Distinguished Professorships are awarded to pre-eminent authorities in their fields and who are nationally or internationally recognized for the importance of their achievements.
Ajith Varki
Department of Biotechnology,
Associate Dean for Physician-Scientist Training,
University of California
Arogyaswami Paulraj
Department of Electrical Engineering,
Professor Emeritus (Research) of Engineering, Marconi Society Fellow,
Stanford University
Dr.Raghunath Anant Mashelkar
Department of Chemistry,
Padma Vibhushan,
Former Director General,
Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)
G.Baskaran
Department of Physics,
Distinguished Wien Chair Professor,
University of Wuerzburg
Gopalkrishna Gandhi
Department of Humanities and Social Sciences,
Former Secretary to President and Vice President of India,
Retd. IAS Officer.
Hartmut Michel
Department of Chemistry,
Nobel Laureate,
Director, Department of Molecular Membrane Biology,
Max Planck Institute of Biophysics
Horst W Hahn
Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering,
Executive Director,
Professor of Materials Science,
Institute of Nanotechnology,
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Jagadeesh S Moodera
Department of Physics,
Francis Bitter Magnet Laboratory Scientist and Group Leader,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
Jagadish N Bhagwati
Department of Humanities and Social Sciences,
Professor Department of Economics,
Columbia University
Kishan Dholakia
Department of Electrical Engineering,
School of Physics and Astronomy - Professor,
University of St Andrews
Nambirajan Seshadri
Department of Electrical Engineering,
Professor Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering,
University of California
P.M.Ajayan
Department of Chemistry , Physics, Metallurgy & Material Engineering
Distinguished Professor, Department of Chemistry , Rice University
Prof.Christopher C Berndt
Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering,
Professor of Surface Science and Engineering,
Swinburne University of Technology
Prof.Dr.med.Katrin Amunts
Department of Electrical Engineering,
Director,
Institute of Neuroscience and Medicine Structural & Functional Organization of the Brain (INM-1), Germany
Prof.Manfred M Kappes
Department of Chemistry,
Professor,
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Prof.Mark Alexander
Department of Civil Engineering,
Emeritus Professor of Civil Engineering,
University of Cape Town
Prof.Miroslaw J Skibniewski
Department of Civil Engineering,
Professor of Construction Engineering and Project Management,
University of Maryland
Prof.Paul S Weiss
Department of Chemistry,
UC Presidential Chair, Distinguished Professor of Chemistry & Biochemistry,
University of California