Winners
2023 All Around Excellence
Partha Sarthi Mishra - INR 60,000
Electronics & Communication Engineering
Apurba Prasad Padhy - INR 60,000
Electronics & Communication Engineering
Amisha Kumari - INR 60,000
Earth Sciences
Shrey Agrawal - INR 60,000
Electrical Engineering
Abhishek Kumar - INR 60,000
Mechanical & Industrial Engineering
Heramb Podar - INR 60,000
Chemistry
2023 3rd Year Awards
Amal Narang - INR 30,000
Electronics & Communication Engineering
Ayush Pradip - INR 30,000
Mechanical & Industrial Engineering
Divyanshu Verma - INR 30,000
Humanities & Social Sciences
Shivanshi Arora - INR 30,000
Mechanical & Industrial Engineering
Divya Aggarwal - INR 30,000
Humanities & Social Sciences
Adith VR - INR 30,000
Physics
Parma Madhukar Mahabare - INR 30,000
Humanities & Social Sciences
Radhika Agarwal - INR 30,000
Humanities & Social Sciences
2023 2nd Year Awards
Pragyan Nandan Pandey - INR 30,000
Humanities & Social Sciences
Navneet Kumar - INR 30,000
Electrical Engineering
Raghav Nyati - INR 30,000
Chemical Engineering
Aashi Jain - INR 30,000
Mechanical & Industrial Engineering
Samyak Bhushan Ghodke - INR 30,000
Chemical Engineering
Prachi Kabir - INR 30,000
Earth Sciences
2022 All Around Excellence
Aditi Kothiala - INR 60,000
Biotechnology
Aditya Gite - INR 60,000
Metallurgical and Materials Engineering
Atharva Karanjgaokar - INR 60,000
Mechanical & Industrial Engineering
Kavya Saxena - INR 60,000
Mechanical & Industrial Engineering
Sarthak Sharma - INR 60,000
Mechanical & Industrial Engineering
Shruti Gour - INR 60,000
Chemical Engineering
2022 3rd Year Awards
Ayushi Raj - INR 30,000
Chemical Engineering
Harsh Raj Ambastha - INR 30,000
Civil Engineering
Harsh - INR 30,000
Architecture & Planning
Kamal Utla - INR 30,000
Physics
Kaustav Bhattacharjee - INR 30,000
Physics
Nishant Kumar - INR 30,000
Civil Engineering
Pratyush Jha - INR 30,000
Physics
Shrey Agarwal - INR 30,000
Electrical Engineering
Sneha Sundararajan - INR 30,000
Electronics & Communication Engineering
Utkarsh Raj - INR 30,000
Mathematics
Vandana - INR 30,000
Chemical Engineering
Vidhi Patidar - INR 30,000
Physics
2022 2nd Year Awards
Ahmed Rockey Saikia - INR 30,000
Physics
Faizan Nabi - INR 30,000
Electrical Engineering
Gaurang Patel - INR 30,000
Earth Sciences
Kale Vedanti Chandrabhan - INR 30,000
Mechanical & Industrial Engineering
Kaple Rasika - INR 30,000
Mechanical & Industrial Engineering
Param Mahabare - INR 30,000
Humanities & Social Sciences
Shruti Mathpal - INR 30,000
Electrical Engineering
Uppala Vivek Narayan - INR 30,000
Computer Science and Engineering
Vedant Dwivedi - INR 30,000
Humanities & Social Sciences
2021 All Around Excellence
Isshita - INR 60,000
Mechanical & Industrial Engineering
Kaaira Gupta - INR 60,000
Earth Sciences
Khushi - INR 60,000
Electrical Engineering
Kimaya Sanjay Patil - INR 60,000
Architecture & Planning
Tanya Garg - INR 60,000
Physics
2021 3rd Year Awards
Rohini Kailas Choudhari - INR 30,000
Mechanical & Industrial Engineering
Raina Middha - INR 30,000
Mathematics
Soma Gorai - INR 30,000
Architecture
Aditya Sharma - INR 30,000
Electrical Engineering
Prakhar Gupta - INR 30,000
Computer Sciences & Engineering
Sarthak Sharma - INR 30,000
Mechanical & Industrial Engineering
Shruti Gour - INR 30,000
Chemical Engineering
Aditya Bipinchandra Gite - INR 30,000
Metallurgical & Materials Engineering
Prateek Agarwal - INR 30,000
Electrical Engineering
Atharva Rajendra Karanjgaokar - INR 30,000
Mechanical & Industrial Engineering
Aditi Kothiala - INR 30,000
Biotechnology
2021 2nd Year Awards
Sakshi Nankishor Chapke - INR 30,000
Polymer & Process Engineering
Wagisha Gupta - INR 30,000
Metallurgical & Materials Engineering
Utkarsh Raj - INR 30,000
Mathematics
Ujjwal Kumar Dubey - INR 30,000
Computer Sciences & Engineering
Heramb Podar - INR 30,000
Chemistry
Sugandha Gupta - INR 30,000
Civil Engineering
Ayush Varshney - INR 30,000
Mechanical & Industrial Engineering
Harsh Raj Ambastha - INR 30,000
Civil Engineering
Total Distribution in 2021: INR 8,70,000
2020
Encore Awards for All-round Excellence (4th year)
Sanjeevani Marcha (Biotechnology) - INR 60,000
Has a GPA of 8.57. She is the founder of iGem IIT Roorkee Chapter, which won a Gold Medal in an international competition in 2020. She secured an international internship at ETH Zurich. She is also a Student Mentor and Chief News Coordinator of Watch Out.
