The Mind of an Engineer: Volume 2

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This book is a collection of chapters reflecting the experiences and achievements of some of the Fellows of the Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE). The book comprises essays that look at reminiscences, eureka moments, inspirations, challenges and opportunities in the journey of an engineering professional. The chapters look at the paths successful engineering professionals take towards self-realisation, the milestones they crossed, and the goals they reached. The book contains 38 chapters on diverse topics that truly reflect the way the meaningful mind of an engineer works. Front Matter ....Pages i-xxv Harnessing Science and Technology for Development: A Governance Challenge in Indian Context (Anil Kakodkar)....Pages 1-7 My Tryst with Destiny (R. K. Bhandari)....Pages 9-18 An Academic’s Approach to Professional Problems (Subhash Chander)....Pages 19-25 Why Can’t We Do It Here? How Early Can Innovation and Entrepreneurship Be Taught? (V. S. Ramamurthy)....Pages 27-29 Engineering Education and Sustainable Development (R. Natarajan)....Pages 31-35 Innovative Engineering and Leadership for Achieving National Goals (Pradeep Chaturvedi)....Pages 37-43 A Journey from a Remote Village to Capital of India (S. Sreenivasa Murthy)....Pages 45-55 Exciting Moments of Research (Jayanta Mukhopadhyay)....Pages 57-63 The ‘Making’ of the Mind of an Engineer—Some Thoughts on Engineering Education in India (A. K. Suresh)....Pages 65-73 No Job Is Small or Big; It Is the Way in Which You Do Makes It Small or Big (B. S. K. Naidu)....Pages 75-82 When I Look Back My Career at BARC… (Manjit Singh)....Pages 83-84 Engineers—Pre-eminent in Society (S. S. Chakraborty)....Pages 85-90 Evolving Ideas of Teaching and Research in Engineering Institutions During My Journey in Academics Over Five Decades (Bayya Yegnanarayana)....Pages 91-102 An Engineer’s Prayer to the Blue Fairy (Srinivasan Ramani)....Pages 103-108 Grassroot Innovation, Laboratory Experiments and Modeling: Case Study of Appropriate Technology Development (A. W. Date)....Pages 109-118 Journey of an Engineer (A. L. Chandraker)....Pages 119-125 Challenges in My Journey Towards Achievements (J. Krishnan)....Pages 127-129 Nurturing Professionalism (Anant V. Patki)....Pages 131-136 Journey of a Teacher-Engineer (Ashok Jhunjhunwala)....Pages 137-144 My Professional Life Experience: A Continuously Rising Learning Curve (Yogendra Pal Anand)....Pages 145-150 Engineers’ Moral Responsibility (Paritosh C. Tyagi)....Pages 151-156 Higher Technical Education in India: Need for New Initiatives (M. A. Pai)....Pages 157-160 A Dream Comes True (T. K. Bera)....Pages 161-165 Engineering the Human Mind and the External World (V. V. S. Sarma)....Pages 167-183 An Academic’s Journey of Life Long Learning (K. P. Madhavan)....Pages 185-191 There Is Knowledge in Failure—If Followed by Root Cause Analysis (K. K. Vaze)....Pages 193-208 The Tale of an Engineer Teacher (Ranjit Kumar Ray)....Pages 209-218 Academic Life at the Indian Institute of Science (Bangalore, India) and Thenceforward Some Reminiscences (Y. V. Venkatesh)....Pages 219-237 An Engineer—Academic Looks Back (Prem Krishna)....Pages 239-245 Industrial Research—Academia—R&D Management (E. C. Subbarao)....Pages 247-255 R&D in Indian PSUs: My Experience (P. V. Ananda Mohan)....Pages 257-261 Nurturing Engineering Talent in the Aerospace and Defence Sector (K. Venkataramanan)....Pages 263-271 Underground Metro Construction, Development in India (Mangu Singh)....Pages 273-277 To Fight Power-Cuts, Do Not Agitate. Install Rooftop Solar Panels (Surjit Singh)....Pages 279-286 Development of HVDC Transmission Technology in India (K. R. Padiyar)....Pages 287-294 Structural Integrity: A Technological Term Synonymous with Safety (B. Dattaguru)....Pages 295-302 Necessity is the Mother of Innovation—An Example (A. Sanatkumar)....Pages 303-313 Back Matter ....Pages 315-316