Mechanism and Machine Theory

Professor J S Rao, B.E. (Hons.), M.Tech., Ph.D., D.Sc., taught at the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur and Delhi for over 30 years. He has also taught at the University of Surrey, as a Commonwealth fellow; at National Institute of Applied Sciences, Lyon; Concordia University, Montreal; Rochester Institute of Technology and Gesamthochschule in Kassel as visiting professor. Professor Rao started a new centre on Industrial Tribology, Machine Dynamics and Maintenance Engineering at IIT, Delhi in 1977. He also served as Science Counsellor at the Indian Embassy in Washington during 1984-88. Professor Rao has been the Chairman of IFToMM Rotor Dynamics Committee from 1983 to 90 and is a member of IFToMM Executive Council and Chairman of IFToMM Commission on Conferences. He has been the Founder President of Association of Machines and Mechanisms in India, and is the President of Indian Society of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics. He is a member of Indian National Academy of Engineering and american Society of Mechanical Engineers. He is also the Chairman of the Indian Aeronautical Research and Development Board Rotor Dynamics working group. He is a member of advisory committees in India of several R&D institutions. He is also a member of the Review Committee for C-12 Cryogenic Engine Turbine Pump for GSLV 3rd Stage of the Liquid Propulsion Systems Center of Indian Space Research Organisation. Professor Rao produced 27 Ph.D.s and published 7 textbooks and 230 papers. He has been a consultant to various organisations in India such as BHEL, GTRE and abroad such as Washington Metro Authority, Stress Technology Inc, etc. His biographical sketch is reviewed by Marquis Who's who, Men of Achievement, Who's who is Commonwealth, Leaders in Education and Educationists Who's who International, and Reference Asia.