June 15, 2024
IITKGPian Prof. Rintu Banerjee Appointed as the First Female Deputy Director for the First IIT of the Nation
IITKGP Foundation
Prof. Rintu Banerjee has been appointed the new Deputy Director of IIT Kharagpur, making her the first woman to hold this post at the first IIT in the country and the world. She earned the PhD in Microbial Biotechnology from the Chemical Engineering Department at IIT Kharagpur. Prof. Banerjee is the Founder Head and is presently the Chairperson of the P K Sinha Centre for Bioenergy and Renewables. She has also served as the Head of the Centre for Rural Development, Innovative and Sustainable Technology and Head of the Department of Agricultural & Food Engineering at IITKGP for 3 years. She has held many important portfolios at IITKGP including Chairperson of Centre of Excellence in Precision Agriculture & Food Nutrition; Nodal Coordinator for Australia and New Zealand for SPARC & Coordinator for RuTAG. From the beginning of her career she was engaged in industry-academy collaborative research activities. As an outcome of her research, she has transferred several technologies to different industries and has many national/international patents to her credit. Recently, she has successfully transferred her 1G & 2G Ethanol technology to the industry for commercialization.