roorkee the indian institute of technology roorkee on wednesday shortlisted 14 of its former students for its annual distinguished alumnus awards 2021 the awards given under three categories will be conferred on the alumni in a ceremony on november 25 iitrs foundation day the three categories under which the annual award is given are distinguished alumnus awards daa outstanding service awards osa and distinguished young alumnus awards this year the institute received around 200 nominations across the world for the award meanwhile professor ak chaturvedi director of the institute said not surprisingly these awards are quite competitive this year we are happy to present awards to 14 of our alumni under various categories i convey my hearty congratulations to all the awardeesthe daa 2021 awardees are research excellence 1 prof op malik 1962 me electrical engg professor emeritus university of calgary canada2 prof rajeev ahuja 1986 msc physics director iit ropar and professor uppsala university uppsala sweden excellence in technology innovation1 dr dinesh srivastava 1982 be metallurgical engg chairman ceo nuclear fuel complex hyderabad2 dr ssv ramakumar 1984 msc chemistry director rd and board member indian oil corporation excellence in leadership in the government or public sector1 dr shailendra kumar joshi 1981 be electronics communication engg retired chief secretary govt of telangana2 dr dinesh kumar likhi 1981 be metallurgical engg retired chairman cum managing director midhani excellence in leadership in the private sector 1 saurabh agrawal 1982 be chemical engg group cfo and director tata sons private limited 2 sumit dhawan 1996 be computer sciences engg president vmware palo alto california usa outstanding service award osa category 1 augmenting resources for iitr1 pitamber shivnani 1986 be electrical engg md ceo ge td india limited category 2 promoting excellence in academics and research1 dr kiran panesar 1989 be computer science engg staff software engineer google lnc ca usa2 pradeep kumar bhatnagar 1970 be electrical engg president technical at reliance jiodistinguished young alumnus awards dyaa1 dr raju kumar gupta 2005 btech chemical engg assoc professor department of chemical engg llt kanpur2 ankit garg 2010 btech chemical engg ceo cofounder wakefit3 mukul rustagi 2013 btech electronics communications engg ceo cofounder classplus