“I want to see NIT, Rourkela as a global brand”
Prof. Sunil Kumar Sarangi is the first director of National Institute of Technology (NIT), Rourkela, earlier known as Regional Engineering College (REC). Prof. Sarangi was educated at Ravenshaw College. After studying Mechanical Engineering at IIT, Kharagpur, he joined the State University of New York at Stony Brook in 1971 and was awarded PhD in Radiation Heat Transfer. In 1977, he joined Physical Research Laboratory (PRL), Ahmedabad after a brief stint at the PRL, he joined IIT Kharagpur as a faculty. His areas of interest are cryogenic Processes and Equipment, Heat Exchanger and Expansion machines. He was a professor and head of Cryogenic Department for a long time before joining as the NIT, Rourkela director. Prof. Sarangi is well known for his scholarly contribution and for his able administration. In an interview with Santosh Kumar Jagdev, Rourkela correspondent of ‘The Political and Business Daily’ (PBD), Prof. Sarangi takes readers throug...