Prof Kamal Kishore Pant (K K Pant) has been appointed as the new director of The Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee (IIT Roorkee). The professor used to work as a former dean and professor for the Department of Chemical Engineering at IIT Delhi.
IIT Roorkee is now planning to create new research and development infrastructure which will promote the institute as an important hub for training international scholars and forging global alliances addressing cutting-edge research and innovation.
“Aligning with the institute’s vision, like all my contemporaries, we will work towards scaling greater heights to create a sustainable and equitable society through teaching cutting-edge academic content using state-of-the-art methodologies and innovative research in science and technology,” he stated while aiming to support the establishment of start-ups.
The institute will now also focus more on Vision 2030 (Sustainable Clean and Green energy, Electric vehicles), renewables, rural industrialisation, space, self-sufficiency in food production, distress-free healthcare, and digital India) that will result in employable/entrepreneurial engineers
A leading expert in futuristic technologies, Prof Pant completed his PhD (Chemical Engineering) degree from the Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur in the year 1997 and is a fellow of the scientific academies INAE and NASI. He has succeeded the outgoing Director, Prof A K Chaturvedi.