Jitendra Prasad is an Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Ropar, where he also serves as Coordinator of the Center for Engineering Education. He earned his B.Tech.(Hons.) in Ocean Engineering and Naval Architecture from IIT Kharagpur, an M.Eng. (by research) in Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, and a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from Michigan State University, USA (2007), followed by a postdoctoral fellowship in Orthopaedics and Sports Medicine at the University of Washington, Seattle.

Prasad’s research spans biomechanics, mechanobiology, solid mechanics, optimization, and engineering education. He was Chairman of the Curriculum Task Force Committee that designed IIT Ropar’s undergraduate curriculum, implemented in 2017. His published work on this curriculum anticipated many features of India’s National Education Policy 2020, including hands-on learning, societal connection, and an India-oriented framework. He later served as Associate Dean of Undergraduate Studies. As Head of the Center for Engineering Education, he initiated a Minor in Engineering Education for Ph.D. students and teaches courses such as Learning Theories, Pedagogy & Assessment in Engineering Education and Administration & Management of Engineering Education.