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

(BT/CHE/1990)

Managing Director CEO, ICICI Pru Life Insurance

Mr. Durga Shanker Mishra

(BT/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)

Dr. Venkat Krishnamurthy

(BT/CSE/1992)

President and co-founder of Alignable, Inc

Mr. Anil Bansal

(BT/MME/1977)

President, Reality National Management, Inc.

Distinguished Alumnus Awardees 2022

Mr. Deepak Dev Raj

(BT/EE/1970)

Founder & MD, Raj Associated, New Jersey

Dr. Ruchir Puri

(MT/EE/1990)

Chief Scientist, IBM Research, NY, USA

Dr. Smita Agarwal Hashim

(BT/EE/1986)

Vice President, Microsoft Inc., USA

Mr. Rajendra Bhattarai

(BT/CE/1976)

President, Clean Water Strategies University of Texas, Austin, USA

Prof. Vivek Sarkar

(BT/EE/1981)

Chair, School of Computer Science Stephen Fleming Chair for Telecommunications College of Computing, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA

Mr. Aloke Bajpai

(MT/EE/2001)

Co-founder & Group CEO, ixigo

Prof. Sanjay Ranka

(BT/CSE/1985)

Distinguished Professor, Department of Computer Information Science and Engineering, University of Florida

Mr. Ranodeb Roy

(BT/CSE/1990)

Co-founder, CEO, and Chief Investment Officer RV Capital Management, Singapore

Prof. Ratnesh Kumar

(BT/EE/1987)

Barbara and James R. Palmer Professor,Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Iowa State University

Dr. Anil K. Rajvanshi

(BT/MT/ME/1972/1974)

Director,Trustee & Hon. Secretary
Nimbkar Agriculture Reserach Institute,Maharashtra

Prof. Deepak Dhar

(MSC2/PHY/1973)

Distinguished Professor Emeritus
IISER Pune

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, IIT Kanpur as the Chairman.
One Past Distinguished Alumnus Awardee (Entrepreneurship Excellence) as a Member.
One Past Distinguished Alumnus Awardee (Management Excellence) as a Member.
One Past Distinguished Alumnus Awardee (Professional Excellence) as a Member.
One Past Distinguished Alumnus Awardee (Academic Excellence) as a Member.

Dean of Students Affairs as Member.
Dean of Resources and Alumni as Member.
Faculty member, IIT Kanpur (non-alumnus) as a Member.
Secretary, Alumni Association as Member Secretary.

Distinguished Alumnus Awardees 2021