BROCHURE-
IETE AWARDS for the year 2008
IETE
AWARDS:
The IETE recognises
outstanding achievements amongst its members and other professionals
in the broad areas of electronics, communications, computers
and related disciplines through annual/biennial awards. The list
of Awards for the year 2008 together with their description,
names of previous recipients, nomination criteria &
procedure are outlined
in this brochure. Nominations are invited for these Awards
in the prescribed enclosed proforma for consideration
by the IETE.
2.
DESCRIPTION
OF THE AWARDS:
2.1
31st
IETE-Ram
Lal Wadhwa Gold Medal
This award has been instituted through a donation made by
Dr R P Wadhwa, Fellow IETE in memory of his father. The award is given annually to a professional, for
outstanding
contribution in the field of electronics and telecommunication
engineering for his original contribution during the last 10
(ten) years. The award consists of a medal and a citation. The recipient
is invited to deliver a lecture based on the work leading
to the award at the Annual Technical Convention of the IETE.
The
recipients of the award in the previous years:
Prof G S Sanyal, Prof B S Sonde, Prof(Mrs) R Chatterjee, Shri
O P N Calla, Prof S C Dutta Roy, Prof D Dutta Majumder, Prof
D N Bose, Prof Bharathi Bhat, Shri U D N Rao, Dr P E Sankaranarayanan,
Dr P K Patwardhan, Shri S G Pitroda, Prof A K Ghatak, Shri
Pramod Kale, Prof L M Patnaik, Dr V P Bhatkar, Dr V K Aatre,
Prof Shiban K Koul , Dr Shamim Ahmad, Prof Sankar K Pal, Dr
S Pal, Dr O P Nijhawan, Dr K N Shankara, Prof U B Desai, Dr P V Ananda Mohan,
Dr G M Cleetus, Prof Ashok Jhunjhunwala, Prof B B
Chaudhuri, Prof M Jagadesh Kumar and Prof Bhabatosh
Chanda.
2.2
19th IETE-Hari
Ramji Toshniwal Gold Medal
This award has been instituted through a donation made by
late Dr G R Toshniwal, Distinguished Fellow and Past President
of the IETE in memory of his father.
The
award is given annually to a person for outstanding innovative
ideas having practical application in industry leading to
development and production of electronic instruments and
related systems for use in India and abroad. The award
consists of a medal and a citation. The recipient is invited to
deliver a lecture on the work leading to the award on a
suitable occasion at an IETE centre nearest to the location of
awardee.
The recipients of
the award in the previous years:
Maj B P Singh, Dr S Pal, Shri V K Lakshmeesha, Shri K Nagachenchaiah,
Dr Vinod Chandra, Shri R S Khandpur, Dr Pawan Kapur, Dr T
G K Murty , Prof Sneh Anand, Prof Rakesh K Lal, Prof
Satyajit Chakraborti, Prof. G C Ray, Dr M A Shamshi, Shri
Alok Mukherjee, Shri S Narayana, Dr Lalit M Bhardwaj, Dr
Parameswar Banerjee and Dr V K Agrawal.
2.3
22nd
IETE-Bimal
Bose Award
The award has been instituted by Prof Bimal K Bose, Condra
Chair of Excellence in Power Electronics, Department of Electrical
Engineering, University of Tennessee, USA. The
award is given annually to a person for original outstanding
contribution in the field of Power Electronics.
The award consists of cash prize of Rs. 10,000/-, a citation
and a travel subsidy of Rs 2000/-. The award is invited to
present a paper in the field of his specialization supporting
the grant of award during the Zonal Seminar at an IETE Centre.
