Background
Sengupta, Tapan Kumar was born on January 16, 1955 in New Delhi. Son of R. N. and Leela Sengupta.
Sengupta, Tapan Kumar was born on January 16, 1955 in New Delhi. Son of R. N. and Leela Sengupta.
Bachelor in Technology with 1st class honors, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, 1979. Master in Engineering, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, 1981. Doctor of Philosophy, Georgia Institute of Technology, 1984.
Scientist National Aerospace Laboratories, Bangalore, 1984—1988. Senior research associate University Cambridge, England, 1988—1990. Professor department aerospace engineering Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, India, since 1990.
Senior visiting fellow department mechanical engineering National University Singapore, 1999—2001.
Fellow: World Innovation Foundation. Member: Aeronautical Society India.
Married Soma Dey, May 21, 1986. Children: Soumyo, Aditi.