Vijay Bhatkar | |
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| Chancellor of Nalanda University | |
| In office 25 January 2017 – 29 April 2023 | |
| Succeeded by | Arvind Panagariya |
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| Born | Vijay Pandurang Bhatkar (1946-10-11)11 October 1946 (age 79)[1] Muramba,Akola district,Maharashtra, India |
| Alma mater | Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology (B.E.) Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda (M.E.) Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi (Ph.D.) |
| Known for | Architect ofPARAM Supercomputers |
| Awards | Asian Scientist 100 (2016) Padma Bhushan (2015) Padma Shri (2000) Maharashtra Bhushan (1999) |
| Website | www |
Vijay Pandurang Bhatkar is an Indian computer scientist, IT leader and educationalist. He is best known as the architect of India's National Initiative in Supercomputing where he led the development ofParam supercomputers.[2][3] He is aPadma Shri,[4]Padma Bhushan,[5] andMaharashtra Bhushan[6] recipient. Indian computer magazineDataquest placed him among the pioneers of India's IT industry. He was the founder and executive director ofCentre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC) and is currently working on developingexascale supercomputing for India.[7][8]
Bhatkar has been chancellor ofNalanda University, in Bihar, India since January 2017. From 2012 to 2017, he served as the Chairman of the Board of Governors ofIIT Delhi. Currently, he is serving as the Chairman of Vijnana Bharati, a non-profit organization of Indian scientists.
Bhatkar was born in Muramba, Taluka Murtijapur, District Akola in a maharashtrian familyMaharashtra, India. He received a B.E. degree in Electrical Engineering fromNagpur University, Nagpur; ME degree from theMS University of Baroda, Vadodara and a PhD from IIT Delhi.[9]
Bhatkar is best known as the architect of India's national initiative in supercomputing where he led the development of Param supercomputers. He developed the first Indian supercomputer, the PARAM 8000, in 1991 and later thePARAM 10000 in 1998. Based on the PARAM series of supercomputers, he built the National Param Supercomputing Facility (NPSF) which is now made available as a grid computing facility through theGaruda grid on theNational Knowledge Network (NKN) providing nationwide access toHigh Performance Computing (HPC) infrastructure. Currently, Bhatkar is working on exascale supercomputing via the capability, capacity and infrastructure on NKN.[citation needed]
Bhatkar has played a significant role in forming several national institutions and research centers includingCentre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC), the Electronics Research and Development Centre (ER&DC) inThiruvananthapuram,[10] Indian Institute of Information Technology and Management, Kerala (IIITM-K), the ETH Research Laboratory and International Institute of Information Technology (I2IT) in Pune,Maharashtra Knowledge Corporation (MKCL) and the India International Multiversity.[11][12] He has served as a member of the Scientific Advisory Committee to the government of India,CSIR governing body, IT Task Force, and eGovernance committee chairman of the governments of Maharashtra and Goa.[13] He also serves as the president of Vijnana Bharati.[14][15]
In 2016, Bhatkar was appointed as the Chairperson of the Science & Engineering Research Body (SERB).[16] In January 2017, Bhatkar was appointed as the Chancellor of theNalanda University.[17][18] He is also the Founder Chancellor and Chief Mentor of Multiversity. Dr. Vijay Bhatkar has served as the Chairman of the Board of Governors of IIT-Delhi (2012-2017),[19] Chairman of the ETH (Education To Home) Research Lab, Chairman of the Board of Management of Government College of Engineering, Amravati, Chancellor of D. Y. Patil University, and National President of Vijnana Bharati, a People's Science Movement of over 6,000 scientists across India.[citation needed]
Bhatkar has authored and edited over 12 books and 80 technical and research papers and addressed several university convocations, international and national conferences and conventions and public functions.[20]
In 2011, Bhatkar received an honorary doctorate from DY Patil University.[21] In 2014, he was awarded an honorary Ph.D fromGujarat Technological University[22] and aD.Litt. degree fromNagpur University.[23][24] On 10 December 2024, Bhatkar received an honorary doctorate degree D.Litt. from Veer Madho Singh Bhandari Uttarakhand Technical University.
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