BGM 2014 BITSAA Faculty Awards Presented by BITS Pilani & BITSAA International
Faculty Award Prof. Suman Kapur • • • •
Hyderabad campus
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Dean, International Programmes & Collaboration Division (Univ-wide) Senior Professor, Biological Sciences Department Shri B K Birla & Smt. Sarala Birla Chair Professor. (2011-2014) Adjunct Professor • Malkolak Knowledge Centre, • George Washington University, • Albert Einstein College of Medicine NCERT (NSTS) Fellow Articles in reviewed journals: > 80 papers Presentations and Invited Lectures: >150 talks Ph.D from AIIMS, New Delhi ,; M.Sc. Medical Biochemistry ; B.Sc Zoo.(Hons) Delhi Univ www.bitsaa.org The global BITS-Pilani Alumni Community 501©3 Registered in New Jersey, USA
Faculty Award Prof. Surekha Bhanot (batch of 74) • • •
1979 – 1983 2002– present Pilani campus
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Dept. of Electrical & Electronics/ Instrumentation 1983-2002 T.I.E.T., Patiala Teaching & Research Interests – Transducers and Signal Conditioning – Industrial instrumentation & control – Process dynamics and control – Electrical and Electronic Measurements – Artificial intelligence Ph.D, I.I.T Roorkee; M. Phil (Instrum), BE (Mech), BITS Warden , Meera Bhawan, Aug 2004
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Faculty Award Dr. Biju Raveendran • •
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Dept. of Computer Science and Information Systems Teaching & Research Interests: – Operating Systems – Real-time Systems – Computer Architecture – Embedded systems – Data Storage Systems and Technologies Ph.D.
2003-2009 (Pilani) 2009 -present (Goa) www.bitsaa.org The global BITS-Pilani Alumni Community 501©3 Registered in New Jersey, USA
Faculty Award Prof. Aditya Mathur (batch of 70)
1978-1985 (Pilani campus)
• Head Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD) Information Systems Technology & Design (ISTD) Pillar • Professor and Head, Department of Computer Science, at Purdue University 1985--2013 • Georgia Institute of Technology August 1985 – July 1987 Visiting Associate Professor • Awards & Achievements • Top 10 Outstanding Teachers in the School of Science • IT Man of India, 2003, awarded by Rakshpal Bahadur Management Institute, Bareilly, • Fellow, CIC Academic Leadership Program, 2004-2005. • Outstanding Achievement Award, Software Engineering Society, 2010. • ACM Faculty Award, Department of Computer Science, Purdue University, 2012 • PhD, MS, BS, Electrical Engineering ( BITS ) www.bitsaa.org The global BITS-Pilani Alumni Community 501©3 Registered in New Jersey, USA
Faculty Award Prof. V S Rao • •
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1979 – Present (Pilani, Hyderabad)
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Director and Senior Professor, Hyderabad campus Courses: • Organic Chemistry • Structure & Reactivity of Organic Compounds • Synthetic Organic Chemistry • Stereo Chemistry & Reaction Mechanisms. Research interests: Drug Synthesis & Green Chemistry. Member, World Assoc. for Cooperative Educ., Boston, USA. Previously: • Dean of Practice School division • Chief Warden Ph.D., MS from BITS BS from Andhra University, Cert. Edu. Economics & Edu. Research, Univ. of Bielfeld, DE. www.bitsaa.org The global BITS-Pilani Alumni Community 501©3 Registered in New Jersey, USA
Faculty Award Prof. M S Radhakrishnan • Department of Mathematics since 1975 • MA from Annamalai University,1965. • Ph.D in Mathematics, BITS-Pilani,1975.
1975 – Present (Pilani, Hyderabad)
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Faculty Award Prof . Sandhya Mitra • Professor of Biological Sciences • Introduced 1st undergrad lab course in Genetic Engineering in India • Authored five textbooks, • Inspired scholars to research molecular biology and genetic engrg • Introduced cultural programs : 'Mitali', 'Manjusha', 'Urvashi‘, etc. • Started ‘Ideation' series of student lectures
1972-1990 (Pilani campus) www.bitsaa.org The global BITS-Pilani Alumni Community 501©3 Registered in New Jersey, USA
Faculty Award (posthumous) Prof Mohi Mohon Mukerji • 1946: MS EE, Univ. of Washington, Seattle. • 1955: Installed first digital computer in India (ISI) • 1959: Joined BITS Pilani (predecessor) • Professor: Electronics, Computers • Chief, Information Processing Center • 1982: Retired from BITS; • 1982-: Consulting start-ups • 2005: Passed away.
1959 - 1982
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Faculty Award (posthumous) Prof. K V Ramanan
1956-1986
• Teacher: • Passionate teacher of Electronics, esp. devices • Supervised some PhD scholars at BITS. • RAIT a Bombay University college • MSEC, Kilakarai TamilNadu (last year of his life) • Administrator: • 1974: Dean, Academic Registration & Counselling • 1970: Head, EEE Dept. • Contributor to New Academic Regulations at BITS • Author: • 1984: Functional Electronics • Scholar: • 1961: ME, IISC, Bangalore • 1954: DIISC IISC, Bangalore • 1952: B.Sc, St Joseph’s College, Tiruchirappalli www.bitsaa.org The global BITS-Pilani Alumni Community 501©3 Registered in New Jersey, USA
Faculty Award (posthumous) Dr. Parimoo
1974-77; ’87-’98
• Teacher: • Pharmaceutical Chemistry, BITS Pharmacy Group • Supervised over 50 M. Pharm. & 7 PhD scholars. • Researcher: • New drug synthesis • Pharmaceutical analysis • Support from MHRD, UGC, CSIR ; NATCO, Hyderabad • Over 90 journal papers; 2 patents • Author: • Textbook: Medicinal Chemistry • Textbook: Instrumental Methods Analysis • Scholar: • PhD: Pharmaceutical Sc., Univ. of Missouri, 1970 • M.S.: Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Univ. of Miss., www.bitsaa.org The global BITS-Pilani Alumni Community 1965 501©3 Registered in New Jersey, USA
BITSAA Selection Panel
Dr. Sushil Birla
Prof Subrat Kar
Prof L K Maheshwari
Prof Purnananda Guptasarma
Pradeep Sethi
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BITSAA Awards Committee
Anu Khendry
Shwetha Kailash
Rohit Koul
Dr. Ashok Agarwal
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