Systems Society of India (SSI) being a professional body of distinguished Engineers and Scientists from Engineering and Science Profession promotes the advancement and practice of systems approach to engineering, technology and social systems. One of the objectives of the society is to recognize the contributions made by individual in research and application in the areas of systems science and engineering such as Control Systems, Aerospace Systems, large scale system developments etc. The following awards are given by SSI at the National Systems Conference held every year. Doyens of Systems Science & Engineering Award

SSI Doyens of Systems Science & Engineering Award is presented to the most respected and prominent persons who have made outstanding lifetime contribution to Systems Science & Engineering.

The following is the list of awardees of Doyens of Systems Science & Engineering Award

Year   Name   Affiliation
2008   Revered Prof. P. S. Satsangi   Chairman, Advisory Committee on Education, Dayalbagh Educational Institutions
  Prof. S.C. Gupta   VSSC, Thiruvananthapuram
2013   Prof. V. Rajaraman   IISc. Bangalore
2019   Prof. S.C. Dutta Roy   IIT Delhi
  Prof. Peter H Roe   University of Waterloo, Canada

SSI Lifetime Achievement Award

SSI Lifetime Achievement Award is presented to an eminent person who has made outstanding lifetime contribution to Systems Science & Engineering.

The following is the list of awardees of SSI Lifetime Achievement Award

Year   Name   Affiliation
2023   Prof. Ashok Gulati   Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations (ICRIER), New Delhi
    Prof. Anil K. Jain   Michigan State University, USA
    Prof. V B Gupta   Dayalbagh Educational Institute
    Mr. Sanjay Jaju   IAS
2022   Prof. Ray Ison   Professor of Systems at the Open University, United Kingdom; President of the International Federation for Systems Research
    Prof. Geoff Simm   Chair, Global Agriculture and Food Security; Assistant Principal; Director, Global Academy of Agriculture and Food Systems, University of Edinburgh
    Prof. Kalyanmoy Deb   Herman E. & Ruth J. Koenig Endowed Chair in Communication Systems, Department of Electrical and Computing Engineering, Michigan State University
    Prof. Ajit K. Srivastava   Professor and Former Chair, Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering; Former Co-Director, Global Center of Food Systems Innovation, Michigan State University
    Dr. Ajay Kumar   IAS
2021   Prof. Mo Jamshidi   University of Texas at San Antonio, USA
  Dr. Tom Rand   ArcTern Ventures, Canada
  Prof. Satya Prakash   Dayalbagh
  Mr. Amit Khare   IAS
  Mr. M. A. Pathan   former Chairman Indian Oil Corporation
2019   Mr. Amarjeet Sinha   IAS
  Prof. Subhash Kak   Oklahoma University
  Prof. Ajit Kumar Chaturvedi   Director, IIT Roorkee
  Prof. S.P. Gupta   IIT Roorkee
2018   Prof. V. G. Das   Former director, DEI, Dayalbagh
  Prof. Prem Vrat   Former director, IIT, Roorke
  Mr. S. K. Nayyar   DEI, Dayalbagh
2017   Prof. D. Anand Rao   DEI, Dayalbagh
  Prof. Stuart Hameroff   University of Arizona
2016   Prof. Anurag Kumar   Director, IISc. Bangalore
  Prof. A. K. Saxena   DEI, Dayalbagh
2015   Prof. Karmeshu   JNU, New Delhi
2012   Dr. S.C. Chetal   Director, IGCAR Kalpakkam
  Prof. Amitabha Ghosh   Bengal Engineering & Science University, Shibpur
  Dr. M.C. Vaithilingam   Annamalai University
2011   Prof. P.V. Indiresan   Centre for Policy Research, New Delhi
  Dr. Vijay P. Bhatkar   Chairman, ETH Ltd., Pune (Founder Director, CDAC Pune)
  Prof. V. Rajaraman   SERC, IISc. Bangalore
  Prof. R. Natarajan   Former Chairman, AICTE
  Prof. S. S. Prabhu   IIIT, Bangalore
  Prof. T. Karunakaran   Director, MGIRI, Wardha
  Prof. Surendra Kumar   Former Director, IIT, Delhi
  Prof. P.N. Tandon   National Brain Research Centre, Manesar
2010   Prof. K. R. Padiyar   IISc. Bangalore
  Prof. H.P. Kincha   IISc. Bangalore
  Prof. B. S. Sonde   IISc. Bangalore
  Dr. V K Aatre   DRDO, Bangalore
  Prof. Gordon Savage   University of Waterloo, Canada
2009   Prof. Jack Ellis   Professor Emeritus, York University, Canada
  Prof. Peter Roe   Director International Programmes, University of Waterloo
  Prof. George Klir   State University of New York, Binghamton, USA
  Prof. Herman Koenig   Michigan State University, USA
  Prof. S.C. Dutta Roy   IIT, Delhi
  Prof. J. Nanda   IIT, Delhi

National Systems Gold Medal

The National Systems Gold Medal is the highest award instituted by Systems Society of India and presented to an eminent person who has made significant contribution to any branch of Systems Science & Engineering.

