- IMPLAST Series of Conferences
Prof. Gupta
is internationally recognised for the IMPLAST series of conferences, which he initiated
in 1973. IMPLAST is a unique Indian
event, which by now has become an essential part of the International Calendar,
and is held with regular periodicity in India and countries across the world.
This Indian event has been held in Australia (2000), Germany (2007) and USA
(2010). South Korea (2019).
Prof Gupta’s extraordinary leadership abilities and his international recognition are reflected in his capability to bring experts from all over the world together in IMPLAST even in very early conferences.
IMPLAST CONFERENCES
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| The 3rd symposium on Large Deformations. This is one of the rare historic photograph perhaps all over the world, where in we can see most of the highly known international scientists and several known DRDO scientists and others. |
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| Inauguration by Dr. U. R. Rao, (Space) and Dr. V. K. Aatre (DRDO) |
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| The participants in IMPLAST 2003 |
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| From Left: Prof. O.T. Brohns, Prof. A. Meyers and Prof. N. K. Gupta |
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| Prof. N. K. Gupta and Shri Manohar Parikar |
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| From Left: Prof. A. Sharma, Prof. N. K. Gupta, Shri M. Parikar, Dr. S. Christopher, and Prof. V. Ramgopal Rao. |
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| Participants in IMPLAST 2016 |
It is a matter of honour for India that history of
IMPLAST was published by the international Journal of Impact Engineering in its
vol 27 (2002) pages 901-918.
These events provide a valuable forum for the Indian scientists to interact with several known international scientists.
He also initiated a series of Indo-Russian workshops in “Theoretical and Applied Mechanics”, being held highly
successful in both India and Russia.
He has
edited over a dozen volumes of IMPLAST and Indo-Russian workshops, which the
scientific community has very well received.
IMPLAST series have brought prestige to India as this is only scientific events for which we have international bids.
In International forums: Importantly, he has been a voice of India in international forums in articulating the country’s long-term vision on key scientific and technical issues. He has represented India in forums like International Council of Scientific Unions, Third world Academy of Sciences, Associations of Asian Academies, International Unions of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, International Mathematics Union, International Council of Industrial and Applied Mathematics, and the world Academy of Science.
He has served as a chairman/member of a
number of national committees including those of DRDO, DST, CSIR, ARDB, National
Academies, and Scientific Societies. Agencies and Societies have been inviting him
for plenary/ main lectures on important events. He has delivered several such
lectures encouraging younger colleagues, research scholars, scientists and
students to continue hard work and sustain excellence in the area. He readily
helped in any initiative meant for advancement of science, and there have been
several such events.