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| name = M S Ananth
| birth_date = {{birth year and age|1945}}
| birth_place = [[India]]
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| field = [[Chemical engineering]]
| work_institution = [[Indian Institute of Technology Madras|Indian Institute of Technology, Madras]]
| alma_mater = [[University of Florida]], [[Gainesville, Florida|Gainesville]]<br>[[Anna University]]
| doctoral_advisor = [[Keith E. Gubbins]]
| known_for = [[Thermodynamics]]
| prizes = Herdillia award for excellence in basic research in chemical engineering (IIChE 1994)
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'''Madaboosi Santanam Ananth''' is an Indian academic who served as the director of the [[Indian Institute of Technology Madras|Indian Institute of Technology, Madras]] from 2001 to 2011.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://pib.nic.in/archieve/lreleng/lyr2001/rdec2001/21122001/r2112200111.html|title=PROF. M.S. ANANTH IS THE NEW DIRECTOR OF IIT-CHENNAI |date=21 December 2001|publisher=Govt. of India, Press Information Bureau|accessdate=2009-07-11}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/life-and-style/scientific-indian/article2496922.ece|title=Scientific Indian |date=29 September 2011|publisher=[[The Hindu]]|accessdate=2014-06-04}}</ref> He was presented with The Herdillia award for excellence in basic research in chemical engineering.

==Biography==
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He did his schooling in [[Madras Christian College Higher Secondary School]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/6709112.cms|title=Star-studded 175th b'day for MCC school|date=7 October 2010|work=[[The Times of India]]|access-date=7 October 2018}}</ref> Ananth is an alumnus of [[Alagappa College of Technology]], [[Chennai]], where he completed his bachelor's degree in chemical engineering with a gold medal. Subsequently, he obtained his M.E. and Ph.D.(1972) degrees from [[University of Florida]], [[Gainesville, Florida|Gainesville]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.hindu.com/2001/12/22/stories/2001122201591300.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121105024940/http://www.hindu.com/2001/12/22/stories/2001122201591300.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=5 November 2012|title= New Director for IIT-Madras |date=22 December 2001|work=[[The Hindu]]|accessdate=2009-07-11}}</ref> His doctoral work at the [[University of Florida]] was on molecular thermodynamics, and his advisor was [[Keith E. Gubbins]], a famous British-born internationally renowned scientist, who figures in the list of "hundred great chemical engineers" in America after the post-war years, and who is a distinguished professor at the North Carolina State University, Raleigh.

He was a visiting faculty at [[Princeton University]](1982–83) and a visiting scientist at [[National Institute of Standards and Technology]], [[Boulder, Colorado]](1990–91).<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.hindu.com/mp/2005/12/08/stories/2005120800650300.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121105024759/http://www.hindu.com/mp/2005/12/08/stories/2005120800650300.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=5 November 2012|title=We want action, not daya or karuna|last=Mohanty|first=Meera|date=8 December 2005|work=[[The Hindu]]|accessdate=2009-07-11}}</ref> He was a visiting scientist in the National Institute of Standards and Technology, Boulder, Colorado (1990–91), in RWTH, Aachen, Germany (summer 1983 and summer 1999) and a visiting thermodynamics expert in Aspen Tech, Massachusetts, US (summer 1991).

He has held various senior positions such as the head of the department, dean of academic courses and dean of academic research.

Ananth is the head of NPTEL's Project Implementation committee,<ref>[https://nptel.ac.in/faq.html NPTEL FAQ]</ref> and the NPTEL program is often referred to as his 'brainchild'.<ref>[https://www.govtech.com/education/Indias-Online-Science-and-Engineering-Course.html?topic=118264 India's Online Science and Engineering Course Now Free for Students Everywhere]</ref> He also serves on the boards of companies, including [[Chennai Petroleum Corporation Limited]], [[Neyveli Lignite Corporation]] and Medlab Asia.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.reuters.com/finance/stocks/officerProfile?symbol=CHPC.BO&officerId=838019|title=Chennai Petroleum Corporation Ltd, Officers and Directors, Ananth, M. S., Brief biography|publisher=Reuters Finance|accessdate=2009-07-11}}</ref>

==Research interests==

* [[Thermodynamics]]
* [[Mathematical modeling]]
* [[Engineering education]]

==Awards, honors and memberships==

* Herdillia award for excellence in basic research in chemical engineering (IIChE 1994)
* Fellow, Indian Institute of Chemical Engineering
* Fellow, [[Indian National Academy of Engineering]]

== References ==
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==External links==
*[http://www.che.iitm.ac.in/~ananth/ Ananth] at [[Indian Institute of Technology, Madras]]

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