The recipients of the award in the previous
years:
Prof M Ramamurthy, Prof Joseph Vithayathil, Prof A K Chattopadhyay,
Shri V N Dravid, Dr S K Hajela, Prof G K Dubey, Shri U M Rao,
Shri B L Agrawal, Prof V V Sastry, Shri M S Vasudeva, Dr Abdul
Bashir, Prof R Arockiasamy , Shri Parvez K Palsetia, Dr V
N Walivadekar, Prof S S Murthy, Prof. S R Doradla, Prof
Bhim Singh, Dr Sushil Kumar Mandal, Prof Sujit Kumar Biswas and
Prof Chandan Chakraborty.
2.4
21st
IETE-Lal
C Verman Award
This award
has been instituted by the Council of the IETE to commemorate
the contributions of late Dr Lal C Verman, Founder Member,
Distinguished Fellow and Past President of the IETE for the
growth of electronics and telecommunications profession in
the country. The
award is given annually to a person for outstanding
contribution
in the areas of standardization, quality control and precision
measurements, during the last 10 (ten) years.The award consists of a medal and a citation for the selected
awardee and a plaque for the awardee’s organization.
The recipient is invited to deliver a lecture based on the
work leading to the award at the Mid-Term Symposium of the
IETE.
The recipients of
the award in the previous years:
Prof K B Mishra, Dr Kailash Chandra, Dr R P Wadhwa, Shri U
R G Acharya, Shri S R Naik, Gp Capt M Mukutmoni, Air Cmdr
R Sampath, Shri J S Raju, Shri A K Srivastav, Shri T C Gosalia,
Prof K K Agarwal, Shri C L Kaul, Shri V N Purohit, Dr Anil
Jain, Shri P L Kulkarni, Shri Girdhar J Gyani, Shri
Subburaj, Shri H S Raina, Shri T S Nanjundaswamy and
Shri C A Kumar.
2.5
IETE-IRSI-(83)
Awards
These awards have been made instituted through a fund
created from the proceeds of 1st International Radar
Symposium-India (IRSI) held in October 1983 at Bangalore,
which was co-sponsored by the IETE. Two awards viz IETE-IRSI
(83) Award and Young Scientist award are given annually to
persons for
outstanding contribution
in the field of Radar Science & Technologies/Microwave Systems/ Navigation/Remote
Sensing/Upper Atmospheric Studies/Troposphere/ Weather Studies
using Microwave Methods/Materials Research/Electronic Warfare
Techniques/Global Positioning Systems and Radar Systems/ any
such studies that have direct relevance to Radar Design and
Applications. The award ceremony is held at Bangalore on a
suitable occasion of IETE Bangalore Centre.
(a) MAIN IETE-IRSI
(83):
The award consists of a cash prize of Rs. 10,000/-, a citation
and a travel grant of Rs. 10,000/- for one awardee to travel
to at least three IETE Centres for delivering lectures on
the work that qualified for the award.
The recipients of Main
IETE-IRSI (83) awards in the previous years:
Dr R P Shenoy, Shri S Rajendran, Shri N P Ramasubba Rao &
Shri S K Kakkar, Prof B N Das, Shri G Vishwanathan, Shri P
B Tole & Shri Joseph Souriraj, Shri C Varadarajan , Shri
Y Ashok Kumar & Dr S R Ramasamy , Shri K U Limaye and
Dr K N Shankara, Dr U K Revankar & Shri Ramachandra Kuloor,
Dr Prankishan, Dr K D Nayak, Shri Ashok Mittal, Shri
N Divakar & Shri Sistla Ravind, Dr Lalit Kumar, Shri
L S Radhkrishnan and Shri GSK Rao & S S Raina, Shri S
Varadarajan, Shri V Sambasiva Rao and Shri V Mahadevan.
(b) IETE- IRSI (83) YOUNG
SCIENTIST AWARD:
The young scientist (upper age limit is 35 years) awards consists of a cash prize of Rs
5000/- and a citation.
The recipients of the young scientist award in the previous
year:
Dr K D Nayak & Shri Ashok Mittal, Dr D R Jahagirdar and
Smt Shubha Elizabeth Aivrah.
