KnowDis Award for Excellence to Prof. SN Maheshwari
KnowDis Data Science, an AI company founded by CS&E BTech alumnus Saurabh Singal, recently honoured Professor S.N. Maheshwari with the KnowDis Award for Excellence. The event took place at IIT Delhi, with several distinguished faculty members of the CS&E Department gathering to commemorate this occasion. Ishaan, a budding classical singer, sang the Ganesh Vandana melodiously to start the ceremony.
Prof S.N Maheshwari with the KnowDis Award for Excellence
Professor S.N. Maheshwari has made incredible contributions to our department, which have earned him a well-deserved place as one of the most esteemed faculty members. Throughout his career, his vision has been incredibly inspiring to several students and teachers. Mr. Saurabh Singal shared how much Professor Maheshwari has influenced him since his days as an undergraduate student at IIT Delhi.
Professor Prem Kalra, head of the department, praised Professor Maheshwari for his contributions to making the department a world-class institution. He remarked that IIT Delhi continues to nurture top talent from all over the country by giving them the platform to learn from the most renowned experts in their domain. Professor M. Balakrishnan, an honorary professor, also spoke about his association with Professor Maheshwari, which goes back to IIT Bombay. Despite his numerous achievements, Professor Maheshwari remained incredibly humble, gracefully declining awards, a gesture admired by all who know him.
The event concluded with a delightful lunch at Gulmohar, the guesthouse at IIT Delhi, which provided all the members of the CSE department, along with the people at KnowDis, with the opportunity to interact and discuss their thoughts on recent research and the scope of collaborations between industry and academia.
Left to right: N M Anoop Krishnan, Sorav Bansal, Keshav Kolluru*, Krish Vijayan*, Rajat Punia*, Rohan Paul, Ashish Chiplunkar, Vaishnavi Sundararajan, Venkata Vivek Kumar Koppula, Kumar Madhukar, Mausam, Parag Singla, Srikanta Bedathur, Rahul Narain, Amit Kumar, Chetan Arora, Abhijnan Chakraborty, Prem Kalra, M. Balakrishnan, S.N. Maheshwari, Saurabh Singal*, B.N Jain, NC Kalra, Subhashis Banerjee, Sanjiva Prasad, Subodh Kumar, Kaustubh Beedkar.
(Pic Credits: Saroj Koushik)
* KnowDis team
