Prof. Ashok Misra

Prof. Ashok Misra is a Director of the Company since April 27, 2005. He is a Ph.D. and M.S. in Polymer Science & Engineering from the University of Massachusetts, USA and M.S. in Chemical Engineering from Tufts University, USA and B. Tech. in Chemical Engineering from IIT, Kanpur. He has also completed the Executive Development Program in 1999 and the programme on “Strategies for Improving Directors’ Effectiveness” in 2003 at the Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, USA.

Prof. Misra authored one book on Polymers and published several articles in international journals and has been awarded six patents. He is on the editorial boards of four scientific journals.

Prof. Misra is Director of Indian Institute of Technology Powai, Mumbai, since May 2000. He is a member of several professional scientific societies. He is the President of the Indian National Academy of Sciences India (NASI); Fellow of the National Academy of Engineering, Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers, Indian Plastics Institute and the Maharashtra Academy of Sciences. He is a member of the Scientific Advisory Committee to the Cabinet, Government of India. He is a Member of the International Academic Advisory Panel, Government of Singapore; International Advisory Board, College of Engineering, University of California, Santa Barbara, USA and Member, Independent Scientific Advisory Board of the World Bank for the African Institutes of Science & Technology. He is a Director on the Boards of National Thermal Power Corporation Limited (NTPC) and Rashtriya Chemicals & Fertilizers Limited (RCF). He is the Chairman of the Management Controls Committees of NTPC and Management Committee of RCF. He is on the Board / Council of several national educational institutions and serves as Member on a number of national committees for research and development programmes.