The Evolution of Knowledge

Rajendra Bera, Ph.D., is the chief mentor at Acadinnet Scientific, Bengaluru, India. He received his B.Tech., M.Tech., and Ph.D. degrees in aeronautical engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, India. During 1971–1995, he served the National Aerospace Laboratories, Bangalore, India as a research scientist in aerodynamics, flight dynamics, theory of elasticity, neural networks, science and technology policy, and technology transfer to industry. While at NAL, he was a visiting assistant professor of aerospace, mechanical and nuclear engineering at the University of Oklahoma, USA (1979–1980), and a visiting faculty of aerospace engineering at the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur (1988), where he taught fighter aircraft design. He also served as an honorary professor at the International Institute of Information Technology, Bangalore (2006-2011), where he taught quantum computing and intellectual property rights), and a visiting professor at the Department of Aerospace Engineering, Jain University, Bangalore (2013-2014) where he taught fighter aircraft design and intellectual property rights. During 1995-2005, while at IBM, Bangaluru, India, as head of R&D, Dr. Bera identified and mentored a  talent pool into a cadre of prolific inventors, and chaired its Invention Development Team to make it the most successful in Asia Pacific. He led by example by amassing 28 US patents, in each as a sole inventor. Since 2010, he is the chief mentor at Acadinnet Scientific (formerly Acadinnet Education Services), Bengaluru, India.