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Rajesh Khanna

Rajesh Khanna, Indian engineering educator. Achievements include research in instabilities in thin liquid films; research in importance of nanometer thin liquid films in current era of neuroscience. Recipient Government of India Residential scholarship, Government of India, 1980-1984.

Background

  • Khanna, Rajesh was born on May 23, 1967 in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India. Son of Jai Kishan and Keshro Devi Khanna.

  • Education

    • Bachelor of Technology, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, India, 1989; M of Technology, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, India, 1992; Doctor of Philosophy, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, India, 1998.

    Career

    • Postdoctoral fellow Institute de Chimie des Surfaces et Interfaces, Mulhouse, France, 1998—2000. Visiting faculty department chemical engineering Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, New Delhi, 2000—2002, assistant professor department chemical engineering, since 2002. Vice president board sports activities Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, New Delhi, since 2003.

    Achievements

    • Achievements include research in instabilities in thin liquid films. Research in importance of nanometer thin liquid films in current era of neuroscience.

    Works

    • Author: (book chapter) Emulsions, Foams and Thin Films, Mittal Festschrift on Adhesion Science and Technology, Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, Mittal festscrift on Adhesion Science and Technology, Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology. Contributor poetry to anthologies, articles to science journals.

    Personality

    Interests

    Sports, gardening, bird and nature watching.

    Connections

    • Son of Jai Kishan and Keshro Devi Khanna. Married Shalini Khanna, December 4, 1995; 1 child Ishaan.
    • child: Ishaan Khanna
    • mother: Keshro Devi Khanna
    • spouse: Shalini Khanna
    • father: Jai Kishan
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    • 1989
      Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur
    • 1992
      Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur
    • 1998
      Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur
    • 2002
      visiting faculty department chemical engineer, engineering Indian Institute of Technology Delhi
    • 1998
      Postdoctoral fellow, Institute de Chimie des Surfaces et Interfaces