Prof K Pande, Earth Sciences, awarded the prestigious Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Award for Earth and Atmospheric Sciences for the year 2003, by CSIR, Govt. of India.

Prof K V Subbarao, Earth Sciences, selected for International award of the Third World Academy of Sciences Prize in Earth Sciences for 2003 for his pioneering contributions to the understanding of linkages between oceanic and Deccan volcanism.

Prof D N Singh, Civil Engg, recipient of Shamsher Prakash Foundation Research Award for the year 2003 for his contributions in environmental geotechnology, and mechanics of unsaturated soils.

Prof V K Singh, Chemistry, elected Fellow of Indian National Science Academy.

Prof M N Kulkarni, Lt. Col. (R), Civil Engg, awarded Bharat Excellence Award and Gold Medal, by the Friendship Forum of India.

Prof V S Raja, Corrosion Science Engg, awarded the Mascot National Award, by Electrochemical Society of India in recognition of his contribution in Corrosion Research and its Application to Industries.

Prof H C Sheth, Earth Sciences, selected as a Young Associate of the Indian Academy of Sciences, from the year 2003 to 2007.

Y Kanoria, Elect Engg, S Harlalka, Elect Engg, S Dwivedi, Elect Engg, and A Agrawal, Comp Sci Engg (undergraduate students), represented India and won two Golds and one Bronze medal at the International Physics Olympiad in Taiwan, held from August 2 - 11, 2003.

K Viswanath, R Raj, K Kulkarni, and N Anand, students of Prof R Poovaiah, IDC, received the design award for the Best Product Idea at Materialica Design Award 2003, conducted by International Forum Design, Hannover, Germany for ‘Leaf Plates - Eco-Friendly Foodware’, an alternate foodpackage design carried out as part of MDes project.

R Brijesh, R Raj, and A Kamath, under the guidance of Prof Ravi Poovaiah, IDC, won the Most Outstanding Design Process award at the Design Expo 2003 organised by Microsoft Research, USA, for their project 'Jodo - the Touch and Doodle Communicator'.