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Prin. Dr. P. A. Kulkarni
Name: Prabhakar Anant Kulkarni
Date of Birth: 26 December 1937
Permanent Address:
A-107, Daffodils Avenue
SOMATANE 410506
Dist PUNE.
Present Address: As above
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Contact No: 9689615471
Education:
B.E (Mech) University of Poona, Pune, 1959
M.E. (Mech) Shivaji University Kolhapur, 1964.
Ph.D, I.I.T.Madrs, 1975
Attended six short term courses For Technical Teachers.
Work Experience
(a)Teaching at the Walchand College of Engineering, Sangli, From 1959 worked on various positions viz.Asstt.Lecturer, Lecturer, Asstt.Professor, Professor and Head of Mechanical Engg.Department, Vice Principal and Principal ( 1979 to 1997) and retired on 31.12.1997.
(b)Worked as Vice Chancellor, Sikkim Manipal University of Health, Medical and Technological Sciences, Gangtok, from Feb.1999 to May 2003.
© Worked as Senior Advisor, Icfai University, Bhilai and Dehradun, Aug 2003 toAug 2007, as Vice Chancellor, the ICFAI University, Dehradun, Aug 2007 to Sept 2009.
(d)Worked as TEQUIP National Evaluation committee Member, Mentor and Performanc e Auditor from 2010 to 2016 for Govt of India Min. of HRD
Professional Highlights:
1. Chairman, Board of studies in Mechanical Engineering Shivaji University. (three years)
2. Dean, Faculty of Engg. and Technology, Shivaji University (six years)
3. Member , Executive Council, Shivaji University (three years)
4. Treasurer and Vice President, Indian Society for Technical Education, New Delhi. (four years)
5. Member, All India Board of Post-Graduate Education and Research in Engg .,Government of India, New Delhi (two years)
6. Member of various Committees of the Government of Maharastra for Planning and Improvement of Technical Education.
7. Guided 15 Projects at Masters Level.
8. Delivered 6 Radio talks on various aspects of Science and Technology.
9. Worked as Honorary Administrator for Maharastra Technical Education Society, the Parent Body of the Walchand College of Engg. , Sangli,
for
Co-ordination of short term and long term courses in Electronics and
Computers Science at Sangli under the Yashavantrao Chavan Maharastra Open University, Nashik.
10. Worked as a member of the Expert Committee appointed by the
Government of Maharastra for suggesting revision in the guidelines for design of pipelines for Drinking water schemes in the state –both Urban and Rural.
11. Presented four Papers at National and International Conferences,
Published 4 papers.
12. Fellow of Institution of Engineers (India) and Life Member, ISTE, New Delhi.
Teaching, Research and Consultancy Activities:
1. Have taught almost all undergraduate subjects in Mechanical Engineering.
2. Recognised as Post –graduate teacher by Research & by papers. Have taught Computer Techniques in Design and Process Equipment Design at P.G. level.
3. Practiced participative teaching –learning by making students take
Active Part in the process of learning.
4. Have set up a Production and Training Centre at the Walchand College of Engg. to manufacture odd items for the local industry. This centre has supplied Quadrupole Magnets for the Variable Energy Cyclotron Project of the BARC, prestressing wedges for the National Highway Bridge on Panchaganga river at Kolhapur, stainless steel gadgets for storing calf heart valves for the Wanless Hospital, Grape drying hot air based arrangements for Tasgaon grape growers, teaching aids for Engineering Colleges all over the country etc.
5. Worked as consultant / investigator for-
Maharastra Co.op.Fertilizers and Chemicals Mumbai for use of anhydrous Ammonia Injected at root zones for sugarcane, Fuel Instruments and Engineers, Ichalkaranji for improved Design of Testing Machine components, Kirloskar Bros. Kirloskarwadi for design and testing of Michell type thrust bearing of deep well turbine pumps,
Akay Industries, Hubli, for bearing temp. Control in Petroleum handling Pumps ,Gavane Patil Pvt. Ltd. Miraj for improvement in manufacturing and testing of Sluice valves, Yashwant Co-Op. Processors Ichalkaranji for energy saving measures, Walchandnagar Industries for vibration analysis of sugar centrifugals etc.
6. Papers Published / Presented
a) Stability of infinitely long MHD journal bearings- Proceedings of the First World Conference on Industrial Tribology Delhi.
b) Stability behavior of MHD journals bearing – Journal of Mechanisms, IFTOMM, U.K.
c) Some problems of use of liquid metals as Lubricants- First National
Conference on Industrial Tribiology, Madras.
d) Stiffness Characteristics of Michel Thrust bearings – Journal of the
Institution of Engineers (India)
Participation in Professional Conferences / Seminars etc.
Year Nature of Meeting Nature of Participation
1972 Delhi Int. Conf. on Indl. Tribiology, Presented Paper
1974 Chennai Int. Conf. on Indl. Tribiology, Presented Paper
1975 Mumbai Int. Conf. on Indl. Tribiology, Chaired a Session
1978 Varanasi Ind.Soc.for Theretical and Presented paper
App. Mechanics
1986 Mumbai Seminar of Engg. Principals Chaired a Session
On New Education Policy
1997 New Delhi Int. Conf. on Education Presented paper and
India – Next Millennium, Chaired a Session
Participation in other service /social organizations.
Name of Organization Nature of Participation
Sangeet Sadhana, Sangli Founder Member
Sangli Dist.Bridge Association Worked as President
NAB Miraj Member
M.H. Godbole Trust of Sangli Trustee.
Urban Bank
Sandhata Orthopedic Research Trustee
Trust Miraj
Others:
1) Awarded the Ideal University Level Teacher award in 1990-91
by Government of Maharastra.
2) Member, Sangli District Committee to moniter Technical Training under The Nehru Rojgar Yojana.
3) District officer for Rotary Dist.3170 for more than 10 years. Worked as District Secy.91-92 and Conference Secretary 87-88.
Actively Participated in Rotary activities through Rotary Club of Sangli
4) Encouraged and streamlined students activities both Technical
and extracurricular. Ensured high standard of discipline on the campus.
5) FIE Foundation award in 1995 -1996 for vocational excellence.
6) Supervised many modernisation schemes at the College.
7) Inspected many colleges and university departments in Maharastra, M.P. Gujrat and Goa, as a member of AICTE (Western Region) teams.
Felicitation at the time of retirement
