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Gopendra Kishore Roy

Prof. G. K. Roy, B.Sc. Chemical Engineering (BHU, 1966), M.Tech. (IIT, Kharagpur, 1971), Ph.D. (Sambalpur, 1975) was a retired Professor of the Department of Chemical Engineering, National Institute of Technology, Rourkela. The last Principal of Regional Engineering College, Rourkela and the first Director of NIT Rourkela, he’s been a teacher for over half a century with authorship of 159 research publications and seven textbooks, apart from guiding six doctorates. A post-doctoral fellow at the University of Karlsruhe, Germany (1977-78), Prof. Roy is a recipient of Sir Gangaram Memorial AwRead More...

A post-doctoral fellow at the University of Karlsruhe, Germany (1977-78), Prof. Roy is a recipient of Sir Gangaram Memorial Award (1974), DAAD Award (1993), the Indian Institute of Public Health Engineers Award (1994) and has been honoured as a ‘Renowned Engineer of the State’ by the Rourkela Local Centre of the Institution of Engineers India (2002), and with the prestigious Samanta Chandra Sekhar Award (2005) for his contribution in Engineering and Technology by the Department of Science and Technology Government of Odisha. He was also honoured with the first ‘Life Time Achievement Award’ of the National Institute of Technology, Rourkela for his ‘long and excellent service in the field of teaching and research’ on the occasion of the 69th Republic Day on 26th January, 2018.

Prof. Roy also brings a lifelong commitment to social work starting with the management of Rourkela Sishu Bhavan orphanage as its President since 1984. He also was ‘Faculty Advisor’ of AASRA – a student club of NITians (2005-2010) that undertakes developmental work in two orphanages and two leprosy rehabilitation colonies in Rourkela.

Post superannuation in June 2010, Prof. Roy has been a part of environmental clearance for industries and infrastructural activities through State-level Expert Appraisal Committee (SEAC) of the State Pollution Control Board (2012-15), and has been organising national and international seminars, symposia and workshops on themes of contemporary relevance under the aegis of registered technical institutions in Bhubaneswar, and offering guidance to doctoral candidates of the Biju Patnaik University of Technology and the Utkal University. He’s also been a nominated member to the Senate of the Rama Devi Women’s University, member of the Appellate Authority, Water (PCP) Act,1974, Forest and Environment Department, Government of Odisha, member of the State Pollution Control Board, Government of Odisha and a member of the Board of Governors of Indira Gandhi Institute of Technology, Sarang. He has also authored many popular articles on science and technology in Odia newspapers and magazines and is founder-patron of Subrna Srikshetra, a temple and spiritual centre in his native village, Chhanpur in Balasore (Odisha) dedicated to Lord Jagannath.

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A Journey of Life with Divine Blessings

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The book, A Journey of Life with Divine Blessings, is an autobiography of Prof. Dr. G.K. Roy, a pioneer teacher, professor and engineer in technology education in Odisha. The biography depicts his life and times, along with his memories and takes on important events in Odisha, India and the global technical space spanning a period of over five decades through the second half of the twentieth century. The book goes beyond the scope of a biography, to a chronicl

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Prof. G. K. Roy, B.Sc. Chemical Engineering (BHU, 1966), M.Tech. (IIT, Kharagpur, 1971), Ph.D. (Sambalpur, 1975) was a retired Professor of the Department of Chemical Engineering, National Institute of Technology, Rourkela. The last Principal of Regional Engineering College, Rourkela and the first Director of NIT Rourkela, he’s been a teacher for over half a century with authorship of 159 research publications and seven textbooks, apart from guiding six doctorates. 
A post-doctoral fellow at the University of Karlsruhe, Germany (1977-78), Prof. Roy is a recipient of Sir Gangaram Memorial Award (1974), DAAD Award (1993), the Indian Institute of Public Health Engineers Award (1994) and has been honoured as a ‘Renowned Engineer of the State’ by the Rourkela Local Centre of the Institution of Engineers India (2002), and with the  prestigious Samanta Chandra Sekhar Award (2005) for his contribution in Engineering and Technology by the Department of Science and Technology Government of Odisha.  He was also honoured with the first ‘Life Time Achievement Award’ of the National Institute of Technology, Rourkela for his ‘long and excellent service in the field of teaching and research’ on the occasion of the 69th Republic Day on 26th January, 2018.
Prof. Roy also brings a lifelong commitment to social work starting with the management of Rourkela Sishu Bhavan orphanage as its President since 1984. He also was ‘Faculty Advisor’ of AASRA – a student club of NITians (2005-2010) that undertakes developmental work in two orphanages and two leprosy rehabilitation colonies in Rourkela.
Post superannuation in June 2010, Prof. Roy has been a part of environmental clearance for industries and infrastructural activities through State-level Expert Appraisal Committee (SEAC) of the State Pollution Control Board (2012-15), and has been organising  national  and international seminars, symposia and workshops on themes of contemporary relevance under the aegis of registered technical institutions in Bhubaneswar, and offering guidance to doctoral candidates of the Biju Patnaik University of Technology and the Utkal University. He’s also been a nominated member to the Senate of the Rama Devi Women’s University, member of the Appellate Authority, Water (PCP) Act,1974, Forest and Environment Department, Government of Odisha, member of the State Pollution Control Board, Government of Odisha and a member of the Board of Governors of Indira Gandhi Institute of Technology, Sarang. He has also authored many popular articles on science and technology in Odia newspapers and magazines and is founder-patron of Subrna Srikshetra, a temple and spiritual centre in his native village, Chhanpur in Balasore (Odisha) dedicated to Lord Jagannath.

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