Proud to announce that Prof. Ashutosh Sharma will be conferred with the Padma Shri 2025 for his distinguished service in the field of Nanosciences and Nanotechnology.

Prof. Sharma, a visionary academician and alumnus of IITK (BT/CHE/1982), is the Institute Chair Professor & Founding Coordinator of DST Thematic Unit of Excellence on Soft Nanofabrication at IIT Kanpur since 2006, and served as the Secretary, Department of Science and Technology, Government of India from 2015-2021. He is a recipient of the prestigious Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar award in engineering sciences for his "original pioneering contribution to the understanding of the behaviour of thin films and other highly confined nanoscale systems." 

Prof. Manindra Agrawal, Director, IIT Kanpur, congratulates Prof. Sharma, saying “It is a matter of immense pride for the Institute. Professor Ashutosh Sharma is an exceptional researcher, and has made path-breaking contributions as Secretary DST, including a radically different way of running mission mode programs.”

A huge congratulations to Prof. Ashutosh Sharma from the entire IIT Kanpur community!