Kanpur: Professor Yogesh M Joshi Department of Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), has been chosen as one of the companions of Society of Rheology2022. He is the first Indian to be selected for this prestigious honour.
The Society of Rheology Fellowship is a prestigious position that recognizes “distinguished scientific achievement, a significant technical achievement, and/or a history of outstanding scholarship in the field of rheology.”
They also take into account ‘service to society’ as an important component and a minimum period of eight years as a member of the Society of Rheology. Annually, only 0.5% of the members are eligible for the fellowship.
Professor Abhay Karandikar, Director, IIT-Kanpur congratulates Professor Yogesh Joshi and added, “It is indeed a matter of great pride for the institution. It adds more value to the research and innovation ecosystem of IIT-Kanpur, and to continue striving for excellence in any science and technology sector.” Will foster the spirit of everyone in the institute.”
Professor Yogesh M Joshi obtained his Bachelor of Engineering in Polymer Engineering from Pune University in 1996 and PhD in Chemical Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology- Bombay in 2001. After doctoral and postdoctoral studies at the National Chemical Laboratory and Benjamin. Levitch Institute, City College of New York, CUNY, respectively, he joined the Chemical Engineering Department of IIT-K in 2004. He is presently the Chairman of the Institute by Pandit Girish and Sushma Rani Pathak.
Dr Joshi’s primary rheological work includes phase behavior of soft glass materials, sol-gel transitions and colloidal dispersion. He is a senior editor at Langmuir, a peer-reviewed scientific journal founded in 1985 and published by the American Chemical Society, and is part of the editorial boards of the Journal of Rheology, Rheologicala Acta and Physics of Fluids. Works in .
In 2015, Prof Joshi was awarded the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize in Engineering Sciences by the Government of India and the Defense Research and Development Organization’s 2019 Academy of Excellence Award. In 2016, he was elected as a Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering. and in 2017, as a Fellow of the National Academy of Sciences, India. He actively consults with industry, including UPL Ltd. and Unilever Inc., regarding improving the flow behavior and rheological stability of their products.
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