past award winners
Excellence/Distinction in Corrosion Science & Technology Award
| Year | Award 1 | Award 2 | Award 3 | Award 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | P F Anto (IEOT, ONGC) & Prof. A S Khanna (IIT Bombay) | |||
| 1997 | Dr. L K Agrawal (CBRI, Roorkee) & Dr. D D N Singh (NML, Jamshedpur) | Dr. M A Qureshi (A M U, Aligarh) | ||
| 1998 | Viju Cherian & Sunil Kr. Chug (IEOT, ONGC) | |||
| 1999 | Dr. M K Totlani (BARC, Mumbai) | Dr. M K Totlani (BARC, Mumbai) | Narendra Kumar (Gail, New Delhi) | |
| 2000 | Dr. D S R Murthy | Dr. Anil Bhardwaj (IEOT, ONGC) | P M Fanse (Gail, Borada) | A K Sinha (NTPC , Noida) |
| 2001 | Prof. S K Roy (IIT, Kharagpur) | M R Verma (IOCL, Panipat) | R P Nagar (SSS Electricals, Bombay) | Prof S Rajendran (GTN, Arts Coll. TN) |
| 2002 | Dr. S Rajeshwar (Univ. of Madras) | Dr. K C Koshal (IMD, ONGC) | Partha Jana (GAIL) & V P S Bagga (ONGC) | Dr. G Saha (EIL, New Delhi) |
| 2003 | Dr. U Kamachi Mudali IGCAR, Kalpakkam & Dr. B V Appa Rao, National Institute of Tech, Andhra Pradesh. | S S Gupta IOCL, Viramgam | Dr. M B Mishra , Noida | Manickam Valliappam Corrosion Management Services, Coimbatore, Tamilnadu. |
| 2004 | Dr. Vivekanand Kain BARC, Mumbai | Dr. I Gurrappa DMRL | Ayush Gupta GAIL (India) Ltd, Agra | V P Sastry Reliance Industries Ltd |
| 2005 | Dr. B K Shah BARC, Mumbai | S Subrahmanya Bhat ONGC, Panvel | M Suresh Larsen & Toubro, Mumbai | |
| 2006 | Dr. Nikhiles Bandopadhay, TATA Steel | Not recommended | N Manohar Rao, BPCL, Mumbai. | Dr. T S Rao, IGCAR, Kalpakkam. |
| 2007 | Dr Mohammad Mobin, AMU, Aligarh | Rajendra Kumar, IOCL, Noida | V S Rao, HPCL, Visakhapatnam | |
| 2008 | Dr Indranil Chattoraj, NML, Jamshedpur | Bhola Singh Negi, IOCL, Noida | Santosh Kumar J K Surface Coatings Pvt. Ltd., Mumbai | Sunil Kumar Chaudhary Indian Railway, Visakhapatnam |
| 2009 | Dr. M Natesan, CECRI, Karaikudi | Keshav Kishore, IOCL, Panipat | K Ramesh Reliance Industries Ltd., Surat & Dr. Jaya Rawat, BPCL, Noida | Surinder Pal GAIL (India) Ltd. , Guna |
| 2010 | Dr. Rani P George, IGCAR, Kalpakkam | Jitendra Prasad Sinha, IOCL, Noida | Sandeep H Vyas RGTIL, Navi Mumbai | Dr. N Rajendran Anna University, Chennai & Dr. S Sathiyanarayanan, CECRI, Karaikudi |
| 2011 | Dr Tapan Kumar Rout Tata Steel Group | Mr. V P Sastry Relene Petrochemical Pvt. Ltd., Navi Mumbai | S Srikanth Steel Authority of India Ltd, Ranchi | Dr V Saraswathy CECRI, Karaikudi |
| 2012 | Raghuvir Singh, CSIR – NML, Jamshedpur | Bhupendra Gaur,Reliance Industries Limited, Navi Mumbai | Dr. Deepashri D. Nage, Larsen & Toubro, Mumbai | Dr. Supratik Roychowdhury, BARC, Mumbai |
| 2013 | Dr. M A Quraishi, BHU, Varanasi | Dr. S K Srivastava. ONGC, Mumbai | Ashish Khera, Allied Engineers, New Delhi | Kiran Kumar M, BARC, Mumbai |
| 2014 | Dr. R Vedalakshmi, CECRI, Karaikudi | Dr. P Saravanan, Sail, Ranchi | Sunil Kumar Dayarambhai Kahar, M S Univ of Baroda | |
| 2015 | Dr. Jayanta Kumar Saha & Institute for Steel Development & Growth, Kolkata | Mr. Satendra Kumar JSW Karnataka | Dr. J Jayaraj & Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research, Kalpakkam | |
