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Technovation 2013 winners announced by IESA

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BANGALORE, INDIA: The India Electronics and Semiconductor Association (IESA), the premier body representing the electronics system design and manufacturing (ESDM) eco-system in India, announced the winners of the Technovation 2013 Awards at the glittering awards function which was held along with the 9th Vision Summit international conference in Bangalore.

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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 the Technovation 2013 Awards:

Industry Awards

IESA Technovation Sarabhai Award: P.N. Dhoot, Director, Videocon Group of Companies.

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Most Innovative Product

* Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC), Mohali

* National Aerospace Labs (NAL), Bangalore

* Terminus Circuits Pvt Ltd, Bangalore

* Redpine Signals Inc., Hyderabad.

Most Promising Startup Company

* Evolute Systems Pvt. Ltd., Mumbai

* Silab Tech Pvt Ltd., Bangalore.

Best Electronics Manufacturing Company

* Bosch Automotive Electronics India Pvt. Ltd., Bangalore

* Skanray Technologies Pvt. Ltd., Mysore.

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Academic Awards

TechnoVisionary: Prof. Arun N Chandorkar, Chair Professor, Dept. of Electrical Engineering, IIT Bombay, Mumbai.

TechnoMentor: Dr. G Venkatesh, Chair Professor, Dept of Electrical Engineering, IIT Madras and Chief Technology and Strategy Officer, Sasken Communications Technologies.

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Techno Inventor: Dr. Marshnil Dave, PhD Thesis, IIT-Bombay; and Senior Analog Design Engineer, Marvell Semiconductor, California, USA.

Dr. Chandan Karfa, 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.

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The Industry Awards team was headed by: Sanjay Nayak, CEO and MD, Tejas Networks, supported by Ajai Chowdhry, founder-HCL Infosystems, K Krishna Moorthy, MD, Rambus Chip Technologies India and Prosit Mukherjee, VP and GM, Transwitch India Pvt Ltd.

The Academic Awards jury was led by Prof. S Sadagopan, director IIIT-Bangalore, with help from Prof. Raj Singh, chief scientist and professor, CSIR-CEERI-Pilani and Prof. V Kamakoti, Professor, Dept. of Computer Science & Engineering, IIT Madras.

Congratulating the winners at the ceremony, Sanjeev Keskar, chairman, IESA, said: "India is poised on the cusp of an ESDM revolution, 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. The Technovation Awards is but a small token of our appreciation recognizing the unparalleled achievements of the awardees in furthering innovation and development of the domestic ESDM industry."

"Congratulations to all the winners of the prestigious Technovation Awards and thank you to IESA for 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 the ESDM eco-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 Sanjay Nayak, the jury lead of the Industry Awards team.

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