{"id":4825,"date":"2021-11-25T10:42:25","date_gmt":"2021-11-25T05:12:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gtl.csa.iisc.ac.in\/hari\/?page_id=4825"},"modified":"2026-04-11T13:16:15","modified_gmt":"2026-04-11T07:46:15","slug":"student-recognitions","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/gtl.csa.iisc.ac.in\/hari\/updates\/student-recognitions\/","title":{"rendered":"Student Recognitions"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ul><li><strong>Manoj Singh Gaur<\/strong><br>Appointed First Director of IIT-Jammu in August 2016.\u00a0<br>Reappointed as Director of IIT-Jammu in 2022.<\/li><li><strong>Gogulapati Sreedurga<\/strong><br>June 2025: Gogulapati Sreedurga\u2019s Ph.D. Thesis entitled \u201cExploring Fairness and welfare Maximization in Participatory Budgeting\u201d\u00a0is selected by the Department of Computer Science and Automation for a Commendation Certificate for the academic year 2023-24. This is recognition of the outstanding work carried out as a part of the thesis work.\u00a0<\/li><li><strong>Madhura Rajesh Shanbag<\/strong><br>June 2024: Ms. Madhura Rajesh Shanbag, Second year M.Tech. (CSE) project student, is selected for Prof. S.N. Rao Endowment Award<\/li><li><strong>Jaydeep Pawar Vasudev<\/strong> <br>Awarded \u00a0<em>Br. C. Selvam Endowment Award \u2013 2023<\/em>\u00a0to recognize the best M.Tech. Project among M.Tech. [CSE] students of 2021-2023 Batch for his project entitled\u00a0<em>Using Geospatial Information and Improved Deep Learning Methods for Crop Price Prediction.<\/em><\/li><li><strong>Shivika Narang<\/strong>\u00a0 (Ph.D. Student)<br>Recipient of Postdoc Fellowship at\u00a0 Simon Laufer Mathematical Sciences Institute, Berkeley, SLMath for the Algorithms, Fairness, and Equity program, August 2023<br>Recipient\u00a0 of TCS Research Fellowship, July 2020<\/li><li><strong>Anand Krishna<\/strong>\u00a0 (Ph.D. Student)<br>Recipient of\u00a0Post-Doctoral Fellowship at the National University of Singapore, School of Computing (working with Prof. Vincent Tan). \u00a0\u00a0<br>Selected for a spotlight presentation at the PMRF Students Posters Presentations.<br>Recipient of the Prime Minister\u2019s Research Fellowship, 2020<\/li><li><strong>Gogulapati Sreedurga<\/strong>\u00a0(Ph.D. Student)<br>Recipient ofDeepmind Academic Fellowship, University of Edinburgh, UK.<br>Recipient of the Prime Minister\u2019s Research Fellowship, 2018<\/li><li><strong>Vishakha Patil<\/strong>\u00a0<br>Selected for the Tenth \u00a0\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.heidelberg-laureate-forum.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Heidelberg Laureates Forum<\/a>.<br>Recipient of Google Ph.D. Fellowship, 2020<\/li><li><strong>Arpita Biswas<\/strong>\u00a0 (Ph.D.)<br>IISc Distinguished Young Alum Award, December 2025<br>Recipient of Google Ph.D. Fellowship, 2016<br>Best Thesis Award, Department of Computer Science and Automation, 2020-21 Academic Year<br>INAE (Indian National Academy of Engineering) Best Doctoral Dissertation Award, 2021<br>Post-Doctoral Fellowship at the Harvard University<\/li><li><strong>Ganesh Sambhaji Ghalme<\/strong>\u00a0<br>Post-Doctoral Fellowship, Technion-Israel Institute of technology, Israel.<\/li><li><strong>Praphul Chandra (External Registrant from HP Enterprise, Bangalore<\/strong>\u00a0<br>Recipient of a Best Presentation Award in the EECS Symposium &#8211; April 2016 Annual Symposium of PhD Students in the Division of Electrical Sciences, IISc.\u00a0<br>Selected as one of the Top 10 Data Scientists of India by Fractal: <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/fractal.ai\/news\/top-10-data-scientists-india-2015\/\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/fractal.ai\/news\/top-10-data-scientists-india-2015\/<\/a><\/li><li><strong>Palash Dey<\/strong>\u00a0<br>Recipient of Google Ph.D. Fellowship, 2015<br>Recipient of a Best Presentation Award in the EECS Symposium &#8211; April 2016 Annual Symposium of PhD Students in the Division of Electrical Sciences, IISc.<br>Recipient of Best Ph.D. Thesis Award for the Department of CSA, 2016-17.