NIT Trichy announces the Distinguished Alumni and

 NIT Trichy announces the Distinguished Alumni and Young Achiever 

Dr. Mini Shaji Thomas, Director, NIT Tiruchirappalli announced the 

Distinguished Alumni Award (DAA) and Young Achiever Award (YAA) for 

the year 2020 during the recently held 16th Convocation 2020 of 7th 

November 2020.

The following alumni were awarded the DAA award  2020 under the 

mentioned categories:

A.Excellence in Academic / Research / Innovation / Invention:

Dr Sathiya Keerthi Selvaraj, Principal Staff Scientist, AI, Group, 

LinkedIn Corporation, Sunnyvale, California. USA (1980 B.Tech. 

Mechanical);

Dr. N. Anantharaman, Retired Professor (HAG) from NIT Tiruchirappalli 

(1977 B.Tech.  Chemical & 1985 PhD Chemical);

Prof. Sethu Vijayakumar, Program co-Director for AI -The Alan Turing 

Institute, London, UK (1992 B. E Computer Science);

Mr. V. Srinivasan, Chief controller/Dy. Director, Outstanding 

Scientist -  Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre, Isro, Thiruvananthapuram, 

Kerala (1974 B. Tech Chemical)

B.Excellence in Corporate / Industry

Dr. AnanthaSethuraman, General Manager – Applied Materials Inc., CA, 

USA (1982 B. Tech Metallurgical);

Mr Kadiresan Annamalai, Senior Director of Marketing, Pericom/Diodes 

Inc., CA, USA (1976 B. Tech ECE)

Mr. Rajesh Gopinathan, Chief Executive Officer & Managing Director -   

Tata Consultancy Services, Mumbai (1994 B. Tech EEE)

C.Excellence in Entrepreneurial venture

Mrs. Sapna Behar, Partner & Founder Director - Icarusnova Pvt. Ltd & 

Icarus Design Pvt Ltd, Bangalore (1990 B. Tech EEE)

D.Excellence in Service to the Society

Mr. Rajendra K Aryal, Representative/ Country Director – Food and 

Agriculture Organization  of United Nations (FAO), Afghanistan (1991 

B. Tech Civil)

Mr. Sivasankar Jayagopal, Founder Chairman -Winvinaya Foundation, 

Bangalore (1991 B. Tech Computer Science)

YAA award under Excellence in Academic / Research / Innovation / 

Invention category: Dr. Gautham Ram Chandra Mouli, Assistant 

Professor, Tu Delft, The Netherlands (2011 B. Tech EEE).

The Director, Dr. Mini Shaji Thomas along with the office of Dean 

(ID&AR) congratulated all the awardees and took immense pleasure to 

recognize their contributions, across domains, enriching the industry 

/ academia / the society.

Like every year, the call for applications for DAA-YAA was invited 

both in offline and online mode.  Applications were invited for 5 

different categories, namely, Excellence in Academic / Research / 

Innovation / Invention, Excellence in Corporate / Industry, Excellence 

in Public Administration, Excellence in Entrepreneurial venture and 

Excellence in Service to the Society at large including sports, 

journalism etc.  This is the first time an online portal was also 

created for submission of applications.

A total of 23 DAA applications and 3 YAA applications were received, 

and were screened and scrutinised by a special committee including the 

Director, Dean (ID&AR), Associate Dean (Alumni Relations) and experts 

from Industry, Academia, Senior Institute Faculty and previous DAA 

awardee.  After careful consideration, evaluation and study of the 

contributions of the alumni nominated, the Committee bestowed the 

awards on 11 alumni for their immense contributions.

Photo Details:

1.Excellence in Corporate / Industry by Mr. Rajesh Gopinathan, Chief 

Executive Officer & Managing Director -  Tata Consultancy Services, 

Mumbai (1994 B. Tech EEE)

2.Excellence in Entrepreneurial venture by Mrs. Sapna Behar, Partner & 

Founder Director - Icarusnova Pvt. Ltd & Icarus Design Pvt Ltd, 

Bangalore (1990 B. Tech EEE)

For More information, Contact:

Dr.S.Raman Sankaranarayanan, Dean (ID & AR) Phone: 9486001108

Dr.Nisha Radhakrsihnan, Associate Dean (AR) Phone: 9843260869