Indranath Datta

Background

Datta, Indranath was born on September 11, 1951 in Calcutta, India. Son of Gobinda Lal and Snehalata (Kundu) Datta. arrived in Canada, 1982.

Education

Bachelor of Technology with honors, Indian Institute Technology, Kharagpur, India, 1973; Doctor of Philosophy, U. Strathclyde, Glasgow, Scotland, 1982.

Career

Assistant naval architect, Garden Reach Shipbuilding & Engineering Ltd., Calcutta, 1973-1976; research assistant, U. Strathclyde, 1979-1982; with, Nordco Ltd., St. John's, Newfoundland, 1982-1984; from assistant to associate research officer Institute for Marine Dynamics, National Research Council, St. John's, 1984; senior research officer Institute for Marine Dynamics, National Research Council, St. John's, 1992. Member panel research study group on slamming and green seas loadings NATORSG, Europe and North American, 1984-1990, member panel full scale wave measurement, 1984-1990. Adjunct assistant professor Memorial U. Newfoundland, St. John's, since 1988.

Achievements

• Indranath Datta has been listed as a notable Naval architect, educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member Society Naval Architects and Marine Engineers (member panel High School-2 on impact loadings since 1985), Royal Institute Naval Architects (London), Amnesty International (activist 1978-1979).

Connections

Married Mita Dawn, August 26, 1983;children: Iman Anwar Michael, Lalit Christopher.

Father:

Gobinda Lal Datta

Mother:

Snehalata (Kundu) Datta

Spouse:

Mita Dawn

child:

Lalit Christopher Datta

child:

Iman Anwar Michael Datta