Distinguished alumni awards are conferred on IISc Alumni in recognition of their excellent contribution towards the growth of Science and Technology. The following is the list of IISc’s distinguished Alumni, positions held, and the year in which the award was conferred upon them. See more here.

  • Prof G. N. Ramachandran, (Former Faculty Member, IISc) ,1977

  • Dr. Sukh Dev, (Former INSA SN BOSE RES. PROF., IIT, Delhi & Director, MALTI-CHEM Research Centre, Vadodara) ,1978

  • Sri C R Subramanian, (Former Chairman & Managing Director, BEL) ,1979

  • Late Prof. Harish Chandra (USA) ,1980

  • Sri T. R. Satish Chandran, ( Formerly Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister/ Governor of GOA ,1981

  • Prof. T.R. Anantharaman, (Former Director, Institute of Technology, Banaras Hindu University) ,1982

  • Prof C N R Rao, (Former Director, IISc, / President, Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research) ,1983

  • Prof Satish Dhawan, (Former Director, IISc / Chairman, Space Commission) ,1984

  • Dr V. Jagannathan, (Former Head, Biotechnology, Tata Energy Res. Institute, Delhi) ,1985

  • Prof. S.C. Bhattacharya, IIT, Bombay ,1985

  • Prof. N.S. Govinda Rao, Bangalore ,1985

  • Prof. Karamchatti, Stanford University, USA ,1985

  • Prof. R.S. Krishnan, Bangalore ,1985

  • Dr. P.S. Maruvada, Canada ,1985

  • Shri. S.G. Ramachandra, Chartered Engineer, Bangalore , 1985

  • Dr. A. Ramachandran, Bangalore ,1985

  • Dr. D.R. Sanadi, USA ,1985

  • Prof. K.P. Sinha, Bangalore ,1985

  • Prof. K. Sreenivasan, Bangalore ,1985

  • Prof. S. Srikantiah, Bangalore ,1985

  • Prof. S. Ramaseshan, Raman Research Institute, Bangalore ,1985

  • Prof. C.V. Sundaram, NIAS, Bangalore ,1985

  • Dr. J.R.D. Tata, NIMR, London ,1985

  • Prof. A.R. Vasudeva Murthy, Bangalore ,1985

  • Dr. S. R. Valluri, (Former Director, NAL) ,1986

  • Prof. B.V. Sreekantan, (Former Director, TIFR, Bombay) ,1987

  • Prof. R. Narasimha, (Former Director, NAL & Present Director,NIAS) ,1988

  • Prof. P. Somasundaran, (Former Chairman, Henru Krumb School of Mines, Columbia University) ,1989

  • Dr. P. Ramarao, (Former Secretary, Dept. of Sc. & Tech., Govt. of India) ,1990

  • Prof. R. Chidambaram, (Former Chairman, Atomic Energy Commission) ,1991

  • Prof. V. J. Modi, (Professor, University of British Columbia) ,1992

  • Dr. N. Seshagiri, (Former Director General, National Informatics Centre, New Delhi) ,1993

  • Dr. M. Ramamoorthy, (Former Director General of CPRI and Present Director of ERDA, Vadodara) ,1994

  • Prof. R. Kumar, (Dept. of Chem Engg., IISc) ,1995

  • Prof. M. A. Viswamitra, (Dept. of Physics, IISc) ,1996

  • Dr. R. R. Tummala, (Director, Packaging Res Centre, Georgia) ,1997

  • Dr. V. K. Aatre, (Scientific Adviser to Defence Minister & Secretary, Dept. of Defence Research & Development, Ministry of Defence, South Block, New Delhi) ,1998

  • Prof. G. Padmanaban, (Former Director, I.I.Sc.) ,1999

  • Dr. Ramadas P. Shenoy, (Former Director of LRDE & ‘Distinguished Scientist’ of DRDO) ,2000

  • Prof. P. Ramachandra Rao, (Vice-Chancellor, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi) ,2001

  • Prof. S. S. Iyengar, (Chairman and Professor, Computer Science Dept., Louisiana State University, USA) ,2001

  • Prof. Satya N. Atluri, (Director, Center for Aerospace Research & Education, University of California, IRVINE, CA 92612, USA.) ,2002

  • Prof. A. Sridharan, (Formerly Deputy Director & Advisor , IISc) ,2002

  • Prof. K. R. Sreenivasan, (International Center for Theoretical Physics) ,2003

  • Prof. Brij M. Moudgil, (Director of the Engineering Research Center for Particle Science and Technology, University of Florida, USA) ,2003

  • Prof. H. S. Mukunda, (Honorary Advisor, ABETS, Combustion, Gasification & Propulsion Laboratory of Aerospace Engineering, Indian Institute of Science) ,2004

  • Prof. B.L. Deekshatulu, (Visiting Professor, Department of Computer & Information Science, University of Hyderabad.) ,2004

  • Prof. M. Vijayan, (Hon. Professor, Molecular Biophysics Unit, Indian Institute of Science) ,2005

  • Dr. Ashok K. Sinha, (Senior Vice President & General Manager, Applied Material Inc., USA ) ,2005

  • Prof. S. Ranganathan, (Hon. Professor, Materials Engg., Dept., IISc.and Visiting Professor at NIAS) ,2006

  • Dr. Prathima Agrawal, (Samuel Ginn Distinguished Professor and Director, Wireless Engg. Research & Education Centre, Auburn Site Director, NSF WICAT ECE Department, Auburn University, USA) ,2006

  • Dr. Baldev Raj, (Hon. Member, International Committee on NDT, Distinguished Scientist & Director, IGCAR, Kalpakkam, Tamil Nadu) ,2007

  • Dr. Bishnu S. Atal, (Affiliate Professor, University of Washington, USA) ,2007

  • Prof. E.S. Raja Gopal, Professor (Rtd.), Department of Physics, IISc., Bangalore ,2008

  • Prof. S.K. Brahmachari, Director General, CSIR, New Delhi ,2008

  • Dr. Mahtab S. Bamji, INSA Honorary Scientist, Dangoria Charitable Trust, Hyderabad ,2008

  • Prof. S. S. Krishnamurthy, Professor(Rtd.), Dept. of Inorganic & Physical Chemistry, IISc, Bangalore ,2008

  • Dr. B. Swaminatha Reddy, President and CEO, SP Systems, Inc., Greenbelt, MD ,2008

  • Prof. N. Appaji Rao, Professor (Rtd.), Dept of Biochemistry, IISc, Bangalore ,2008

  • Prof. G. Baskaran, Professor, Institute of Mathematical Sciences, Chennai ,2008

  • Prof. K. Venkatesan, Professor(Rtd.), Dept. of Organic Chemistry, IISc, Bangalore ,2008

  • Prof. V. Rajaraman, Professor (Rtd.), Dept of CSA/SERC, IISc, Bangalore ,2008

  • Prof. M.A.L. Thathachar, Professor (Rtd.), Dept. of Electrical. Engg, IISc, Bangalore ,2008

  • Dr. Nikil Jayant, Georgia Research Alliance Eminent Scholar, School of ECE, Georgia Institute of Technology, and Executive Director of the Georgia Centers for Advanced Telecommunications Technology ,2008

  • Prof. I. Chopra, Alfred Gressow Prof. of Rotorcraft Engineering, Director, Alfred Gessow Rotorcraft Center, Dept. of Aerospace Engg., Univ. of Maryland, College Park, MD ,2008

  • Dr. Kota Harinarayana, Raja Ramanna Professor, NAL, Bangalore ,2008

  • Dr. Sanak Mishra, Chief Executive Officer, India Greenfield Projects, New Delhi. ,2008

  • Prof. Y.V.R.K. Prasad, Technical Consultant, Processing maps.com, USA, and Visiting Professor, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong ,2008

  • Mr. Lakshmi Narayanan, Director/Vice Chairman, Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation, USA and also Chairman of NASSCOM. ,2008

  • Prof. M. V. Srinivasan, Professor of Visual Neuroscience, Queensland Brain Institute and School of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering, University of Queensland, Australia. ,2009

  • Prof. N. Viswanadham Executive Director of the Centre for Global Logistics and Manufacturing Strategies (GLAMS) at the Indian School of Business, Hyderabad. ,2009

  • Prof. K. P. Gopinathan Honourary Professor and INSA Senior Scientist, Microbiology and Cell Biology Department, IISc. ,2009

  • Dr. T. S. Prahlad, Distinguished Scientist, National Aerospace Laboratories, Bangalore ,2009

  • Shri. M. D. Mallya, Chairman & Managing Director, Bank of Baroda ,2009

  • Prof. J. Gopalakrishnan, Honorary Professor & INSA Senior Scientist. Solid State and Structural Chemistry Unit, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore ,2010

  • Dr. R. L. Kashyap, Dept of Electrical and Computer Engineering Purdue University, USA ,2010

  • Mr. P. S. Raghavan, Ambassador of India to Ireland ,2010

  • Dr. Umeshwar Dayal, H P Labs, USA ,2010

  • Dr.Vijay Kumar Saraswat, Scientific Advisor to Rakshamantri, DRDO, New Delhi ,2010

  • Prof. V. Krishnan, Honorary Professor, Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, Bangalore ,2011

  • Dr. Ravi Bhushan Grover, Director, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai and Principal Advisor, Department of Atomic Energy, Mumbai ,2011

