Foundation Day
Dr. K. Radhakrishnan
Institute Fellows 2021
Alumni Awardees 2021
Distinguished Alumnus Award 2021
Mr. Rakesh Bhargava (BT/CHE/1973)
Former Chairman Fresenius Kabi Oncology
Ms. Vartika Shukla (BT/CHE/1988)
Chairperson & Managing Director Engineers India Limited
Mr. Hemant Jalan (BT/CHE/1977) Managing Director Indigo Paints Ltd.
Mr. Mukesh Bansal (BT/CSE/1997) CEO and Co-founder, CureFit
Mr. Saurabh Chandra (BT/EE/1976) Director and Chairman Multi Commodity Exchange of India Ltd.
Mr. Rahul Garg (BT/EE/2001) Founder & CEO Moglix
Shri Ashwini Kumar Vaishnaw (MT/IME/1994) Cabinet Minister, Ministry of Railways, Govt. of India
Prof. Vijay Vittal (MT/EE/1979) Regents Professor Arizona State University, USA
Prof. Rajesh Kumar Gupta (BT/EE/1984) Department of Computer Science and Engineering, University of California, San Diego, USA
Prof. Abhay Lalit Deshpande (MSC2/PHY/1987) Department of Physics and Astronomy, Stony Brook University, USA
Dr. Dev Joneja (BT/ME/1984) Chief Risk Officer Exodus Point Capital Management, USA
Distinguished Services Award 2021
Mr. Pradeep Bhargava (BT/ME/1989) CEO and Founder of GladMinds
Mr. Kushal Sacheti (MT/CHE/1972) Founder and CEO Galaxy USA Inc.
Young Alumnus Award 2021
Dr. Prateek Jain (BT/CSE/2004) Senior Research Staff Google AI, Bengaluru, India
Mr. Varun Khaitan (BT/EE/2009) COO & Co-founder Urban Company
Satyendra K. Dubey Memorial Award 2021
Mr. Karnal Singh (MT/CSE/1981) IPS Officer (Retd.), Government of India
On the auspicious occasion of Foundation Day, IITK inaugurated two upcoming centers at IIT Kanpur- "Shivani Centre for the Nurture and Re-Integration of Hindi and other Indian languages" being established with the generous support of its alumnus Micky Pant and "Chandrakanta Kesavan Centre for Energy Policy and Climate Solutions" with the support of its alumnus Mr Sudhakar Kesavan.
