Kripa Shanker, former Vice Chancellor, Uttar Pradesh Technical University, Lucknow and former Deputy Director, IIT Kanpur is a Gold Medalist for standing first in B.Sc. Mechanical Engg. from Banaras Hindu University. He obtained his M.Tech. in Mechanical Engineering from IIT Kanpur, and M.S. and Ph.D. in Operations Research and Industrial Engineering from Cornell University, USA. His major areas of teaching and research include operations research, production/operations management, supply chain and logistical management, re-manufacturing systems, quantitative and statistical decision models, computer integrated/flexible manufacturing systems, cellular manufacturing, financial engineering and analytics. He joined IIT Kanpur as a faculty member in the Industrial and Management Engineering Department in 1978 where he has been serving as a Professor since 1987. He had been a visiting Professor at the Asian Institute of Technology Bangkok from 1982-84, and again from 1998-2000. He has also taught at Cornell, USA; Hanoi, Vietnam; Iran; and Ethiopia. He has received several scholastic awards and prizes for his studentship and also for his professional accomplishments. Apart from being recipient of Gold Medal in Mechanical Engineering at BHU, he has also been recipient of National Merit Scholarship and Government of India Scholarship for Studies Abroad. He has been awarded Life Time Achievement Award from Operations Management Society, India, ISTE National Award for Outstanding Academic, 2001, INAE National Distinguished Teacher Award 2015, Distinguished Teacher Award IIT Kanpur 2015 and Distinguished Alumnus Award from BHU in 2007. He has received several times certificate of appreciation as Best Teacher at IIT Kanpur and AIT Bangkok and Hanoi. He has supervised over 125 Masters and 17 Doctoral theses. He has published more than hundred papers in international journals and conference proceedings. He has been associated with more than a dozen sponsored projects in the field of CAM, CIMS and FMS from various sponsoring agencies. He has organized several continuing education courses for engineering college teachers, and engineers and managers from industry on a wide range of topics. He is associated with many professional bodies which include Operations Research Society of America, Operations Research Society of India, Institute of Industrial Engineers (IIE) (Sr. Member), Fellow of Indian National Academy Engineering, Institution of Engineers (India), Fellow (Life Member), Indian Institution of Industrial Engineering, Indian Society for Technical Education (Life Member). He is reviewer of several international journals in the areas manufacturing system, production and operations management. During 39 years at IIT/K as a faculty, he has held various positions like founder and Head of Office Automation, Warden, Head of Department (two terms), Dean of Students Affairs etc. At the national level, his participation include ; Chairman, Institution of Engineers (India) Kanpur Local Centre; Member, AICTE Board of Management Studies; Chairman, Expert Team, National Broad of Accreditation of Engineering and Management Institutions; Member of Board of Governors of several institutions including NITs; Chairman Board of Apprentice and Training (Northern Region); Advisor, Union Public Service Commission; and Visitor’s Nominee for Faculty Selection for NITs. His major professional/administrative achievements with national impact include his initiating at IIT Kanpur, teaching and research in the field of manufacturing systems management, supply chain and logistical management, office automation, and starting a 2-year MBA programme. He has been part of several missions of Government of India abroad as well as India. He has been the Deputy Director of IIT Kanpur for the two consecutive terms (2002-05-08) prior to joining UPTU as its Vice-Chancellor (July 2009 – September 2012). After retirement from IIT Kanpur as Emeritus Fellow on June 30, 2017, he has been associated with IIT(BHU) Varanasi.