IIT Bombay celebrates Teachers' Day by awarding faculty for excellence in teaching, research
IIT Bombay confers S P Sukhatme Excellence in Teaching Awards to 14 professors.
Alivia Mukherjee | September 5, 2024 | 09:34 PM IST
NEW DELHI: The Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IIT Bombay) celebrated Teachers’ Day at its campus today, marking the birth anniversary of philosopher, educationist, and statesman, S Radhakrishnan. The Teachers' Day was celebrated at IIT Bombay by conferring awards to the faculty for their excellence in teaching, research and development. Lieutenant general Madhuri Kanitkar (Retd), PVSM, AVSM, VSM, and vice-chancellor of Maharashtra University of Health Sciences, Nashik, was present at the event as chief guest.
The awards included the IIT Bombay International Award for Excellence in Research in Engineering and Technology; Professor SP Sukhatme Award for Excellence in Teaching, Dr P K Patwardhan Technology Development Award (2023) and C1973 Research Excellence Award. During the Teachers’ Day function at IIT Bombay, Rohit Srivastava was honored for receiving the Rashtriya Vigyan Puraskar - Vigyan for Technology and Innovation in 2024, while Vikram Vishal was felicitated for being awarded the National Geoscience Award - 2023 in the field of applied geology.
IIT Bombay International Award for excellence in research
Tony QS Quek, IEEE fellow and fellow of the Academy of Engineering Singapore, was awarded the IIT Bombay International Award for excellence in research in engineering and technology. This award, instituted by Sandeep Naik and Shantanu Rastogi, recognized Quek's contributions to next-generation wireless networks.
Quek holds various positions, including Cheng Tsang Man chair professor, ST Engineering distinguished professor, director of the Future Comms R and D programme, and head of the ISTD Pillar at the Singapore University of Technology and Design.
Teaching and research awards
General Madhuri Kanitkar, the chief guest, presented the Professor SP Sukhatme Award for Excellence in Teaching, the Dr P K Patwardhan Technology Development Award (2023), and the C1973 Research Excellence Award to distinguished faculty members. These awards were given in recognition of their contributions to teaching and research in their respective fields.
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Dr PK Patwardhan Technology Development Award (2023) recipients
The Dr PK Patwardhan Technology Development Award (2023) was presented to Manjesh Kumar Hanawal from the department of industrial engineering and operations research for his innovative R and D work on 'Vajra – An Indigenous Tool for Endpoint Security,' and to Rajesh Patkar from the department of biosciences and bioengineering for his research work on 'A bio-stimulant based novel approach for enhanced yield and nutritional value of potato.'
Award recipients list
The following table lists the recipients of the Professor SP Sukhatme Award for Excellence in Teaching and the C1973 Research Excellence Award, which were conferred at IIT Bombay.
Professor SP Sukhatme Award for Excellence in Teaching |
The C1973 Research Excellence Award |
Alka Hingorani, idc school of design |
Arnab Dutta, department of chemistry |
Shilpa Ranade, idc school of design |
Shobhna Kapoor, department of chemistry |
Jayendran Venkateswaran, department of industrial engineering and operations research |
Anshuman Kumar, department of physics |
Shireesh B. Kedare, department of energy science and engineering |
Varun Bhalerao, department of physics |
Nagendra Rao Velaga, department of civil engineering |
Souvik Banerjee, department of economics |
MJNV Prasad, department of metallurgical engineering and materials science |
Suddhaseel Sen, department of humanities and social sciences |
Mythili Vutukuru, department of computer science and engineering |
Karthikeyan Lanka, centre of studies in resources engineering |
Rajendra Prasad Vedula, department of mechanical engineering |
Shashi Ranjan Kumar, department of aerospace engineering |
Ajit Rajwade, department of computer science and engineering |
Venkat Gundabala, department of chemical engineering |
Ranjan Kumar Panda, department of humanities and social sciences |
Jayadipta Ghosh, department of civil engineering |
Preeti Raman, department of mathematics |
Preethi Jyothi, department of computer science and engineering |
Balaji Ramakrishnan, department of civil engineering |
Kasturi Saha, department of electrical engineering |
Somnath Basu, department of metallurgical engineering and materials science |
Venkatasailanathan Ramadesigan, department of energy science and engineering |
Sibi Raj Bhaskaran Pillai, department of electrical engineering |
Harish C. Phuleria, environmental science and engineering department |
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Ankit Jain, department of mechanical engineering |
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Amrita Bhattacharya, department of metallurgical engineering and materials science |
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