2.6
14th
IETE-Flt
Lt Tanmaya Singh Dandass Memorial Award
The award was instituted by Lt Col A S Dandass in memory of
his son, Flt Lt Tanmaya Singh Dandass, who was a fighter pilot
in IAF. The
award is given annually to a person (s) for
outstanding contribution in the field of Avionics, covering
education, research, design, development and production
during the last 10 (ten) years. Kindly note that Space
Electronics does not come under the purview of Avionics. The
award consists of a medal and citation. The recipient is
invited to deliver a lecture on the work leading to the award
on a suitable occasion at an IETE Centre nearest to the
location of awardee.
The recipients of
the award in the previous years:
Dr B S Adiga, Shri S J Murlidhar & Shri N N Murthy, Dr
K G Narayanan, Wg Cdr(Dr) Ravinder Khanna, Shri N Vedachalam,
Shri P Anguswamy, Shri S G Basu, Col Souresh Bhattacharya,
S/ Shri R S Rao, Ajay Vohra & M P Reddy, Shri Vasantha E,
Shri K N Suryanarayana Rao, Wg Cdr B S Solanki, VSM (Retd) and
Shri A S Ganeshan.
2.7
14th
IETE-Prof
K Sreenivasan Memorial Award
The award is instituted by the students of Prof K Sreenivasan
in memory of their professor at Madras Institute of
Technology, Madras. The
Award is given annually for outstanding performance in teaching
electronics and telecommunication engineering during the
last 5 (five) years. The award consists of a medal, cash prize of Rs. 2000/- and
a citation. The recipient is invited to deliver a lecture on the work leading to the award
on a suitable occasion at the IETE centre nearest to the
location of awardee.
The recipients of
the award in the previous years:
Prof Bharathi Bhat, Prof Surendra Prasad, Prof S L Maskara,
Prof J M Vasi, Prof S K Srivatsa, Prof G S Mani, Shri G T
Manohar, Dr T K Bandopadhyaya, Prof V M Pandharipande,
Dr Suneet Tuli, Dr Vikram M Gadre, Prof T S Rathore and
Prof Abhay Karandikar.
2.8
12th
IETE-Prof
S V C Aiya Memorial Award
The award is instituted by the students of Prof S V C Aiya
in memory of their professor at IISc Bangalore. The
Award is given annually to a person for providing guidance
in electronics and telecommunication research work during
the last 5 (five) years.
The award consists of a medal, cash prize of Rs. 2000/- and
a citation. The recipient is invited to deliver a lecture on the work leading to the award
on a suitable occasion at the IETE centre nearest to the
location of awardee.
The recipients of
the award in the previous years :
Dr A Prabhakar, Prof A K Ghatak , Prof B Yegnanarayana,
Prof S C Sahasrabudhe, Prof B N Basu, Prof A N Chandorkar, Prof. S
Chaudhury, Prof T S Rathore, Dr GSN Raju, Prof
Merchant Shabbir N and Dr K Lal Kishore.
2.9
13th
IETE-Prof
S N Mitra Memorial Award
The award has been instituted by the former colleagues and
associates of Prof S N Mitra of All India Radio, New Delhi. The
Award is given annually to a person for outstanding
contribution
and leadership role in radio broadcast science and technology
during the last 10 (ten) years.
The award consists of a medal, cash prize of Rs. 2000/- and
a citation. The recipient is invited to deliver a lecture on
the work leading to the award on a suitable occasion at the
IETE centre nearest to the location of awardee.
The
previous recipient of the awards :
Prof Ashok Jhunjhunwala, Shri D John, Dr P C Jain, Dr Dipti
Rustogi, Prof Ch V Sastry, Shri A K Aggarwal, Dr H O Srivastava, Shri V V
Srinivasan Shri Ch VRS Gopalakrishna, Shri A S
Guin, Shri N S Ganesan and Shri Parimal Kumar.
