Alumni

Dr. Prabal K. Maity (Ph.D, IIT Kanpur). Professor and Head, Department of Physics, IISc, Bangalore, received the Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam HPC award (2020) in Researcher category.

Distinguished Alumnus Award by IIT Kanpur in 2019 in the category of Academic Excellence: Prof. Rajesh Gopakumar, Centre Director, ICTS-TIFR (M.Sc,1992)

Dr. Anupam Guleria, who did her Ph.D in our dept with Prof.Zakir Hossain and is presently working at the Centre of Biomedical Research (CBMR), SGPGI Lucknow, received the NASI-Young Scientist Platinum Jubilee award 2018.

Dr.Suchita (Ph.D supervisor: Prof.R.Vijaya) is the co-recipient of the Best Thesis Award of Indian Laser Association this year. Suchita was a M.Sc-Ph.D dual degree student and defended her thesis in August 2018. She was presented with a certificate and a cash award of Rs.7,500 in the DAE-BRNS National Laser Symposium (NLS-27) held during December 3-6 at RRCAT, Indore.

Distinguished Alumnus Award by IIT Kanpur in 2018 in the category of Academic Excellence: Prof. G.Ravindra Kumar from TIFR (Ph.D, 1990) and Prof.Ashvin Vishwanath from Harvard (MSc5, 1996)

Dr. Satyabrata Patnaik, who worked under Professor R.C.Budhani's direct supervision, was awarded second Merrill Lynch Innovation prize for his thesis research done at IIT Kanpur (2002-2003).