Akshay Subramanian (Metallurgical & Materials Engineering) - INR 60,000
Has a GPA of 9.31. Akshay worked on a summer internship and B.Tech. Project at UC Berkeley USA. He is the captain and Secretary of IITR Tennis Team A, and led the team to Quarterfinals at the Inter-IIT in 2019. Akshay also contributes to open source organizations like DeepChem.
Samruddhi Ajaykumar Mane (Chemical Engineering) - INR 60,000
Has a GPA of 8.59. She completed an exchange semester at KTH in Sweden. She has participated in multiple plays in the Dramatics section. She is part of institute Team A which took part in multiple basketball competitions including Inter-IIT meet and Uttarakhand state level championships. She is also the Secretary of the Student Mentorship Program.
Gautam (Earth Sciences) - INR 60,000
Has a GPA of 8.44. He has done two research internships, one at IISER and another in collaboration with the University of Leeds. He is a member of the Institute Hockey A team which won won a silver medal at Spardha, IIT BHU's sports meet. He is also the Junior Secretary of DAAN.
Encore Awards for Merit-cum-Means (3rd year)
Tanya Garg (Physics) - INR 30,000
Keerat Kaur Guliani (Civil Engineering) - INR 30,000
Bhaskar Garg (Electrical Engineering) - INR 30,000
Avani Sadhwani (Biotechnology) - INR 30,000
Khushi (Electrical Engineering) - INR 30,000
Kanhaiya Maddhesiya (Electrical Engineering) - INR 30,000
Kaaira Gupta (Earth Sciences) - INR 30,000
Noor Nisha (Mechanical & Industrial Engineering) - INR 30,000
Isshita (Mechanical & Industrial Engineering) - INR 30,000
Juhi Aggarwal (Civil Engineering) - INR 30,000
Encore Awards for Merit-cum-Means (2nd year)
Aditi Kothiala (Biotechnology) - INR 30,000
Sarthak Sharma (Mechanical) - INR 30,000
Prakhar Gupta (Computer Science) - INR 30,000
Pranjal Pandurng Shinde (Mechanical and Industrial Engineering) - INR 30,000
Huzaib Ul Hassan (Civil Engineering) - INR 30,000
Mahak Gupta (Computer Science) - INR 30,000
Akanksha Verma (Electrical Engineering) - INR 30,000
Aditya Bipinchandra Gite (Metallurgical) - INR 30,000
Total Distribution in 2020: INR 7,80,000
2019
Encore Awards for All-round Excellence (4th year)
Trishna Chengappa (Polymer & Process Engineering) - INR 50,000
Trishna represented IIT Roorkee in the inter IIT meets and won gold medals in 100m, 200m, Long Jump and Relay. She broke the record for the 100m of which she is the current record holder. She has maintained a CGPA of 8.1 and has bagged a foreign research internship in Belgium.
Aby Jose (Mechanical & Industrial Engineering) - INR 50,000
Aby has a CGPA of 9.53. He was part of the Inter IIT Aquatics contingent every year, winning laurels for the institute. He led the team as captain to its best-ever performance in the Inter IIT Aquatics Meet 2019. He was also part of IIT Roorkee's first-ever Rowing contingent to participate in the All-India Inter-University Rowing Championships.
