Victor GambhirVictor Gambhir is presently working as President/Vice Chancellor and Professor in the Mechanical Engineering Department at JECRC University, Jaipur, Rajasthan (since January 2021). He worked as Vice Chancellor and Professor in the Mechanical Engineerng Department at SGT University Gurugram, Haryana from May 2020 to December 2020 and at Maharishi Markandeshwar (deemed to be University), Mullana, Ambala, Haryana from November 2016 to May 2020. He also worked as President/Vice Chancellor and Professor in the Mechanical Engineering Department at JECRC University, Jaipur, Rajasthan from June 2014 to November 2016. Prior to that, he worked as Pro-Vice Chancellor/Director Planning & Coordination and Professor in the Mechanical Engineering Department at Manav Rachna International Institute of Research and Studies from September 2006 to May 2014. He also worked as Workshop Superintendent at YMCA Institute of Engineering (now J. C. Bose University Science & Technology), Faridabad, Haryana from May 2005 to September 2006. Earlier, he worked as Joint Director, Technical Education Department, Government of Haryana from April 1998 to May 2005 and Deputy Director, Technical Education Department, Government of Haryana from April 1991 to June 1994. He has also worked as Head of the Department, Senior Lecturer, Workshop Superintendent and Lecturer in Government Polytechnics under the Department of Technical Education, Government of Haryana from December 1985 to March 1991 and July 1994 to April 1998. Prior to that, he worked in industry from June 1982 to May 1985 in the area of Engineering Projects and Pipelines. He obtained his Bachelor degree in Mechanical Engineering from the Thapar Institute of Engineering & Technology, Patiala (Punjabi University Patiala) in 1982 and Master degree in Mechanical Engineering with specialization in Rotodynamic Machines from Punjab Engineering College, Chandigarh (Punjab University Chandigarh) in 1998. He obtained his Doctoral Degree (Ph.D.) in Quality in Engineering Education from Manav Rachna International University (now Manav Rachna International Institute of Research and Studies, deemed to be University), Faridabad. He obtained his Diploma in Management from IGNOU, New Delhi in 1989 and attended a Foreign Fellowship Program sponsored by the World Bank at Northern Melbourne Institute of TAFE, Victoria, Australia from January 1998 to April 1998. He has published five textbooks for polytechnic students in the field of Applied Mechanics, Thermodynamics, Hydraulics and Hydraulic Machines, and Engineering Graphics. He has guided two Ph.D. dissertations. He has published nine research papers in international journals (six SCOPUS indexed) and six research papers in international/national conferences held by IISC Bangalore, IIT Delhi, and YMCA Institute of Engineering, Faridabad. He has been awarded two patents as co-inventor. He is a Member of the American Society for Mechanical Engineers, Life Member of the Indian Society for Technical Education, and Fellow Member of the Institution of Engineers (India). Read More Read Less