Nalinaksh S. Vyas
Emeritus Fellow
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur
Kanpur - 208016, INDIA
Phone: +91 512 2597040 (O); +91 9956292801 (M)
Fax: + 91 512 2597232, 2590007
Email: vyas@iitk.ac.in
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Emeritus Fellow - Department of Mechanical Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur
Former Chairman - Technology Mission for Indian Railways (TMIR)
Ministry of Railways, Government of India
(May 2015 - April 2022)
Academic Experience
Professor- Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, 1999 -- June 2024
Invited Professor- INSA Lyon, France, 2005
Associate Professor- Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, 1994–99
Visiting Professor- National Chung-Cheng University, Taiwan, 1996
Indo-US Fellow- Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia, USA, 1994.
Assistant Professor- Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, 1987-94.
Apprentice Engg- Godrej & Boyce Mfg Company Pvt. Ltd, Bombay, 1980 - 81.
Visiting Professor- Luleå University of Technology, Sweden, 2013, 2014
Visiting Professor- University of Mauritius, 2013-2017
Visiting Professor- City University of Hong Kong, 2018
Visiting Professor- Nanjing University of Aeronautics & Astronautics, China, 2018
Responsibilities
Chairman - Technology Mission for Indian Railways (TMIR), May, May 2015 -- April 2022
Vice Chancellor- Rajasthan Technical University, 2013 - 15
Member Board of Governors- IIT (Indian Institute of Technology) Jodhpur, 2014 -2018
Member Board of Governors- MNIT (Malaviya National Institute of Technology) Jaipur, 2016 --
Member Executive Committee- AICTE (All India Council for Technical Education), 2014 - 2018
Member Board of Governors- J L Nehru Aluminium Research, Design & Dev Centre, Nagpur, 2016 --
Chairman PARC- Technology Systems Development Program (TSDP), DST, 2016 - -
Chairman PARC- Technology Enabling Centres, DST, 2018 --
Chairman PARC- AGRO-Tech Program, DST, 2019 - -
Chairman Apex Committee- TRL Assessment (National Res. Labs, Academia, ATAL Innov. Labs, TBIs), TIFAC, 2019 - -
Member Advisory Committee - Common Res & Tech Development Hubs (CRTD-Hubs), DSIR, 2020--
Member- Advisory Group of Experts (AGE), ‘Make in India’ in Railways, NITI Aayog, 2015 --
Member- SHRI, Science Heritage Research Initiative, DST, 2017--
Chairman- Expert Group on Smart Mfg - Automation & ICT Advanced Robotics (AR) & IoT, DST, 2016
Head- Department of Mechanical Engineering, IIT Kanpur, 2008-11
Head- Nuclear Engg & Technology Program, IIT Kanpur, 2008-11
Head- Centre for Robotics, IIT Kanpur, 2008
Mission Coordinator - Technology Mission on Railway Safety, Govt of India, 2005-09
Chairman - Automotive PARC, National Program on Micro & Smart Structures, NPMASS, 2006 - 2015
Project Coordinator- Nano-Satellite, JUGNU Project with ISRO, 2009 – 2012.
Project Coordinator- Rural Technology Action Group, RuTAG @ IITK, Office of the PSA, GoI, 2013
Consortium Leader- Electronic Stability Program, Core Group on Automotive Research, DST, 2006 -09
Member- Expert Task Force on IVHM of LCA (Light Combat Aircraft), Aeronautical Defense Agency (ADA), 2014
Founding Head - Innovation Lab – 4i Lab, IIT Kanpur, 2003 – 2009
Founding Director- International Society for Engg Asset Management, Australia, 2006
Editor- Journal of Rail & Rapid Transit, 2018 --
Editor- Journal of Vibration Engineering & Technology, 2016--
Editor (mid-Asia)- International Jnl of Engineering Asset Management, 2005-10
Editor- ISSS Journal (International Society of Smart Systems), 2008 - 13
Editor- Advances in Vibration Engineering, 2008-12
Editor - Intln Jnl of Condition Monitoring & Diagnostic Engg Mgmt (COMADEM)
Member- Indo-US Task Force on Embedded Systems, 2012
Member- Working Group on Energy Research, Planning Comm., 2000
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