Profile of the CPSC Director General
Prof. Dr. Suresh Kumar Dhameja
Prof. Dr. Suresh Kumar Dhameja is the 13th CPSC Director General and the 5th Director General who hails from India.
Prior to being CPSC’s Director General, Prof. Dr. Dhameja has served CPSC for 3 years as a Governing Board-engaged Faculty Consultant from September 2005 to September 2008. During his stint in CPSC he handled the Training, Research and APACC Divisions and the General Services Division as its Director.
Prof. Dr. Dhameja was a Professor in the Department of Entrepreneurship Development & Industrial Coordination (EDIC) at the National Institute of Technical Teachers Training and Research (A Deemed to be University), Chandigarh in India before he joined CPSC as a Director General.
He has held various positions at NITTTR including Dean (Academic and International Affairs), Head of Departments of EDIC, Information Management & Emerging Engineering (IMEE) and Chairman of Academic Cell.
The CPSC Director General earned his Bachelor in Civil Engineering, M.Tech in Geotechnical Engineering followed by an MBA and doctorate degree in Business Management from premier universities in India.
He started his career as Assistant Professor in Civil Engineering at National Institute of Technology, India in 1985 and has a total work experience of 39 Years of Teaching, Training and Research.
Prof. Dr. Dhameja has visited more than 30 countries including USA, UK, Canada, Australia, Germany, and Italy, apart from many countries in the Asia Pacific region such as Bhutan, South Korea, Japan, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, etc. for conducting training programs and consultancy assignments. He has many honours and distinctions to his credit and has received letters of appreciation from many international dignitaries including Ambassadors, UN under-Secretary General, Director Generals and Secretary Generals of many international organizations.
Prof. Dr. Dhameja has published more than 40 papers in International and National Journals, presented 143 papers in International and National Conferences and has chaired technical sessions in many international and national conferences both within India and abroad. He is a member of the Task Force on Women and Youth Entrepreneurship at UN-ESCAP Bangkok.
Dr. Dhameja has authored and Edited 22 books (Both International and National) in the area of Environmental Engineering, Environmental Management, Entrepreneurship and has guided 6 PhDs and many M.Tech students both at International and National Level.
