Alumni Guest House : Donated by Mr. Mody (Class of '55)

Selection Procedure

As a means to the recognise the contributions of the engineering alumni of BHU who have participated in the technical resurgence of the country right since its independence and further the cause of technical education in the country, our association has decided to honour “Significant Contributor” every year from amongst the engineering alumni of Banaras Hindu University, on the occasion of its Annual General Body Meeting. The selection of the Significant Contributor this year was done through fairly extensive process spanning 8 weeks. First a jury was constituted having some very eminent people Mr. Kashi Memani (Ex-Chairman Ernst & young), Mr. M.K. Modi (Chairman Modipon). Mr. A.K Sah (ex CMD NTPC), Mr. Chandiok, Mr. Deepak Pahwa (CMD Bry-Air) & Padma Bhushan Dr. Pritam Singh (Director MDI Gurgaon) along with (Mr. SS Kohli ex- CMD Punjab National Bank).

The nomination can be done by any AIBA member /office bearer/IT BHU alumni but it should not be a self nomination.

The process of identifying nominees for this award was through the sponsorship by the existing members. We received 42 Nominations .A predesigned form was sent to all the 42 nominees to capture details of their achievements.

The list of 42 respondents is here.

We received a total fifteen responses out of which 2 nominees expressed their wish not to be considered by Jury for the awards. The Jury finally met on 15th May and each nomination received was thoroughly discussed and evaluated on the following criterion

1. Level of achievement in his (nominee’s) chosen field
2. Contribution to the society as a whole
3. Contribution to Alma Mater
4. Known Awards/Accomplishments
5. Innovation / Research Work/ Entrepreneurship

The list of 13 nominees is here.

The citation and brief description for each of the three awardees can be found in the attached PDF file.

The list of 3 awardees is as follows: