TSDSI Hall of Fame was instituted from year 2019 onwards to felicitate individuals who have contributed to the cause of TSDSI by providing outstanding leadership, making outstanding contributions of technical nature, for institution building and raising reputation of TSDSI in the community.
Awardees of the Hall of Fame 2022:
Mr. Anindya Saha, Chief Technology Officer, Saankhya Labs Pvt. Ltd. was recognised as TSDSI Hall of Fame 2022 FELLOW for Technical Excellence for “pioneering the Standards development for Broadcast-Broadband Convergence, at TSDSI, ITU and 3GPP, establishing India as a global leader; and for shaping the TSDSI Standardization Roadmap 2.0”.
Mr. Satish Jamadagni, Sr Vice President – Global Standards, Technology Development, Reliance Jio was recognised as TSDSI Hall of Fame 2022 FELLOW for Organization Building for “establishing strong Industry-Academia collaboration and rallying global support for TSDSI driven contributions (for 5G and 6G) at 3GPP & ITU and committed leadership to streamline the technical and governance processes within TSDSI”.
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TSDSI Hall of Fame 2022 FELLOW for Technical Excellence: Mr. Anindya Saha, Chief Technology Officer, Saankhya Labs Pvt. Ltd.
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TSDSI Hall of Fame 2022 FELLOW for Organization Building: Mr. Satish Jamadagni, Sr Vice President – Global Standards, Technology Development, Reliance Jio
The awardees were felicitated in an Awards Ceremony held on 3 March 2023 at India Habitat Centre, New Delhi. Please click here for details.
About TSDSI Hall of Fame:
Awards are given in following categories:
- Technical Category:awarded to a TSDSI member for their accomplishments, contributions to TSDSI technical activities. It recognises individuals for outcomes achieved and/or ecosystem impact of their body of work @ TSDSI.
- Organizational Category: awarded to TSDSI members for outstanding contribution towards building TSDSI as an institution. It recognizes individuals who contribute to maturing TSDSI from within – structurally – as an organization.
- Champion Category:awarded to individuals for enhancing TSDSI influence/stature in the ecosystem. It recognises individuals who through their efforts raise the stature of TSDSI in the outside world.
TSDSI Hall of Fame was instituted from year 2019 onwards to felicitate individuals who have contributed to the cause of TSDSI by providing outstanding leadership, making outstanding contributions of technical nature, for institution building and raising reputation of TSDSI in the community.
Awardees of the Hall of Fame 2021 :
Prof Bhaskar Ramamurthi, Former Chair of TSDSI and Director IIT Madras was recognised as TSDSI Hall of Fame 2021 Champion for “his leadership role in catalysing the government, industry and academia to set up TSDSI and steering it successfully through its start-up phase to become a globally respected SDO”.
Mr R K Pathak, Member of TSDSI Governing Council and Deputy Director General- International Cooperation, DoT was felicitated as TSDSI Hall of Fame 2021 Fellow for Organization Building – for “being a pillar of support for TSDSI from its conception, championing TSDSI within DoT in its formative years and laying a solid foundation for TSDSI by leading the drafting of its rules, regulations and working procedures”.
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TSDSI Hall of Fame 2021- Champion: Prof Bhaskar Ramamurthi, Director, IIT Madras
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TSDSI FELLOW 2021- Organization Building: Mr R K Pathak, Deputy Director General – International Cooperation, Department of Telecommunications, Govt. of India
The awardees were felicitated in an Awards Ceremony, held online on 7 January 2022. Please click here for details.
TSDSI thanks the Awards Panel for this edition Hall of Fame:
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| Chair | Mr N G Subramaniam (Chair, TSDSI; COO, Tata Consultancy Services) | ||
| Co-Chair | Mr Satish Jamadagni (Vice Chair, TSDSI; Vice President, Reliance JIO) | ||
| Members | Mr R Prakash, Vice Chair- SGN Mr Akhilesh Shrivastava, Chair – SGSS Mr Sharad Arora, Vice-Chair- SGSS Ms Gnanapriya C, Sr. Principal Architect- ECS, Infosys Ltd. Dr Nixon Patel, CEO, QuLabs | Dr R K Upadhyay, Co-Chair Outreach Committee and Governing Council Member Mr Sharad Arora, Co-Chair Outreach Committee and Governing Council Member | |
| Convener | Ms Pamela Kumar, (Director General, TSDSI) |
About TSDSI Hall of Fame:
Awards are given in following categories:
- Technical Category: awarded to a TSDSI member for their accomplishments, contributions to TSDSI technical activities. It recognises individuals for outcomes achieved and/or ecosystem impact of their body of work @ TSDSI.
