North Eastern Regional Institute of Science and Technology
India
Prof. Pradip Lingfa joined the North Eastern Regional Institute of Science and Technology (NERIST) as a Lecturer in the Department of Mechanical Engineering in the year 1996. He has guided/supervised 7 PhD and 28 M. Tech students and completed many centrally sponsored research projects. During his tenure of 27 years at NERIST, Prof. Lingfa has shouldered various administrative responsibilities, such as Head of the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Dean (Students’ Affairs), Dean (Planning & Development), Chairman (Security), Chairman (Hostel Management Council) cum-Chief Warden, etc. Apart from these, till the time of his leaving from NERIST, Prof. Lingfa was the Regional Coordinator, Unnat Bharat Abhiyan (UBA), a flagship program of the Ministry of Education, Government of India, to enrich rural India. As a Professor, he was a member of the Board of Management and Academic Council of NERIST and Tezpur University. He has been external PhD examiner for various universities and resource person/advisor for various recruitment/selection processes in reputed universities and Public Service Commissions. Further, to inspire and motivate the youth to actualize the concept of ‘Lab to Land’, ‘Waste to Wealth’, and ‘Vocal for Local’, he has developed a Biofuel vehicle which runs exclusively on B20 bio-diesel obtained from Wasted Cooking and Messua Ferrei oils found locally