Vidyashankar Sadasivarao Benkipur

Background

Benkipur, Vidyashankar Sadasivarao was born on November 27, 1931 in Tumkurtown, Karnataka, India. Son of Sadasivarao Subbarao and Anasuyabai (Sadasivarao) Benkipur.

Education

Bachelor of Engineering, Mysore (India) University, 1953.

Career

Junior engineer, Chambal Hydro-Electric Project, Kotah, India, 1955-1957; assistant engineer, Hindustan Steel Ltd., Bhilai, India, 1957-1961; assistant executive engineer, Neyveli Lignite Corporation, India, 1961-1962; assistant plant engineer, Fertilizer Corporation India, Bombay, 1962-1967; chief project engineer, Montreal Engineering International, Bombay, 1967-1975; project manager, Friedrich Uhde GmbH, Bombay, 1975-1977; consultant, Gohel Cons., Bangalore, India, 1978-1980; head project engineering department, Khoday Engineering, Bangalore, 1980-1983; construction engineering, self employed, Bangalore, since 1983; vice president, Riper Foundation, Bangalore, since 1993. Co-author, deputy leader research publication Inernational Productivity Handbook, 1995.

Achievements

• Vidyashankar Sadasivarao Benkipur has been listed as a noteworthy Mechanical engineer, consultant, researcher by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member Indian Institute World Culture, Bangalore, since 1979, Jayanagar Study Center, Bangalore, since 1993, Fellow Institution Engineers India. Member American Society of Mechanical Engineers.

Interests

• Avocations: photography, chess, spiritual quest, scientific studies.

Connections

Married Champa Vidyashankar, August 20, 1964. Children: Meenakshi, Dayanand.

Father:

Sadasivarao Subbarao Benkipur

Mother:

Anasuyabai (Sadasivarao) Benkipur

Spouse:

Champa Vidyashankar

child:

Dayanand Benkipur

child:

Meenakshi Benkipur