Distinguished Alumnus Awardees 2023
Prof. Atish Dabholkar
(MSC5/PHY/1985)
(Director, Assistant Director General , International Centre for Theoretical Physics, UNESCO)
Prof. Pankaj Jalote
(BT/EE/1980)
(Distinguished Professor (Founding Director 2008-2018) ,Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology, Delhi)
Dr. Charu Chandra Aggarwal
(BT/CSE/1993)
(Distinguished Research Staff (DRSM) at the IBM T. J. Watson Research Center)
Prof. Ashish Goel
(BT/CSE/1994)
(Professor at Stanford University)
Mr. Anup Bagchi
(B.Tech/EE/1990)
(Managing Director CEO, ICICI Pru Life Insurance)
Mr. Durga Shankar Mishra
((B.Tech/EE/1983))
(Chief Secretary Uttar Pradesh)
Mr. Prashant Jain
(BT/ME/1989)
(Former Chief Investment Ofcr/Exec Dir, HDFC Asset Management Co. Ltd.)
Prof. Yashwant Gupta
(BT/EE/1985)
(Centre Director National Centre for Radio Astrophysics Tata Institute of Fundamental Research)
Dr. Renu Mehra
(BT/EE/1991)
(Vice President, Engineering, Synopsys Inc.)
Mr. Rajnish Kumar
(BT/CSE/2001)
(Co-Founder & Group CPTO, ixigo (Le Travenues Technology Ltd))
Mr. Anil Bansal
(BT/MME/1977)
(President, Reality National Management, Inc.)
Mr. Venkat Krishnamurthy
(BT/CSE/1992)
(President and co-founder of Alignable, Inc)
Distinguished Alumnus Award
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:
- Director IITK as Chairman
- One Past Distinguished Alumnus Awardee (Entrepreneurship Excellence) as Member
- One Past Distinguished Alumnus Awardee (Management Excellence) as Member
- One Past Distinguished Alumnus Awardee (Professional Excellence) as Member
- One Past Distinguished Alumnus Awardee (Academic Excellence) as Member
- Dean of Students Affairs as Member
- Dean of Resources and Alumni as Member
- One (non-alumnus) Faculty Member of the IIT Kanpur
- Secretary, Alumni Association as Member Secretary
PAST DISTINGUISHED ALUMNUS AWARDEES 2022
Mr. Rajendra Bhattarai
(BT/CE/1976)
(President, Clean Water Strategies University of Texas, Austin, USA)
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Prof. Vivek Sarkar
(BT/EE/1981)
(Chair, School of Computer Science Stephen Fleming Chair for
Telecommunications College of Computing, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA)
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Mr. Ranodeb Roy
(BT/CSE/1990)
(Co-founder, CEO, and Chief Investment Officer RV Capital Management, Singapore)
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Prof. Ratnesh Kumar
(BT/EE/1987)
(Palmer Professor, Electrical & Computer Engineering Department Iowa State University)
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Dr. Anil K. Rajvanshi
(BT/MT/ME/1972/1974)
(Director,Trustee & Hon. Secretary
Nimbkar Agriculture Reserach Institute,Maharashtra)
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PAST DISTINGUISHED ALUMNUS AWARDEES 2021
Ms. Vartika Shukla
(BT/CHE/1988)
(Chairperson & Managing Director Engineers India Limited)
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Shri Ashwini Kumar Vaishnaw
(MT/IME/1994)
(Cabinet Minister Ministry of Railways Govt. of India)
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Mr. Saurabh Chandra
(BT/EE/1976)
(Director & Chairman Multi Commodity Exchange of India Ltd.)
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Prof. Rajesh Kumar Gupta
(BT/EE/1984)
(Department of Computer Science & Engineering, University of California, San Diego, USA.)
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Prof. Abhay Lalit Deshpande
(MSC2/PHY/1987)
(Department of Physics & Astronomy Stony Brook University, USA.)
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Dr. Dev Joneja
(BT/ME/1984)
(Chief Risk Officer Exodus Point Capital Management, USA.)
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PAST DISTINGUISHED ALUMNUS AWARDEES 2020
Prof. Deepak Divan
(BT/EE/1975)
(Director, Centre for Distributed Energy, Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta, GA, USA)
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Prof. Ashok Gadgil
(MSC2/PHY/1973)
(Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, USA)
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Prof. Rupak Majumdar
(BT/CSE/1998)
(Director Max Planck Institute for Software System Germany)
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Prof. C Mauli Agrawal
(BT/ME/1982)
(Chancellor, University of Missouri, Kansas City, USA)
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Prof. Mukul M Sharma
(BT/ChE/1980)
(Professor, Petroleum and Geosystems Engineering, University of Texas at Austin, USA)
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Air Mshl Raj Karan Singh Shera
(MT/EE/1990)
(Retired Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief Maintenance Command)
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Mr R. K. Mathur
(BT/ME/1975)
(Lieutenant Governor of the Union Territory of Ladakh, Raj Niwas, Leh)
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Mr. Neelkanth Mishra
(BT/CSE/1997)
(Managing Director, The India Strategist and Co-Head of Equity Strategy Asia Pacific, for Credit
Suisse)
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Dr. Anand Jagannathan
(BT/EE/1974)
(Founder CEO at Engage, Social Founder, CEO at NewzSocial)
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Dr. Rajeev Gautam
(BT/ChE/1974)
(President and CEO, Performance Materials and Technologies at Honeywell)
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Mr. Ved Arya
(BT/AE/1979)
(Founder at Srijan, Founder at Buddha Fellowship Program, Founder at SRIJAN Infratech and
Development Services)
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PAST DISTINGUISHED ALUMNUS AWARDEES 2019
Prof. Shankar Subramaniam
(PhD/CHM/1982)
(Chair and Professor of Bioengineering, University of California, San Diego)
(Academic Excellence)
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Prof. Nitash P. Balsara
(BT/CHE/1982)
(Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, The Charles W. Tobias Professor in
Electrochemistry, Berkeley College of Chemistry, University of California at Berkeley)
(Academic Excellence)
Prof. Ajeet Rohatgi
(BT/EE/1971)
(Regents' Professor, School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology)
(Academic Excellence)
Prof. Rajesh Gopakumar
(MSc/PHY/1992)
(Centre Director, ICTS-TIFR)
(Academic Excellence)
Dr. Krishnamurthy V. Subramanian
(BT/EE/1994)
(Chief Economic Advisor, Gov. of India)
(Professional Excellence)
Dr. Ajay Kumar
(BT/EE/1984)
(Defence Secretary, Gov. of India)
(Professional Excellence)
Dr. Arvind Krishna
(BT/EE/1985)
(Senior Vice President, Cloud and Cognitive Software IBM, New York)
(Professional Excellence)
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Mr. Dinesh Kumar Jain
(BT/MT/ME/1981/1983)
(Member, Lokpal of India)
(Professional Excellence)
Mr. Ravindra Kumar Dhariwal
(BT/CHE/1975)
(Co-founder and Chairman of Sagacito Technologies)
(Professional Excellence)
Mr. Ajeet Singh
(BT/CHE/1997)
(Co-founder and Executive Chairman Thoughtspot)
(Entrepreneurship Excellence)
Mr. Arun Seth
(BT/EE/1973)
(Chairman and Co-founder, Global Groupware Solutions, Former Chairman British Telecom and Former
Chairman Nasscom Foundation)
(Entrepreneurship Excellence)
Mr. Pravin Bhagwat
(BT/CSE/1990)
(Founder and CTO Mojo Networks)
(Entrepreneurship Excellence)