IIT Bombay celebrates its 51st Teacher’s Day

Confers Excellence in Teaching Award and the Dr. P. K. Patwardhan Technology Development Award on select faculty members

The 51st Teacher’s Day celebrations of IIT Bombay were held on Saturday, September 5th 2009. The chief guest, Prof. P. Balaram, Director, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore presented awards for 'Excellence in Teaching’, IRCC Research & Industrial consultancy awards for the year 2007' as well as Dr. P. K. Patwardhan Technology Development Award' to select faculty members.

Prof. P. Balaram, Director, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore stated, “Education is the most critical investment in our future and the most effective strategy which will enable us to survive and to thrive in a changing world. It is the most precious gift we can pass on to the coming generation, enabling them to take the country towards prosperity.” Speaking on the occasion, Prof. Devang Khakhard said "Teachers are the core of IIT Bombay. They create the ambiance of excellence and set the standards of learning, to help students become outstanding graduates and important contributors to society.” He also congratulated all the awardees and expressed his gratitude towards IIT Bombay Heritage Fund and the late Dr. P. K. Patwardhan for funding these awards.

The function began with an Indian classical Bharatnatyam dance performance arranged by the students of IIT Bombay to convey their gratitude towards their teachers. Students introduced their professors and presented their perceptions of what made them notable teachers.
The recipients of the Awards for Excellence in Teaching 2008 were:
Prof. V. M. Gadre, Department of Electrical Engineering
Prof. M. K. Srinivasan, Department of Mathematics
Prof. V. Sethi, Centre for Environmental Science & Engineering
Prof. J. M. Vasi, Department of Electrical Engineering
Prof. P. S. V. Nataraj, Systems & Control Engineering (IDP)
Prof. D. B. Phatak, Department of Computer Science & Engineering
Prof. R. B. Sunoj, Department of Chemistry

  • The Dr. P. K. Patwardhan Technology Development Award for the year 2008 was awarded to Prof. Pushpak Bhattacharyya & team, Department of Computer Science and Engineering for “Hindi Wordnet and Associated Software”.

  • Prof. Balaram also gave away the IRCC Research & Industrial Consultancy Awards for the year 2007.

The IIT Bombay Research Paper Award for the Year 2007 went to:
  • R. Murugavel, Vivek V. Karambelkar, Ganapathi Anantharaman and Mrinalini
  • G.Walawalkar, Department of Chemistry
  • S. Sudarshan, Gaurav Bhalotia, Arvind Hulgeri, Charuta Nakhe and Soumen
  • Chakrabarti, Department of Computer Science & Engineering
  • D. Manjunath and Madhav Desai, Department of Electrical Engineering
  • Pramod Wangikar, Ashish V. Tendulkar, S. Ramya, Deepali N.Mali, Sunita Sarawagi, Department of Chemical Engineering and Department of Computer Science & Engineering

The Best Review Paper Award for the Year 2007 went to:
P. Jayadeva Bhat and T.V.S. Murthy, Department of Biosciences & Bioengineering
The IIT Bombay Young Investigator Award for the year 2007 went to:
  • Prof. Amit Agrawal, Department of Mechanical Engineering
  • Prof. Deepankar Choudhury, Department of Civil Engineering
  • Prof. Hetu C. Sheth, Department of Earth Sciences