Gyanendra Nath Pande

Gyan N Pande
Alma mater B.Tech - Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, Ph.D & D.Sc - University of Wales
Occupation Professor Emeritus at the Centre for Civil & Computational Engineering, Swansea University and President, International Centre for Computational Engineering (IC2E)
Religion Hindu

Gyanendra Nath Pande or Gyan N Pande is Emeritus Professor at Centre for Civil & Computational Engineering, Swansea University and founder President of the International Centre for Computational Engineering (IC2E).[1][2]

His younger brother Jitendra Nath Pande is a noted medic in India and was previously Professor & Head of Medicine, AIIMS, New Delhi. Jitendra Nath Pande is currently Senior Consultant (Medicine) at Sitaram Bhartia Institute of Science & Research, New Delhi.

Education & Career

Pande grew up in India and obtained Bachelor of Technology in Civil Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur in 1959. Thereafter he studied at University of Wales from where he received PhD and DSc degrees.[3]

Professor Pande joined Department of Civil Engineering of University of Wales in 1975 as lecturer and was awarded 'Personal Chair' in 1991.

In 1985 he founded the prestigious Computational Geomechanics journal, Computers & Geotechnics as its Editor. He is the founder President of International Centre for Computational Engineering (IC2E), an organisation which has been instrumental in setting up of research and collaborations between Universities and industry.[4]

He is currently Emeritus Professor at Swansea University and is Fellow of Institution of Civil Engineers.[3]

Professional Engagements

Awards and Honors

Books Published/Edited

Prof. Pande has published over 50 books and numerous papers in leading journals.

Some of the books authored/edited by him are as under:[7]

Tridev

Prof. Pande is Founding Member and Trustees of Tridev Meditation & Spiritual Awareness Society at Swansea.[8][9][10]

References

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