Bhaskar Dasgupta

Bhaskar Dasgupta serves as a Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur. His academic profile demonstrates significant expertise in robotics, computational design, and engineering optimization.

Dr. Dasgupta's educational background includes a PhD (1997) and ME (1993) from the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, and a B.Sc. in Engineering (1991) from Patna University. His research spans robotics, CAD systems, mechanisms, machine dynamics, and computational engineering methods.

His scholarly contributions include analytical formulations for robotic manipulators, novel scoring functions for protein docking analysis, and domain mapping algorithms with applications in motion planning and mesh generation. Though specific publication dates aren't provided in the source material, his work bridges theoretical foundations with practical engineering applications across multiple domains.

• Two gold medals for best PhD thesis (1997)
• Humboldt Fellowship (2001)
• INAE Young Engineer Award (2003)
• Mercator Guest Professor at TU Berlin (2005)

Dr. Dasgupta has contributed to engineering education through his PG Textbook on Applied Mathematical Methods and an NPTEL course on Mathematical Methods in Engineering and Science, demonstrating his commitment to both research and pedagogy at IIT Kanpur.