52nd Convocation Indian Institute of Technology Bombay 9th August 2014 Contents Programme Chief Guest Board of Governors Head of Departments Previous Convocations Medal Winners Prize Winners Recipients of Degrees Scholarships and other Prizes 1 Programme Institute Song Chairman, Board of Governors, declares the Convocation open Report by Director, Prof. Devang V. Khakhar Address by Chairman, Board of Governors, Dr. Anil Kakodkar Convocation Address by the Chief Guest, Dr. R. A. Mashelkar Distribution of Gold Medals Conferment of all degrees and diplomas by announcement Distribution of Ph.D. Degree Certificates Pledge by the degree and diploma recipients Chairman, Board of Governors, declares the Convocation closed National Anthem 2 Chief Guest Dr. R.A. Mashelkar, F.R.S. National Research Professor CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory, Pune. Dr. Raghunath Anant Mashelkar is a National Research Professor and the President of Global Research Alliance. Dr. Mashelkar was the Director General of Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) and also the President of Indian National Science Academy. Dr. Mashelkar’s research in polymer science and engineering has won him many international laurels. He is a Fellow of Royal Society (FRS), Foreign Associate of US National Academy of Science as well as Engineering, Foreign Member, American Academy of Arts & Sciences, Fellow of Royal Academy of Engineering, U.K., Foreign Fellow of Australian Technological Science and Engineering Academy and Fellow of The World Academy of Science. Dr. Mashelkar has been a member of Science Advisory Council to the Prime Minister (SAC-PM) set up by successive governments over the past three decades. Deeply connected with the innovation movement in India, Dr. Mashelkar is currently a member of National Innovation Council (NInC) and also the Chairman of National Innovation Foundation, Reliance Innovation Council, Thermax Innovation Council and Marico Innovation Foundation. Recipient of Padmashri (1991), Padmabhushan (2000) and Padmavibhushan (2014), 3 Board of Governors Chairman Anil Kakodkar Homi Bhabha Chair Professor, Department of Atomic Energy Members Devang V. Khakhar Director, IIT Bombay Nominees of the Council S. Sivaram CSIR Bhatnagar Fellow, A 201, Polymer and Advanced, Materials Lab., National Chemical Laboratory, Dr. Homi Bhabha Road, Pune – 411 008 Ajit Ranade Chief Economist, Aditya Birla Group, Aditya Birla Centre, Worli, Mumbai – 400 030 Shobho Bhattacharya A-416, Department of Condensed Matter, Physics and Material Science, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Homi Bhabha Road, Navy Nagar, Colaba, Mumbai – 400 005 Dinesh Singh Vice Chancellor, University of Delhi, Delhi – 110 007 Nominees of the State Governments Secretary Higher & Technical Education, Government of Maharashtra, Mantralaya, Mumbai – 400 032 Bhupinder S. Bhalla, IAS Hon’ble Administrator, U.T. of Daman & Diu and Dadra & Nagar Haveli, Silvasa Ramchandra (Dinar) First Floor, Vaikunth Niwas, Balkrishna Bhatkar Near Youth Hostel, Miramar, Panji, Goa – 403 001 4 Nominees of the Senate S. Durani Professor, Department of Chemistry, IIT Bombay S. Biswas Professor, Department of Computer Science & Engineering, IIT Bombay Secretary Dr. R. Premkumar Registrar, IIT Bombay Organisation Anil Kakodkar Chairman Devang V. Khakhar Director Subhasis Chaudhuri Dy. Director, Academic & Infrastructural Affairs H.S. Pandalai Dy. Director, Finance & External Affairs Prasanna Mujumdar Dean, Research & Development Y.M. Desai Dean, Administrative Affairs Narayan Rangaraj Dean, Academic Programmes Ravi Sinha Dean, Alumni & Corporate Relations N. Venkataramani Dean, Infrastructure Planning & Support Urjit A. Yajnik Dean, Students Affairs Rajiv O. Dusane Dean, International Relations J.K. Verma Dean, Faculty Affairs Anil Kulkarni Convener, PG-APEC T.I. Eldho Convener, UG-APEC Heads of Departments Aerospace Engineering Ashok Joshi Biosciences and Bioengineering Rohit Manchanda Chemical Engineering K.V. Venkatesh Chemistry R. Murugavel Civil Engineering K.V. Krishna Rao Computer Science & Engg. S. Sudarshan Earth Science G. Mohan Electrical Engineering Abhay Karandikar Humanities & Social Sciences D. Parthasarthy Industrial Design Centre B.K. Chakravarthy 5 Mathematics S.R. Ghorpade Mechanical Engineering R.P. Vedula Metallurgical Engineering & N. Prabhu Materials Science Physics Prabhakar P. Singh Energy Science & Engineering Santanu Bandyopadhyay Heads of Schools Shailesh J. Mehta S. Bhargava School of Management Heads of Centres Centre for Environmental A. K. Dikshit Science & Engineering Centre for Research in Indradev Samajdar Nano Technology and Science Centre for Studies in P. Venkatachalam Resources Engineering Centre for Technology Rangan Banerjee Alternatives in Rural Areas Computer Centre D. Manjunath Centre for Aerospace P. M. Mujumdar Systems Design and Engineering Centre for Formal Design G. Sivakumar and Verifications of Software Centre for Distance Engineering V. M. Gadre Education Programme Centre for Urban Science and Engg. Krithi Ramamrithan Centre for Excellence in Steel Technology N. B. Ballal Convenors of Interdisciplinary Programmes Climate Studies Chandra Venkatraman Corrosion Science & Engineering N. Prabhu Education Technology V. M. Gadre Industrial Engineering & N. Hemachadra Operations Research Systems & Control Engg. Ravi N. Banavar 6 Previous Convocations Year Chief Guest Winner of President of India Medal/ Winner of Institute Gold Medal 1962 Dr. S. Radhakrishnan R.B. Bhambhani 1964 Shri M.C. Chagla B.S. Shiralkar, D.R. Limaye 1965 Dr. C.P. Ramaswamy Iyer M. Mehra 1966 Dr. C.D. Deshmukh A.N. Dravid 1967 Dr. Vikram A. Sarabhai A.L. Ravimohan 1968 Shri Arvind Mafatlal R.C. Agarwal 1969 Shri V.P. Naik D.K. Merchant 1970 Shri R. Venkatraman K.R. Bakshi 1971 Shri C. Subramaniam S.M. Udupa 1972 Smt. Indira Gandhi S.R. Ahuja 1973 Shri G.L. Mehta N.D. Jotwani 1974 Dr. Bharat Ram M.P. Wagle 1975 Prof. S. Nurul Hasan S.N. Nandgaonkar 1976 Prof. M.G.K. Menon (Ms) V.N. Korwar 1977 Dr. P.C. Chunder S.S. Sastry 1978 Dr. Atma Ram N.K. Karmarkar 1979 Prof. K.R. Narayanan S.P. Jayakar 1980 Dr. N.R. Banerjee A.D. Patel 1981 Dr.