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Professional Career
(Beyond Bachelor's degree to present date in
chronological order)
| 1970-71 |
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Visiting
research member, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR) |
| 1971-74 |
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Scientific
Officer, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR) |
| 1974-75 |
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UN
Fellow, worked in various computer graphics laboratories in Europe
(University of Delft, Holland, Cambridge University, UK and INRIA, Paris). |
| 1975-80 |
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Research
Scientist (C) at National Centre for Software Development and Computing
Techniques (NCSDCT), in TIFR. (Initiated the formation of a research group
in Computer Graphics |
| 1980-81 |
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Consultant
at Shape Data Ltd., Cambridge, U.K. (on leave from Tata Institute
of Fundamental Research.) Worked on Solid Geometric Modelling. |
| 1981-85 |
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Research
Scientist (D) at Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (equivalent of
Associate Professor in an IIT) |
| 1985-91 |
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Head,
Graphics & CAD Division, National Centre for Software Technology
(NCST), Bombay. (equivalent of Professor in an IIT). |
| 1995 (Jan-May) |
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Visiting Professor at Michigan State University,
USA |
| 1995 (June-July) |
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Visiting Professor at Ecole Minerlaes de Nantes,
France |
| 1991- onwards |
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Associate Director, National Centre for Software
Technology (NCST) |
| 2000 (July-August) |
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Visiting Professor at Concordia University,
Canada |
Professional Associations
 | Senior Life member and Fellow of Computer Society of India |
 | Member of IEEE |
 | Governor and Vice President of ICCC |
 | Member of Eurographics Association |
 | Invited Expert Member of IFIP Working Group 5.2 on Computer Aided Design |
 | Invited Expert Member of IFIP Working Group 5.10 on Computer Graphics |
 | Invited Expert member of EG Working Group on Scientific Visualisation |
 | Invited Expert member of EG Working Group on Computer Animation |
 | Honorary Member of TiE (The Indus Entrepreneurs), Mumbai |
 | One of the directors of VHN (Virtual Heritage Network) of the VSMM
(International Society on Virtual Systems and Multimedia) |
International Conference Programme Related Activities
Have been regularly invited to be a member of a large
number of international conferences on computer graphics and related activities.
Being in India my primary contributions are in the form of reviewing of some of
the submitted papers and also to help publicise he event in India. The list of
conferences include the following :
 | Many Computer Society of India sponsored conferences, |
 | Many of the Eurographics Annual Conferences, |
 | Many IFIP Working Group sponsored conferences and workshops in the fields
of Computer Graphics and CAD/CAM. |
 | A number of Eurographics Working Group Workshops in areas like Scientific
Visualisation, Computer Animation, Computer Graphics and Mathematics, etc. |
 | IEEE Software Engineering Conference |
 | Computer Graphics International. |
Have been the international programme committee chairman
for international conferences on topics like Computer Graphics, Multimedia,
Visual Computing held in India. |