The following is the list of awardees of National Systems Gold Medal

Year   Name   Affiliation
2023   Prof. Laxmidhar Behera   IIT Mandi
2022   Dr. S Unnikrishnan Nair   Director, Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre, Indian Space Research Organisation, Department of Space, Government of India
    Prof. Pami Dua   Senior Professor of Economics; Director, Delhi School of Economics, Delhi
2021   Prof. Ranjan Bose   Director, IIIT, Delhi
2019   Prof. N. Yadaiah   Registrar, Jawaharlal Nehru Technical University, Hyderabad
2018   Dr. K. Sivan   Chairman, ISRO and Secretary, Department of Space
2017   Dr. Anirban Bandyopadhyay   Senior Scientist, NIMS, Japan
2016   Prof. V Ramgopal   Director IIT Delhi
  Prof. Sukhdev Roy   DEI, Dayalbagh
2015   Dr. G Satheesh   Scientific Advisor to Raksha Mantri, Government of India and Director, RCI, DRDO
2014   Prof. Madan Gopal   Director, School of Engineering, Shiv Nadar University
2012   Prof. Sanjay G. Dhande   Former Director,IIT Kanpur
2011   Prof. Devang V. Khakhar   Director, IIT Bombay
2010   Dr. Kota Harinarayana   Former President, Aeronautical Society of India
2009   Dr. V.K. Aatre   Former Scientific Advisor to Defence Minister
2008   Dr. V. K. Saraswat   Chief Controller DRDO
2007   Dr. B.N.Suresh   Director, IIST Trivandrum
2006   Dr. Ashok Mitra   Director, IIT Mumbai
2005   Dr. P.S.Goel   Secretary, DOD, Govt. of India
2004   R.V.Perumal   Director, LPSC Thiruvananthapuram
2003   G.S.Sanyal   Former Director, IIT Kharagpur
2002   Dr. N. Seshadri   Former Director, NIC
2001   Prof. R.Natarajan   Former Director, IIT Chennai
2000   Dr. K.G.Narayanan   Former Director, ADE Bangalore
1999   Shri. R.M.Vasagam   Former VC, Anna University
1998   Prof. T.K.Ghosal   Jadavpur University
1997   Dr. A.P.J.Abdul Kalam   Secretary, Dept. of Defense Research and Development
1996   Prof. S.K.Khanna   Former Chairman, AICTE

Rajkumar Varshney Award

The Raj Kumar Varshney Award in Systems Theory has been established by Systems society of India for exceptional contributions to systems science, application, and technology.

This award is named in honour of Dr. Rajkumar Varshney, the founding Secretary of the Systems Society of India, who made contributions in the field of systems research spanning applications areas in plant science, epidemiology, and agricultural economics.

The following is the list of awardees of Rajkumar Varshney award

Year   Name   Affiliation
2023   Dr. Sanjiv Sharma   AIIMS
    Prof. Anita Lakhani   DEI
2022   Prof. Parul Rishi   Chairperson, Faculty area of Human Resource Management and Centre for excellence in Corporate Social Responsibility, Indian Institute of Forest Management, Bhopal
    Prof. K. Santi Swarup   Professor, Department of Management; Dean of Student Affairs, Dayalbagh Educational Institute
2021   Dr. Arun Gupta   AIIMS, New Delhi
  Prof. Aaditeshwar Seth   IIT, Delhi
  Dr. Prem Sewak Sudhish   Dayalbagh Educational Institute
2018   Dr. S. Somnath   VSSC, Thiruvananthapuram
2017   Dr. Anoop Srivastava   IG, RPF, New Delhi
  Prof. Sanjeev Swami   DEI, Dayalbagh
2016   Dr. Dayalpyari Srivastava   DEI, Dayalbagh
  Prof. C.V. Jawahar   IIIT, Hyderabad
  Prof. D. Bhagwan Das   DEI, Dayalbagh
2013   Prof. A. K. Saxena   DEI, Dayalbagh
2012   Dr. Subramanya Upada   ISRO Satellite Centre, Bangalore
2011   Prof. Vikram Gadre   IIT, Bombay
2010   Dr. J. Ramkumar   IIT, Kanpur
2009   Prof. Prabhat Kumar   AMU, Aligarh
2007   Dr. Surendra Prasad   Director IIT, Delhi
2006   Dr. K.K.Agarwal   Vice Chancellor, Indraprastha Gur Gobind University, New Delhi
2005   Dr. S.Dasgupta   Dean, NICE, Thuckalai

SSI Vikram Award

The 'SSI Vikram Award' has been instituted by System Society of India, for real life systems of National importance having relevance to societal application.

