Aliasgar Q. Contractor

Aliasgar Qutub Contractor obtained his M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees from IIT Bombay. After carrying out post-doctoral research at Carleton University, Canada and Texas A&M University, U.S.A., he returned to join the faculty at IIT Bombay in 1984 and retired as Institute Chair Professor in the Department of Chemistry in 2015. He has been actively involved in studying the electrochemistry of conducting polymers for more than thirty years. A start-up based on this research for commercializing products in drinking water & soil testing, was one of the early companies to be incubated at SINE, IIT Bombay. He was actively involved in setting up the Desai-Sethi Centre for Entrepreneurship, IIT Bombay. He is also part of the Global Business Forum, an IITBAA initiative to bring technology experts, entrepreneurs, investors and government leaders on a common platform to promote technology-driven business opportunities that can make a difference.

He served as Dean (Alumni & Corporate Relations), IIT Bombay from 2009-2012 and as Dean, College of Engineering, Dhofar University, Oman from 2015-2017. He is a member of the Board of Advisors, IIT Alumni Trust, IvyCap Ventures.