Background
Gupta, Ashok Kumar was born on June 7, 1941 in Delhi, India. Son of Jagan Nath and Vidya Wati Gupta.
aerospace engineering educator
Gupta, Ashok Kumar was born on June 7, 1941 in Delhi, India. Son of Jagan Nath and Vidya Wati Gupta.
Bachelor in Technology, Delhi University, 1962. Master of Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1964. Master of Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1966.
Doctor of Philosophy, University Southern California, 1970.
Research assistant, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1963-1966;
research assistant, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, 1967-1969;
research associate, Jet. Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California, 1970-1971;
assistant professor, IIT, Kanpur, India, 1972-1977;
professor, IIT, Kanpur, India, since 1978. Research consultant National Aero.
Laboratory, Bangalore, India, 1972, 73. Professor of University So.Calif., Los Angeles, 1984. Project consultant Development Cons.
Ltd., Calcutta, India, 1987-1990. Teaching consultant Institute Higher Technology, Aleppo, Syria, 1988. Head aero engineering IIT, Kanpur, 1989-1992.
Member Faculty Forum, IIT, Kanpur, since 1971. Senator, since 1978; contributor Ramleela & Ram Krishna Mission, Kanpur, since 1971. Fellow Institute Engineers (India), Aeronautical Society India (member executive committee, vice president since 1990).
Married Urmila Rani Agrawala, February 10, 1972. Children: Rekha, Sudhir.