# Young Alumni Award

**Source**: https://www.iitk.ac.in/dora/ya-award
**Parent**: https://www.iitk.ac.in/dora/alumni-profile

## Young Alumni Award

### About the Award

Started in the year 2019, the Young Alumni Award, is conferred to those Alumni who are less than 40 years of age and have contributed significantly and achieved outstanding recognition in their career.
The Young Alumni Award (YAA) recognizes IIT Kanpur alumni under 40 years of age (as on 2nd November of the year of the award) who have made significant contributions and achieved remarkable recognition early in their careers, bringing pride to their alma mater.

[Nominate for Award](https://dora.iitk.ac.in/awards/nominate/)

### Evaluation Committee

- Director, IIT Kanpur as the Chairman
- Dean of Resource and Alumni, IIT Kanpur as the Convener
- Dean of Faculty Affairs, IIT Kanpur as a Member
- President, Alumni Association, IIT Kanpur as a Member

- Young IIT Kanpur Faculty (less than 40 years, alumnus) as a Member
- Two young Alumni (less than 40 years), nominated by the Director, IIT Kanpur as Members
- Young IITK Faculty (less than 40 years, non-alumnus) as Member

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### Shri Abhinav Jain

(BT–MT/CSE/2009)
Awarded in 2025

Founder & CEO of shop101,now part of Glance InMobi

[View Profile](https://iitk.ac.in/dora/profile/Shri-Abhinav-Jain)

### Prof. Dinesh Bharadia

(BT/CSE/2010)
Awarded in 2025

Associate Professor and Inaugural Klein Gilhousen Chancellor's Endowed Faculty University of California, San Diego

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### Dr. Eshan Chattopadhyay

(BT/CSE/2011)
Awarded in 2025

Associate Professor of Computer Science, Cornell University

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### Shri Bhavesh Mittal

(BT/CHE/2013)
Awarded in 2025

Partner, McKinsey & Company

[View Profile](https://iitk.ac.in/dora/profile/Shri-Bhavesh-Mittal)