Dr. Ashok k. Sinha, Chair IISc AANA is awarded as distinguished alumni for Year 2005.

Ashok Sinha joined the IISc in 1962 and earned his B. E. (with distinction) in Metallurgy in 1964. He continued his further studies including research in physical metallurgy at Oxford University, which led to a D. Phil degree in 1966. His contributions since then have been in the areas of solid state physics at Cal Tech, in semiconductor process technology at Bell Labs for 20 yrs, and in semiconductor process equipment technology business at Applied Materials for 15 yrs, from where he retired as a Senior Vice President in 2006. He has been associated with the semiconductor industry for over 35 years and serves as a board member on several companies and corporations, including The Tech Museum of Innovation, San Jose, CA.