IIT Kanpur's Prof. Nitin Saxena Awarded the Prestigious JC Bose Fellowship; Check Details Here

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Prof. Nitin Saxena from the Department of Computer Science and Engineering (CSE) of the Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur (IITK) has been awarded the prestigious JC Bose Fellowship of the Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB), Department

IIT Kanpur's Prof. Nitin Saxena Awarded the Prestigious JC Bose Fellowship

New Delhi: Professor Nitin Saxena of the Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur (IIT Kanpur) has been honored with the prestigious JC Bose Fellowship. This fellowship has been awarded for his contribution to computational complexity theory, algebra, geometry, and number theory.

With this award, Prof Saxena entered the rank of more than 17 lakh faculty members from IIT Kanpur who have received the prestigious Fellowship in the past. The JC fellowship is awarded to only the scientist who is active and has a showcased record of outstanding performance as evidenced by either receiving the SS Bhatnagar Prize or being a fellow of science academies.

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As per the official statement, the JC Bose fellow will get a personal fellowship of INR 25,000 per month and a Research Grant of INR 15.00 lakh per annum for a period of five years. For the host Institute, INR 1.00 lakh will granted for overheads. The tenure of the fellowship can be extended depending on the rigorous assessment of research performance during the tenure of the fellowship.

Prof. Saxena completed his bachelor's degree in Computer Science from the IIT Kanpur in 2002 and his Ph.D. degree was under Prof. Manindra Agrawal in 2006. In 2023 he was elected a fellow of the prestigious Indian National Science Academy for 2024.

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Prof. Saxena was also awarded the IIT Bombay International Award for Excellence in Research in Engineering and Technology for 2023. An elected Fellow in all four national academies in science and engineering, he is a distinguished computer scientist whose groundbreaking contributions, dating back to 2002, have made a lasting impact on the global scientific community, notably achieved during his undergraduate thesis at IIT Kanpur—an exceptionally rare accomplishment.

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