Prof. Ravindra Kumar Ahuja (BT/ME/1977, MT/IME/1979, PhD/IME/1982)

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Professor Emeritus, Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, University of Florida, and Founder of Optym.

Prof. Panganamala Vijay Kumar (MT/EE/1979)

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National Science Chair Professor at the Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru.

Dr. Dipendra Prasad (MSc2/PHY/1980)

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Emeritus Fellow, Department of Mathematics, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, and Chairman, National Board of Higher Mathematics.

Prof. Upmanu Lall (BT/CE/1976)

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Global Futures Professor, School of Complex Adaptive Systems, Arizona State University.

Prof. Prakash Panangaden (MSc5/PHY/1975)

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Honorary Professor, School of Informatics, University of Edinburgh, and Professor Emeritus, School of Computer Science, McGill University.

Dr. Tushar Deepak Chandra (BT/CSE/1988)

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Senior Engineering Director, Applied ML, Google.

Dr. Josyula Ramachandra Rao (BT/EE/1984)

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IBM Fellow and CTO, Security Research, IBM, and IACR Fellow.

Dr. Satish Chandra (BT/CSE/1991)

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Research Scientist at Meta and ACM Fellow.

Shri Ravi Agrawal (BT/EE/1986; MT/EE/1988)

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Chairman, Central Board of Direct Taxes, Government of India.

Prof. Harish Chandra Verma (MSc2/PHY/1978; PhD/PHY/1981)

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Distinguished Professor, Department of Applied Physics, Delhi Technological University, and Former Professor, Department of Physics, IIT Kanpur.

Dr. Vigyan Singhal (BT/CSE/1989)

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Vice President, Hardware Engineering, NVIDIA, and Member, Board of Trustees, University of California, Berkeley.

Shri Abhishek Vinod Singh (MSc5/PHY/2002)

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Co-founder & CEO, AiDash. A serial entrepreneur, he has built and grown technology businesses including AiDash, DbyDx Software and Edureka.

Prof. Sanjay E. Sarma (BT/ME/1990)

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Fred Fort Flowers (1941) & Daniel Fort Flowers (1941) Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and Eminent Visiting Professor, Asia School of Business.

Shri Rajat Verma (BT/AE/1998)

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Founder & CEO, Lohum Cleantech Pvt. Ltd.

Mr. Lokvir Kapoor (BT/ME/1987)

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Executive Chairman and Co-Founder, Pine Labs.

Prof. Venkatesan Sundaresan (MSc2/PHY/1973)

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Distinguished Professor of Plant Biology, University of California, Davis

Prof. Arijit Bose (BT/CHE/1976)

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Distinguished Engineering Professor, University of Rhode Island

Dr. Rema Padman (BT/CHE/1981)

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Trustees Professor of Management Science and Healthcare Informatics, Carnegie Mellon University

Shri Awanish Kumar Awasthi (IAS Retd.) (BT/EE/1985)

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Advisor to Hon’ble Chief Minister, Government of Uttar Pradesh

Dr. Deepak Narula (BT/EE/1985)

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Founder, Managing Partner, and Co-Chief Investment Officer, Metacapital Management

Shri Gyanesh Kumar (BT/CE/1985)

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Chief Election Commissioner, Election Commission of India

Prof. Rishikesha T. Krishnan (MSc5/PHY/1986)

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Professor of Strategy, Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore

Shri Manish Chandra (BT/CSE/1987)

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Founder, Board Member & Former CEO, Poshmark

Dr. Naresh Chand Gupta (BT/CSE/1988)

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Founder & Chief Executive Officer, Accuracap Consultancy Services Pvt. Ltd

Shri Rishi Kapoor (BT/EE/1988)

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Vice Chairman and Chief Investment Officer, Investcorp

Shri Sanjay Malhotra (BT/CSE/1989)

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Governor, Reserve Bank of India

Prof Amit Agrawal (BT/ME/1996)

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Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, IIT Bombay

Shri Ambuj Kumar (BT/EE/2002)

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Founder, Fortanix and Simbian

Shri Harsh Kumar (BT/ME/1973)

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President & Co-Founder Niswart

Shri Shashidhar Sinha (BT/CE/1979)

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India IPG Mediabrands

Dr. Ajay Bhushan Pandey (BT/EE/1983)

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Chairperson National Financial Reporting Authority

Mr. Ranjan Chopra (BT/EE/1983)

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Chairman & Managing Director Team Computers

Prof. Sunil Agrawal (BT/ME/1984)

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Professor, Columbia University

Mr. K. Krithivasan (MT/IME/1988)

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CEO & MD, TCS

Prof. Mahan Mj (MSc5/MTH/1992)

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Professor of Mathematics, T.I F.R Mumbai

Prof. Senthil Todadri (MSc5/PHY/1992)

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Professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Mr.Rajat Dhawan (BT/CHE/1994)

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India Chair & Senior Partner, McKinsey & Company Inc.

Dr. Sumit Gulwani (BT/CSE/2000)

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Distinguished Scientist and Vice President at Microsoft

Mr. Amit Kumar (BT/CE/2000)

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Co Founder & CEO, NoBroker

Dr. Saurabh Kumar Tiwary (BT/EE/2001)

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Vice President & General Manager, Cloud AI Google

Shri Soham Mazumdar (BT/CSE/2000)

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Co-Founder & CEO WisdomAI

ABOUT THE AWARD

The Distinguished Alumnus Award (DAA), started in 1989, is the highest award given by IIT Kanpur to its alumni in recognition of their outstanding achievements. Every year, the institute works with its alumni to honour individuals who have made a mark in their respective fields of expertise. They are selected for the award based on specific meritorious services on behalf of the quality and advancement of IITK, distinguished accomplishments in business and professional life and/or distinguished human service in community affairs.

Nominations can be made for outstanding achievements in various pursuits under the following categories:

• Academic Excellence
• Professional Excellence
• Entrepreneurship and Management
• Any other activity pertaining to the service of Humanity at large.

EVALUATION COMMITTEE

The evaluation committee for the award, as approved by the board of governors of IIT Kanpur, comprises of: