Prof. Milind Atrey is the Deputy Director (Academic & Infrastructural Affairs) at IIT Bombay &
INOX chair Professor of Cryogenics in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at IIT Bombay. He
served as the Dean (R&D) of the IIT Bombay for over 4 years and as Professor-in-Charge of SINE
(Society for Innovation & Entrepreneurship), a business incubator at IIT Bombay for over 6
years. Prof. Atrey is one of the Founder Member of the Desai Sethi School of Entrepreneurship at
IIT Bombay.
Prof. Atrey graduated from VNIT, Nagpur in Mechanical Engineering, and later went on to obtain
his PhD in Cryogenics, from the department of Mechanical Engineering at IIT Bombay in 1991.
After working with Tata Research Development and Design Centre (TRDDC, Pune) for 2 years, he
worked on his post-doctoral research in Germany. He returned to India in 1996 to join the
Department of Atomic Energy. He worked at the Raja Ramana Centre for Advanced Technology
(RRCAT), Indore, to develop an indigenous Cryogenic system. In the year 2000, he joined Oxford
Instruments, UK, as Principal Engineer to carry out research related to MRI /NMR systems where
he worked on developing Cold Probe for electronics cooling, 4 K Pulse Tube Cryocooler, MRI,
Superconducting Magnet, and Re-condensing Cryostat for Helium.
