Prof. Rustom Choksi Award for Excellence in Research in Science/Engineering

Description
Criteria for Selection

This award was instituted in 1993 by Prof. K. Sreenivasan, former Professor & Head of the Department of Electrical Communication Engineering. This award is given every year – alternatively to Science and Engineering. All faculty of the Institute are eligible to be nominated – the members of Senate being the nominators. This award carries a cash prize of Rs.20,000/- each with a certificate.

Excellence in research- through research guidance, publications (individual as well as joint);
Contributions to Industry and R&D work resulting in patent for commercialization;
Establishing new schools for research, special research groups in specialized areas, innovative programmes of research.

Awardees:

Prof. V. Rajaraman, Supercomputer Education Research Centre, Engineering , 1993
Prof. N. Mukunda, Centre for High Energy Physics, Science, 1994
Prof. M. L. Munjal, Mechanical Engineering, Engineering, 1995
Prof. Madhav Gadgil, Centre for Ecological Sciences, Science, 1996
Prof. K. T. Jacob, Materials Engineering, Engineering, 1997
Prof. H. Sharat Chandra, Microbiology &Cell Biology, Science, 1998
Prof. K. R. Padiyar, Electrical Engineering, Engineering, 1999
Prof. J. Gopalakrishnan, Solid State &Structural Chemistry Unit, Science, 2000
Prof. B. Dattaguru, Aerospace Engineering, Engineering, 2001
Prof. M. R. N. Murthy, Molecular Biophysics Unit, Science, 2002
Prof. R. Narasimhan, Mechanical Engineering, Engineering, 2003
Prof. Chandan Dasgupta, Physics, Science, 2004
Prof. Raghavendra Gadgkar, Centre for Ecological Sciences, Science, 2004
Prof. V. T. Ranganathan, Electrical Engineering, Engineering, 2005
Prof. S. B. Krupanidhi, Materials Research Centre, Science, 2006
Prof. Rohini M. Godbole, Centre for High Energy Physics, Science, 2006
Prof. M. K. Surappa, Materials Engineering, Engineering, 2007
Prof. Rahul Pandit, Physics, Science, 2008
Prof. Saraswathi Vishveswara, Molecular Biophysics Unit, Science, 2008
Prof. B. Sundararajan, Electrical Communication Engineering, Engineering, 2009
Prof. M. S. Shaila, Microbiology & Cell Biology, Science, 2010
Prof. P. R. Mahapatra, Aerospace Engineering, Engineering, 2011
Prof. V. Kumaran, Chemical Engineering, Engineering, 2011
Prof. Arnab Rai Choudhury, Physics, Science, 2012
Prof. P. Vijay Kumar, Electrical Communication Engineering, Engineering, 2013
Prof. Mrinal Kanti Ghosh, Mathematics, Science, 2014
Prof. B. Ananthanarayan, Centre for High Energy Physics, Science, 2014
Prof. R. Govindarajan, Supercomputer Education & Research Centre, Engineering, 2015
Prof. Rudra Pratap, Centre for Nanoscience& Engineering, Engineering, 2015
Prof. Diptiman Sen, Centre for High Energy Physcis -for Science, 2016
Prof. Vinod Sharma, Electrical Communication Engineering – for Engineering, 2017
Prof. Navakanta Bhat, Centre for Nano Science & Engineering -for Engineering, 2017
Prof. Sampath – Inorganic and Physical Chemistry, – for Science, 2018
Prof. Sandhya S Visweswariah– Molecular Reproduction Development and Genetics, – for Science, 2018
Prof. Pradeep Mujumdar, Civil Engineering, 2019
Prof. Shalabh Bhatnagar, Computer Science and Automation, 2019
Prof. S. Natarajan, Solid State and Structural Chemistry Unit, 2020
Prof. N. Srinivasan, Molecular Biophysics Unit, 2020
Prof. Chiranjib Bhattacharyya, Computer Science and Automation 2021
Prof. Ashok M Raichur, Materials Engineering, 2021
Prof. P K Das, Inorganic and Physical Chemistry, 2022
Prof. Kaushal Verma, Mathematics, 2022