Date of Birth June 22, 1953

Resume

1.	Name	Ashok Jhunjhunwala
2.	Date of Birth	June 22, 1953
3.	Present position & Official address	Professor Department of Electrical Engg. Indian Institute of Technology Madras - 600 036.
4.	Positions held

Employer	Period	Designation
Department of Electrical Engg. IIT Madras 600 036	1990 – Present	Professor
Department of Electrical Engg. IIT Madras 600 036	August 1998-July 2001	Head
Electrical Engg. Department IIT Madras 600 036	1981 – 1990	Asst. Professor
Electrical Engg. Department Washington State Univ. USA	1979 – 1981	Asst. Professor

5.	Research Area	Telecommunications, Computer Networks and Fibre Optics
6.	Academic Qualifications

S.No.	Degree	University	Year
1.	B.Tech	IIT Kanpur, India	1975
2.	M.S.	University of Maine, USA	1977
3.	Ph.D.	University of Maine, USA	1979

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Research Guidance

: See Appendix I

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Research Publications

: See Appendix II

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Projects

: See Appendix III

10.

Awards & Fellowship

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  1^st Prof.S.N.Mitra Memorial Award, IETE, 1995
  
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  Awarded Finalist Best of the Show for NovaSwitch 2400 Ex, InterOp + Networld'96, Las Vegas, USA
  
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  Awarded the Prize and Trophy for the Best Product on Fibre Optics Educator Kit at Elecrama 1996, Bombay
  
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  Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering, India since 1994
  
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  Fellow of Indian National Science Academy (INSA), New Delhi since 1999
  
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  Fellow of The National Academy of Science, Allahabad since 1999
  
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  Governor, International Council for Computer Communication Inc., (ICCC),
  1999 - 2005
  
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  Awarded Dr.Vikram Sarabhai Research Award for the year 1997 towards the contributions and achievements in the field of Electronics, Informatics, Telematics & Automation
  
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  Awarded For the Sake of Honour Award by Rotary Club of Madras Central for the year 1998-99 towards the achievements in the field of Electronics, Telecommunications.
  
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  Awarded Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Award for outstanding contributions in the field of Engineering Sciences for the year 1998.
  
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  Awarded Distinguished Alumnus by IIT Kanpur, September 1999
  
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  Awarded Millennium Medal by CSIR during Indian Science Congress held in January 2000 at Pune
  
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  Awarded Dr.P.Sheel Memorial Lecture Award for the year 2001 by The National Academy of Sciences.
  
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  Awarded “Rajasthan Shree” Award by Rajasthani Association, August 2001
  
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  Awarded Silicon India Leadership Award 2001 for Excellence and Promise in Business & Technology Academics.
  
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  Awarded Padma Shri Award 2002 for distinguished service in science and engineering, telecommunications.
  
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  Awarded H.K.Firodia Award for excellence in Science & Technology for the year 2002
  
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  Awarded Dataquest IT Pathbreaker Award for the year 2003 on 19^th December 2003 at New Delhi.
  
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  Awarded the Outstanding Academician Award 2003 Instituted by Sarsawathi Ammal Educational Trust at Arunai Engineering College, Thiruvannamalai on 26^th December 2003.
  
  
  
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  Awarded the “Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry” (FICCI) Award for the year 2002-03 for the significant work in the category of “Outstanding Contribution to Knowledge Based Industries” by the Hon’ble President of India,
  Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam at FICCI’s 76th Annual General Meeting, New Delhi on 7^th January 2004.