25th GD Birla award given to Prof Sanjay Mittal from IIT-K

Q.  25th GD Birla award for scientific research has been awarded to which IIT professor?
- Published on 24 Jun 16

a. Prof Sanjay Kumar
b. Prof Sanjay Singh
c. Prof Sanjay Mittal
d. None of the above

ANSWER: Prof Sanjay Mittal
 
The twenty-fifth G. D. Birla Award for Scientific Research for 2015 has been awarded to Prof. Sanjay Mittal from the Department of Aerospace Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur.
  • Prof. Mittal’s significant contributions have been in the area of Bluff Body Flows - flows past blunt bodies associated with large unsteady separation and leading to large fluid forces.
  • He was instrumental in establishing the High Performance Computing (HPC) facility at IIT Kanpur and heads the National Wind Tunnel Facility.
  • GD Birla award was constituted in 1991 by KK Birla Foundation

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