Prof. Dinesh Kabra from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay has joined Electrical Engineering Prof. Saurabh Lodha as faculty center leaders from the university in Mumbai, India. Their U.S. counterparts at The Ohio State University are Anant Agarwal, a professor in Electrical and Computer Engineering, and Ardeshir Contractor, a visiting fellow at the Institute for Materials and Manufacturing Research (IMR).
The IIT Bombay-Ohio State Frontier Center is a joint research center operated by Ohio State’s IMR and IIT Bombay. It builds on both institutions’ research strengths in renewable energy, electronics, photonics, materials, and quantum information technology. IIT Bombay Professor Emeritus Juzer Vasi and IMR Executive Director Steven Ringel serve as the center’s advisers.
Kabra, a professor in IIT Bombay’s Department of Physics, said he is excited to continue the Frontier Center’s work fostering collaborative efforts aimed at maximizing impact in the competitive global landscape of research and technological advancements. He added that the center has the opportunity to combine the resources and knowledge from the two universities to enhance synergy and achieve greater outcomes collectively.
