Jayant K. Singh has been appointed as Chaired Professor and Head of the Center for Development of Technical Education, IIT Kanpur

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Dr. Jayant K. Singh (on the left) and Dr. David Kofke (on the right).

Jayant Singh and David Kofke

Jayant K. Singh has been selected for the Mr. and Mrs. Gian Singh Bindra Chaired Professorship at IIT Kanpur, for three years starting in June 2017. Jayant recently completed a term as associate dean for the school’s undergraduate program, and he has now taken on a new role as a head of the Center for Development of Technical Education. Jayant is also an associate editor for the publication Chemical Engineering Communications. Jayant caught up with his former advisor David A. Kofke at the 10th Liblice Conference on the Statistical Mechanics of Liquids at Sumava National Park in the Czech Republic.