Profile of the CPSC Director General
Prof. Dr. Suresh Kumar Dhameja
Prof. Dr. Suresh Kumar Dhameja is the 13th CPSC Director General and the 5th Director General who hails from India. He joined as DG in September 2024.
Prior to being CPSC’s Director General, Prof. Dr. Dhameja has served CPSC for 3 years as a Governing Board-engaged Faculty Consultant from September 2005 to September 2008. During his stint in CPSC he handled the Training & Development Division, Research & Development Division as Chairperson, Asia Pacific Accreditation & Certification Commission (APACC) as Coordinator and the General Services Division as its Director.
Prof. Dr. Dhameja was Dean (Academic and International Affairs) and Professor in the Department of Entrepreneurship Development & Industrial Coordination (EDIC) at the National Institute of Technical Teachers Training and Research (Deemed University), Chandigarh in India before he joined CPSC as the Director General.
He has held various positions at NITTTR including Head of Departments of EDIC, Information Management & Emerging Engineering (IMEE) and Chairman of Academic Cell. He was also appointed as Chief Vigilance officer of NITTTR Chandigarh by the Govt. of India.
The CPSC Director General earned his Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering, M.Tech in Geotechnical Engineering followed by MBA and a Doctorate degree in Business Management from premier universities in India.
He started his career as Assistant Professor in Civil Engineering at National Institute of Technology, Kurukshetra, India in 1985 and has a total work experience of 40 Years in Teaching, Training and Research.
Prof. Dr. Dhameja has visited more than 30 countries including USA, UK, Canada, Australia, Germany, Italy, Chile apart from many countries in the Asia Pacific region such as South Korea, Japan, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, Mongolia, Fiji etc. for conducting training programs and consultancy assignments. He has many honours and distinctions to his credit and has received letters of appreciation from many international dignitaries including Ambassadors, UN under-Secretary General, Director Generals and Secretary Generals of many international organizations.
He initiated the accreditation of technical institutions in the Asia Pacific Region under APACC, Philippines in 2008. He has done accreditations in the Philippines, Bangladesh, India and Malaysia and is also on the panel of World Bank and UNESCO.
Prof. Dr. Dhameja has published more than 60 papers in International and National Journals, presented 143 papers in International and National Conferences and has chaired technical sessions in many international and national conferences both within India and abroad. He is a member of the Task Force on Women and Youth Entrepreneurship at UN-ESCAP Bangkok.
The CPSC Director General has authored 7 and edited 15 books (both international and national) in the area of Environmental Engineering, Environmental Management, Entrepreneurship and has guided 6 PhDs and many M. Tech students both at the international and national levels.
