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Dr. Sharad Purohit,
Director Centre for Development of Advanced Computing,
Pune
University Campus,
Ganeshkhind
PUNE 411 007
Email: purohit@cdac.ernet.in
Tel: 91-020-5694030
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Tel: 91-020-7290791 (R)
Fax: 91-020-5691111
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Qualification :
M.Sc. (1969, BITS, Pilani), Ph.D. (1972, IIT, Bombay)
Current Activities :
· To collaborate with Industries, R&D organizations and Academia.
· To Design Computer Simulation Packages for Real-life Multidisciplinary Applications.
· To interact with Government agencies for possible funding.
· To support indigenous solutions procedures exercises.
· To provide total solutions in Engineering Applications.
· To benchmark Computing Systems ( PARAM ) for optimized speed and accuracy.
· To organize / complete 'Turn key' Projects.
· To market third party software in India.
Projects :
· End-to-End Solution for Weather Forecasting - NCMRWF (DST )
· Computations for Climate Modelling – IITM, Pune, IIT, Delhi (AICTE, DST)
· Pre- and Post-Stack Migration - GEOPIC, ONGC (DST)
· Development of Parallel SDP Algorithm - DST
· Genetic Algorithm - IIT, Kanpur (DST)
· Study of Composite Structures - IITB, CDAC (ARDB).
· Flow Simulation for PSLV, GSLV - VSSC (ISRO)
· Parallelisation of FEAST ( Aerospace Structures ) - VSSC (ISRO)
· Scientific and Engineering Applications on PARAM – ILTP (DST)
· Thermal Design for Satellites - ISAC (ISRO)
· Adaptive Grids / Surface Wave Simulation - CWPRS (CWC)
· Data Management for Climate Modeling - ICRP (DST)
· Data management for satellite tracking - ISTRAC (ISRO)
· AutoPAR implementation for Computational Atmospheric Science – NSF (DST)
· Benchmarking of Integrated Forecasting System - ECMWF, Berkshire, UK
· Centre for Excellence for Computer and Composites - CDAC, IITB , R&DE
· Installation of PARAM 10000 at Indian Premier Institutes - MIT
· Campus-wide Networking - Visva-Bharati, Santiniketan.
Marketing ( Third Party Software )
PHOENICS ( CHAM, Ltd, UK ) - NPC, Bombay; CPRI, Bangalore; VSSC, Trivandrum,
EIMCO-KCP, Madras; LPSC, Trivandrum; IGCAR, Kalappakkam; L & T, Bombay; BARC, Bombay THERMAX, Pune; TELCO,Pune; IAT, Pune,BHEL,Trichy
PAM-CRASH ( ESI, France ) - IAT, Pune; RDSO, Lucknow; Kinetic Engineering, Pune
Interaction for Projects (Engineering / Scientific) :
India
· Department of Space - VSSC, SHAR, ISAC, SAC, LPSc, ISRO HQ, SPROB, ISTRAC
· Department of Defense - DRDL, ADA, ADE, GTRE, ARDE, ERDL, IAT
· Department of Atomic Energy - BARC, NPC, IGCAR, CAT
· Department of Ocean Development
· Council of Scientific and Industrial Research - NAL, NPOL, NCL, C-MMACS, NIO,CBT
· Department of Science and Technology - NCMRWF, IITM, IMD
· Industries - ESCORTS, Hindustan Lever, BHEL, JN Marshall, TELCO, TISCO, Bajaj, Sulzer, Thapar Industries, NEXUS
· Universities - Calcutta, Hyderabad, Indore, Bhopal, Roorkee, Bombay, Pune, Visva bharati, Rajasthan, Jabalpur, Kerala
· Institutes - IIT, IISc, BHU,PICT,GSITS,MACT,IIPS, PSGTech
Abroad
· McDonnell Douglas Research Laboratory, St.Louis; EMRC, Michigan; Wichita State University, Kansas; Purdue University, Purdue; Air Force Wright Aeronautical Laboratories, Ohio; University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati; National Center of Atmospheric Research, Boulder; Colorado State University, Colorado; National Center of Environmental Research, Washington; University of Maryland, Maryland; NASA Goddard Space Center, Greenbelt; NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton; NASA Ames Research Center, Moffet Field; University of Minnesota, Minneapolis; Stanford University, Stanford; Ohio State University, Ohio, USA.
· University of British Columbia, Vancouver; University of Toronto Institute of Aerospace Studies, Toronto, Canada.
· European Centre for Medium Range Weather Forecasting, Reading; CHAM Ltd., Wimbledon; University of Southampton, Southampton; Von Karman Institute for Fluid Mechanics, Belgium; University of Swansea, Swansea; European Commission, Belgium
· National Aerospace Laboratory, Minoti-ku, Tokyo; Institute of Wind Engineering, University of Tokyo; Engineering Systems International, Tokyo, Japan, Institute of High Performance Computing, Singapore, Earth Simulator R&D Centre, Tokyo,Bond University,Gold Coast,University of New South Wales, Sydney,Australia,
Ph.D.Guide
· University of Pune, Pune
· Institute of Computer Aided Design, Moscow
· Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore
Visiting Scientist
· University of Dayton Research Institute, Dayton, USA
· National Aerospace Laboratory, Bangalore
Coordinating R&D Projects
· 022 Scientific and Engineering CDAC sponsored projects during first mission(1989-93)
· 004 Scientific and Engineering CDAC sponsored projects during second mission(1993-98)
· 131 Scientific and Engineering CDAC sponsored projects during third mission(1998-2002)
Visits Abroad
· USA, UK, Singapore, Italy, Germany, Russia, Japan, Australia
Some Achievements :
· Referred in - Who's Who in Science and Engineering, Illinios, USA
· Invited Lecture - Platinuum Jubilee
Supercomputing and Scientific Advancements - National Priorities
Indian National Science Congress, Calcutta, 1995
Principal Investigator :
· Numerical Simulation for Three Dimensional Flows
Project from Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR), USA
( Wright - Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio )
Publications In Journals / Proceedings : 80
· Royal Aeronautical Society
· American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
· Journal of The Physical Society of Japan
· International Journal of Engineering Sciences
· Journal of Engineering Mathematics
· Asian Congress of Fluid Mechanics
· Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets
· Commonwealth Advisory Aeronautical Research Council
· International Conference in Numerical Methods
· International Workshop on Computational Wind Engineering
· Towards Teraflops - European Center for Medium Range Weather Forecasting
Reviewer :
Journal of American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Asian Congress of Fluid Mechanics
National Conference on Aerodynamics
Journal of Computer Society of India
Indian Society of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics
M.Tech. and Ph.D.Thesis of IITs and Universities
Member :
Senior member – American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)
Member – Institute of Electronics and Electrical Engineers (IEEE)
Member – Indian National Science Congress Association (INSCA)
Member – Indian Mathematical Society (IMS)
Member of the Committees :
· Lifting Reentry Vehicles - ISRO
· Mathematical Education and Research - DST
· Information and Computer Science Research - CSIR
· Assessment of Computer Requirements - ISRO
· Design of Light Combat Aircraft , CFD approach - DRDO
· Standing Advisory Committee - IIT, Delhi
· Steering Committee –HPC Asia Pacific Region
· Task Force for Human Genome and Computational Genomics - DBT