Confirmed Speakers

Dr. R V G Menon
Former Principal
Government Engineering College
Kannur

Dr.R V G Menon is an eminent technologist, educationalist and active science communicator in print, electronic and popular media. He did B.Sc (Engg.) in Mechanical Engineering from College of Engineering, Thiruvananthapuram and M. Tech (Nuclear Engineering) from IIT Kanpur. His research interests are in the field of Renewable Energy and Rural Technology. He had officiated at various capacities in the Government Engineering of Colleges of Kerala from 1965 and retired as Principal of Government Engineering College, Kannur in 1998. Prof. RVG Menon was deputed as the Director of ANERT and also served as the Director, IRTC, Palakkad. He is the author of several books and research papers in those areas and also in the interphase of science, technology, and society.