A Presentation :

“Enabling Rural India Using ICT”

by
Professor Ashok Jhunjhunwala,
Indian Institute of Technology

 

Date:	20th August (Mon), 4.30p.m.
Location:	Theatrette 2, Central Library Level 4

• in conjunction with Interactive and Digital Media Institute, South Asian Studies Programme, Communications and New Media Programme

About the Speaker:
Professor Jhunjhunwala is a member of the Indian Prime Minister's Setup Scientific Advisory Committee and leads the Telecommunications and Computer Networks (TeNeT) group at the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras. This group is working closely with industry in the development of a number of telecommunications and computer network systems. TeNeT has incubated a number of technology companies which work in partnership with the group to develop world-class telecom and banking products for rural markets.

Professor Jhunjhunwala is a recipient of the Padma Shri Award (2002); the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Award (1998); the Dr.Vikram Sarabhai Research Award (1997); the Millennium Medal of the Indian Science Congress (2000); the H. K. Firodia Award for "Excellence in Science & Technology" (2002); the Shri Om Prakash Bhasin Foundation Award for Science & Technology (2004); the Jawaharlal Nehru Birth Centenary Lecture Award of INSA (2006); and the IBM Innovation and Leadership Forum Award (2006). He is a Fellow of INAE, IAS, INSA and NAS. He holds two graduate degrees in electrical engineering from the University of Maine (USA) and is the former Chair of the Dept. of Electrical Engineering at IIT Madras. He holds two graduate degrees in electrical engineering from the University of Maine (USA) and is the former Chair of the Dept. of Electrical Engineering at IIT Madras.

Professor Jhunjhunwala is on the board of directors of the State Bank of India, and also serves on the boards of several Indian companies, including TTML, BEL, Polaris, 3i Infotech, Sasken, Tejas, NRDC, and IDRBT.