Prof. Ashok Jhunjhunwala is Professor of the Department of
Electrical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Chennai, India and was
department Chair till recently. He received his B.Tech degree from IIT, Kanpur,
and his MS and Ph.D degrees from the University of Maine. From 1979 to 1981, he
was with Washington State University as Assistant Professor. Since 1981, he has
been teaching at IIT, Madras.
Dr.Jhunjhunwala leads the
Telecommunications and Computer Networks group (TeNeT) at IIT Madras. This group
is closely working with industry in the development of a number of
Telecommunications and Computer Network Systems. TeNeT group has incubated a
number of technology companies which work in partnership with TeNeT group to
develop world class Telecom and Banking products for Rural Markets.
Dr. Ashok Jhunjhunwala has been awarded Padma Shri in the year 2002. He has been awarded Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Award in 1998, Dr.Vikram Sarabhai Research Award for the year 1997, Millennium Medal at Indian Science Congress in the year 2000 and H. K. Firodia for "Excellence in Science & Technology" for the year 2002, Shri Om Prakash Bhasin Foundation Award for Science & Technology for the year 2004, Awarded Jawaharlal Nehru Birth Centenary Lecture Award by INSA for the year 2006 and IBM Innovation and Leadership Forum Award by IBM for the year 2006. He is a Fellow of INAE, IAS, INSA and NAS.
Dr. Jhunjhunwala is a Director in the Board of SBI. He is also a Board member of several companies in India, including TTML, BEL, Polaris, 3i Infotech, Sasken, Tejas, NRDC, and IDRBT. He is member of Prime Minister's Setup Scientific Advisory Committee
Dr. Ashok Jhunjhunwala has been awarded Padma Shri in the year 2002. He has been awarded Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Award in 1998, Dr.Vikram Sarabhai Research Award for the year 1997, Millennium Medal at Indian Science Congress in the year 2000 and H. K. Firodia for "Excellence in Science & Technology" for the year 2002, Shri Om Prakash Bhasin Foundation Award for Science & Technology for the year 2004, Awarded Jawaharlal Nehru Birth Centenary Lecture Award by INSA for the year 2006 and IBM Innovation and Leadership Forum Award by IBM for the year 2006. He is a Fellow of INAE, IAS, INSA and NAS.
Dr. Jhunjhunwala is a Director in the Board of SBI. He is also a Board member of several companies in India, including TTML, BEL, Polaris, 3i Infotech, Sasken, Tejas, NRDC, and IDRBT. He is member of Prime Minister's Setup Scientific Advisory Committee
Awards and honors
Awards:
- Padma Shri Award 2002 for distinguished service in science and engineering, telecommunications
- Recipient of the 1st Prof. S. N. Mitra Memorial Award, IETE, 1995
- Best Professor award from the batch of 2011, Electrical Engineering, IIT Madras.
- Finalist Best of the Show for NovaSwitch 2400 Ex, InterOp + Networld'96, Las Vegas, USA
- Prize and Trophy for the Best Product on Fibre Optics Educator Kit at Elecrama 1996, Bangalore
- Dr. Vikram Sarabhai Research Award for the year 1997 towards the contributions and achievements in the field of Electronics, Informatics, Telematics & Automation
- For the Sake of Honour Award by Rotary Club of Madras Central for the year 1998-99 towards the achievements in the field of Electronics, Telecommunications
- Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Award for outstanding contributions in the field of Engineering Sciences for the year 1998
- Distinguished Alumnus by IIT Kanpur, September 1999
- Millennium Medal by CSIR during Indian Science Congress held in January 2000 at Pune
- Dr. P. Sheel Memorial Lecture for the year 2001 by The National Academy of Sciences, India
- Received Rajasthan Shree Award from Rajasthani Association Tamil Nadu, August 2001
- Received Silicon Indian Leadership Award for "Academic of the year 2001", California
- H. K. Firodia Award for excellence in Science & Technology for the year 2002
- Dataquest IT Pathbreaker Award for the year 2003 on 19 December 2003 at New Delhi
- Outstanding Academician Award 2003 Instituted by Sarsawathi Ammal Educational Trust at Arunai Engineering College, Thiruvannamalai on 26 December 2003
- "Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry" (FICCI) Award for the year 2002-03 for the significant work in the category of "Outstanding Contribution to Knowledge Based Industries" by the Hon'ble President of India, Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam at FICCI's 76th Annual General Meeting, New Delhi on 7 January 2004
Fellowships:
- Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering, India since 1994
- Fellow of Indian National Science Academy (INSA), New Delhi since 1999
- Fellow of The National Academy of Science, Allahabad since 1999
- Governor, International Council for Computer Communication Inc., (ICCC), 1999–2005
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