2.10
6th
IETE-CEOT(94) Award (Biennial)
The award has been instituted by the Organising Committee of
the International Conference on Emerging Opto-electronic
Technologies (CEOT) held in July 1994 at Bangalore and
co-sponsored by IETE. It is given biennially for outstanding
contribution in the field of opto-electronics covering
materials, devices, circuits, technologies, systems &
applications. The award consists of a gold medal, a
citation and a cash prize of Rs 10,000/-. The recipient is
invited to deliver a lecture on the work leading to award on a
suitable occasion at the IETE Centre nearest to the location
of awardee.
The recipients of the award in the previous year:
DrV Nagarajan, Prof R K Shevgaonkar, Dr S C Gupta, Dr K R
Suresh K Nair and Dr B R Singh.
2.11 11th
IETE - B V Baliga Memorial Award
The award has been instituted by Prof B Jayant Baliga in memory
of his father Shri B V Baliga, Past President and
Distinguished Fellow of IETE. The award is given annually to a person for
outstanding contribution in the field of Electronics and
Telecommunication with emphasis on R & D and industrial
development during the past 10 (ten) years. Indian scientists, engineers,
and technology managers from both industry and academia
in India will are eligible for consideration for the award.
The award consists of a medal, a citation and cash prize of Rs
10,000/- and a travel grant upto a maximum of Rs 7,000/-. The
recipient is invited to deliver a lecture on the work leading
to the award on a suitable occasion at the IETE centre nearest
to the location of awardee.
The recipients of the award in the previous
year :
Lt Col Inderjit Singh(Retd), Dr Abdul Bashir Abdul Karim,
Dr K S Srinivas, Shri G Elangovan, Dr V R Kanetkar, Dr
Aloknath De, Shri R K Verma, Dr K R Suresh K Nair and
Shri S C Agrawal & Shri G Babu Rao and Prof G N Srinivasa
Prasanna.
2.12
6th
IETE-N V Gadadhar Memorial Award
The award has
been instituted by Mrs. Sharada Iyengar, in memory of her
brother Shri N V Gadadhar who was distinguished founder member
of the IETE.
The award is conferred annually for Original contribution
of excellence in the field of Electronics and Telecommunication
Engineering with emphasis on Mobile Radio Communication.
The award consists of a gold medal, a citation, a cash prize
of Rs. 10,000/- and a travel grant of upto a maximum of Rs.
7,000/-. The recipient is invited to deliver a lecture on
the work leading to award at a suitable function at
Bangalore by IETE Bangalore Centre in the second half of the
year.
The
recipients of the award in the previous year:
Shri Rohit Kumar, Shri S Satyamurthy, Lt Col P R Menon,
Shri Shirish B Purohit and Mrs Upena Dalal.
2.13
5th IETE-B R Batra Memorial Award
The award has been instituted by the Council of IETE
in the memory of founder President and distinguished fellow
of IETE Shri B R Batra. It is open to all Fellows of IETE with
a standing of 10 (ten) years or more, who have significantly contributed
to the overall growth and honour of the Institution or have
rendered selfless service to the cause of the Institution
over the years for furtherance of its basic aim and objectives.
The nominee should have notable achievements
in professional work in the IETE as well as
outside. Past Presidents, Honorary Fellows and
Distinguished Fellows of IETE are not expected to give their
consent for nomination for this award. The award consists of a
gold medal and a citation. The recipient is invited to deliver
a lecture on the work leading to the award on a suitable
occasion at the IETE centre nearest to the location of awardee.
The
recipients of the award in the previous years:
Prof
S V Kharkar, Dr Samarjit Sengupta & Shri D Rajagopal
(Jointly), Prof T S Rathore and Prof KTV Reddy.
2.14
3rd
IETE - R S Khandpur Gold Medal
This award has been instituted through a
donation made by Dr R S Khandpur, Fellow of IETE. The award is
given annually to a person for life-time achievements and outstanding contribution at
national / international level in the field of 'Medical
Instrumentation' covering education, research, design,
development and production. The award consists of medal and a citation. The recipient is
invited to deliver a lecture on the work leading to the award
on suitable occasion at the IETE Centre nearest to the
location of awardee.
