Professional Activities

Experience:

1998 - Present:	Director, National Science Foundation: Industry/University Cooperative Research Center for Advanced Studies in Novel Surfactants and (since 2008) Center for Particulate and Surfactant Systems, Columbia University
1988 - 1997:	Chairman Henry Krumb School of Mines, Dept. of Min., Met., & Mnrl. Engineering, Columbia University
1987 - Present:	Director Langmuir Center for Colloids & Interfaces, Columbia University
1983 - Present:	La von Duddleson Krumb Professor of Mineral Engineering, Columbia University
1978 - 1983:	Professor of Mineral Engineering, Columbia University
May - July 1977:	Visiting Scientist, University of Melbourne, Australia
January - April 1977:	Visiting Professor/Scientist, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India
1970 - 1978:	Associate Professor of Mineral Engineering, Columbia University
May - July 1976:	Acting Chairman, School of Mines, Columbia University
1967 - 1970:	Research Chemist, R.J. Reynolds Industries, Inc., Winston-Salem
1965 - 1967:	Senior Research Engineer, Intern. Minerals & Chemical Corp., Libertyville, IL
1961 - 1964:	Teaching and Research Assistant at the University of California, Berkeley
1958 - 1959:	Senior Laboratory Assistant at the National Chemical Laboratory, Poona, India

Awards and Recognitions:

• Appointed Honorary Advisor to China National Electric Apparatus Research Institute Co Ltd, Guangzhou, China, May 2012
• Title of Padma Shri by the Indian government, 2010
• Member of the Advisory Body of MET’s Engineering College, Mala, India, December
• Keynote speaker and honorary Chair of the International Nanomaterials & Nanotechnology Conference in Beijing, China. Also met Chinese President Jiang Zemin, July 2001
• Appointed Honorary Professor at Wuhan Institute of Chemical Technology, July 2001
• Elected as foreign member to the Russian Academy of Natural Sciences, 2000
• Elected fellow of Indian National Academy of Engineering, 1999
• Foreign Member of Chinese Academy of Engineering, 1998
• Chairman, Engineering Foundation Board, 1993
• Frank F. Aplan Award, Engineering Foundation, 1992
• Honorary Research Advisor, Beijing General Research Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, Beijing, China, 1991
• The State of New Jersey Senate Leadership Citation, 1991
• Plenary Lecture, 119th Annual AIME/SME Meeting, Utah, 1990
• Ellis Island Medal of Honor for Distinguished Americans, 1990
• First Brahm Prakash Chair, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, 1990
• Distinguished Alumnus Award, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, 1989
• Honorary Professor, Central University of Technology, Changsha, China, 1988-1993
• Plenary Lecture, XVIth International Mineral Processing Congress, Stockholm, Sweden, 1988
• Henry Krumb Lecturer Award, AIME, 1988
• Honor Award, Association of Indians in America, 1988
• Robert Richards Award, Soc. of Min., Met. & Mnrl. Eng., 1987
• A.E. Taggart Award, Soc. of Min., Met. & Mnrl. Eng., 1987
• Award of Excellence, V.H.P. of America, Inc., July, 1987
• Award for Achievements in Applied Science, 2nd World Malayalam Conference, Washington, D.C., August, 1985
• National Academy of Engineering Member, 1985
• Keynote lecture, Colloque-bilan "Interactions Solide-Liquide", Nancy, France, 1984.
• Plenary lecture (presented in absentia) International Conf. on Recent Advances in Mineral Science and Technology, Johannesburg, 1984
• Plenary lecture, Pacific Region Meeting of Fine Particle Society, 1983
• Distinguished Member, Soc. of Min., Met. & Mnrl. Engrg., 1983
• Mill Man Distinction Award, Soc. of Min., Met. & Mnrl. Eng., 1983
• Antoine M. Gaudin Award, Soc. of Min., Met. & Mnrl. Eng.,1982
• Foreign Guest Lecturer at the Rehbinder Symposium, USSR Academy of Sciences, Moscow, 1981
• Fellow, Institution of Mining and Metallurgy (London)
• Keynote lecturer at the Intern. Conf. on Complex Sulfides, Rome, 1980
• Publications Board Award, Soc. of Min., Met. & Mnrl. Eng., 1980
• Most Distinguished Achievement in Engineering (AINA), 1980
• Keynote lecturer, Int. Symp. on Resources Engineering, Bombay, 1979
• Plenary lecturer at the XIII Intern. Mineral Proc. Cong. Warsaw, 1979
• Soc. of Min., Met. & Mnrl. Eng., Best Presentation Award for the paper, "Stabilization, Flocculation and Selective Flocculation of Mineral Suspensions Using Polymers" by G.C. Sresty, P. Somasundaran, and C.C. Gryte, 1978
• Opening lecturer, Symp. on Colloid and Surface Chemistry of Mineral Flotation, Melbourne, 1977
• University of Melbourne Fellowship Award at the School of Chemistry, University of Melbourne, 1977
• Keynote lecturer at the Conference on Non-Renewable Resources, Bangalore, 1977
• Prime Minister Nehru Scholarship for higher studies abroad, 1961
• Tata Educational Award for higher studies, 1961
• Merit Scholarship from Indian Institute of Science on the basis of rank in a nationally selected class of 24, 1960

Professional:

• Member, Engineering Conference International, Board of Directors Annual Meeting, January 18,2011
• Member, International Advisory Committee for MPT 2011, Udaipur, India, October 20 22, 2011
• Member, Canadian Center of Academic Arts and Science as of March 25, 2011 –
• Member, Board of Advisors Meeting of the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA, April 7, 2011
• Member, Hoover Medal Board of Awards, New York, October 6, 2011
• Instructor, “Nano 102 – Nanoparticle Synthesis and Processing Issues” Workshop II at
• Engineering, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA, November 18, 2011
• Chair, session at International Conference on Wireless Technologies for Humanitarian Relief (ACWR201 1), Amrita University, Amritapuri, India, December 21, 2011
• Panelist, Panel Discussion on "Water Related Issues Concerning India," at the 3rd International Perspective on Current & Future State of Water Resources & the Environment, Chennai, India, January 7, 2010
• Participant, Sub Sea and Sub Surface Oil and Dispersant Detection Sampling and Monitoring Strategy – Unified Command, Federal Agencies and Academic Partners Meeting, Tulane University, New Orleans LA, September 1, 2010
• Participant, NCEAS Gulf Oil Spill Ecotoxicology Working Group’s first meeting at Dauphin
• Honored Guest, Welcoming reception and opening ceremony, 2001 International Symposium on Nanomaterials and Technology, Beijing, July 2, 2001
• Board Member, National Science Foundation, Gainesville, Florida, September 4 6, 2001  Doctorate Adjudication Committee, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, September 21, 2001
• Committee, United Engineering Foundation Project, 2001
• Panelist, University of Florida on Cross disciplinary Particle Science & Technology, Gainesville, Fl, February 12, 2000
• Director, National Science Foundation I/UCRC for Advanced Studies in Novel Surfactants, 1997 Present
• Host of International Fine Particle Research Institute’s 10th Annual Meeting, Teaneck, New
• "Research Opportunities," National Science Foundation Workshop on Beneficiation of Mineral Fines, Sterling Forest, NY, August, 1978