Guest Editorial

"Guest Editorial." IETE Journal of Research, 34(5), pp. 339–340

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S C Dutta Roy

Suhash C Dutta Roy was born on November 1, 1937, in Mymensingh, now in Bangladesh. He received the BSc (Hons) degree in Physics, the MSc (Tech) degree in radio physics and electronics, and the D Philo degree for research on network theory and solid state circuits, all from the University of Calcutta, (India), in 1956, 1959 and 1965 respectively.

He has been a Professor of Electrical Engineering at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), New Delhi, since January 1970. He was the Head of the Electrical Engineering Department during 1970–73 and the Dean of Undergraduate Studies during 1983–86. Previously, he served the IIT as an Associate Professor (1968–69); the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, USA, as an Assistant Professor (1965–68); the University of Kalyani, West Bangal, India as a Lecturer (1961–65); and the River Research Institute, West Bengal, India, as the Research Officer, Electronics (1960–61). He was a Visiting Professor at the University of Leeds, England during 1973–74, and a Visiting Fellow at the Iowa State University, Ames, USA, during 1978–79, on leave from IIT Delhi. He teaches circuits, systems, electronics and signal processing courses, and conducts and supervises research in the same areas.

Professor Dutta Roy is a Fellow of the Indian National Science Academy, the Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE), the Indian Academy of Sciences, and the Institution of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineers (IETE). He has served on the Editorial Boards of International Journal of Circuit Theory and Applications, IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement, Indian Journal of Pure and Applied Physics, and Journal of the IETE, and was an Honorary Editor for the last Journal during 1981–83. He was a member of the Indian National Committee of the URSI, in charge of Commission C: Signals and systems, during 1981–88. He is currently the Editor of Publications of the INAE and a Member of the IETE Council.

Professor Dutta Roy is the recepient of Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Award, Vikram Sarabhai Award, Om Prakash Bhasin Foundation Award, Ram Lal Wadhwa Gold Medal, Meghnad Saha Memorial Award, and National Lecturership Award of the University Grants Commission.