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd., founded in 1980, is an Indian state-owned aerospace and defence company headquartered in Bangalore. Governed by the Indian Ministry of Defence, the company primarily operates in the aerospace industry and is involved in the design, fabrication, and assembly of aircraft, jet engines, helicopters, and their spare parts. Its facilities are spread across India, including locations in Bangalore, Lucknow, Kanpur, Nashik, Hyderabad, Koraput, Korwa, and Kasaragod.
Current Occupant
Prof. Arvind Kumar
(Jun. 2024 - Jun. 2027)
Prof. Arvind Kumar from the Department of Mechanical Engineering IIT Kanpur, has research interests in solid-liquid phase change (melting/solidification) involving theoretical work, modelling and simulation, and experiments. Dr. Kumar also works in the areas of thermal spray surface coating technologies, and thermal storage and waste heat recovery technologies. Dr. Kumar received his B.Tech. from NIFFT, Ranchi, and his M.Tech. and Ph.D. from IISc Bangalore. He subsequently held postdoctoral positions at Ecole des Mines de Nancy, France, and the University of Southampton, UK, as a Marie Curie Fellow.
Former Occupant
Prof. Bishakh Bhattacharya
(Feb. 2021 - Jan. 2024)
Prof. Bishakh Bhattacharya, Department of Mechanical Engineering, specializes in the area of Vibration and Control, SHM, Sensors & Actuators, and his research interests are in the fields of Active & Passive Vibration Control, Active Shape Control and Adaptive Structures, Intelligent Gripper Design, Smart Structures, Structural Health Monitoring, Child-Robot Interaction Design, Neural Oscillation and Multi-scale Brain-modelling. He earned his doctorate from IISc Bangalore in 1998.