India Electronics and Semiconductor Association (IESA), the premier body representing the electronics system design and manufacturing (ESDM) eco-system in India, today announced the winners of theTechnovation2013 Awardsat the glittering awards function which was held along with the 9thVision Summit international conference in Bangalore. These awards honour stalwarts in the industry and academia who have furthered the growth and development of electronics and semiconductor industry in the country. Winners of theTechnovation2013 Awards: Industry Awards IESATechnovationSarabhai Award Mr. P.N. Dhoot, Director, Videocon Group of Companies Most Innovative Product (total 4) Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC), Mohali National Aerospace Labs. (NAL), Bangalore Terminus Circuits Pvt. Ltd., Bangalore RedpineSignals Inc., Hyderabad Most PromisingStartupCompany (total 2) EvoluteSystems Pvt. Ltd., Mumbai SilabTechPvtLtd., Bangalore Best Electronics Manufacturing Company (total 2) Bosch Automotive Electronics India Pvt. Ltd., Bangalore SkanrayTechnologies Pvt. Ltd., Mysore Academic Awards TechnoVisionary ProfArunN Chandorkar, Chair Professor, Dept. of Electrical Engineering,IITBombay, Mumbai TechnoMentor Dr. G Venkatesh, Chair Professor, Dept of Electrical Engineering,IITMadras and Chief Technology and Strategy Officer,SaskenCommunications Technologies Techno Inventor Dr.MarshnilDave, PhD Thesis, IIT-Bombay; and SeniorAnalogDesign Engineer, Marvell Semiconductor, California, USA Dr.ChandanKarfa, PhD Thesis, IIT-Kharagpur; and Senior R&D Engineer, Synopsys India Pvt. Ltd., Bangalore Two independent juries, one each for the Industry and the Academic awards, arrived at the decisions. The Industry Awards team was headed by: Mr. Sanjay Nayak,CEO& MD,TejasNetworks, supported by Mr.AjaiChowdhry, Founder-HCLInfosystems, Mr. K Krishna Moorthy, Managing Director,RambusChip Technologies India Pvt. Ltd. and Mr.PrositMukherjee, VP & GM,TranswitchIndiaPvtLtd. TheAcademic Awardsjury was led by Prof. S Sadagopan, Director IIIT-Bangalore, with help from Prof. Raj Singh, Chief Scientist and Professor,CSIR-CEERI-Pilaniand Prof. V Kamakoti, Professor, Dept. of Computer Science & Engineering,IITMadras. Congratulating the winners at the ceremony,SanjeevKeskar, Chairman,IESAsaid, India is poised on the cusp of anESDMrevolution, one that promises to catapult the country to an electronics and semiconductor powerhouse supported by the untiring efforts of our brethren in government, industry and academia. TheTechnovationAwards is but a small token of our appreciation recognizing the unparalleled achievements of the awardees in furthering innovation and development of the domesticESDMindustry. Congratulations to all the winners of the prestigiousTechnovationAwards and thank you toIESAfor giving me the privilege of being part of the jury. As every year, we got the opportunity to evaluate exceptional entries in R&D, product lines and leadership across theESDMeco-system. The entries submitted leave no doubt about the talent and capabilities of the awardees and nominees to propel India to one among the best in class destination for design and manufacturing of electronics in the world, said Mr. Sanjay Nayak, the jury lead of the Industry Awards team.

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Technovation 2013 winners announced by India Electronics and Semiconductor Association