Amolak C. Jain

Background

Jain, Amolak C. was born on February 6, 1929 in Baraut, India. Came to the United States, 1988. Son of Champa Lal and Birma Devi Jain.

Education

Bachelor with honors, Delhi (India) University, 1950. Master of Arts, Delhi (India) University, 1952. Doctor of Philosophy, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, 1961.

Career

Lecturer Digambar Jain College, Baraut, 1952-1958. Research scholar department mathematics Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, 1958-1961. Research assistant professor department aerospace engineering University Cincinnati, 1962-1964.

Assistant professor Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India, 1966-1968. Assistant professor department aeronautical engineering Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, 1968-1975, professor department aeronautical engineering, 1975-1988. Research specialist REMTECH, Inc., Huntsville, Alabama, since 1988.

Visiting professor Vikram Sarabhai Space Center, Trivandrum, India, 1980, Institute Space and Aeronautical Science, University Tokyo, 1978-1979. Senior research associate National Research Council, Washington, 1972-1974, 83-85. Consultant, lecturer, presenter in field.

Membership

Fellow National Academy of Sciences, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (associate). Member Indian Mathematics Society (life).

Interests

• Avocation: reading.

Connections

Married Usha Jain, February 28, 1962. Children: Indra, Kapil, Kalpana.

Father:

Champa Lal

Mother:

Birma Devi Jain

Spouse:

Usha Jain

child:

Kalpana Jain

child:

Indra Jain

child:

Kapil Jain