2.5 IETE-IRSI (83) Awards
These awards have been made possible through a fund of Rs. 5 lakhs created from the proceeds of 1st International RadarSymposium-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.
- 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 are:
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 & Dr K N Shankara, Dr U K
Revankar, Shri Ramachandra Kuloor & Dr Prankishan, , Shri N Divakar & Shri Sistla Ravind, Dr Lalit Kumar and Shri L S Radhakrishnan,
Shri GSK Rao & Shri S S Rana, Shri S Varadarajan Shri V Sambasiva Rao.
- IETE- IRSI (83) YOUNG SCIENTIST AWARD: The young scientist (s) award consists of a cash prize of Rs 5000/-
and a citation.
The recipients of the young scientist award in the previous years are:
Dr K D Nayak & Shri Ashok Mittal, Dr D R Jahagirdar and Smt Shubha Elizabeth Avirah.
2.6 13th 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 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:
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 and Wg Cdr B S Solanki, VSM (Retd).
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 are :
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 11th 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 are :
Dr A Prabhakar, Prof A K Ghatak , Prof B Yegnanarayana, Prof S C Sahasrabudhe, Prof B N Basu, Prof A N Chandorkar, Prof S
Chaudhuri, Prof T S Rathore, Dr GSN Raju and Prof Merchant Shabbir N.
2.9 12th 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 recipients of the award in the previous years are :
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 and Shri N S Ganesan.
