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Young Alumni Achiever Award

 

IIT Madras proudly recognizes the exceptional achievements and dedicated service of its alumni through a series of prestigious awards. These awards celebrate professional excellence, leadership, and outstanding contributions to the Institute’s growth and reputation. Whether honoring distinguished careers, early accomplishments, or dedicated support to the campus community, these awards highlight the remarkable impact of our alumni worldwide.

The YAAA recognizes young alumni who have demonstrated early career excellence, leadership, and growing impact in their fields. Honorees are often acknowledged through awards or media recognition and serve as role models for students.

IIT Madras invites nominations for the Young Alumni Achiever Award from the year 2021, to honour achievements in the following fields:

Academic achievements and honors, intellectual contributions to fields of expertise, pioneering work, journal papers, citation indices, conference papers, books and book chapters, number of Ph.D. scholars guided, visiting professorships, lectureships, fellowships in professional associations, student mentoring, welfare activities, peer testimonials, awards & recognition.

Innovations in application of technology, achievements in design & development, awards & recognition (external & internal), technical leadership activities & positions, fellowships in professional organizations, patents & publications, contributions towards, industry standards, collaborations with academia, community service

Exceptional management skills, leadership position with company, awards & recognition, Board memberships, Fellowships, testimonials, global stature, Collaborations with academia, community service, team leadership in setting up new enterprises, mentoring track-record.

Significant entrepreneurial skills & accomplishments, creation of support structure for entrepreneurs, success of start-ups in establishing market presence, scale of operation & reach to society, awards & recognition, coaching & advisory activities.

Significant accomplishments in various areas—service to society, excellence in public administration, notable achievements in media & fine arts, leadership and innovation, scale of impact.

Nomination Criteria:

  1. The nominee should be a graduate (undergraduate, postgraduate, or doctoral) from any batch or discipline of the institution
  2. The nominee must be under forty years of age on 30th Oct (inclusive) of the relevant year as the nominations would close.
  3. The nominee should:
    • have excelled early in their professional journey, and show potential for continued success;
    • have received recognition for significant professional contributions or discoveries, or creative work, through honours, awards, and/or press coverage
    • have received recognition for leadership qualities in professional and/or community circles
    • have attained progressively increasing positions of responsibility within their organisation or field of work
    • be an outstanding role model for current and future students of IIT Madras
  4. Alumni who are currently serving or have served in the past as IITM faculty are not eligible for nomination.

Instructions:

  1. Please specify the category(ies) for which you are nominating the alumnus/alumna.
  2. Self-nominations are not allowed.
  3. Nominations will be considered for a total of 3 years from the year of nomination. Renomination is possible at the end of the 3-year period of validity.
  4. Please include a CV, photograph and supporting documents of the alumnus/alumna you are nominating for this award.
Past Recipients – Click Here for searchable data

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2022