Ashok Rama Shankar Misra

Ashok Rama Shankar Misra is the founder of Polymer Process Academy.
Current jobs include Director at Jubilant Pharma Ltd., Independent Non-Executive Director at Veranda Learning Solutions Ltd. starting in 2024, and Advisor at IvyCap Ventures Advisors Pvt.
Ltd. Former jobs include Chairman-Governors Board at Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee from 2014 to 2017, Chairman at Intellectual Ventures India Consulting Pvt Ltd. from 2008 to 2016, Independent Non-Executive Director at Reliance Industries Ltd. from 2005 to 2018, Director at Rashtriya Chemicals & Fertilizers Ltd., Director at Ntpc Ltd. from 2006 to 2009, Independent Non-Executive Director at Jubilant Industries Ltd. from 2012 to 2014, Director at Indian Institute of Technology Bombay from 2000 to 2008, Independent Director at Jubilant Agri & Consumer Products Ltd., Independent Non-Executive Director at Jubilant Pharmova Ltd. from 2014 to 2024, Independent Non-Executive Director at Kirloskar Electric Co. Ltd. from 2015 to 2025, Member-Governors Board at Indian Institute of Technology New Delhi from 2012 to 2016, President at Society for Polymer Science, and President at The National Academy of Sciences, India from 2006 to 2008.
Education includes undergraduate degree from Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, doctorate degree from the University of Massachusetts conferred in 1974, and graduate degree from Tufts University.