Hi I am interested in having the information about the various aspects of his education & work profile ex director of Indian Institute of Technology Mr. Ragunath Shevgaonkar?

The information about the various aspects of his education & work profile ex director of Indian Institute of Technology Mr. Ragunath Shevgaonkar is as given below.

Research Interests

Fibre Optic Communication
Photonics
Non-linear fibre optics
Computational Electromagnetics
Antennas
Image Processing
Radio Astronomy

Courses Offered

EE301 Eectromagnetic Waves
EE606 Fibre Optic Communication
EE005 Electronics Lab

Academic Background

1985 Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Electrical Engineering from I. I. T., Bombay/ (Indian Institute of Astrophysics/Raman Research Institute, Bangalore) on Maximum Entropy Restoration of Astronomical Images.
1977 Master of Technology (M.Tech) in Electrical Engineering from IIT, Kanpur with specialization in Electromagnetics and Optical fibres.
1975 Bachelor of Engineering (BE) in Electronics Engineering from Jiwaji University, Gwalior. Gold Medalist.
2008 Executive Program, Kellogg School of Business, University of North Western, USA

Work Experience

2011-2015: Director IIT Delhi
2010-2011: Vice Chacellor of University of Pune
2009 : Visiting Professor, ISEP, Paris
2008-2010: Deputy Director (Finance and External Affairs), IIT Bombay
2005-2008: Dean, Resource Mobilization, IIT Bombay
2003-2005: Head, Electrical Engineering Department, IIT Bombay.
2005 : Visiting Professor, ETH Zurich
2002-2006: Head, Centre for Distance Engineering Education Programme (C-DEEP), IIT, Bombay. The Centre has been setup to generate and disseminate the video lectures from experts in IIT to the students of engineering colleges in the country.
2000-2001: Visiting Professor, Computer and Electronics Engineering Department, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, USA (on Sabbatical leave)
Job: Teaching and research in Telecommunication.
1998-2000: Dean of Students’ Affairs, Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay.
1990-to date: Professor of Electrical Engineering at IIT Bombay.
Job: Teaching and Research in Photonics, Fiber optics, Image processing, Printed antennas, Optically controlled microwave devices.
1987-1990: Assistant Professor at Department of Electrical Engineering, IIT Bombay.
Job: Research in Image processing and Photonics.
1986-1987: Faculty Research Associate at University of Maryland, College Park, U. S. A.
Job: Solar and Stellar radio astronomy with the VLA.
1985-1986: Reader at Indian Institute of Astrophysics, Bangalore.
Job: Study of Galactic radio sources at decametre wavelength. Image processing of radio images to correct for atmospheric distortion.
1982-1984: Faculty Research Associate at University of Maryland, U. S. A.
Job: Microwave radio astronomy with Very Large Array, New Mexico.
1978-1982: Electronics engineer at Indian Institute of Astrophysics /Raman Research Institute, Bangalore.
Job: Design, Installation of a large Decametre array used for radio astronomy at Gauribidnur, India.

Awards and Honours

IEEE William Sayle Award for Academic Leadership 2013
IETE Ram Lal Wadhwa Award 2012
IEEE UG Teaching Award 2011
VASVIK Award for IT and Communication 2009
IETE - CEOT -94 Awards for outstanding contribution in the field of Photonics and Opto-electronics
Fellow IEEE
Fellow Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE)
Fellow National Academy of Science, India (FNASc)
Fellow Institution of Engineers
Fellow Institution of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineers
Fellow Optical Society of India
Fellow Maharashtra Academy of Science
Excellence in Teaching Award 2004 IIT, Bombay
Top Management Consortium Award 2010 for Academic Excellence
Dewang Mehta Educational Leadership Award