Dear BITSians

AT BITSAA we have always recognized our high flyers, entrepreneurs, academicians and leaders. We believe it is the right time to recognize our next generation of rising stars, who will be the face of BITS Pilani in the decades to come. These are the people who will contribute significantly to the global community.

This award is dedicated to all those young BITSians who thought and acted differently, who challenged the status quo, rewrote the rules, and created their own paths. To the leaders, innovators, researchers, students, entertainers, entrepreneurs, winners, engineers, scientists and concerned samaritans who came from every corner of India. To the best examples of what it means to be a BITSian.

It is therefore appropriate that we honor them.

The "30 under 30" awards, to be given every 3 years willl recognize the top 30 BITsians under the age of 30 who have demonstrated excellence in their professional careers or otherwise.

The awards are open to all BITSians graduating from Pilani, Goa, Dubai as well as distance learning programs. We believe that the recognition that BITS Pilani bestows on its graduates will allow others to see the value we place in our talent. The recognition received here will translate into opportunities, inspiration, motivation –galvanizing generations of BITsians.

The categories under which the awards will be made have been listed below.

Best Regards

Anuradha Muralidharan
BITSAA Awards Committee

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Award Categories

The categories below are intended to help you understand the areas that you or other BITsians may have excelled in. However, if you know of someone who has done unique things that fall outside of these categories, please let us know.

Professional Excellence

The nominee should have demonstrated extraordinary leadership in the workplace. Alums should have received awards, rapid promotions, high-value responsibility at a relatively young age or should have helped define key events in the industry.

Academia / Research & Development

This category recognizes the contributions of BITSians in the field of Research and Development, Teaching and Education. Nominees should have received awards, been accepted into academic programs or research centers to work on high profile projects, worked on scholarly publications or should have headed up research centers in academia/industry. E.g. Working with famous professors on high profile subjects, co-authoring papers, receiving young researcher of the year awards, best paper awards at conferences/journals.

Innovation

Awarded to alumni for award-winning innovation or creativity in technical areas or for the successful implementation of a radical idea. E.g. Development of a software program that has been downloaded many times from the web.

Entrepreneurship

This category is for BITSians who have demonstrated their ability to build and run successful companies at an early age.

Leadership

This is a general category for BITSians who have demonstrated leadership throughout their lives during school, at BITS and after by being elected or nominated to many positions of responsibility. E.g. Student run organizations at school, at BITS.

Community

Awarded to alumni for being recognized for their services to communities that has made a difference.

Arts & Culture

Awarded to alumni for excelling in arts, music and culture, and continuing to pursue their passion through public performances.

Writers

BITSians who may have published books or written many articles on one or more subjects in prominent publications.

Sports

Awarded to alumni for excelling in sports at school, BITS, and continuing to pursue sports in the community and win awards/prizes. E.g. A top tennis player who has won tournaments while at school, BITS and continues to play competitive tennis and win after graduating from BITS.

A Culture of Winning

This category is for recognizing BITSians who have received accolades in different areas all their lives, whether it is academia, research or community and have a culture of winning.

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BITSAA Global 30 Under 30 Awards 2005

BITSAA is very pleased to announce the first ever 2005 Global 30 under 30 Awards.

Over 100 high-quality nominations were received and 30 winners -- an outstanding group of highly accomplished BITSians -- were chosen by an elite panel of 6 comprising D'Souza, Satish Gupta, Rajesh Hukku, Prof. SP Kothari, Prof LK Maheshwari and Prof. AP Mathur.

Of the 30 winners, whose ages range from 18 to 29 and batches from 1992 to 2003, 8 are PhDs, 7 are MBAs, 3 are in arts, media and entertainment industry. The winners include 9 role-model women. Two of the winners are yet to graduate from BITS. It is a truly remarkable crowd and even includes a BITSian couple. To read about the winners, please click here to download an inspiring, 23-page, all-colour brochure.

Click here to see the picture of the package sent out to all 2005 winners.