Professor Ghosh Awarded 2013 Distinguished Alumnus Award

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Please join us in congratulating Somnath Ghosh on receiving the prestigious 2013 Distinguished Alumnus Award from Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, India. Prof. Ghosh had his Bachelors degree in Mechanical Engineering from IIT Kharagpur in 1980.

Founded in 1951, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur recognizes the professional excellence of its alumni through the Distinguished Alumnus Award. The award were to be conferred on Prof. Ghosh at its 59th Convocation on July 27, 2013; however, due to his busy schedule he had received the award in his office at Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore. Prof. Sunando DasGopta, Dean of Sponsored Research & Industrial Consultancy and Professor of Department of Chemical Engineering, and Prof. Siddhartha Mukhopadhyay visited Hopkins to present the award to Prof. Ghosh on December 11, 2013.

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