R. K. Mittal received the B. E. (Hons.)
and M. E. degrees in Mechanical Engineering and
Ph.D. degree in Software Engineering from the Birla
Institute of Technology and Science, (BITS), Pilani,
India, in 1973, 1975, and 1992, respectively. In
1975, he joined BITS, where he is currently a
Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Computer
Science. In 1990, he became an Associate Professor
and, in 1995, a Professor. For the last 29 years, he
has taught undergraduate and postgraduate courses,
has guided several M. Tech. theses, and is currently
guiding four Ph.D. students in Robotics and Software
Engineering. He is the founding Member of the Centre
for Robotics and Intelligent Systems (CRIS), BITS,
which was established in 1992, and was its
Coordinator until 2000. He is currently the Dean of
the
Academic Registration and Counselling Division,
BITS. He coauthored the two textbooks
Robotics & Control (New Delhi, India:
McGraw-Hill, 2003) and
Elements of Manufacturing Processes (New
Delhi, India: Prentice-Hall, 2003). His research
interests includes robust robotic designs,
two-/three-dimensional robot-path planning,
microelectromechanical systems (MEMS), microrobots
and nanorobots, nanotechnology, software
engineering, and software testing. Dr. Mittal is
branch counselor for the
IEEE
Students Branch, BITS, and President of the BITS
Alumni Association (BITSAA).