  • Lt. Gen.(Dr.) V. J. Sundaram (Retd.), Advisor (Micro and Nano Systems)j, National Design and Research forum and Former Director, DRDL and RCL, Hyderabad ,2011

  • Dr. Subhash Mahajan, Distinguished Professor and Special Advisor to the Chancellor, University of California, Davis ,2012

  • Prof. Ramesh Ramamoorthy, Plato Malozemoff Professor of Materials Science and Physics, University of California, Berkeley ,2012

  • Dr. H. R. Nagendra, Vice Chancellor, Swami Vivekananda Yoga Anusandhana Samsthana (S-VYASA), Yoga University ,2012

  • Prof. B. Yegnanarayana, Institute Professor and Microsoft Chair, IIT, Gachibowli, Hyderabad ,2013

  • Mr. K. Naresh Babu, Managing Director, HAL, Bangalore Complex+B26 ,2013

  • Mr. Srinivasan Rajam, Co-Founder, Chairman & CEO, Ittiam Systems, Bangalore ,2013

  • Prof. Chanchal Uberoi, Retired Professor, Dept. of Mathematics, IISc ,2013

  • Prof. S. Seetharaman, Visiting Professor, TU-Bergakademie, Freiberg, Germany ,2013

  • Dr. K. S. Rajasekhara, University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX, USA, Distinguished Professor of Engineering and Endowed Chair in Erik Jonsson, School of Engineering & Computer Science, Director of Advanced Energy Systems ,2013

  • Dr. Rudrapatna Kallikote Shyamasundar, Senior Professor and JC Bose National Fellow, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai ,2014

  • Prof. M. R. S. Rao, Honorary Professor and SERB Distinguished Fellow, Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, Bangalore ,2014

  • Prof. M. R. Madhav,Professor Emeritus, JNT University, Hyderabad ,2014

  • Mr. A. Dinesh Kumar, Managing Director, CT Control Technology(India) Pvt. Ltd., Bangalore ,2014

  • Prof. K. R. Padiyar, Honorary Professor/Emeritus (Retd.), Electrical Engineering, IISc ,2014

  • Dr. Raj Jain, Professor, Computer Science and Engineering, Washington University in St.Louis, Missouri ,2014

  • Shri. A. S. Kiran Kumar, Chairman, Space Commission, GOI, Secretary to the GOI, Dept. of Space, Chairman, ISRO ,2015

  • Prof. Sunil Kumar, Dean and George Pratt Shultz Professor of Operations, Management, Booth School of Business, University of Chicago ,2015

  • Shri. K. S. R. Charan Reddy, Inspector General of Police, Special Investigation Team, Karnataka Lokayukta, Bengaluru ,2015

  • Prof. Vedu Mitter, Principal Consultant / Chief Executive, Changeman, Bengaluru, (Excellence Counsellors and Six Sigma facilitators) ,2015

  • Dr. Subhash Chandra Singhal, Battelle Fellow Emeritus, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington, USA ,2015

  • Prof. N. Balakrishnan, Honorary Professor, Department of Aerospace Engineering and Supercomputer Education and Research Centre, IISc ,2016

  • Prof. Ajay K. Sood, Honorary Professor, Department of Physics, IISc ,2016

  • Prof. Ramalingam Chellappa, Chair, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, USA , 2016

  • S Ramadorai, Former Vice Chairman, Tata Consultancy Services, 2017 Sudha Murty, Chairperson, Infosys Foundation. 2017

  • Narendra Ahuja, Donald Biggar Willett Professor Emeritus in Engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign. 2018

  • Dipankar Banerjee, former chief controller of R&D at the Defence Research and Development Organization (DRDO), 2018

  • P S Goel, former director of Indian Space Research Organization, 2018

  • K Sivan, chairperson of the Indian Space Research Organization, 2018

  • Prof. Raghavendra Gadagkar, DST year of Science Chair Professor, Centre for Ecological Science, IISc, 2019

  • Ms. Ritu Karidhal, Scientist, Mission Director, Chandrayaan-2, ISRO, 2019

  • Dr. Prahlada Ramarao, Former Vice Chancellor, Defence Institute of Advanced Technology, 2019

  • Prof. Viktor K. Prasanna, Charles Lee Powell Chair in Engineering, University of Southern California, 2019

  • Dr Rajalakshmi Menon , Outstanding Scientist and Program Director of the Intelligence, Surveillance, Targeting and Reconnaissance (ISTAR) programme , DRDO, 2020

  • Prof B S Murty , Director , Indian Institute of Technology, Hyderabad. 2020

  • Prof Sethuraman Panchanathan , Director , National Science Foundation (NSF), USA. 2020

  • Dr Keshab Panda , CEO & MD , L&T Technology Services Limited. USA . 2020