The award recognizes his outstanding achievements in communications engineering, its impact on academic research in electrical engineering and his able stewardship in steering a collaborative research between the industry and academia effectively.
The ACCS-CDAC Foundation Award carries a cash prize of ₹1,00,000 along with a citation and a plaque. It will be presented at the inaugural session of the annual Advanced Computing and Communications Conference (ADCOM 2015) at the IC&SR Center, in the the Indian Institute of Technology Madras campus on September 19.
“Professor Ramamurthi’s contributions to wireless communication technologies have influenced the design of many next generation systems which have been extensively deployed in India and world over,” said ACCS President Dr. Saragur Srinidhi. “The ACCS-CDAC Award highlights the role of computing and communications in the technology-driven world,” noted Professor Rajat Moona, Director General of CDAC. “Bhaskar is a remarkable engineer who has helped shape India’s telecommunications infrastructure and we need to recognise people who have made a difference to our future”, he added.
ACCS-CDAC Foundation Award
The award, which was instituted in 2004 by ACCS and the Center for Development of Advanced Computing (CDAC), fosters the development and dissemination of the theory and applications of Computing and Communications sciences. The ACCS-CDAC Award is given to individuals with outstanding contributions and accomplishments that have had a significant and demonstrable effect on the practice of computing and communications. ACCS is a registered scientific society founded to provide a forum to individuals, institutions and industry to promote advanced Computing and Communication technologies.