IIT Roorkee confers distinguished alumni, outstanding service awards to 13 alumni
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Vagisha Kaushik | May 1, 2023 | 07:04 PM IST
NEW DELHI : The Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee (IIT Roorkee) awarded its alumni with the Distinguished Alumnus Awards 2022 for achievement in six categories and Outstanding Service Awards (OSA) for excellence in academics and research.
The six categories in which the institute awarded the Distinguished Alumnus Awards include Academic or Research Excellence, Excellence in Engineering or Technology Innovation, Excellence in Leadership in the Government or Public Sector, Excellence in Leadership in the Private Sector, Entrepreneurial Excellence, Excellence in Service to the Society.
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IIT Roorkee awardees
Distinguished Alumnus Awards 2022 |
Name |
Award category |
Batch, course |
Programme |
Professor Ambrish Chandra |
Academic or Research Excellence |
1977 |
BE – Electrical Engineering |
|
Amit K Gupta |
Excellence in Engineering or Technology Innovation |
2000 |
BE – Electrical Engineering |
|
Professor Bharat Bhasker |
Excellence in Leadership in the Government or Public Sector |
1980 |
BE – Electronics and Communication Engineering |
|
Vinay Kumar Tripathi |
1982 |
BE – Electrical Engineering |
||
Kamal Bali |
Excellence in Leadership in the Private Sector |
1981 |
BE – Electrical Engineering |
|
Rajat Shikhar |
Entrepreneurial Excellence |
2001 |
BTech Civil Engineering |
|
Rashmi Verma |
1977 |
BE Chemical Engineering |
||
Harish Kumar |
Excellence in Service to The Society |
1993 |
MSc Physics |
|
Saurabh Sancheti |
Distinguished Young Alumnus Awards 2022 |
2007 |
BTech ECE |
|
Nishant Chandra |
2014 |
BTech Production and Industrial Engineering |
||
Siddharth Maheshwari |
2014 |
BTech CSE |
||
Outstanding Service Awards |
Mohinder L Nayyar |
Augmenting Resources for IITR |
1966 |
BE Mechanical Engineering |
Pradeep Kumar Kapse |
1972 |
BE Mechanical Engineering |
Congratulating the awardees, Professor K K Pant, said, “We always look forward to honoring a new slate of distinguished alumni every year. We are extremely proud of the exceptional contributions made by the awardees to science and engineering and society. We hope their accomplishments inspire young researchers to pursue excellence in their respective fields."
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