R. Natarajan

R Natarajan served as The Director of the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras from 1995 to 2001, and as the Chairman of The All India Council for Technical Education, a statutory body of the Government of India, from 2001 to 2004.

He was the Vice – President of The Indian National Academy of Engineering during 2002-2006, and the Chairman of the Research Council of the Central Fuel Research Institute, Dhanbad during 1995-2005. He was a Member of the India – China Eminent Persons Group during 2002-2004.  He was, till recently, Chairman of the Board for IT Education Standards of Karnataka, and the Co-Chairman of the Engineering Education Forum of the Indian National Academy of Engineering.

He is a Fellow of: Indian National Academy of Engineering, Indian Society for Technical Education, National Academy of Social Sciences, Institution of Engineers (India), Indian Institution of Plant Engineers, National Foundation of Indian Engineers, Indian Institution of Materials Management, and Madras Science Foundation.

He has been conferred Honorary Doctorate Degrees by: The University of South Australia, Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University (A.P.), Kanpur University(U.P.),  Nagarjuna University (A.P.), Purvanchal University (U.P.) and NIT, Agartala.

He has been a Member of the Editorial Boards of: Fuel (London), Fuel Science and Technology, ASEE Journal of Engineering Education , International Journal of Engineering Education, Transformations in Engineering Education, Indian Journal of Technical Education, and Staff and Educational Development International; Editor of: The Journal of The Steam and Fuel Users’ Association of India, and The Journal of Plant Engineering.