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BITSAA Awards
Presented by BITS Pilani & BITSAA International Inc.
www.bitsaa.orgThe global BITS-Pilani Alumni Community
501©3 Registered in New Jersey, USA
BITSAA Awards Panel
Chairman, BGM 2011
Trustee, BITSAA India Trust
Former Vice Chancellor
BITSAA Silicon Valley
BITSAA Chennai
Co-Chairman – BGM 2011
Mr. Vinod Puri
Mr. Prem Jain
Mr. Raghu Rajagopal
Mr. Chandra Bhople
Dr. Ashok Agarwal
Dr. L K Maheshwari
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501©3 Registered in New Jersey, USA
BITSAA Award categories
• Faculty – Retired• Faculty – Active and Nominated• Special Award• Contribution to Alumni Activities
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Distinguished Faculty Award
Prof. I. J. Nagrath (‘47 batch)
• After 47 yrs of service at BITS in educational, administrative and managerial roles, retired as Deputy Director
• Excellent academician• Taught many generations of BITSians• Author of several well known books in
Electrical & Electronics Engg• Well deserves the title :
“THE LEGEND OF BITS”1952 - 1999
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Prof. P. C. Pandey
Distinguished Faculty Award
• Professor of Physics• Passionate & dedicated teacher• Over-crowded classrooms draw the
picture of his excellence in teaching• A truly inspiring academician
1952 - 1999
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Prof. K.R. Chandhoke (55’ batch)
• Professor of Biological Sciences Dept.• Dynamic personality with interests
varying from creative arts to rural development
• In charge of Earn While You Learn Program
• Popular among students as a soft spoken warden
Distinguished Faculty Award
1960 - 2002
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Prof. Arya Kumar (‘82 batch)
• Doctorate from BITS Pilani• 20 yrs of experience in industrial and
financial sector • Committed in churning out successful
entrepreneurs from BITS Pilani• Presently Chief of Entrepreneurship
Development & IPR Unit and Faculty In-charge for Alumni Cell in Pilani
2003 onwards
Distinguished Faculty Award
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Prof. Suresh Ramaswamy (Rama 80’ batch)
• Taught in Pilani for 10 yrs in Physics Dept and then moved to Goa
• Innovative, broad minded and liberal teacher
• Motivates students to think out of the box
• The beloved chief warden of Pilani and Goa campuses
Distinguished Faculty Award
1995 onwards
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Prof. Bharat Deshpande
Distinguished Faculty Award
• Worked as faculty in CS/IS Dept in Pilani for 4 yrs
• Built CS/IS Dept in Goa campus from the scratch
• Motivating and inspiring teacher• Greets his students with a pleasant
smile• His interests varies from Algorithms to
Sports!!2001 onwards
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• Faculty of Mechanical Dept.• Single handedly laid the foundation of
CSD & multimedia facilities at Goa.• Chief co-ordinator of Project Embryo
delivery at Goa campus• Exceptional teaching and everybody’s
favourite• Winner of ‘Rashtriya Gaurav’ award for
industry, engineering, education and research
Prof. D M Kulkarni
1999 onwards
Distinguished Faculty Award
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Prof. Anita Agrawal
Distinguished Faculty Award
• Faculty in EEE/I Dept of Goa Campus• Very energetic and diligent teacher• Commendable sincerity and dedication
towards teaching : A crowded LT at 12 noon says it all!
• Enthusiastic in mentoring students to pursue their dreams.
2005 onwards
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BITSAA Special Award
Prof. B R Natarajan ( ‘74 batch)
• Popularly known as ‘Dean Nattu’• The link between BITS and its children• Unparalleled connections across all
BITS batches• Served as Dean of DLPD• Spent 17 yrs in Calcutta as PS faculty• Extremely affable and always
approachable1981 - 2010
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Prof. L K Maheshwari (‘65 batch)
• Joined as faculty in 1971 in EEE Group• Held various administrative positions:
Chief, Instrumentation Centre; Dean, Research & Consultancy; Deputy Director (Academic); Director- Pilani campus; Pro-Vice Chancellor and lastly the Vice Chancellor
• A very approachable & down to earth person
BITSAA Special Award
1971 - 2010
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Distinguished Alumnus Award
S K Kaila (‘51 batch)
• One of the founding members of BITSAA Delhi Chapter in 1957
• Constant guide and mentor to every BITSian in delhi chapter since its inception
• At 2010 also, he is actively involved in the Chapter activities
• An example for youngsters to follow
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Manohar Baheti (‘64 batch)• Mechanical Engg at BITS Pilani• Played mentor role in writing BITS 69
batch history in Limca Book of record for Alumni meet of a single batch which is a world record!
• The batch also promoted BITS ‘69 educational trust for poor girls and contributed around Rs. 25 lakhs
• A mentor of BITSAA Indore Chapter which is very active for last 30 years.
• His 3 business partners are all BITS 64 - 69 batch
Distinguished Alumnus Award
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Distinguished Alumnus Award
Venu Palaparthi (87’ batch)
• Economics + Computer Science• Very active in backstage at BITS Pilani• One of the three men behind the
formation of BITSAA International• Founder of Dreamcricket in the US• Very enthusiastic alumni who organizes
every single event of BITSAA New Jersey
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• MMS at BITS Pilani• Guitarist in Music Club• One of the three men behind the
formation of BITSAA International• Happy Go Lucky guy as his friends
remember
Distinguished Alumnus Award
Sandeep Arora (87’ batch)
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Anupendra Sharma (87’ batch)
• Economics & E&I• Also known as Gaurav• One of the three men behind the
formation of BITSAA International• Editor of Sandpaper, started Zero
Deficit (Eco newsletter) and Chief Editor of Instru Assoc Magazine
• Currently a venture capitalist
Distinguished Alumnus Award
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501©3 Registered in New Jersey, USA
Ashish Garg (‘97 batch)
• Well known as gargyboy• First CEO of BITSAA International• Founder of 2 PS stations benefitting over
20 BITSians• Initiator of BITSAA leadership
program which is now a 75-member organization
• BITSAA launched its first-ever global Alumni directory at www.bitsaa.org under his leadership
Distinguished Alumnus Award
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BITSAA Awards Committee
Aalap Tripathy, CEO , BITSAA
Abhisheak Iyer ,President, BGM 2011
Sherin KurianManager, BITSAA Awards