Year   Name   Affiliation
2023   Mr. Tanmay Bunkar   Botlab, IIT Delhi
    Prof. Sona Ahuja   DEI
2022   Dr. Kalidindi Usha   Principal Scientist, Division of Environment Science, Fruits and Horticulture Technology, Indian Council of Agricultural Research - Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi
    Ms. Anu Meena   Founder & Chief Executive Officer, Agrowave
2021   Mr. A. K. Saxena   Director, ADRDE, Agra
  Mr. Karan Narain   TCS
  Dr. Surat Paravatam   Atal Incubation Centre, CCMB
2019   Mr. T. V. Haridas   VSSC, Thiruvananthapuram
2018   Dr. A.K. Anil Kumar   VSSC
2017   Prof. K. Hansraj   DEI, Dayalbagh
  Dr. Rahul Swarup Sharma   DEI, Dayalbagh
  Prof. Gur Saran   DEI, Dayalbagh
2016   Mr. R. Paramsivan   VSSC, Thiruvananthapuram
  Prof. Anand Mohan   DEI, Dayalbagh
2012   Mr. G. Satheesh Reddy   Director, RCI, Hyderabad
2010   Dr. Manoranjan Sinha   IIT, Kharagpur
2009   Mr. S.R.Vijaymohankumar   VSSC, Thiruvananthapuram
  Prof. V. I. George   Manipal Institute of Technology, Manipal

Young Scientist Award for Systems theory and Application

SSI has introduced Young Scientist Award for Systems Theory and Applications to honour the young Scientists and Engineers below the age of 40 who have made significant contribution in the area of Theory and Application of System Science & Engineering

The following is the list of awardees for Young Scientist Award for Systems theory and Application

Year   Name   Affiliation
2023   Dr. Arsh Dhir   Dayalbagh
    Dr. Rohan Paul   IIT Delhi
    Dr. Anurag Murty   University of Bonn, Germany
2022   Dr. Nirat Ray   Assistant Professor, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, IIT Delhi, New Delhi
    Dr. Vyasa Sai   Senior Hardware Engineer, Visual Technologies Team Intel Corporation, USA
2021   Dr. N. Apurva Ratan Marty   MIT, USA
  Dr. Aarat Kalra   Princeton University, USA
  Dr. Tanmay Nath   Johns Hopkins University, USA
2019   Dr. B. Chitti Babu   IIIT, Kanchipuram
  Mr. R. Manoj   VSSC, Thiruvananthapuram
  Mr. K. Kumar   VSSC, Thiruvananthapuram
  Mr. Shriram   VSSC, Thiruvananthapuram
2018   Mr. P. Sandeep   VSSC, Thiruvananthapuram
  Dr. Achuthananda Parhi   VSSC, Thiruvananthapuram
  Smt. Priya C. Kurian   VSSC, Thiruvananthapuram
2017   Dr. Apoorva Narayan   University of Waterloo
2016   Dr. Jeny Rajan   NIT Surathkal
  Dr. K. Soami Daya   DEI, Dayalbagh
2012   Dr. Deepak Mishra   Indian Institute of Space Science and Tech., Thiruvananthapuram
  Ms. Baby Sebastian   VSSC, Thiruvananthapuram
2011   Dr. Sandeep Yadav   IIT Rajasthan
  Dr. Anupam Gupta   IIT Rajasthan
2010   Dr. Malvika Gupta   IIT, Delhi
  Dr. Sudip Misra   IIT, Kharagpur
  Dr. Sandeep Paul   DEI, Dayalbagh
2009   Dr. Bani Dayal   DEI, Dayalbagh
  Dr. Ambalal Vinayak Patel   Aeronotical Development Agency, Bangalore
  Dr. Biswajyoti Dutta Majumdar   VSSC, Thiruvananthapuram
2007   Dr. Shalabh Bhatnagar   IISc, Bangalore
  Smt. A.Sreelatha   VSSC, Trivandrum
2006   Dr. Bishek Bhattacharaya   IIT, Kanpur
2005   Dr. Sanjay Purushottam Bhatt   IIT Bombay
2004   U.P.Rajeev   VSSC, Trivandrum