(Smt) Madhuri R. Shah K.D. Mulmuley 1982 Shri N.D. Tiwari S. Seshadri 1983 Giani Zail Singh A.N. Swami 1984 Dr. A. Ramachandran A.K. Jain 1985 Shri K.C. Pant P.P. Nayak 1986 Dr. C.K.N. Patel P.K. Raje 1987 Prof. Raj Reddy N.A. Thatte 1988 Dr. Malcom S. Adiseshiah V.M. Ramana Murty 7 Year Chief Guest Winner of President of India Medal/ Winner of Institute Gold Medal 1989 Dr. Manmohan Singh M.M. Joshi 1990 Prof. Yash Pal M. Easwaran 1991 Dr. I.G. Patel A.S. Agashe 1992 Prof. Govind Swarup V. Gupta 1993 Dr. Ashok Ganguli K.S. Agashe 1994 Prof. U.R. Rao A. Ganesh 1995 Dr. P.C. Alexander R. Negi / V.V. Acharya 1996 Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Chetan Rai 1997 Shri N.A. Palkhivala Amit Chakrabarti 1998 Dr. Murli Manohar Joshi Mayur Dhondu Daatar 1999 Shri Azim Premji D.D. Shah 2000 Shri Rajendra S. Pawar Vinod Cheriyan / Manoj M. Prabhakaran 2001 Victor J. Menezes Patil Dinesh Dilip /Aditya Dua 2002 Nandan Nilekani Dilys Thomas / Aditya Dua 2003 Rajiv L. Gupta D.A. Raorane / P. Shah 2004 Mukesh D. Ambani Navneet Loiwal / Gogate Amol Subhash 2005 Shri Arjun Singh Vikrant Suhas Vaze / Mohit Garg 2006 Shri Montek Singh Ahluwalia Srikanth Jagabathula / Iyer Krishnamurthy Rengarajan 2007 Shri L.N. Mittal Yashodhan Kanoria / Chhatre Shreerang Sharad 2008 Smt. Pratibha Patil Sushant Sachdeva /M.S. Shaama 2009 Dr. E. Sreedharan Paidimarri Arun / Suyog Gupta 2010 Session-I – Ms. Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw L.S.V. Tapovan / Gauri D. Joshi Session-II – Prof. Roddam Narasimha 2011 Session-I – Dr. M.S. Valiathan Shah Nisarg Kirtikumar/Manas Rachh Nitin Session-II – Mr. K.V. Kamath 2012 Dr. Manmohan Singh Kamat Pritish Uday/ Yashovardhan Sushil Chati 2013 Mr. S. Ramadorai Chordia Sagar Sanjay / Sisir Yalmanchili 8 MEDAL WINNERS Raaz Dwivedi Rahul Sharma Patkar Shalmali Pawar Swapnil Pinkesh Suresh Vinayak Malhotra Pradeep Pritha Verma Nitish Prashant Pangul Rajan Rakhi R Vaijanath Kholgade Narayanrao Biradar Richa Mitra Sheshank Shovan Maity Singh Namrata Soumil Agrawal Kumar AC Tejas Napude Vaibhav Jain Vipul Singh Chandrashekhar Nishant Maloo Prakash Savant Aakash R Akanksha Akshay Shetty Alakananda Anima Mahanta Jhaveri Thawani Sen 9 Anindya Nandi Ankit Gupta Ashesh Ghosh Ashima Mittal Bachani Hitendrakumar Ishwarlal Bendarkar Chanini Lokho Chirag Modi Debirupa Mitra Dibyo Ghosh Mayank Vasant Gadre Purna Govind J Manish Jyoti Dasgupta Kadam Sudin Sham Janardhanan Punjabi Rajaram Kapish Gupta Kolhe Pushkar Mandaliya Mehta Malhar Sarang Aditya Manhar Saurabh 10 Medals and Prizes Master of Science (M.Sc.) President of India Medal Applied Geology Anima Mahanta (for the year 2013-14) Applied Geophysics Raaz Dwivedi Vaibhav Jain Electrical Engg (B. Tech.) Chemistry Institute Gold Medal Ashesh Ghosh (2 year M.Sc.) (for the year 2012-13) Pritha Verma (5 year Int. M.Sc.) Rahul Sharma Engineering Physics (Dual Degree) Mathematics Jyoti Dasgupta Institute Silver Medal Applied Statistics and Informatics (for the year 2013-14) Dibyo Ghosh Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.) Physics Richa Mitra Aerospace Engineering Akshay Shetty Biotechnology Gadre Purna Sham Chemical Engineering Akanksha Thawani Dual Degree B. Tech + M. Tech Civil Engineering Aerospace Engineering Singh Namrata AC Bendarkar Mayank Vasant Computer Sc.& Engineering Chemical Engineering Vipul Singh Patkar Shalmali Suresh Electrical Engineering Civil Engineering Raaz Dwivedi Soumil Agrawal Mechanical Engineering Electrical Engineering Mehta Malhar