IIT Alumni Council confers Distinguished Fellowships to four eminent researchers for their original contribution to the development of key platform technologies.
USA: Connecticut Chapter
Biotherapeutics based on monoclonal antibodies.
USA: Silicon Valley Chapter
3D compound semiconductors.
Asia Pacific: Melbourne Chapter
Catalysts for green chemistry
India: Mumbai Chapter
Holographic Imaging and related AI/ ML
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Delhi, December 11th, 2020: IIT Alumni Council announces institutional strengthening
of PanIIT Institute, an independent and autonomous partner alumni organisation
engaged in the development of an end-to-end deeptech Research Ecosystem in India –
through the appointment of Distinguished Fellows in four key areas of Applied Science
and Engineering.
“Excellence, nor mere competence is the hallmark of a Distinguished Fellow. The
Distinguished Fellow program of the PanIIT Institute identifies, evaluates and awards
the most distinguished alumnus from among i2Net institutions in each area of applied
sciences and engineering. The focus is not just on publication of research papers and
filing of patents but on actual commercial implementation of key platform technologies
that find application across multiple products or services.” said Ravi Sharma, President
and Chief Volunteer of the IIT Alumni Council.
Dr Jyoti Joglekar has been selected by the jury as the most eminent alumnus in the
area of holographic imaging and related AI & ML technologies. She has a PhD from IIT
Bombay in Imaging AI & Analytics and is a leading global researcher in
photogrammetry and remote sensing. Bleeding edge technologies developed by her
find applications in a very wide range of industries from Agritech and disaster
management to HealthTech and next generation diagnostics. ”Fellowship is an honour
for an academician. Thank you so very much for recognising my contribution and
honouring me for the same,” added Dr Jyoti Joglekar.
Dr Rohinton Dehmubed received his B. Tech in Electrical Engineering from IIT Bombay
and has a PhD in Electrical Engineering from Columbia University. He has led the
development of core chipsets based on advanced materials such as Gallium Arsenide
with newer options relying on Gallium Nitride and substrates such as diamond and
sapphire. The chipsets are fabricated using epitaxies with crystal growth technologies
such as Molecular Beam Epitaxy which could involve up to 36 material layers and sub-IIT ALUMNI COUNCIL
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nanometer scale, multiple quantum well layers. “For any technologist, It is indeed a
matter of pride to receive the Distinguished Fellowship from the IIT Alumni Council”
Dr Kapil Talwar has a PhD in Chemical Engineering from Washington University, Saint
Louis, USA. He has a BTech in Chemical Engineering from IIT Bombay. He has been a
researcher, serial entrepreneur and angel investor. He is involved in cutting edge
research companies both in India and overseas in the area of next generation catalysts
that are used in the emerging bio economy and green chemistry based substitutes for
mainstay process plants. “Green chemistry can be very profitable even in India, if the
regulators ensure a level playing field” added Dr Talwar.
Dr Arindam Bose is a silver medallist of IIT Kanpur, 1975 batch. He has spent over forty
years in industry, finally as a Leader in Biotherapeutics Pharmaceutical Sciences at
Pfizer Worldwide R&D. His area of specialisation is monoclonal antibodies that have
been found to be useful for treating many diseases such as arthritis, fatty liver, cancer
and others which had no cure in small molecule based pharmaceutical products. He
has personally led the development of several monoclonal antibodies that have
received FDA approvals and was selected as the most eminent IIT Alumnus in this fast
emerging domain. “Biologics is one industry that India can lead in, especially
monoclonal antibody based biotherapeutics”, said Dr Bose.
