IETE AWARDS:

The IETE recognises outstanding achievements amongst its members and other professionals in the broad areas of electronics, communications, computers and related subjects through annual/biennial awards. The list of Awards for the year 2007 together with their Description, Selection Criteria, Nomination Procedure etc are outlined in this brochure. Nominations are invited for these Awards in the prescribed enclosed proforma for consideration by the IETE.

2. DESCRIPTION OF AWARDS :

2.1             30th 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 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 are:
Prof G S Sanyal, Prof B S Sonde, Prof (Mrs) R Chatterjee, Shri OPN 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 Surendra 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 and Prof M Jagadesh Kumar.

2.2             18th 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 are:
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 and Dr Parameswar Banerjee.

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 awardee 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 are:

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 V T Ranganathan, Prof Bhim Singh, Dr S K Mandal, Prof Sujit Kumar Biswas and Prof Chandan Chakraborty.

2.4          20th 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 are:
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 Cmde R Sampath, Shri J S Raju, Shri A K Srivastav, Shri T C Gosalia, Prof K K Aggarwal, 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 and Shri T S Nanjundaswamy.