Institute Honors
Below you will find a list of Institute Honors that have been bestowed to our alumni (and others) over the years...
Distinguished Alumnus Awardees
Distinguished Service Awardees
Young Alumni Achiever Awardees
Life Fellows
Honoris Causa
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IITKGP Alumna Sreeja Nag (B.Tech+M/Tech/Geophysics/2009) is working to enable robot Fleets for Earth
She also has a lot of great advice for dealing with the impostor syndrome as a female engineer.
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Dipankar Ghosh (1999/B.Tech/Met. & Met. Engg./PHR)
Four glorious years in IITKGP and the connection continues even to this day (two decades later)!
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Meet Roy daSilva...
Roy da Silva is the past President of IIT Foundation, and has served the IIT Alumni community in various leadership roles during 2005-2015. In recognition of his service, IIT Kharagpur awarded him with a Distinguished Service Award and IIT Foundation
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Meet Arjun Malhotra...
A pioneer of the Indian IT industry, Mr. Malhotra served as Chairman of Headstrong’s Board of Directors before its acquisition by Genpact in May 2011. Prior to Headstrong he was Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of TechSpan, which merged
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Meet Rakesh Gupta...
Rakesh is a leader with the unique and diverse experience of being successful as a Business Unit Head, CMO and CIO with significant P&L accountability and over 25 years of industry experience. He has worked in content, technology, travel and transportati
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Meet Vinod Gupta...
Omaha, Nebraska, entrepreneur Vinod Gupta overcame an impoverished upbringing in his native India to acquire a Bachelor’s, two Master’s, and three honorary doctorate degrees. Vinod Gupta’s background in engineering and business administration prepar
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Meet Ron (Ranbir) Singh Gupta...
Ron Gupta is an architect who has performed pioneering work in Mission Critical Facilities for major financial services, pharmaceutical, and telecommunication clients. Ron graduated from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kharagpur in 1970
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Meet Asoke Deysarkar...
Class topper of his batch at IIT Kharagpur, Asoke K. Deysarkar is a successful entrepreneur, hailed for his leadership prowess as well as his technical expertise, especially in the areas of Hydraulic Fracturing, Fluid Rheology, Refining and Consumer Produ
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Meet Praful Kulkarni...
Praful M. Kulkarni is an ardent learner. Growing up in a community of little means, he found hope and inspiration in his education, which earned him a full scholarship to the prestigious Indian Institute of Technology in Kharagpur, India
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Meet Puran Dang...
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Meet Mr. Atal Agarwal...
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Suresh Nair, Ph.D. (1974-79/MET/Azad Hall)
Professor Emeritus Dr. Suresh Nair was Department Head and Cizik Chair in Manufacturing and Technology Management at the School of Business at University of Connecticut (UConn), Storrs, USA, prior to his retirement in June 2020.
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Meet Sunil Gaitonde...
Sunil Gaitonde is an Indian-American engineer and serial entrepreneur known for founding several technology companies. After earning his B.Tech in Electrical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, he pursued graduate studies at Io
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Meet Surojit Chatterjee...
Surojit Chatterjee is a serial entrepreneur and the founder and CEO of Ema, an AI company revolutionizing workplace productivity with its universal AI employee. Previously, he guided Coinbase through a successful 2021 IPO as its Chief Product Officer and