| 2016 | Dr. Bharat Bhushan Jha CSIR-Institute of Minerals and Materials Technology, Bhubaneswar | Mr. Shailesh D Javia SGB Scaffolding and Industrial Services Private Limited, Ahmedabad | Dr R Baloji Naik Naval Materials Research Laboratory, Ambernath | Mr. Rituraj Mishra Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited, Mumbai |
| 2017 | Dr. Sublime Ningshen Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research, Kalpakkam | Sahab Singh Gurjar Cairn India Limited, Ahmedabad | Dr. A Ravi Shankar Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research, Kalpakkam | Rukmangad Kondamgire GSPL India Gasnet Limited, Gandhinagar |
| 2018 | Dr. T P D Rajan CSIR-NIIST, Trivandrum | Pankaj Panchal Corrosion Protection Specialist Pvt. Ltd, Ahmedabad | Dr. Anita Toppo Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research, Kalpakkam | |
| 2019 | Dr. Radhakrishna G. Pillai Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IITM), Chennai | Basanta Kumar Lenka Technimont Pvt Ltd., Mumbai | Dr. S C Vanithakumari Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research, Kalpakkam | Viswanathan Venkateswaran & Dr. Anil Krishna Kar |
| 2021 | Dr.T M Sridhar University of Madras, Chennai | Ms. Nivedita S Bhattacharyya Engineers India Ltd, Gurugram | Dr. Poulami Chakraborty Homi Bhabha Research Institute, Mumbai | |
| 2022 | Prof. Jyotsna Dutta Majumdar IIT Kharagpur, West Bengal | Dr. Punita Mourya CSIR – IIP, Uttarakhand | Dr. Ruchi Grover Oxycoats, Delhi | |
| 2023 | Dr. Sunil Kumar Dayarambhai Kahar The M. S. University of Baroda, Vadodara | J N Agrawal, Corrsol Tech, Noida | Dr. Raffi Mohammed National Institute of Technology, Andhra Pradesh | Dr. Dyana Joseline Larsen & Toubro Construction, Chennai |
| 2024 | Prof. Smrutiranjan Parida IIT Bombay | Prof. Ambrish Singh Nagaland University | Mr. T Siva Central Institute of Petrochemical Engineering & Technology (CIPET), Chennai | Dr. Dyana Joseline Larsen & Toubro Construct |
Excellent Best Laboratories
| Year | National Laboratory | R & D Laboratory in Industry |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | IEOT ONGC – Panvel | Navdeep Chemicals Mumbai |
| 1998 | Deioners Speciality Chem Pvt. Ltd. Mumbai | |
| 1999 | NTPC Noida | OTIS Mumbai |
| 2000 | GAIl (India) Ltd. Noida | |
| 2001 | IOCL Faridabad | Larsen & Toubro Ltd. Mumbai |
| 2002 | IIT Mumbai | SPIC Ltd. |
| 2004 | IGCAR Kalpakkam | Tata Steel Jamshedpur |
| 2005 | National Metallurgical Laboratory Jamshedpur | |
| 2006 | No application received | No application received |
| 2007 | * | TCR Engineering Services Pvt. Ltd – Mumbai |
| 2008 | Bhabha Atomic Research Centre- Mumbai | PSL Limited – Kutch |
| 2009 | Indian Oil Corporation Ltd. – Faridabad | Larsen & Toubro Ltd. – Mumbai |
| 2010 | BPCL – Noida | * |
| 2011 | IOGPT ONGC – Panvel | |
| 2013 | Welspun Corp Ltd. – Mumbai | |
| 2014 | CSIR – SERC – Chennai | Welspun Corp Limited – Bharuch |
| 2015 | L & T Hydrocarbon Engineering Ltd.- Mumbai | |
| 2016 | L & Tata Steel – Advanced Corrosion Research Centre-Jamshedpur | |
| 2018 | L & T CSIR-Central Electrochemical Research Institute- Karaikudi | |
| 2019 | L & T Corrosion Laboratories at IIT Madras | Chennai |
| 2021 | NA | |
| 2022 | Hindustan Aeronautics Limited-Bengaluru | |
