Prabir Kumar Chandra

Background

Chandra, Prabir Kumar was born on June 15, 1947 in Bankura, India. Son of Ajit Kumar and Shibani Chandra.

Education

Bachelor of Technology, Indian Institute Technology, Kharagpur, India, 1970; Master of Technology, Indian Institute Technology, Kharagpur, India, 1972; Doctor of Philosophy, University of California, Davis, 1983.

Career

Design engineer, Damodar Enterprises Ltd., Calcutta, 1973-1975; research engineer, Yamamoto Manufacturing Limited company, Tendo, Japan, 1976-1977; senior scientist, Control Food Technology Research institute, Mysore, India, 1978-1979; visiting professor, Clemson (South Carolina.) U., 1983-1985; associate professor, Indian Institute Technology, Kharagpur, 1986-1988; visiting professor, Federal U. Lavras, Brazil, since 1989. Distinguished scholar University of California, Davis, 1980-1982. Ad hoc consultant National Research Council-Conselho Nacional de Pesquisa, Brasilia, Brazil, since 1989.

Consultant Cyclic Redundancy Check Press, Inc., Boca Raton, Florida, since 1994. Reviewer American Society Agricultural Engineers, since 1994.

Achievements

• Prabir Kumar Chandra has been listed as a noteworthy Food engineer, educator, researcher by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member Society Brasileina de Ciência Technologia de Alimentos, American Society.Agrl. Engineers (Paper award 1988).

Interests

• Avocations: sketching, writing poetry and short stories, badminton, reading, computer programming.

Connections

Married Krishna Chandra. Children: Neelav, Amick, Evan.

Father:

Ajit Kumar Chandra

Mother:

Shibani Chandra

Spouse:

Krishna Chandra

child:

Amick Chandra

child:

Neelav Chandra

child:

Evan Chandra