BIO DATA OF PROF. J.N. MOUDGILL
DATE OF BIRTH 01.01.1913
1928 Matriculation Examination of Punjab University; won scholar-ship
and free tuition for intermediate classes.
1930, Intermediate Examination, Maharaja’s College of Science,
Trivandrum, First class honors in Chemistry, Mathematics and English
1936, B. A. of Madras University. Physics as main Subject. First class
and FIRST in the Madras University, Many awards and prizes from the
University and College.
1936, B.Sc. Engineering (Electrical and Mechanical) Benaras Hindu
University, First Class Honors, Many prizes, learn some mining and
metallurgy.
1937, Technical Institute, Jamshedpur; top ranker in metallurgy and
Advanced Electrical & Mechanical Engineering, also studied course in
telecommunication, accounting, first aid, safety, computerization of
accounts, practical training etc.,
1938 to 1941, Mechanical Engineer, Tata Iron & Steel Co.,
Jamshedpur, in the Blast furnace department; erection, maintenance,
design of blast furnaces, heavy mechanical equipment, instrumentation,
air and gas mains and valves, gas cleaning plant, locomotive and iron and
slag cars.
1941 to 1945, Mechanical Engineer, Tata Iron and Steel Co.,
Jamshedpur, in the wheel, Tyre and Axle plants: maintenance of heavy
forgoing press, rolling mill, high pressure hydraulic pumps,
accumulators. In got slicing lather, heating and heat-treatment furnaces;
complete machine shop for manufacture and testing.
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1945 to 1953, Thomason college of Engineering/ Roorkee University:
head of the Mechanical engineering department: teaching, research and
development of post graduate laboratories, workshops, first teaching in
India of air-conditioning at University level. Courses for specialist
engineers from Industry in air conditioning refrigeration and cold
storages.
1945 to 1948, School of Military Engineering, Roorkee. Construction
of ice plants, cold storages and air-conditioning equipment. Teaching of
Royal British Army Engineers and Indian Army Engineers, Majors and
above in short and one year long courses.
1945 to 1950, Trained as Military Engineer, with rank of Captain,
Commanding as company of sappers and minors, of the Indian Territorial
army.
1945 to 1953, was responsible for workshops, electric and water supply
and telephones, in the university and School of Military Engineering, and
staff and student residences.
1953,
Vice principal, Government of India Delhi Polytechnic, Delhi;
teaching, development of university level courses, administration and
staffing of academic departments, constructions of laboratories and
workshops; Dean, Faculty of Technology, Delhi University.
1955 to 1962, Planning the Indian Institute of Technology/ College of
Engineering and Technology, Delhi, in collaboration with the
Government of Great Britain and British industry, visited U.K. to study
Universities, large Industrial Organizations and technical training
Institutions; visited some Institutions in Europe.
Acquired land and built first academic buildings, workshops and hostels;
equipped them and started academic courses, was Deputy Director/ Vice
Principal of the institute.
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1954 to 1962, Member of Association of Principals of Technical
Institutions, Founder Member of Indian Society of Technical Education,
Convenor of the Society in Northern Region.
Consultant to the Union Public Service Commission, Delhi, Public
Service Commissions in Gujarat, and Madhya Pradesh, the Indian
Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, Defense Service
Laboratories, many Universities and technical Institutes, Steal plant of
Durgapur, Rourkela; for selection of Engineers and Scientists, at high
level. Examiner at graduate & postgraduate level in many universities
and Technical Institute and U.P.S.C.
1962 to 1967, President of India’s as Visitor’s Nominee for five years,
to the Indian Institutes of Technology at Kanpur, Bombay, Madras and
Delhi for selection of senior academic staff and coordination of academic
courses.
1962 to 1967, Founder Principal of The regional Collage of Technology
(MACT) at Bhopal. Built college buildings, laboratories, workshops,
student and staff residence. Established a liasion with the United Nations
Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) collaborate
courses, financial grants for equipment, for working of college teachers
abroad and second mart of foreign professors; developed intimate
connection with local Heavy Electrical Industries Ltd; Dean of the
faculty of technology Universities of Ujjain. Coordinated in teaching at
Indore, Gwallior, Vidish and Bhopal engineering colleges.
1968 to 1971, Principal of Delhi college of Engineering, developed new
postgraduate and under graduate courses. Dean, faculty of Technology,
University of Delhi; formal head of School of Planning and
Architecture; specialist course in electronics and first courses in India on
computer education, which led to the development of Netaji Subhash
Bose Institute of Technology Delhi, (deemed University), to which I have
been consultant from 1982 to date.
1971 to 1972, Indo Burma Petroleum Co., under the Ministry of
Petroleum and Chemicals, Technical Adviser and Engineering Manager
of the technical division, dealing with the construction and design of
continuous furnaces for heating, heat treatment and baking furnaces,
drum making, bread and biscuits making, continuous bottling of aerated
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and nonaerated drinks, photographic equipment electronic temperature
controllers and medical equipments.
1971 to 1972, Consultant Bhabha Atomic Research Center for
commercialising their research products, person grata with the Center.
Selected high vacuum and low temperature equipment and
instrumentation for manufacturing in Indo Burma Petroleum. There is at
present their factory at Nashik for the manufacturing of large pressure
vessels for storage and transport of hydrogen, oxygen and industrial
gasses.
1971 to 1972, Consultant to ATA Consulting Engineers, Bombay, my
design of a high vacuum and extremely low temperature testing chamber
at space conditions, was built by Indo-Burma Petroleum Co, with the
guidance of Bhaba Atomic Research Center and erected in the Thumba
Space laboratory at Trivandrum, of the Indian Space Research
Organization, in 1973.
1972 to 1974, Built a large aluminum fabricating and anodizing plant
for construction of tall buildings, with doors and windows, with
aluminum excluded sections and glass, for my son-in-law. This is now
the biggest organization in India, known as ALKARMA, for making tall
and large glazed air-conditioned buildings and has many foreign
collaborations. Even now I am their consultant for major designs and
developments.
1978 to 1990 Member, Boards of Governors of various high academic
organizations: Indian School of Mining, Dhanbad, Regional Colleges at
Jamshedpur, Durgapur, Allahabad; CSIR Mechanical Engineering
Research Laboratory at Durgapur, Technical Training Institute at
Chandigarh, Dean faculty of Technology of Delhi and Ujjain universities.
1942 to 1990, Membership of learned societies; member of Iron and
Steel Institute, UK 1942, Member of Institute metals, UK, 1942, Member
of American society of Heating, Refrigeration and Air-conditioning
society, 1952, Fellow of Indian Society of Refrigeration and airconditioning engineers, 1948; life fellow of the Institute of Engineers,
India; was member of APTI; member of the International Combustion
Institute and Founder Member of the Indian Society of Technical
Education and Convener of the Northern Regional part of the Society.
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1940 to date, Travels: Have frequently visited in India many important
academic research Institutes, large industrial organizations, important
historical buildings of architectural, religious, archeological and artistic
interest.
Have visited UK/Europe to study universities, technical institute and
factories in 1949.
Have visited, along with my wife, many European countries, UK, United
States of America, Canada, for four months in 1983. I have again visited
UK on a three months visit in 1987.
1978 to date Hobbies: Study of ancient Indian literature, batik painting on
cloth, engraving of religious subjects and staying at holy places.
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