| 2024 | Gail (India) Ltd., Rajamundry |
Students awarded PhD. Degree / M Tech Degree
| Year | Researcher 1 | Researcher 2 |
|---|---|---|
| 1996-97 | Dr. Rajan Ambat (IIS, Bangalore) & Dr. Arun Kr. Pattanaik (IIT Bombay) | Mr. Bhujang Rao (RIT, Jamshedpur) & Ms. Priya Smapath (IIT Bombay) |
| 1998 | Ms. N Parvathavartini (IGCAR, Kalpakkam) & Dr. K Shridhar (NMRL, Thane) | Diwakar Toner (IIT Bombay) |
| 1999 | Dr. Jaya Rawat (AMU, Aligarh) | Riju Bhargava (IIT Bombay) |
| 2000 | Dr. G Raghava (Anna Univ., Madras) | Atul Gadkari (Airforce, Gurgaon) |
| 2001 | Dr. Janardhan Swaroop (CSIR, Delhi), | |
| 2002 | Dr. T M Shridhar (Univ. of Madras) & Dr. R Venkatesan, | |
| 2003 | * | * |
| 2004 | Dr. K S Ghosh (NIT, Warangal) | Lt. Cdr. A Vinith (IIT Bombay) |
| 2005 | Dr. M Bobby Kannan (IIT Bombay) | Supratik Roychowdhury (IIT Bombay) |
| 2006 | Dr. T S Sidhu (IIT Roorkee) | Lt. Cdr Shishir Dixit (IIT Bombay, Mumbai) |
| 2007 | Dr. S Ningshen (IGCAR, Kalpakkam) | Swati Ghosh (IIT, Kharagpur) |
| 2008 | Dr. Vagge Shashikant Tukaram (IIT Bombay) | Ajit Bhaskar Bhandakkar (IIT Bombay) |
| 2009 | N Muthukumar Mahesh Alahalli, | |
| 2010 | Dr. R C Saxena (IIP CSIR, Dehradun) | D Bhuvaneshwari (Anna University, Chennai) & K Rajesh Kumar (Shalimar Paints Ltd, Nashik) |
| 2011 | Manpreet Kaur (Baba Banda Singh Bahadur Engg College, Punjab), | |
| 2012 | Dr. Swati Ghosh (Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai) & Dr. Kamlesh Chandra (Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai) | Rajan Bhambroo (IIT Bombay, Mumbai) |
| 2013 | Dr. Geogy Jiju Abraham (IIT Bombay, Mumbai) | Mohammad Umar Farooq Khan (IIT Bombay, Mumbai) |
| 2014 | Dr. K Rajesh Kumar (IIT Bombay, Mumbai) & Jagadeesh Sure (IGCAR, Kalpakkam) | Dinesh Bapurao Balgude (ICT, Mumbai) |
| 2015 | Dr. C Arunchandran (Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research, Kalpakkam) | Mr. Anup Manohar Panindre (Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay) |
| 2016 | Dr. L Mohan (Anna University, Chennai) | Ms. P Krishnaveni (P.S.G.R Krishnammal College for Women, Peelamedu) |
| 2017 | Dr. T Siva (CSIR-Central Electrochemical Research Institute, Karaikudi) | Sooraj Kumar A. O. (IIT Madras, Chennai) |
| 2018 | Dr. Liju Elias (Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad) | Mr. Bidyut Dutta (IIT Bombay, Mumbai) |
| 2019 | Dr. M. Ajay Krishnan (IIT Bombay, Mumbai) & Dr. Poulami Chakraborty (Homi Bhabha Research Institute, Mumbai) | Madhura B (Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research, Kalpakkam) |
| 2021 | Dr. Avinash Vijay Ingle (IIT Bombay, Mumbai) & Ms. S Chandraleka (University of Madras, Chennai) | Dr. Deepak Kumar Kamde (IIT Madras, Chennai) & Ms. Divya Rachel Robby (National Institute of Technology, Calicut) |
| 2022 | Dr. Geetisubhra Jena (GCAR, Kalpakkam) | Mr. Naveen Krishnan (IIT Madras, Chennai) |
| 2023 | Dr. Sai Karthik Nouduru (Homi Bhabha National Institute), | |
| 2024 | Ankur Kumar, IIT Roorkee |
Meritorious Contribution Award
| Year | Meritorious Contribution Award |
|---|---|
| 2000 | C R Prasad (Gail, New Delhi) & B C Bora (ONGC, Delhi) |
| 2002 | Dr. U K Chatterjee, IIT Kharagpur |
