CHIRAG VAISHNAV (19UEC128)
Chairman’s Gold Medal
The LNM Institute of Information Technology (LNMIIT), Jaipur is honored to welcome Ms. Suma Verghese to our esteemed 17th Convocation Ceremony. This significant event represents the culmination of years of dedication, hard work, and extraordinary achievements by our students. Today, we gather to celebrate their success and resilience, and we extend our warmest welcome to all our graduates, their families, esteemed faculty, and distinguished guests.
Let us join together in honoring the graduating students as they embark on the next phase of their journey, poised to make meaningful contributions to society. This convocation is not merely a ceremony but a testament to the academic excellence, innovative spirit, and unwavering commitment to learning that epitomize LNMIIT.
Welcome to the 17th Convocation of LNMIIT 2024 – a day filled with pride, joy, and new beginnings!
Ms. Suma Varughese, Distinguished Scientist, assumed charge as Director General MED, CoS & CS (MCC) at DRDO from 1 st Jan 2022. She obtained her Masters in Computer Science from Mysore University in 1988 and MS (Engg.) in ECE from Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore in the year 2000 after specializing in the Area of Radar Antenna Measurement System.
Ms. Suma Varughese joined DRDO at Electronics & Radar Development Establishment (LRDE) as Scientist ‘B’ in the year 1989.
She moved to the Centre for Airborne System (CABS) in September 2004 to work on the Airborne Early Warning & Control System (AEW&C) Programme, a flagship programme of DRDO. In the year 2017, she took over as the Programme Director AEW&C and successfully delivered two systems to Indian Air Force, assets that only few other countries possess. These have been put to use significantly by the IAF for its operational purposes since the year 2017. During her illustrious career of approximately 34 years, she has contributed towards the evaluation of the phased arrays for the Akash Radar using novel techniques.
She led the team that designed and developed the first Indigenous Airborne Active Electronically Scanned Antenna (AESA) for Radars that was used in the AEW&C System and lead the team in flight testing of the Airborne Early Warning System. Being trained in multi-disciplinary field, she notably led the team to successfully design and develop the Multisensor Data Fusion System leading towards Network Centric operations of IAF.
She was instrumental in setting up various infrastructure facilities like the Active Array Antenna Measurement facility, the Mission System Test and Integration Rig, the Antenna Assembly Rig, the EMI/EMC facility to name a few.
In the role of Director General, she is heading frontier labs, in the areas of Artificial Intelligence, Semiconductors, Quantum technologies & Cyber related activities. She has ensured setting up of production lines for IR based sensors & release of MMIC products (GaN based) for the development of Radar/EW in various bands, successfully lead the team for realization of the first Quantum Communication system over 100 Kms – along with academia & industry and development of Cyber Security.
She is recipient of various awards like the NRDC National Award, JC Bose Memorial Award of IETE, MN Saha Award of IETE, the Pathbreaking Research & Outstanding technology Development Award of DRDO, the Agni Award for Excellence in Self Reliance of DRDO Performance Excellence award of DRDO to name a few. She also has various publications in journals and conferences. She is the Senior Member of IEEE.
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Chairman’s Gold Medal
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Director’s Gold Medal UG
Director’s Gold Medal PG (M.Sc.)
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Director’s Gold Medal PG (M.Tech.)
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Best BTP Award
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Best BTP Award
Today when I am asked everyday why I am not intimated by challenges and how do I keep my positivity in every situation, I only smile at the questions and say that I owe it all to my alma mater - LNMIIT. I can't elaborate enough on how the right balance of rigorous courses and extra curricular activities at LNMIIT helped me become an all rounder. The Kazakhstan internship is something I can't not mention! It is one indelible experience that I will probably cherish whole of my life. My days at LNMIIT were the best days of my life, no grandiloquence here! Even the recollection of LNMIIT memories will continue to make me smile forever.
I took admission at LNMIIT in 2013 as an aspiring engineer and after 4 years I left LNMIIT as a startup founder. Fun Fact: When I have joined LNMIIT, I didn't even know the meaning of entrepreneurship! I would like to quote this, "You should not go to college for degree, you should go to college to build your career." That's why I love LNMIIT. Here, I got chance to explore a lot of things. Photography was my hobby and with LNMIIT Photography Club, I started pursuing it. In 3rd year, I clubbed knowledge of Photography + Computer Science (my branch), and started EventGraphia along with my colleague Palansh. Best thing about LNMIIT is that you live with your colleagues, seniors and most of the facilities at the campus itself for 4 years. You can learn a lot with the experience of your seniors and faculties.
"LNMIIT is the best thing that could have happened in my journey. Thanks for making me what I am today." An ignite is what one needs & I got it on the 2nd day. All credits to the amazing seniors! A pursuit is what one needs time for & I did it for the entire 4 years. All indebted to the incredible teachers! An achievement is what makes one proud of & I promise to keep making you throughout my life.
LNMIIT was not a college for me, it was an experience. Other than learning engineering related stuff, I got life experiences which I will never forget. 6 years down the line I might not remember all the courses I did. But, I remember every single experience I had. I remember the late night assignments. I remember how to work on a project with someone I don't like. My suggestion for others is "When you feel like quitting, which you will - Don't quit right now, Quit tomorrow."
It wouldn't be an understatement to say that my four years at LNMIIT were among the best experiences of my life. From the wealth of knowledge, I gained in the classrooms, to the character development in the hostels, every day at LNM helped me be a better version of myself. LNMIIT is among those rare institutions - where you don't just find Professors but Mentors; where you don't just find Seniors but Role Models; and where you don't just find Classmates but Confidants. I am proud to be a part of the LNMIIT family and thankful for that fortune day in 2010 when I decided to associate myself with this wonderful institution.
Today when I am asked everyday why I am not intimated by challenges and how do I keep my positivity in every situation, I only smile at the questions and say that I owe it all to my alma mater - LNMIIT. I can't elaborate enough on how the right balance of rigorous courses and extra curricular activities at LNMIIT helped me become an all rounder. The Kazakhstan internship is something I can't not mention! It is one indelible experience that I will probably cherish whole of my life. My days at LNMIIT were the best days of my life, no grandiloquence here! Even the recollection of LNMIIT memories will continue to make me smile forever.
I’ve been very lucky to be LNMIIT’s Alumni. The grooming, exposure, learning, flexibility and overall environment I got at my college was the breeding ground for my startup and the number one and the biggest factor that’s positively contributed to my career. My startup’s “headquarters” for the first two years was at Boys Hall 2, room A112 🙂 LNMIIT, in my opinion, gets the best of both the worlds - the best in class faculty, like that a government university with world class infrastructure of a private university.
