1. BITSAA Awards Presented by BITS Pilani & BITSAA International Inc.

2. BITSAA Awards Panel Mr. VinodPuri Dr. Ashok Agarwal Mr. Prem Jain Chairman, BGM 2011 Co-Chairman – BGM 2011 Trustee, BITSAA India Trust Mr. RaghuRajagopal Dr. L K Maheshwari Mr. Chandra Bhople BITSAA Chennai Former Vice Chancellor BITSAA Silicon Valley

3. BITSAA Award categories Faculty – Retired Faculty – Active and Nominated Special Award Contribution to Alumni Activities

5. Excellent academician

6. Taught many generations of BITSians

7. Author of several well known books in Electrical & Electronics Engg

8. Well deserves the title : “THE LEGEND OF BITS” 1952 - 1999

10. Passionate & dedicated teacher

11. Over-crowded classrooms draw the picture of his excellence in teaching

12. A truly inspiring academician1952 - 1999

14. Dynamic personality with interests varying from creative arts to rural development

15. In charge of Earn While You Learn Program

16. Popular among students as a soft spoken warden1960 - 2002

18. 20 yrs of experience in industrial and financial sector

19. Committed in churning out successful entrepreneurs from BITS Pilani

20. Presently Chief of Entrepreneurship Development & IPR Unit and Faculty In-charge for Alumni Cell in Pilani2003 onwards Distinguished Faculty Award

22. Innovative, broad minded and liberal teacher

23. Motivates students to think out of the box

24. The beloved chief warden of Pilani and Goa campusesDistinguished Faculty Award 1995 onwards

26. Built CS/IS Dept in Goa campus from the scratch

27. Motivating and inspiring teacher

28. Greets his students with a pleasant smile

29. His interests varies from Algorithms to Sports!!2001 onwards

31. Single handedly laid the foundation of CSD & multimedia facilities at Goa.

32. Chief co-ordinator of Project Embryo delivery at Goa campus

33. Exceptional teaching and everybody’s favourite

34. Winner of ‘RashtriyaGaurav’ award for industry, engineering, education and research1999 onwards

36. Very energetic and diligent teacher

37. Commendable sincerity and dedication towards teaching : A crowded LT at 12 noon says it all!

38. Enthusiastic in mentoring students to pursue their dreams.2005 onwards

40. The link between BITS and its children

41. Unparalleled connections across all BITS batches

42. Served as Dean of DLPD

43. Spent 17 yrs in Calcutta as PS faculty

44. Extremely affable and always approachable1981 - 2010

45. BITSAA Special Award 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 1971 - 2010

46. 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

47. Distinguished Alumnus Award ManoharBaheti (‘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

48. Distinguished Alumnus Award VenuPalaparthi (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

49. Distinguished Alumnus Award SandeepArora (87’ batch) 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

51. Also known as Gaurav

52. One of the three men behind the formation of BITSAA International

53. Editor of Sandpaper, started Zero Deficit (Eco newsletter) and Chief Editor of Instru Assoc Magazine

54. Currently a venture capitalistDistinguished Alumnus Award

55. Distinguished Alumnus Award 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

56. BITSAA Awards Committee AalapTripathy, CEO , BITSAA AbhisheakIyer , President, BGM 2011 Sherin Kurian Manager, BITSAA Awards