Prof. V K Tewari, Ph.D (Brussels)

Former Chairman, Technology Business Incubator Geu
Former Head, IIT Roorkee
Former Vice Chancellor, , Uttarakhand Technical University

Prof Tewari did his B.E. in Metallurgical and Materials Engineering from University of Roorkee, now IIT, Roorkee in 1968 and M.E. in Extractive Metallurgy in 1971 from the same University.

Joined the Faculty in IIT, Roorkee in 1972 as Lecturer. Completed his PhD in Corrosion from Universite Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium in 1980 under Belgian Govt. scholarship scheme. Also served as Prof. and Head, Metallurgical and Materials Engg., IIT, Roorkee.

Served as Director, Science and Tech. Entrepreneurship Park, IIT Roorkee for eight years. He was the Founder Vice Chancellor of Uttarakhand Technical University from Dec 3, 2005, to Dec. 2, 2008. He also served as Vice Chancellor of Graphic Era Deemed to be University for 4.5 years and Director General of the same University for two years.

Served as Chairman of Technology Business Incubator for more than two years and established it from a funding of Rs 3.0 crores.

1. Mentoring STARTUP SUNFOX, an internationally valued Start-up.
2. Advisor to several Technical Universities and Institutes.
3. Visited several Universities in France, Germany, Belgium, and China.
4. Recipient of famous French Honour as Officier dans L'Ordre des Palms Academiques from the Prime Minister of France.
5. Also honoured as title of Uttarakhand Ratan Award.
6. Supervised several PhDs and M. Tech theses.
7. Served as Chairman/Member of National and International Committees.