IISc Distinguished Alumnus/alumna Award
Given by the IISc Alumni Association upto 2017
Prof G. N. Ramachandran
(Former Faculty Member, IISc), 1977 
Dr. Sukh Dev
(Former INSA SN BOSE RES. PROF., IIT, Delhi & Director, MALTI-CHEM Research Centre, Vadodara), 1978
Sri C R Subramanian
(Former Chairman & Managing Director, BEL), 1979
Late Prof. Harish Chandra
(USA), 1980
Sri T. R. Satish Chandran
( Formerly Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister/ Governor of GOA, 1981
Prof. T.R. Anantharaman
(Former Director, Institute of Technology, Banaras Hindu University), 1982
Prof C N R Rao
(Former Director, IISc, / President, Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research), 1983
Prof Satish Dhawan
(Former Director, IISc / Chairman, Space Commission), 1984
Dr V. Jagannathan
(Former Head, Biotechnology, Tata Energy Res. Institute, Delhi), 1985
Prof. S.C. Bhattacharya
IIT, Bombay, 1985
Prof. N.S. Govinda Rao
Bangalore, 1985
Prof. Karamchatti
Stanford University, USA, 1985
Prof. R.S. Krishnan
Bangalore, 1985
Dr. P.S. Maruvada
Canada, 1985
Shri. S.G. Ramachandra
Chartered Engineer, Bangalore, 1985
Dr. A. Ramachandran
Bangalore, 1985
Dr. D.R. Sanadi
USA, 1985
Prof. K.P. Sinha
Bangalore, 1985
Prof. K. Sreenivasan
Bangalore, 1985
Prof. S. Srikantiah
Bangalore, 1985
Prof. S. Ramaseshan
1985, Raman Research Institute, Bangalore
Prof. C.V. Sundaram
NIAS, Bangalore, 1985
Dr. J.R.D. Tata
NIMR, London, 1985
Prof. A.R. Vasudeva Murthy
Bangalore, 1985
Dr. S. R. Vallur
i, (Former Director, NAL), 1986
Prof. B.V. Sreekantan
(Former Director, TIFR, Bombay), 1987
Prof. R. Narasimha
(Former Director, NAL & Present Director,NIAS), 1988
Prof. P. Somasundaran
(Former Chairman, Henru Krumb School of Mines, Columbia University), 1989
Dr. P. Ramarao
(Former Secretary, Dept. of Sc. & Tech., Govt. of India), 1990
Prof. R. Chidambaram
(Former Chairman, Atomic Energy Commission) , 1991
Prof. V. J. Modi
(Professor, University of British Columbia), 1992
Dr. N. Seshagiri
(Former Director General, National Informatics Centre, New Delhi), 1993
Dr. M. Ramamoorthy
(Former Director General of CPRI and Present Director of ERDA, Vadodara), 1994
Prof. R. Kumar
(Dept. of Chem Engg., IISc), 1995
Prof. M. A. Viswamitra
(Dept. of Physics, IISc), 1996
Dr. R. R. Tummala
(Director, Packaging Res Centre, Georgia), 1997
Dr. V. K. Aatre
(Scientific Adviser to Defence Minister & Secretary, Dept. of Defence Research & Development, Ministry of Defence, South Block, New Delhi), 1998
Prof. G. Padmanaban
(Former Director, I.I.Sc.), 1999
Dr. Ramadas P. Shenoy
(Former Director of LRDE & ‘Distinguished Scientist’ of DRDO), 2000
Prof. P. Ramachandra Rao
(Vice-Chancellor, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi), 2001
Prof. S. S. Iyengar
(Chairman and Professor, Computer Science Dept., Louisiana State University, USA), 2001
Prof. Satya N. Atluri
(Director, Center for Aerospace Research & Education, University of California, IRVINE, CA 92612, USA.), 2002
Prof. A. Sridharan
(Formerly Deputy Director & Advisor , IISc), 2002
Prof. K. R. Sreenivasan
(International Center for Theoretical Physics), 2003
Prof. Brij M. Moudgil
(Director of the Engineering Research Center for Particle Science and Technology, University of Florida, USA), 2003
Prof. H. S. Mukunda
(Honorary Advisor, ABETS, Combustion, Gasification & Propulsion Laboratory of Aerospace Engineering, Indian Institute of Science), 2004
Prof. B.L. Deekshatulu
(Visiting Professor, Department of Computer & Information Science, University of Hyderabad.), 2004
Prof. M. Vijayan
(Hon. Professor, Molecular Biophysics Unit, Indian Institute of Science), 2005
Dr. Ashok K. Sinha