The recipient of the award in the previous year:
Prof Vinod Kumarand Dr Devendra Sona Chaudhari
2.15
3rd IETE-
Brig M L Anand Award
The award has been been
instituted by Mrs Kiran and Shri Arjun Malhotra in memory of
Brig M L Anand who was a Fellow of IETE for outstanding original
contribution of excellence in the development of applications of networking and internet with
emphasis on usage in everyday life and commerce, during the
last 5 (five) years.The award consists of a gold medal, a citation, a cash prize
of Rs 10,000/- and a travel grant of up to a maximum of Rs
7,000/- The recipient is invited to deliver a lecture on the
work leading to award on a suitable occasion at the IETE
centre nearest to the location of awardee.
The recipient of the award in the previous year:
Shri Vijendrakumar Narendraprasad Shukla and Rajiv Ratan Chetwani
2.16 2nd
IETE-Biman Behari Sen
Memorial Award
The award has been instituted by Mrs Krishna Sen in memory of her
husband Shri Biman Behari Sen, Fellow IETE. The award is conferred annually
outstanding contributions in the "Emerging areas of Electronics and
Telecommunication with Emphasis on R&D and Industrial Development".
The award consist of a medal, citation, cash prize of rupees 10,000/- and
travel grant of upto Rs 7,000/- for delivering a technical lecture on the work
leading to the award on a suitable occasion at the IETE centre nearest to the
location of the awardee.
The recipient of the award in the previous year:
Dr Sukhdev Roy.
3.
NOMINATION
CRITERIA:
The nominators and nominees need not
be members of IETE i.e. it is open to all except for the
nominees for IETE -B R Batra Memorial Award (Sl No 2.13 of
the brochure).
While
there is no age limit for these awards, except in case of
IETE-IRSI (83) Young scientist award for which age limit
is 35 years, preference will be given to nominees below 45
years of age.
The contributions
and achievements of the nominee should have the potential
of significant impact on the future developments in India
in the respective fields recognized for the award.
The contributions
and achievements of the nominee should be properly documented
and verifiable.
The nominee
should have demonstrated potential for creative output and
should not have received an award for that work earlier.
Also, nominee should not have received any of the IETE awards
during the last 3 years.
Only one IETE award is admissible
to an individual / nominee in a year.
No self-nomination will be
considered.
Sitting
Council Members are not eligible for any IETE Awards.
One
nominator should not nominate more than one nominee for
the same IETE award. However, one nominator can nominate
more than one nominee for different IETE awards and one
nominee should not receive more than one IETE award in a
year.
4. NOMINATION PROCEDURE
"Call for
Nominations" for the awards is published every year
in the Nov-Dec issues of IETE Journal of Research and
Technical Review and is also available on IETE website www.iete.org
under the headings of IETE awrds.
Nominations
are to be made by Heads of Institutions / Organisations/
Departments and the IETE Honorary / Distinguished Fellows
/ Past Presidents/ Council Members/ Fellows with a
standing of 10 years or above and Organizational Members.
Nominations should be made only in the prescribed
Nomination Form (or its photocopy) enclosed with the
brochure and all the statements must be concise and
confined to the allotted space only.
A
proposed citation (limited to 50 words) should be included
in the Nomination Form at the appropriate place. Absence
of this citation may disqualify the nomination.
15 copies of the
Nomination Form typed in 10 pt or larger font and
completed in all respects together with the list of
scientific and technical publications, if any, should be
sent in a sealed cover marked "confidential" to
the following address (Incomplete nominations will not be
considered):
The
Chairman,
Board of Recognition of Excellence (BoRE)
IETE HQ,
2, Institutional Area, Lodi Road,
New Delhi 110 003.
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