Viswanathan Kumaran, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Viswanathan Kumaran

an Indian chemical engineer, rheologist and a professor

Date of Birth: 17-Jun-1966

Place of Birth: Tamil Nadu, India

Profession: chemical engineer

Zodiac Sign: Gemini

Viswanathan Kumaran (born 1966) is an Indian chemical engineer, rheologist and a professor at the Department of Chemical Engineering of the Indian Institute of Science.
He is known for his studies on stability of flow past flexible surfaces and is an elected fellow of the Indian Academy of Sciences, Indian National Science Academy and the Indian National Academy of Engineering.
The Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, the apex agency of the Government of India for scientific research, awarded him the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology, one of the highest Indian science awards for his contributions to Engineering Sciences in 2000.
A recipient of the TWAS Prize in 2014 and the Infosys Prize 2016 in the Engineering and Computer Science category, Kumaran was listed in the Asian Scientist 100, a list of top 100 scientists from Asia, by the Asian Scientist magazine.