\u00a0<br>Recipient of ACM India Doctoral Dissertation Award, 2017<\/li><li><strong>Satyanath Bhat<\/strong>\u00a0<br>Recipient of Internship at Xerox Research Centre Europe, May-August 2011<\/li><li><strong>Shweta Jain<\/strong>\u00a0<br>Recipient of Microsoft Doctoral Fellowship (2013-26)<\/li><li><strong>Swapnil Dhamal<\/strong>\u00a0<br>Recipient of IBM Doctoral Fellowship (2012)<br>Recipient of IBM Doctoral Fellowship (2013)<\/li><li><strong>Pankaj Dayama\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0<br>Recipient of Best Presentation Award in Perspective Seminars (Aug-Dec 2011), Department of CSA<br>Recipient of F. Moudawala Medal for Best M.Sc. (Engineering) Dissertation in the Division of Electrical Sciences, 2003.<\/li><li><strong>Rohith Vallam<\/strong>\u00a0<br>Recipient of IBM Doctoral Fellowship (2012)<br>Recipient of IBM Doctoral Fellowship (2013)<br>Recipient of CSA Honorable Mention for Ph.D. Thesis (2015)<br>Recipient of Second Best Thesis Prize in Xerox Doctoral Dissertation Event<\/li><li><strong>Swaprava Nath<\/strong>\u00a0<br>Recipient of TCS Doctoral Fellowship (2010-13)<br>Awarded Yahoo! Key Scientific Challenges Award for 2012<br>Recipient of Internship at Xerox Research Centre Europe, May-August 2010<br>Recipient of Internship at the Harvard University, Sept-Nov 2011.<br>Fullbright Fellow, Carnegie Mellon University, USA, 2014-2016<\/li><li><strong>Sujit P Gujar<\/strong>\u00a0<br>Recipient of Infosys Research Fellowship (2007-2010)<br>Recipient of Best Presentation Award in CSA Perspectives Seminars, January-April 2007<br>Internship \u00a0at the Harvard University, May-July 2009.<br>Recipient of the 2011 Best Ph.D. Thesis Award, Department of Computer Science and Automation, Indian Institute of Science<\/li><li><strong>Ramasuri Narayanam<\/strong><br>Recipient of Microsoft Research India (MSRI) Doctoral Fellowship<br>Awarded IBM IRL Internship for 2007 (May-July 2007)<br>Recipient of Yahoo! Key Scientific Challenges Student Award, 2010<br>Recipient of CSI-India Best PhD Thesis Award for 2012 (among all Computer Science Ph.D. theses in Indian Institutions in 2012)<\/li><li><strong>Dinesh Garg<\/strong>.\u00a0\u00a0<br>Recipient of General Motors Research Internship, April-May 2003.<br>Recipient of Best Presentation Award in CSA Perspectives Seminars, January-April 2003<br>Best Paper and Presentation Prize at IISc-IIT Research Students Symposium, IRISS-2005, IIT-Kanpur, March 2005.<br>Awarded Microsoft Research Internship for 2005 (May-July 2005)<br>Awarded IBM India Research Lab Doctoral Fellowship, 2006<br>Recipient of the 2007 Best Ph.D. Thesis Award, Department of Computer Science and Automation, Indian Institute of Science<br>Recipient of the INAE Young Engineer Award, 2007<br>Recipient of the 2008 Best Application Paper Award, IEEE Transactions in Automation Science and Engineering<br>Recipient of Best Research Presentation award in All India Management Research Students Symposium<br>Recipient of F. Moudawala Medal for Best M.Sc. (Engineering) Dissertation in the Division of Electrical Sciences, 2003<br>The 2004 Googol Best New Application Paper Award for the paper &#8220;Design of Six Sigma Supply Chains&#8221; (selected as the best Paper exploring a new application among all papers published in the IEEE Transactions in Automation Science and Engineering during 2004)<\/li><li><strong>T.S. Chandrashekar<\/strong>.\u00a0\u00a0<br>Recipient of General Motors Research Internship, April-May 2003.<\/li><li><strong>S. Kameshwaran<\/strong>.\u00a0\u00a0<br>Recipient of IBM-India Research Labs Research Fellowship, 2001-04.<br>Recipient of Best Research Presentation award in IISc-IIT Research Students Symposium, March 2002.<\/li><li><strong>Shantanu Biswas<\/strong>.\u00a0\u00a0<br>Recipient of IBM-India Research Labs Research Fellowship, 2001-04.<br>Recipient of Bell Labs Research Internship, 2002.<\/li><li><strong>Laaeq Mohammad Khan<\/strong>.\u00a0\u00a0<br>Seshagiri Kaikini Medal for Best Thesis with Industrial Application, IISc, 1995.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Manoj Singh GaurAppointed First Director of IIT-Jammu in August 2016.\u00a0Reappointed as Director of IIT-Jammu in 2022. Gogulapati SreedurgaJune 2025: Gogulapati Sreedurga\u2019s Ph.D. Thesis entitled \u201cExploring Fairness and welfare Maximization in Participatory Budgeting\u201d\u00a0is selected by the Department of Computer Science and Automation for a Commendation Certificate for the academic year 2023-24. 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