ALUMNI
JC Roy and Mukti Roy Memorial Medal
Kunal & Neelam Roy • MTech – Quantum Technologies • Ongoing
About
This medal is in loving memory of Kunal Roy’s parents, who always valued academic excellence and higher education throughout for everyone in the family. Their ideals, love and sacrifices have been guiding light and inspiration to be in their footsteps. This endowment is funded by alumnus Kunal Kanti Roy and his wife Neelam Roy to recognize achievements of IISc students in science and technology.
The endowment will fund the medal in perpetuity and will be awarded during the MTech convocation ceremony every year.
Eligibility
- Awarded to a student pursuing MTech in Quantum Technologies – Dept. of Instrumentation & Applied Physics (IAP) – to be awarded annually.
- This medal will be awarded to the MTech student scoring the highest CGPA in the Quantum Technology Program, as per Institute norms.
Entitlements
- Medal and certificate presented during the convocation ceremony
Mr JC Roy
JC Roy (1911-1990) was born in Mymensingh, now in Bangladesh. There he did his BA in English from the same school as Nirad Chaudhuri, an internationally acclaimed English literature author. He went to Calcutta and then to Kanpur before the partition of India. He started his business as a distributor of Bengal Lamps in the whole province of U.P. Bengal Electric Lamp works was a new start up company based in Calcutta. He succeeded in his early struggles to establish his family and business in Kanpur. In time, along with his many business colleagues, he successfully made Bengal Lamps one of the largest electric bulb company in India.
Later, he started Shantashree Rubber Industry, producer of industrial rubber beltings. During his life, he supported his siblings’ families to emigrate (after partition) and provided lifetime support to them to settle themselves in Calcutta. He was a voracious reader of English and Bengali literature with profound knowledge of world affairs. He valued education utmost. His social and charity work also was felt by many in Kanpur.
Mrs Mukti Roy
Mukti Roy (1920-2012) was born in Sylhet, now in Bangladesh. She was married at a very early age. She was the glue of the Roy family, which was held together with warmth and love.
Mr Kunal Roy
Fifty years ago, Kunal was a B.E student (1969 – 1972) at IISc Bangalore. He graduated in 1972 in Metallurgy. At that time, the IISc Director was S. Dhawan. He studied under professors Dr KP Abraham, Dr Mallya, Dr Vasu to name a few distinguished faculty members. During 1969-72, he was a recipient of TISCO (Tata Iron and Steel Co.) scholarship for 3 years.
He received many state and national scholarships during his lifetime through Grade 8th, High School, Intermediate Science, and B.Sc from Kanpur. He was also awarded TISCO Scholarship at IISc, and a Graduate Assistantship at Stevens Institute of Technology in the USA. These scholarship awards gave pride, confidence, and determination to advance in his career. Therefore, it remained his heartfelt longing to create a lasting endowment in awarding fellowships to the IISc students in their formative stage.
In 1973, he came to the USA and did his M.S. in Materials Science/Metallurgy from Stevens Institute of Technology. He worked in many esteemed semiconductor and telecommunication industries. He worked in many technologies and product lines, for example, CMOS, Bipolar, digital cellular, DirecTV and satellite communication for voice, video, and data. At Philips-Signetics and IBM, he held various senior positions in engineering in the area of process and product development. Thereafter, he went to engineering management. He was a Manager at Raytheon, Director at Raychem, and Asst. Vice President at Hughes in the field of operations.
During his career, Kunal travelled extensively to the Asia Pacific Rim, Japan, Taiwan, South Korea, Philippines; Europe, and South America in support of operations and customers. He retired from Hughes several years ago.
Mrs Neelam Roy
Neelam Roy did her M.Sc in Biology from Lucknow University. She came to the USA in 1974 and worked in various companies but found most satisfaction in teaching children with autism in schools. She spent most of her life raising her two daughters. She has been very active with various charity organizations, supporting and volunteering in many institutions.
Kunal Roy and Neelam Roy, both were born and raised in Kanpur, India. Their parents were successful businessmen/industrialists in Kanpur. Kunal and Neelam have been married for nearly 50 years. They lived in many cities in the USA but mostly in Silicon Valley and San Diego California. San Diego has been their home for the last 30 years. They are blessed with two daughters, who also live in San Diego. They enjoy traveling worldwide. Both are fond of reading, gardening, volunteering, and engaging in various community and charity activities.
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