| 2003 | Dr. R S Chaudhary, Maharshi Dayanand University, Haryana |
| 2004 | Dr. N. Palaniswamay, Central Electrochemical Research Institute (CERI), Karaikudi |
| 2005 | Dr. G Venkatachari, Central Electrochemical Research Institute (CERI), Karaikudi |
| 2006 | Dr. Baldev Raj, IGCAR, Kalpakkam |
| 2007 | Dr. Mumtaz Ahmad Quraishi, BHU, Varanasi |
| 2008 | Prof. Gurmeet Singh, University of Delhi, Delhi |
| 2009 | Dr. V S Raja, IIT Bombay, Mumbai; U Kamachi Mudali, IGCAR Kalpakkam; Anand Kumar, IOCL Noida |
| 2010 | Dr. I Gurrappa, DMRL, Hyderabad |
| 2011 | Narendra Kumar, GAIL Complex, Vijaipur; Dr. Vivekanand Kain, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai |
| 2013 | Dr. R Venkatesan, NIOT, Chennai; P M Fanse, Gujarat |
| 2014 | Dr. Sunil Kumar Chaudhary, Road Construction Deptt, Dharbhanga; Indranil Chattoraj, NML, Jamshedpur; Prof. S Rajendran, RVS School of Engg and Tech, Dindigul |
| 2015 | Dr. Pradeep Jain, NTPC Ltd, Greater Noida; Dr. K Thangavel, CSIR Central Electrochemical Research Institute, Karaikudi |
| 2016 | Dr. Rani P George, Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research, Kalpakkam; Dr. Anil Bhardwaj, Oil & Natural Gas Corporation Ltd., Panvel |
| 2017 | Dr. N Rajendran, Anna University, Chennai |
| 2018 | Dr. V Saraswathy, CSIR-Central Electrochemical Research Institute, Karaikudi |
| 2019 | T Subba Rao, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Kalpakkam; Sandeep Harshadray Vyas, Reliance Industrial Limited, Navi Mumbai |
| 2021 | Mr. Raghuvir Singh, NML, Jamshedpur; Mr. Parvatalu Damaraju, ONGC Energy Centre, Navi Mumbai |
| 2022 | Dr. Mohammad Mobin, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh; Mr. Vemuri Padmanabha Sastry, M/s Asset Integrity & Materials Engineering Services, New Panvel |
| 2023 | Dr. Bhupendra Gaur, Dr. R Baloji Naik, Naval Material Research Laboratory, Ambernath |
| 2024 | Dr. M G Sethuraman, The Gandhigram Rural Institute, Gandhigram |
| 2024 | Pankajkumar Dhabjibhai Panchal, Corrosion Protection Specialist Pvt. Ltd. |
Lifetime Achievement Award
| Year | NIGIS Life Time Achievement Award |
|---|---|
| 1999 | Dr. A K Lahri & Dilip Sengupta |
| 2000 | V T Purohit |
| 2001 | V G Kulkarni, CCS Bombay & Dr. G N Mehta, SVR College, Surat |
| 2002 | Dr. D Mukherjee, CECRI |
| 2003 | Dr. M K Totlani, Mumbai |
| 2004 | Dr. K. Elaya Perumal, Mumbai |
| 2005 | Not recommended |
| 2006 | Not recommended |
| 2007 | Dr. G. H. Thanki |
| 2008 | Dr. Satya Prakash, IIT Roorkee |
| 2010 | Dr. S K Seshadri, IIT Madras, Chennai |
| 2012 | Rajan Bahri, PSL Ltd. |
| 2013 | Dr. Baldev Raj |
| 2014 | S P Rao |
| 2015 | Ashok Kumar Purwaha, Former: Chairman & Managing Director, Engineers India Limited |
| 2016 | Prof. K A Natarajan, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore |
| 2017 | Shri Om Degan, Osnar Paints & Contracts Pvt. Ltd., Mumbai |
| 2018 | Dr. S L Kataria, International Certification Services Pvt. Ltd, Mumbai |
| 2019 | Prof. Gurmeet Singh, Pondicherry University, Puducherry |
| 2021 | Mr. K L Batra |
| 2022 | Mr. N Manohar Rao |
Excellence in Innovation Award
| Year | Excellence in Innovation Awards |
|---|---|
| 2024 | Gail (India) Ltd., Rajamundry |