The PanIIT Institute awards three types of Fellowships – Distinguished Fellowships,
Life Fellowships and Honorary Fellowships. Distinguished Fellowship is the highest
membership honour that the PanIIT Institute bestows upon its members. The
Distinguished Fellowship is awarded to PhDs who have made significant contributions
for the development of key platform technologies. These technologies should have
been successfully commercialised for applications across a wide range of products or
services. Life Fellows are eminent industry experts. Honorary Fellows are global
achievers who are not alumni of the IITs or other India Innovation Network institutions.IIT ALUMNI COUNCIL
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About IIT Alumni Council
IIT Alumni Council is the largest global body of alumni, students and academicians
across all the twenty-three IITs and partnering Institutes of the India Innovation
Network (I2Net). The IIT Alumni Council aspires to catalyse India’s technological
renaissance. For this it catalyses the creation of rapid response short term initiatives
like the C19 Task Force and perpetual strategically planned initiatives like MegaFund,
MegaIncubator and I2Net. Through such initiatives, IIT Alumni Council intends to act
as a network and as a bridge between various providers of knowledge, wealth,
information, wisdom, ideas, expertise and entrepreneurship to promote appropriate
technological solutions to known social challenges at the national level. As a
demonstration, the six month C19 Task Force set up in March 2020 conceived of large
start-up initiatives like the NSCI Dome, Covid Test Bus, MegaLab and MegaTx – by
aggregating over 10 million hours of 20,000+ volunteers, all of it on a pro bono basis. The
Council is continuing to rally the considerable resources – both financial and
technological - of the global IIT alumni ecosystem to catalyse global scale interventions
in the social sector. For more information on IIT Alumni Council, please
visit: www.iitalumnicouncil.org
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A distinguished Alumnus of IIT Roorkee, former Corporate leader and now full time
Philanthropist - Ravi Sharma plays an active role in global revitalisation and unification of
IIT alumni across countries, across IITs and across age groups. He is the President and Chief
Volunteer of the IIT Alumni Council and also leads the Institute Outreach & Branding
initiatives. The main deliverables of the Council are facilitating alumni networking,
fortifying Brand IIT and Brand India, catalysing alumni participation in nation building and
accelerating technological developments in key areas of our economy including start-ups,
manufacturing and digital transformation. The Council has six operating missions -
Alumni Networking , Research Mentorship, Social Venture funding, CSR Platform, a policy
Thinktank and a Mega Incubator. The IIT Alumni Council is now actively engaged in solving
the corona crisis and had formed the C19 Task Force with participation of over 20,000
alumni. The India Innovation Network includes Mumbai University and ICT Mumbai as
institutional partners. C19 Task Force initiatives being taken forward include the 12.5
million tests per month MegaLab and the 50K litres harvested blood per month MegaTx.
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Dr. Jyoti Joglekar holds a Bachelor of Electrical engineering from Walchand College of
Engineering Sangli, a Master of Computer Engineering from Mumbai University and a PhD
in Satellite Image Analysis from IIT Bombay. She has presented her research work in
several International conferences of repute such as the International Society of
Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ISPRS). Technology developed by her was an
important constituent of some of the core data analysis applications developed with
Chandrayaan-1 data by SAC, ISRO, Ahmedabad. She has over 25 publications in
international journals and international conferences of repute. She is a reviewer of reputed
international journals such as IEEE Transactions on Geoscience & Transactions on Remote
Sensing (TGRS), IEEE letters, IEEE Access, IET etc. She has been honoured as Fellow
member of IETE (Institute of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering) and is a Life
Fellow on Computer Vision and Imaging AI at the PanIIT Institute. She is a member of the
Board of Studies, Department of Computer Engineering, Mukesh Patel school of Technology,
NMIMS, Mumbai, the Department of Information Technology, Cummins College of
Engineering, Pune and Science college at SVU.
She has undertaken sponsored research for NESAC, DoS, Meghalaya in the area of image
acquisition and processing using Swarm of Autonomous UAVs (Drones) for various
surveillance and mapping operations that deploy holographic imaging techniques. She is
the Principal Investigator (PI) and focal officer for TDP (Technology Development Partner)
research projects with NESAC, ISRO. She played a role as an expert for funded DST-RFBR
research projects. She has been invited as an expert speaker in various Quality
Improvement Programs (QIP), faculty development programs (FDP) and STTPs, short term
training programs in various institutions of repute such as IIT Bombay and engineering
institutes of Mumbai University. She won the second prize for her paper presentation at in
INAC-4 conference by ISSE and ISRO held at SAC, ISRO, Ahmedabad in September 2019. She
is an active member of the SIH Innovative Product Drive Ecosystem and has mentored three
of the students’ winning teams in Smart India Hackathon (SIH) 2018 and 2019. She is the co
author of the Internet of Things book being published by Oxford University Press. She has
over 25 years of teaching experience to undergraduate and postgraduate students. She is
an active research volunteer with IIT alumni Council since April 2020 and is working on
several cutting-edge technologies in the area of ultrasound imaging and quantum
computing being deployed by social initiatives of the Council.IIT ALUMNI COUNCIL
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Dr Kapil Talwar holds a BTech in ChE from IIT Mumbai and a MS & PhD in Chemical
Engineering from Washington University at St Louis. He has a MBA from Melbourne
Business School. He has been a serial entrepreneur in the technology space having exited
several start-ups to established Industry leaders.
