Sundar Pichai, CEO of Alphabet and its subsidiary Google, was honored with the honorary ‘Doctor of Science’ award by the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kharagpur at a ceremony. IIT Kharagpur Director VK Tiwari presented the award to Pichai in the presence of Pichai’s parents and his daughter Kavya Pichai. Sundar Pichai’s wife Anjali Pichai was also honored with the Special Alumni Award.
Pichai is an alumnus of this prestigious institute. The award ceremony was attended by distinguished alumni of IIT Kharagpur. It included Vinod Gupta and Ranbir Gupta along with Dean of Alumni Affairs Professor Rintu Banerjee, Deputy Director and Professor Debashish Chakraborty. Sundararajan Pichai, (B.Tech. (Hons) in Metallurgical and Materials Engineering from IIT Kharagpur, is a recipient of the Padma Bhushan, the country’s third highest civilian award. In recognition of her significant contributions to digital transformation, affordable technology and pioneering innovations, Draupadi Murmu, President of India and Visitor to the Institute, was awarded Honorary Doctor of Science in absentia at the 69th Convocation of IIT Kharagpur on December 18, 2023. degree conferred.