Vijendra Kumar (Biotechnology) - INR 50,000
Vijendra represented the Institute in 53rd Inter-IIT in hockey as a gold medalist and other Inter-University tournaments. He captained the hockey team in Sangram 2018. He has a GPA of 9.04 and is currently working under Dr. N.K Nawani on synthetic milk Gold nanoparticle-based detection.
Vishvendra Singh (Earth Sciences) - INR 50,000
Vishvendra has led the hockey team to two back-to-back Gold medals at 52nd and 53rd Inter-IIT Sports Meets. His academic background (GPA 8.41), his leadership qualities as Captain Hockey IITR, President, Indian Geophysical Union (IGU) Student Chapter and his social service in Unnat Bharat Abhiyan and One Thousand Hockey Legs have qualified him for the award.
Encore Awards for Merit-cum-Means (2nd year)
Tanya Garg (Physics) - INR 30,000
GPA 9.31, Represented IITR in Athletics at a high level, both as an active participant and leader. She loves to write, and is involved with the Kshitij magazine.
Meghul Tyagi (Civil Engineering) - INR 30,000
GPA 9.31, Represented IITR in Dramatics and at a high level. She is a yellow belt in Taekwondo and regularly participates in technical events.
Mahek Raina (Mechanical & Industrial Engineering) - INR 30,000
GPA 8.56, Represented IITR in Basketball at a high level. She has been involved with Kshitij and IITR Motorsports.
Noor Nisha (Mechanical & Industrial Engineering) - INR 30,000
GPA 8.09, Represented IITR in Dramatics at a high level. She is also interested in film making and is a regular participant in technical competitions.
Khushi (Electrical Engineering) - INR 30,000
GPA 9.60, Represented IITR at a high level, both as an active participant and leader. She has also represented IITR in Debate competitions.
Kaaira Gupta (Earth Sciences) - INR 30,000
GPA 8.05, very active participant in high level technical activities and competitions. She is an active participant in debate and writing.
Ayenshu Bhardwaj (Metallurgical & Materials Engineering) - INR 30,000
GPA 7.88, very keen and active in photography, cinematography and design. He is also a pianist and keyboard player.
Isshita (Mechanical & Industrial Engineering) - INR 30,000
GPA 9.33, Very active in IIT Motorsports; Learnt Squash at IITR; reasonable communication skills; serious personality; would like to help others based on her own experience.
Total Distribution in 2019: INR 4,40,000
2018
Encore Awards for All-round Excellence (4th year)
Mohan Agrawal (Engineering Physics) - INR 50,000
Mohan has demonstrated a diverse set of interests and accomplishments, while maintaining a high GPA. He has led and contributed tremendously to the Drama Club. He has also represented IITR in Quizzing competitions and won at events during IIT-Technical meet. He has also contributed to implementing changes in curriculum at his Department for the benefit of future generations. He embodies the spirit of the Encore Excellence Award in being a great all round student who has certainly left IITR a better place than when he joined.
Shreya Singh (Electrical Engineering) - INR 50,000
Shreya has already been a winner of the Encore merit-cum-means award while in 2nd year. She has continued to excel in both academics, sports and leadership at the Institute. Shreya's story is one of grit, determination and perseverance. She has won various laurels at Inter-IIT athletics meets and is way ahead of her peers in athletics. She has helped organize various sports events at the Institute and provided mentorship to up and coming students.
Encore Awards for Merit-cum-Means (2nd year)
Riya Bhalla (Electronics & Communications Engineering) - INR 30,000
Riya takes part in Discus and Shot Put and has participated at an Inter-IIT level.
Ruchi Sharma (Chemical Engineering) - INR 30,000
Ruchi is a poet. She also participates in spoken word and slam poetry competitions. She also practices Tae-Kwon-Do.
Ritesh Chettri (Engineering Physics) - INR 30,000
Ritesh has a high GPA. He is an avid swimmer and takes part in both swimming and water polo events.
Adithya Shettar (Geophysical Technology) - INR 30,000
Adithya participates in quizzing at a local as well as National level. He is a Joint Secretary in the Quizzing Society.
Samruddhi Mane (Chemical Engineering) - INR 30,000
Samruddhi is very involved in Dramatics among other things. She showed true leadership by staging a street play promoting organ donation.
Deepak (Geophysical Engineering) - INR 30,000
Deepak has a high GPA. He takes part in Track and Field and was the fastest fresher of his batch.