Experience is concentrated around the confluence of business, science and technology, and
include broad exposure to ancillary functions that support business growth.
Professional Experience: Startup management, development and growth, capital raising,
financial modelling and budgeting, investment due diligence, market strategy
development, business development, corporate strategy, product planning, operations,
program management.
Specialties: Startups Management, Corporate Development and Strategy, Business
Development, Fundraising, Mergers & Acquisitions
He is a much admired mentor and serial entrepreneur. He resides in Melbourne Australia
and has served as a Jury Member of various competitions of the IIT Alumni Councils C19
Task Force.IIT ALUMNI COUNCIL
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Dr. Rohinton Dehmubed has over 30 yrs. experience in engineering design and product
development in the field of telecommunications, RF, optics and compound semiconductors
across multiple continents. He co-founded OPEL Inc. in 2001 which got listed on the
Toronto Stock Exchange (currently trading under TSX: PTK) in June 2007. As Vice
President in charge of product development at OPEL he led the team to develop a complex
III-V epitaxy for monolithic opto-electronic integration of optical communication devices
for military and commercial applications. He has secured funding from private investors
and government bodies and was on the board of directors of OPEL Inc. from 2005 until his
departure in early 2007. Since then, he has been a mentor and an investor in Cheekotel
Venture Fund., a long horizon deeptech fund focusing on the markets in India and other
emerging markets and is a member of their advisory board. From 1997-2001, he worked at
Transwitch Corporation in Shelton, CT, (NASDAQ: TXCC), where he was in charge of system
development, definition and testing of high speed next-generation communication
chipsets from DS3 (44Mhz) to OC-768 (40 GHz). Prior to Transwitch, he worked in the field
of free-space optics and plume measurements at Electro Optical Sciences and Contel
Corporation. During his time at Contel, he tested the earliest Erbium Fiber Optical
Amplifiers and Semiconductor Optical Amplifiers for the Fiber-in-the-Loop application.
Dr. Dehmubed holds a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Columbia University in the field
of Integrated Optics and a B. Tech. in Electrical Engineering from the Indian Institute of
Technology in Bombay. Dr. Dehmubed has published several technical papers and holds
multiple patents. Currently Dr. Dehmubed is a co-founder of Rubitel Inc., a startup
specializing in electronic tamper evident packaging. In his spare time he likes to make
gourmet chocolates and cheese.IIT ALUMNI COUNCIL
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Dr. Arindam Bose retired from Pfizer Worldwide Research & Development in 2016 after 34
years in leadership roles in bioprocess development and clinical manufacturing. Dr. Bose's
final position at Pfizer was Vice-President, Biotherapeutics Pharmaceutical Sciences with
responsibility for external sourcing, competitive intelligence and external influencing as
well as for executing the technical development plan for Pfizer's entry into biosimilars. He
is widely recognized as a Key Thought Leader in the biopharmaceutical industry. Dr. Bose
was elected to the US National Academy of Engineering for innovations in biologics
manufacturing. Dr. Bose currently provides consulting services in bioprocessing to several
start-up biotechnology companies including a part-time process development
management role at Akero Therapeutics. He received a Ph.D. in chemical engineering from
Purdue University, a M.S. from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor and a B. Tech from
the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur.
Dr Arindam Bose has been a key mentor and coach to the engineered biomolecule initiative
of the IIT Alumni Council. He has advised the Council on a host of issues of both a technical
and techno-economic nature. He has helped conceptualise and plan the Rs 500 crore
Engineered Bio Molecule Mega Incubator (EBMI) which will include a phygital incubator,
100K square feet pilot plant facilities,, a 10 acre residential training campus, a BSL3
Laboratory equipped research centre and a 100 acre biologics manufacturing cluster for
biologics exports in the NCR Biologics ecosphere which includes AIIMS, CSIR IGIB, EBMI
training campus, EBMI SEZ, THSTI, ICMR, AIIA, Bibcol, DBT, DST and TDB. The
BioTherapeutics Task Force of the IIT Alumni Council has close to 100 PhD volunteers , most
of who are alumni of the IITs, ICT and MU.
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