The Director of Indian Institute of Technology (IIT)-Bombay, Mr. Ashok Mishra has resigned from this prestigious post. He is expected to join US firm Intellectual Ventures in the month of September.

He said that he had earlier submitted his resignation to the Ministry of Human Resource and Development and it is accepted now. Misra is alumnus of IIT-Kanpur. He was a professor of chemical engineering and fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering and National Academy of Sciences. He has six patents to his credit.