Regius Professor of Manufacturing (Warwick)

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Lord Bhattacharyya, 2011 - Since 2016 first Regius Professor of Manufacturing

The Regius Professor of Manufacturing is a Regius Professorship for Production Research at the University of Warwick founded in 2016 by Queen Elizabeth II on the occasion of her 90th  birthday . It is the first professorship in this field.

History of the professorship

In 2015, during his speech on the state budget , Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne announced plans to establish additional Regius professorships on the occasion of the Queen's 90th birthday (April 26, 2016). Unlike in earlier times, the recent appointments are no longer accompanied by funding. This plan was implemented on June 6, 2016. Together with this professorship, eleven further professorships were donated. One of the professorships was awarded to the Warwick Manufacturing Group (WMG) at the University of Warwick. In 2013 Warwick had already received a Regius Professorship, the Regius Chair of Mathematics .

35 years after founding WMG, Kumar Bhattacharyya became the first Regius Professor of Manufacturing. Kumar Bhattacharyya passed away on March 1, 2019.

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Kumar Bhattacharyya Kt, CBE, FREng., FRS 2016 1st March 2019 Born in Dhaka in 1940 , Bhattacharyya founded the Warwick Manufacturing Group in 1980 as a newly appointed Professor of Manufacturing in order to increase the speed with which scientific findings were implemented in production practice. He was knighted in 2003, peered in 2004 and sat in the House of Lords for the Labor Party .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ WMG, University of Warwick gains prestigious Regius Professorship in Manufacturing . University of Warwick press release, June 6, 2016.
  2. ↑ Richard Garner: Budget 2015: Universities will be allowed to raise fees beyond £ 9,000, says George Osborne . In: The Independent , July 8, 2015; accessed on August 14, 2015.
  3. ↑ a b Regius Professorships awarded to leading universities to mark Queen's 90th birthday . Cabinet Office press release, June 6, 2016.
  4. ↑ a b c Our Chairman - Personnel introduction of Kumar Bhattacharyya on the website of the University of Warwick; accessed on March 22, 2017.