A Note
I believe India’s development journey must be anchored in science, technology, innovation, and evidence-based policymaking — ensuring that research and deep-tech capabilities translate into inclusive national outcomes. It is a privilege to contribute as Member, NITI Aayog, building on prior service as Secretary, Department of Science and Technology, and on decades of academic and institutional leadership at IIT Bombay and IIT Kanpur.
— Abhay Karandikar
Education & Early Career
Abhay Karandikar was born on 15 June 1965 in Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh. He earned a bachelor’s degree in Electronics Engineering from Madhav Institute of Technology and Science, Jiwaji University, Gwalior in 1986, and obtained his Master’s and Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur; his doctoral thesis was supervised by Prof. P. R. K. Rao.
He began his professional career at the High Performance Computing and Communications Group, Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC), Pune, working on PARAM 9000, before joining the Department of Electrical Engineering, IIT Bombay in 1997.
Source: Abhay Karandikar — Wikipedia
Awards & Recognition
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Qualcomm Faculty Award
by Qualcomm Technologies, Inc., USA. 2022
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Winner of "Connecting the Unconnected" Award
at Impact Engineered event hosted by American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) and Engineering for Change (E4C), New York University Tandon School of Engineering
Brooklyn, New York, October 11, 2018
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Winner of Mozilla Open Innovations Challenge
for our Gram Marg solution for Rural Broadband. 98 submissions were made from 27 countries and our solution was adjudged as the best in a presentation in New York and declared Winner
Brussels, March 29, 2017
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IEEE Standards Medallion
awarded by IEEE Standards Association, USA for accomplishments that have resulted in revolutionary changes to Indian Technology, Policy and Standardization
New Jersey, USA, December 2016
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Best Paper award in Workshop on Indoor and Outdoor Small Cells, Modelling and Optimization in Mobile, Ad Hoc, and Wireless Networks (WiOpt)
Hammamet, Tunisia, May 12-16, 2014
Contact
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