Background
Das, Kumudeswar was born on December 1, 1932 in Calcutta, India. Son of Mahendra Kumar and Bhabatara (Mazumder) Das. came to the United States, 1985.
Food and biochemical engineering educator
Das, Kumudeswar was born on December 1, 1932 in Calcutta, India. Son of Mahendra Kumar and Bhabatara (Mazumder) Das. came to the United States, 1985.
Bachelor in Chemical Engineering, Jandavpur University, Calcutta, 1955. MChemE, Jandavpur University, Calcutta, 1957. Doctor of Philosophy in Engineering, Jandavpur University, Calcutta, 1969.
Research fellow, Food and Bio-chemical Engineering division Jadavpur U., Calcutta, 1955-1958;
project manager, Food Processing Factory, Malda, West Bengal, 1958-1963;
head, senior lecturer, Department of Bio-chemical Engineering and Food Technology, Kanpur U., India, 1963-1968;
lecturer, assistant professor, Chemical Engineering department Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi, 1968-1981;
professor chemical engineering department, Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi, 1982-1985;
professor, Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi, 1986-1987;
professor, Renssalaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York, 1985-1986;
Master of Science in Management chair, professor, School of Industrial Technology, U. Science Malaysia, Penang, since 1988. Visiting lecturer chemical and biochemistry engineering department U. College, London, 1971-1972. Visiting expert, assistant professor Food Technology Department, Basrah U., Iraq, 1974-1976.
Visiting professor United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization International Center of Biotechnology, Department Fermenttion, Osaka U., Japan, 1981.
Fellow Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers (life). Member American Institute of Electrical Engineers (food and bioengineering division), American Chemical Society (BIOT division), Association of Food Scientists and Technologists, Ramsay Society of Chemical and Bio-chemical Engineers University College London.
Married Suchitra Mukherjee, April 16, 1961. Children: Sandip Kumar, Rupa.