Awards

• Maharashtra State award for Best Teacher in Engineering and Technology for the year 2001-2002
• II^nd prize at all India paper presentation held in September 1999, for the paper titled “Improving Technical Education – a practical approach” conducted by National Board of Accreditation, All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE), New Delhi.
• 4^thNational Telecom Award 2010 , INFOCOM CMAI for best “e-governance initiative in Higher Education”, presented on 20/05/2010
• HR Nexus – the HR Network, “Leadership award in the field of Education, 2010”
• Silver Edge Award for the e-governance project of AICTE instituted by United Business Media and Information Week
• Good Governance National Technology Award, 2010 for the E-Governance initiative of AICTE instituted by the Good Governance Magazine.
• 5^th National Telecom Awards 2011 (NTA 2011), awarded for “Excellence in Education through e – governance” on 17/05/11 by CMAI and Star News
• 6^th National Telecom Award 2012 for Best Enabler for Technical Education in India
• 7^th NTA ICT World Communication Award 2013 for Best E-Initiative in Education Sector
• Life time achievement Award in the field of Education, SOE Global Education Awards, 2013 – 2014
• Scotch Order of Merit Award for e – Governance at AICTE, 2014, given at the 37^thScotch awards Summit on Minimum Government and Maximum Governance
• Recognised as Fellow IIIE
• Lifetime achievement Award 2014, SOE Global Education Awards, School of Educators, New Delhi.
• Awarded the Honorary Doctorate Degree, Doctor of Science (Honoris Causa)by Visvesvaraya Technological University, Karnataka in 2012 and
• Awarded the Honorary Doctorate Degree, Doctor of Science (Honoris Causa)by D Y Patil International University, Maharashtrain 2014.
• Awarded the Lal Bahadur Shastri Exemplar for integrity by Re-Think India Foundation