<p>IIT Bombay celebrated National Education Day on November 11, 2022. Mr. Amit Sharma, Managing Director &amp; CEO, Tata Consulting Engineers Limited was the Chief Guest on the occasion.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p><p>National Education Day is observed on 11th November annually in India to commemorate the birth anniversary of Maulana Abul Kalam Azad, the first education minister of independent India.</p><p>The IRCC Research Awards - 2021 were conferred on select faculty during the programme. These awards have instituted for the last several years to recognize the R&amp;D efforts of our faculty members and are given under various categories. The awards are selected based on a call for nomination every year and following a selection process by a committee constituted for the same.</p><p><strong>Research Publication Award :</strong></p><ol><li>Prof. Sudarshan Kumar, Department of Aerospace Engineering</li><li>Prof. Rajdip Bandyopadhyaya, Department of Chemical Engineering</li><li>Prof. Chandra M. R. Volla, Department of Chemistry</li><li>Prof. Anil Kottantharayil, Department of Electrical Engineering</li><li>Prof. Atul Srivastava, Department of Mechanical Engineering</li></ol><p><strong>Impactful Research Award</strong></p><ol><li>Prof. Debabrata Maiti, Department of Chemistry</li><li>Prof. Rajneesh Bhardwaj and Prof. Amit Agrawal, Department of Mechanical Engineering</li></ol><p><strong>Research Dissemination Award</strong></p><ol><li>Prof. Debabrata Maiti, Department of Chemistry</li><li>Prof. Santanu Banerjee, Department of Earth Sciences</li></ol><p><strong>Early Research Achiever Award</strong></p><ol><li>Prof. Rahul Maitra, Department of Chemistry</li><li>Prof. Swatantra P. Singh, Department of Environmental Science and Engineering</li><li>Prof. Dipanshu Bansal, Department of Mechanical Engineering</li><li>Prof. Rohan Chinchwadkar, Shailesh J. Mehta School of Management</li></ol><p>Each award consists of a citation and a cash prize of Rs. 50,000. In addition, the awardees will be invited to submit a research proposal to IRCC for possible funding of up to Rs. 5,00,000.</p>