Background
Datta, Prosun Kumar was born on March 21, 1947 in Calcutta, India. Son of H.N. and S. Datta.
educator researcher Aerospace engineer
Datta, Prosun Kumar was born on March 21, 1947 in Calcutta, India. Son of H.N. and S. Datta.
Bachelor of Technology, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, 1968. Master of Science, Georgia Institute of Technology, 1969. Doctor of Philosophy, Georgia Institute of Technology, 1972.
Research fellow, Georgia Institute Technology, Atlanta, 1968-1972;
assistant professor, Indian Institute Technology, Kharagpur, 1972-1984;
professor aerospace engineering, Indian Institute Technology, Kharagpur, since 1984;
head department aerospace, Indian Institute Technology, Kharagpur. Visiting professor U. Basrah, Iraq, 1976-1977. Visiting fellow, ISVR, U. Southampton, United Kingdom, 1977-1978, International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Trieste, Italy, 1979, Management and Training Corporation, Baghdad, Iraq, 1985-1987.
Visiting scientist U. Tottori, Japan, 1983, U. Osaka, Japan, 1995.
Fellow Royal Society, Institute Sound and Vibration Research. Member National Geographic Society, Sigma Xi.
Married Nivedita Datta. Children: Tanurima, Marina, Romina.