Total Distribution in 2018: INR 2,80,000
2017
Encore Awards for All-round Excellence (4th year)
Somesh Mohapatra (Metallurgical & Materials Engineering) - INR 50,000
Somesh an impressive GPA of 9.47, finished his BTech coursework in 3.5 yrs, has several research publications, is a member of squash team B, and is founder of Trixno, a startup at Roorkee for social causes.
Parinishtha Yadav (Architecture & Planning) - INR 50,000
Parinishtha is an avid swimmer, and has several medals at Inter-IIT meets. She is also the Gen Secy of swimming. She was the MC for Cognizance IITR 2017. She has a GPA of 8.15.
Ankit Alok Bagaria (Chemical Engineering) - INR 50,000
Ankit has a GPA of 8.3, is a winner of the global Ericcsson Innovation award, and he is the founder of Enactus Roorkee.
Encore Awards for Merit-cum-Means (2nd year)
The following students were chosen for the merit-cum-means award
Aby Jose (Mechanical & Industrial Engineering) - INR 30,000
Aby has a GPA of 9.38, and is member of Roorkee swimming team.
Layan Kaushik (Civil Engineering) - INR 30,000
Layan has a GPA of 9.17 and is a Grade-1 pianist.
Samagra Sharma (Computer Science & Engineering) - INR 30,000
Samagra has a GPA of 8.84 and is an active member of the Dramatics section.
Shaivy Adhikari (Metallurgical & Materials Engineering) - INR 30,000
Shaivy has a GPA of 8.49. She secured second position in Sportech tournament (IIT Delhi Sports Fest) in Basketball.
Tanya Ratra (Chemical Engineering) - INR 30,000
Tanya has a GPA of 9.55 and is an active member of the Choreography and Dance section
Total Distribution in 2017: INR 3,00,000
2016
Encore Awards for All-round Excellence (4th year)
Prarthana Narayanan (Mechanical Engineering) - INR 50,000
Sopan Khosla (Computer Science & Engineering) - INR 50,000
Rahul Sunil Jain (Physics) - INR 50,000
Encore Awards for Merit-cum-Means (2nd year)
Gaurav Kumar (Civil Engineering) - INR 30,000
Harsh Jindal (IMT Geological Technology) - INR 30,000
Shreya Singh (Electrical Engineering) - INR 30,000
Apoorva Agarwal (Chemical Engineering) - INR 30,000
Ankit (Production & Industrial Engineering) - INR 30,000
Total Distribution in 2016: INR 3,00,000
2015 (Inaugural)
Encore Awards for All-round Excellence (4th year)
Aashiq Muhamed (Mechanical Engineering) - INR 50,000
Aaashiq demonstrated very impressive scholastic and co-curricular achievements excelling particularly in Debate and music. He is pursuing a Masters at Stanford University,
Gautam Arakalgud (Electrical Engineering) - INR 50,000
Gautam had impressive scholastic and co-curricular achievements particularly in squash, and social work at Saahas.
Jyoti Chopra (Chemical Engineering) - INR 50,000
Jyoti has impressive scholastic and co-curricular achievements, particularly in taekwondo, Himalayan Explorers Club and in cultural activities.
Encore Awards for Merit-cum-Means (2nd year)
Saksham Agarwal (Metallurgy & Materials Engineering) - INR 30,000
Shubham Kumar (Electrical Engineering) - INR 30,000
Vashi Negi (Biotechnology Engineering) - INR 30,000
Tanvi (Electronics & Communications Engineering) - INR 30,000
Total Distribution in 2015: INR 2,70,000
Photo of the Inaugural Encore award-winners with the Directory of IIT Roorkee director and representatives of the the class of 1989 :
L to R: Ankur Goyal (class of 1989), Anuj Mittal (class of 1989), Pradeep Kumar Bansal (class of 1989), Vashi Negi (Encore award-winner), Pankaj Sharma (class of 1989), Jyoti Chopra (Encore award-winner) , Dr. Pradipta Banerjee (Director, IIT Roorkee) , Naveen Pundhir (class of 1989 ), Dr. RD Garg (class of 1989 and faculty) , Gautam Arakalgud (Encore award-winner) , Aashiq Muhamed (Encore award-winner) , Saksham Agarwal (Encore award-winner), Tanvi (Encore award-winner) , Shubham Kumar (Encore award-winner) .
