Dr. Mita Tarafder

Chief Scientist,
Research Planning and Business Development (RPBD) Division
Ideator, Innovator and Social Entrepreneur

• Bachelor of Engineering from Calcutta University in 1986
• PG in Computer Science from Cambridge University, UK in 1990
• PhD in Computer Science & Engineering from Jadavpur University, India in 2009.
• Post graduate programme on Entrepreneurship Management from XLRI, Jamshedpur in 2013
• 27 years of R & D and research management experience
• 30 international publications and written a book on “Fractal evaluation of materials” available in amazon.com
• TEDx speaker at IIEST, Shibpur in 2018
• Founder trustee of Relearn Foundation-a social entrepreneurial organization for promotion of "Learning by Doing"
• Chairperson of Indian Institute of Metals, Jamshedpur Chapter
• Recipient of Lady Engineer Award by Institution of Engineers and Leadership award by CSIR
• Recipient of CSIR’s Technology Award for Business Development and Technology Marketing, 2010 and 2015