त्वरित संपर्क
Professor Manohar Prasad
(1942-2013)
Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur
Prof. Manohar Prasad was born on January 24, 1942 in a small village in Bihar. He got the bachelors degree in Mechanical Engineering in 1965 from Bihar College of Engineering, Patna (now called NIT Patna). Thereafter, he joined the Mechanical Engineering Department of IIT Kanpur as Associate Lecturer in 1966. During the service at IIT Kanpur, he completed his Masters in 1969. Then, he completed his Ph.D. in the area of energy conversion in 1976 under the guidance of Prof. Vedanth Kadambi and Prof. P.N. Kaul (when Dr. Kadambi left IIT Kanpur in 1971).
Prof. Manohar Prasad taught the 'energy conversion courses' at UG level and 'refrigeration and air-conditioning courses' at PG level. His has written three books. His first book, co-authored with Dr. Kadambi, is a 3-volume book titled "Introduction to Energy Conversion" that is being used as a text-book in many Indian engineering colleges. It has also been translated in some European languages. His other two books titled "Refrigeration and Air-conditioning" and "Refrigeration and Air-conditioning Data Book" are also being used widely. He was associated with the Refrigeration and Air-conditioning Laboratory of Mechanical EngineeringDepartment where he carried out a lot of developmental work in this area. His two papers won the Sir Rajendra Nath Mookerjee and the N.K. Iyengar Memorial Prizes from of The Institution of Engineers, India. He was a member of the International Institute of Refrigeration, Paris. He retired from the Institute in 2004.
Prof. Manohar Prasad was a very simple, yet jovial person. He passed away on January 15, 2013 at 9.30 am in Regency Hospital, Kanpur. He is survived by his wife, son, daughter-in-law, two daughters and son-in-laws and grand-children. The Institute expresses its deepest condolences to the bereaved family of Prof. Manohar Prasad and prays for the peace of the departed soul.