(Senior Vice President & General Manager, Applied Material Inc., USA ), 2005
Prof. S. Ranganathan
(Hon. Professor, Materials Engg., Dept., IISc.and Visiting Professor at NIAS), 2006
Dr. Prathima Agrawal
(Samuel Ginn Distinguished Professor and Director, Wireless Engg. Research & Education Centre, Auburn Site Director, NSF WICAT ECE Department, Auburn University, USA), 2006
Dr. Baldev Raj
(Hon. Member, International Committee on NDT, Distinguished Scientist & Director, IGCAR, Kalpakkam, Tamil Nadu), 2007
Dr. Bishnu S. Atal
(Affiliate Professor, University of Washington, USA), 2007
Prof. E.S. Raja Gopal
Professor (Rtd.), Department of Physics, IISc., Bangalore, 2008
Prof. S.K. Brahmachari
Director General, CSIR, New Delhi, 2008
Dr. Mahtab S. Bamji
INSA Honorary Scientist, Dangoria Charitable Trust, Hyderabad, 2008
Prof. S. S. Krishnamurthy
Professor(Rtd.), Dept. of Inorganic & Physical Chemistry, IISc, Bangalore, 2008
Dr. B. Swaminatha Reddy
President and CEO, SP Systems, Inc., Greenbelt, MD, 2008
Prof. N. Appaji Rao
Professor (Rtd.), Dept of Biochemistry, IISc, Bangalore, 2008
Prof. G. Baskaran
Professor, Institute of Mathematical Sciences, Chennai, 2008
Prof. K. Venkatesan
Professor(Rtd.), Dept. of Organic Chemistry, IISc, Bangalore, 2008
Prof. V. Rajaraman
Professor (Rtd.), Dept of CSA/SERC, IISc, Bangalore, 2008
Prof. M.A.L. Thathachar
Professor (Rtd.), Dept. of Electrical. Engg, IISc, Bangalore, 2008
Dr. Nikil Jayant
Georgia Research Alliance Eminent Scholar, School of ECE, Georgia Institute of Technology, and Executive Director of the Georgia Centers for Advanced Telecommunications Technology, 2008
Prof. I. Chopra
Alfred Gressow Prof. of Rotorcraft Engineering, Director, Alfred Gessow Rotorcraft Center, Dept. of Aerospace Engg., Univ. of Maryland, College Park, MD, 2008
Dr. Kota Harinarayana
Raja Ramanna Professor, NAL, Bangalore, 2008
Dr. Sanak Mishra
Chief Executive Officer, India Greenfield Projects, New Delhi, 2008
Prof. Y.V.R.K. Prasad
Technical Consultant, Processing maps.com, USA, and Visiting Professor, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, 2008
Mr. Lakshmi Narayanan
Director/Vice Chairman, Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation, USA and also Chairman of NASSCOM, 2008
Prof. M. V. Srinivasan
Professor of Visual Neuroscience, Queensland Brain Institute and School of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering, University of Queensland, Australia, 2009
Prof. N. Viswanadham
Executive Director of the Centre for Global Logistics and Manufacturing Strategies (GLAMS) at the Indian School of Business, Hyderabad, 2009
Prof. K. P. Gopinathan
Honourary Professor and INSA Senior Scientist, Microbiology and Cell Biology Department, IISc, 2009
Dr. T. S. Prahlad
Distinguished Scientist, National Aerospace Laboratories, Bangalore, 2009
Shri. M. D. Mallya
Chairman & Managing Director, Bank of Baroda, 2009
Prof. J. Gopalakrishnan
Honorary Professor & INSA Senior Scientist. Solid State and Structural Chemistry Unit, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, 2010
Dr. R. L. Kashyap
Dept of Electrical and Computer Engineering Purdue University, USA, 2010
Mr. P. S. Raghavan
Ambassador of India to Ireland, 2010
Dr. Umeshwar Dayal
H P Labs, USA, 2010
Dr.Vijay Kumar Saraswat
Scientific Advisor to Rakshamantri, DRDO, New Delhi, 2010
Prof. V. Krishnan
Honorary Professor, Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, Bangalore, 2011
Dr. Ravi Bhushan Grover
Director, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai and Principal Advisor, Department of Atomic Energy, Mumbai, 2011
Lt. Gen.(Dr.) V. J. Sundaram (Retd.)
