Awards: Recipient of the 1st Prof. S. N. Mitra Memorial Award, IETE, 1995 Finalist Best of the Show for NovaSwitch 2400 Ex, InterOp + Networld\'96, Las Vegas, USA Prize and Trophy for the Best Product on Fibre Optics Educator Kit at Elecrama 1996, Bangalore Dr. Vikram Sarabhai Research Award for the year 1997 towards the contributions and achievements in the field of Electronics, Informatics, Telematics Automation 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 Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Award for outstanding contributions in the field of Engineering Sciences for the year 1998 Distinguished Alumnus by IIT Kanpur, September 1999 Millennium Medal by CSIR during Indian Science Congress held in January 2000 at Pune Dr. P. Sheel Memorial Lecture for the year 2001 by The National Academy of Sciences, India Received Rajasthan Shree Award from Rajasthani Association Tamilnadu, Au... more