Prof. Prem Vrat, Director, IIT Roorkee has had an outstanding academic record and is a product of IIT system throughout. He obtained B.Tech. (Hons.) in Mechanical Engineering in 1966 from IIT Kharagpur and M.Tech. (Industrial Engineering & Operations Research) from the same institute in 1968.  He received Ph.D. Degree of IIT Delhi in 1974 in Industrial Engineering & Operations Research and worked in the area of optimization of Inventory Systems.  During 1975-76 he was Honorary Research Fellow at the Department of Engineering Production, University of Birmingham (U.K.).  He was International Visiting Fellow at University of Western Sydney, Australia in June-July, 2003.  He has visited more than 15 countries.

             Prof. Prem Vrat has more than 35 years of experience in teaching, research, consultancy and management development at Mechanical Engineering Department at IIT Delhi.  He has taught a wide spectrum of courses related to Industrial Engineering & Management Science at IIT Delhi.  During 1985-86, he was a visiting faculty at the Industrial Engineering & Management Division at prestigious Asian Institute of Technology, Bangkok, Thailand and held the position of Professor & Chairman, Division of Industrial Engineering & Management at AIT Bangkok for two years during 1989-91.  He has excellent oratory skills and is highly respected by his students.  Prof. Vrat has outstanding research credentials.  He has guided 30 Ph.D. theses (27 awarded, 3 submitted),  115 M.Tech. and 60 B.Tech. level major projects on Industrial Application of Systems approach and management Science.  He has published more than 325 research papers in journals and proceedings of International and National Conferences.  He is a sought after speaker in continuing education, management development programs and has delivered invited lectures in more than 375 such programs in India and abroad.  He has undertaken 5 sponsored research projects and two European Union funded projects and 28 major systems based management/HRD consultancies in a number of reputed organizations both public and private, in India and abroad.  He also  held the Modi Foundation Chair in 2001. He was Head, Centre for Management Studies, Coordinator ASRP, Head ETSC, Dean, PGS & R, Deputy Director and Director-in-Charge at IIT Delhi.  He took over as the Director of Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee on 16^th December, 2001.

             Prof. Prem Vrat has received a number of prizes and honors. He was recipient of National Merit Scholarship during his studies at IIT Kharagpur.  He has received 7 best paper/case studies medals and prizes for his papers.  His co-authored book “Productivity Management: A system approach” received DMA-Escort Book award – commendation prize as well as second best book award for 1999-2000 by Indian Society for Training and Development (ISTD).  He received prestigious “Lillian Gilbreth Award” for his outstanding contributions to Industrial Engineering & Productivity in India as well as Dr. C.M. Jacob Gold Medal of Systems Society of India for outstanding contributions to Systems Modelling & Management.  He was elected Fellow of Indian Institution of Industrial Engineers, Fellow of National Academy of Sciences, India, Fellow of World Academy of Productivity Science, American Order of Excellence in Engg. Education & Research and Honorary Fellow Indian Society for Technical Education (ISTE).  He was awarded Outstanding Contribution Award for National Development  for the year 2002-03 by IIT Delhi Alumni Association in April, 2003. He has been on the BoG of many technical institutions/Univ. and on the editorial boards of many international and national journals and Chairman, NWRC, AICTE.

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