Arcot Ramachandran was an Indian scientist, anthropologist, author and a former under-secretary general of United Nations Centre for Human Settlements, known for his scholarship on the subjects of heat and mass transfer and environment and his social commitment to the cause of sustainable development.
18 Facts About Arcot Ramachandran
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Arcot Ramachandran graduated from the Madras University and went to the Purdue University, USA, from where he obtained MS degree in engineering.
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Arcot Ramachandran continued at the university for his doctoral research and obtained his PhD.
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Arcot Ramachandran started his career as a faculty member of the Department of Power Engineering at the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, in 1950, and, later, rose to the rank of an assistant professor.
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Arcot Ramachandran came back to India, in 1957, did a summer course at Indian Institute of Technology, Madras.
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In 1977, Arcot Ramachandran was made the chairman of the Preparatory Committee for the United Nations Conference on Science and Technology for Development.
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Arcot Ramachandran was involved with the UNESCO Expert Group Meeting on Engineering Education, in the capacity of its chairman.
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Arcot Ramachandran had the additional charge of the Administrator of the United Nations Habitat and Human Settlements Foundation.
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Arcot Ramachandran has participated, as the chairman or as a member, in various advisory and consultative committees under the Ministry of Non-conventional Energy Sources, the Ministry of Urban Affairs and the Department of Ocean Development.
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Arcot Ramachandran has made many contributions, both social and educational, during his academic and administrative careers.
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Arcot Ramachandran was instrumental in the proclamation of the year 1987 as the International Year of Shelter for the Homeless, as a part of the Global Strategy for Shelter for the year 1987.
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Arcot Ramachandran is reported to be successful in launching several programs in Mechanical Engineering, during his stint at the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore.
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Arcot Ramachandran opened the School of Heat Transfer and the School of Energy Research, under the umbrella of IIT Madras.
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Arcot Ramachandran is credited with organising the Regional Centre for Energy, Heat and Mass Transfer for Asia-Pacific.
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Arcot Ramachandran's efforts were reported to be behind the establishment of National Remote Sensing Agency, in Hyderabad.
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Arcot Ramachandran is regarded as the architect of the National Program for Research and Development in Renewable Sources of Energy.
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Arcot Ramachandran Ramchandran has contributed to dissemination of information by way of conducting many seminars and by way of keynote addresses and lectures, delivered at various platforms and seminars, a few of which are:.
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Arcot Ramachandran has been honoured by several prominent educational and research institutions, by way of Fellowships and Honoris Causa Doctoral degrees.