A view of the Indian Institute of Science constructing in Bengaluru. file picture
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Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) Chairman S Somanath is among the many 5 excellent scientists and engineers who’ve been chosen to obtain the distinguished alumni awards of the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) for the yr 2023.
The annual awards recognise distinctive contributions made by IISc alumni to their career, society and the Institute. The nominations obtained are evaluated by a committee chaired by the Director of IISc.
Apart Mr. Somanath, this yr’s awardees embrace D.N. Prahlad, Prof. Ok.Ok. Ramakrishnan, Prof. Mrinalini Chatta Rao and Dr. Dheepa Srinivasan. The awardees might be honoured at a ceremony to be held in December 2023.
Glory of Chandrayaan-3
S Somanath
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Under Mr. Somanath’s management, ISRO carried out the third Indian lunar exploration mission named Chandrayaan-3, making India the primary nation to efficiently land a spacecraft close to the lunar south pole and the fourth nation to exhibit a delicate touchdown on the moon.
He beforehand served because the Director of the Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre in addition to the Liquid Propulsion Systems Centre, each in Thiruvananthapuram.
Pioneering growth of {hardware} and software program merchandise
D.N. Prahlad
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Mr. D.N. Prahlad is the founding father of Surya Software Systems Private Limited, Bengaluru. Prior to founding Surya, he performed a key position within the development of Infosys Technologies.
He is at the moment the Non-Executive Chairman of Surya Software Systems Private Limited, Surya Financial Technologies Private Limited and Surya Digitech Private Limited. He pioneered the event of indigenous {hardware} and software program merchandise for world markets within the pre-liberalisation period of the nation.
Building the web
Prof. Ok.Ok. Ramakrishnan
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Prof. Ok.Ok. Ramakrishnan is at the moment Distinguished Professor on the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, University of California, Riverside, USA. He has revealed over 250 papers and has 173 patents in his identify.
He has made immense contributions to fixing basic issues in constructing the web, particularly in community interface design, congestion management, community virtualisation, and working system assist, impacting practically all community adapters and working system designs on the earth in the present day.
Researching molecular foundation of cell signalling
Prof. Mrinalini Chatta Rao
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Prof. Mrinalini Chatta Rao is Professor Emerita on the Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Illinois at Chicago, USA.
She has pioneered analysis on elucidating the molecular foundation of cell signalling, particularly on intestinal epithelial ion transport in well being and ailments comparable to cystic fibrosis. She has additionally contributed to essentially the most definitive textbook within the area of gastroenterology.
35 patents, 50 applied sciences
Dr. Dheepa Srinivasan
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Dr. Dheepa Srinivasan is Chief Engineer on the Pratt & Whitney R&D Center on the IISc campus. She has over 35 patents in her identify, and has developed greater than 50 applied sciences and course of purposes that are actually working in a number of fuel generators and steam generators.
She is a pioneer within the space of steel 3D printing or additive manufacturing, and has developed a number of purposes for steel laser additive manufacturing.
“We are extremely proud of the exemplary and meaningful contributions that these distinguished alumni have made to science and technology, as well as society. We hope that the stories of these alumni resonate as a source of inspiration for the entire IISc community,” Prof G Rangarajan, director, IISc stated.
