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

IIT Roorkee alumni 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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