Prof. Ramesh Gaonkar Scholarship

Prof. Ramesh Gaonkar Scholarship

Prof. Ramesh Gaonkar Scholarship has been instituted in the year 2023 and is open to second year undergraduate students of electrical engineering discipline. The scholarship amount is Rs. 1 lakh per student per year and is awarded to second year B.Tech students in the discipline of electrical engineering every year in order to support internships (international or domestic), special projects and opportunities, financial needs, etc. B.Tech students with a minimum CPI of 6.5 are eligible.

Ameya Joshi is a BTech Electrical Engineering graduate of the Class of 2014. After graduating from IITGN, he attended Stanford University and received an MS in Electrical engineering in 2016. Ameya worked at Apple Inc., USA, for over seven years; recently, he transitioned from his role at Apple to embark on an entrepreneurial journey in the startup landscape. He has invented three patents granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). Prof Ramesh Gaonkar Scholarship has been instituted in honor of Prof Ramesh Gaonkar who is a Guest Professor at IIT Gandhinagar and professor emeritus at Onondaga Community College (OCC) in the United States. He taught at OCC for nearly 40 years. Before his teaching career, Prof Gaonkar excelled as a design engineer and consultant for institutions, including the National Science Foundation and the National Institute of Industrial Engineering Mumbai. The scholarship of Rs. 1 Lakh per year would support the second year undergraduate students in the discipline of electrical engineering for their financial needs, for funding internships (international or domestic), or special projects and opportunities, etc.