- Organizational Category: awarded to TSDSI members for outstanding contribution towards building TSDSI as an institution. It recognizes individuals who contribute to maturing TSDSI from within – structurally – as an organization
- Champion Category: awarded to individuals for enhancing TSDSI influence/stature in the ecosystem. It recognises individuals who through their efforts raise the stature of TSDSI in the outside world.
TSDSI Hall of Fame was instituted from year 2019 onwards to felicitate individuals who have contributed to the cause of TSDSI by providing outstanding leadership, making outstanding contributions of technical nature, for institution building and raising reputation of TSDSI in the community.
Awardees of the Hall of Fame 2020 are:
TSDSI FELLOW (Technical Excellence) 2020
Dr Klutto Milleth, Chief Technologist, CEWiT, for “his significant technical contributions relating to improvement in spectral efficiency and latency in TSDSI 5G standard 5Gi, which is going to become part of IMT-2020 specifications of ITU-R. He is also one of the flag bearers of TSDSI, for contributions from India at 3GPP.”
TSDSI FELLOW (Organization Building) 2020
Prof Abhay Karandikar, Former Chairman, TSDSI (Director IIT Kanpur), for “his efforts in steering TSDSI through a very critical initial period and establishing a strong organizational framework. He led TSDSI from the front as the first Vice-Chair, and then as Chair, and also as interim DG to provide the much needed stability and direction for the initial 5 years of TSDSI.”
TSDSI FELLOW (Champion) 2020
Ms Aruna Sundararajan, Former Secretary, DoT, for “her decisive leadership in building support for TSDSI’s efforts at ITU. She enabled the path for better Rural Broadband 5G connectivity in India and worldwide, by enabling TSDSI to make history at ITU-R WP5D first by contributing LMLC as a mandatory IMT-2020 requirement, and then through the first ever Radio Interface Technology submission from India.” The awardees were selected by an eminent Jury panel comprising TSDSI leadership and invited expert Mr Arif Khan, Chief Digital Officer, NPCI, from nominations received from members.
TSDSI completed five years of existence on 7th January 2019. As we look back on our brief history of five years, we see the vision, wisdom and tireless efforts of our members and patrons that went into shaping TSDSI and laying a strong foundation for Digital Communication Standardization framework in India.
To commemorate successful completion of 5 years, a TSDSI Roll of Honour was instituted to felicitate individuals who have contributed to the cause of TSDSI by providing outstanding organisational leadership, championing the cause of TSDSI and making outstanding technical contributions. A rigorous process of nominations by Members and selections by the Awards Jury was followed over a 3 month period. The final winners were awarded with a plaque and a certificate each, by Ms Aruna Sundararajan, Former Chairperson Digital Communications Commission (DCC) and Secretary DoT, in a glittering TSDSI Awards Ceremony, held in New Delhi on 14 October 2019, World Standards Day.
TSDSI Fellow – Technical Excellence
Awardee #1: Prof. Kiran Kuchi, IIT Hyderabad,
for his pioneering leadership at TSDSI and specifically for the Pi/2 BPSK and NB-IOT coverage enhancement contributions at 3GPP, thus establishing a firm global footprint for India as a technology innovator for 5G.
Awardee #2: Dr Radha Krishna Ganti, IIT Madras,
for “Leading the first ever technology contribution from TSDSI ‘LMLC for IMT2020’ and ‘TSDSI-RIT submission’ at ITU-R WP5D, heralding India’s arrival as a technology contributor to 5G.”
TSDSI Fellow – Organizational Leadership
Dr. Kumar N Sivarajan, Tejas Networks and the first Chairman of TSDSI
for “Providing strong leadership to TSDSI as its first Chairman and establishing a solid foundation for sustainable growth”.
