On the occasion of the 56th Annual Convocation of the Institute Distinguished Alumnus Award will be conferred on Professor Narendra Kumar, Homi Bhabha Distinguished Professor, Raman Research Institute. Mr. R. N. Mukhija, President (Operations) and Member of the Board, Larsen and Toubro Limited, Professor K. C. Sahu, Retired Professor in the IEM Department and currently Academic Advisor, Vinod Gupta School of Management, Mr. Uttam C. Jain, Principal Partner of UCJ Architecture and Environment, Mr. Amit Chatterjee, General Manager for the Visual Studio Team Test Business, Microsoft India Pvt. Ltd, Mr. Ranbir Singh Gupta, Chairman SIGMA7 Design Group, New York, Mr. Malay Mukherjee, Chief Executive Officer, Essar Steel Limited, Mr. Subrata Biswas, Chairman, DVC, Dr. K. Radhakrishnan, Chairman, ISRO, Dr. Prabhakant Sinha, Co-Chairman and Co-Founder, ZS Associates, USA, Prof. Mihir Kanti Chaudhuri, Vice Chancellor, Tezpur University, and Prof. Sujoy K. Guha, Professor, School of Medical Science and Technology, IIT Kharapgur.