Advisor (Micro and Nano Systems)j, National Design and Research forum and Former Director, DRDL and RCL, Hyderabad, 2011
Dr. Subhash Mahajan
Distinguished Professor and Special Advisor to the Chancellor, University of California, Davis, 2012
Prof. Ramesh Ramamoorthy
Plato Malozemoff Professor of Materials Science and Physics, University of California, Berkeley, 2012
Dr. H. R. Nagendra
Vice Chancellor, Swami Vivekananda Yoga Anusandhana Samsthana (S-VYASA), Yoga University, 2012
Prof. B. Yegnanarayana
Institute Professor and Microsoft Chair, IIT, Gachibowli, Hyderabad, 2013
Mr. K. Naresh Babu
Managing Director, HAL, Bangalore Complex+B26, 2013
Mr. Srinivasan Rajam
Co-Founder, Chairman & CEO, Ittiam Systems, Bangalore, 2013
Prof. Chanchal Uberoi
Retired Professor, Dept. of Mathematics, IISc, 2013
Prof. S. Seetharaman
Visiting Professor, TU-Bergakademie, Freiberg, Germany, 2013
Dr. K. S. Rajasekhara
University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX, USA, Distinguished Professor of Engineering and Endowed Chair in Erik Jonsson, School of Engineering & Computer Science, Director of Advanced Energy Systems, 2013
Dr. Rudrapatna Kallikote Shyamasundar
Senior Professor and JC Bose National Fellow, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai, 2014
Prof. M. R. S. Rao
Honorary Professor and SERB Distinguished Fellow, Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, Bangalore, 2014
Prof. M. R. Madhav
Professor Emeritus, JNT University, Hyderabad, 2014
Mr. A. Dinesh Kumar
Managing Director, CT Control Technology(India) Pvt. Ltd., Bangalore, 2014
Prof. K. R. Padiyar
Honorary Professor/Emeritus (Retd.), Electrical Engineering, IISc, 2014
Dr. Raj Jain
Professor, Computer Science and Engineering, Washington University in St.Louis, Missouri, 2014
Shri. A. S. Kiran Kumar
Chairman, Space Commission, GOI, Secretary to the GOI, Dept. of Space, Chairman, ISRO, 2015
Prof. Sunil Kumar
Dean and George Pratt Shultz Professor of Operations, Management, Booth School of Business, University of Chicago, 2015
Shri. K. S. R. Charan Reddy
Inspector General of Police, Special Investigation Team, Karnataka Lokayukta, Bengaluru, 2015
Prof. Vedu Mitter
Principal Consultant / Chief Executive, Changeman, Bengaluru, (Excellence Counsellors and Six Sigma facilitators), 2015
Dr. Subhash Chandra Singhal
Battelle Fellow Emeritus, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington, USA, 2015
Prof. N. Balakrishnan
Honorary Professor, Department of Aerospace Engineering and Supercomputer Education and Research Centre, IISc, 2016
Prof. Ajay K. Sood
Honorary Professor, Department of Physics, IISc, 2016
Prof. Ramalingam Chellappa
Chair, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, USA, 2016
S Ramadorai
Former Vice Chairman, Tata Consultancy Services, 2017
Sudha Murty
Chairperson, Infosys Foundation, 2017
From 2018 onwards, the awards are being given by the Institute (IISc) directly
Narendra Ahuja
Donald Biggar Willett Professor Emeritus in Engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign, 2018
Dipankar Banerjee
Former chief controller of R&D at the Defence Research and Development Organization (DRDO), 2018
P S Goel
Former director of Indian Space Research Organization, 2018
K Sivan
Chairperson of the Indian Space Research Organization, 2018
Prof. Raghavendra Gadagkar
DST year of Science Chair Professor, Centre for Ecological Science, IISc, 2019
Ms. Ritu Karidhal
Scientist, Mission Director, Chandrayaan-2, ISRO, 2019
Dr. Prahlada Ramarao
Former Vice Chancellor, Defence Institute of Advanced Technology, 2019
Prof. Viktor K. Prasanna
Charles Lee Powell Chair in Engineering, University of Southern California, 2019
Dr K Rajalakshmi Menon
CABS, DRDO, 2020
Prof BS Murty
Director, IIT Hyderabad, 2020
Prof Sethuraman Panchanathan
Director of the National Science Foundation (NSF), USA, 2020
Dr Keshab Panda
CEO & MD of L&T Technology Services Limited, 2020
Dr Anuradha M Annaswamy
Research Scientist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA, 2021
Prof T Pradeep
Institute Professor at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Madras, 2021
Prof Sajal K Das
Computer Science and Daniel St Clair Endowed Chair at the Missouri University of Science and Technology, USA, 2021
Prof CS Raghavendra
Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, and Vice Dean for Global Academic Initiatives for the Viterbi School of Engineering, University of Southern California, USA, 2021
Dr Ritu Shrivastava
former Vice President, Technology Development at SanDisk Corporation, USA, 2021
Prof Bharat Kumar Bhargava
Professor of Computer Science at Purdue University, USA, 2022
Col (Retd) HS Shankar
Chairman and Managing Director of Alpha Design Technologies Private Limited, Bengaluru, 2022
Dr Krishna Mohan Vadrevu
Executive Director at Bharat Biotech International Limited, 2022
Dr Krishnan Nandabalan
President and CEO of InveniAI LLC, and President and Co-founder of BioXcel Corporation, 2022
Prof M Narasimha Murty
is currently an Honorary Professor at IISc, 2022
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