National FOSSEE Awards 2025

 

Celebrating Excellence: FOSSEE Awards 2025

The FOSSEE Awards Ceremony, dedicated to celebrating brilliance, excellence, and the unwavering spirit towards open-source contribution, was conducted on 17 July 2025 at Prof. B. Nag Auditorium, Victor Menezes Convention Centre, IIT Bombay. The event honoured, all the contributors who have done extraordinary work through various activities, the existing FOSSEE Clubs, the mentors who have guided students.

The awardees were selected from those contributors who have contributed in the last 2 years (2023 - 2025) to FOSSEE and its activities.

The criteria for shortlisting were:

  • 3 or more contributions from a student, faculty, or institute.
  • Using FOSSEE-supported software in the institute.
  • Including FOSSEE-supported software in the curriculum.
  • Significant contribution to any FOSSEE-supported software.
  • FOSSEE Clubs that have extensively promoted FOSSEE-supported software and its activities.

The list of award winners are given below.

Award Categories

This award is given to the Institution that made a difference by their contribution(s) to the open source community using FOSSEE-supported software in their institution

SASTRA Deemed University
VIT Chennai
Tribhuvan University
Shree L R Tiwari College of Engineering
Sandip University
Institute for Steel Development and Growth (INSDAG)

This award is given to someone who is using any of the FOSSEE resources on their own or has done significant contribution to any FOSSEE-supported software.

Dr. Naren P RSASTRA Deemed University
Dr. Subbulakshmi TVIT Chennai
Dr. Hussain Jeeva KhanNational Institute of Technical Teachers' Training and Research Institute (NITTTR), Bhopal
Dr. Maheswari RRajalakshmi Institute of Technology

This award is given to the outstanding student contributor(s) who was associated with FOSSEE as a fellow / intern during the fellowship/ internship.

Mr. Sai Charan LankaIndependent contributor
Mr. Jayanth TateneniGITAM Deemed University
Mr. Pranav Prakash RanjanNIT Rourkela
Mr. Abinash SinghCochin University of Science and Technology
Mr. Chandra PratapSardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology
Mr. Dharun APShri Ishwar College of Engineering
Mr. Griffin AnnshualShri Ishwar College of Engineering
Mr. Prasaanth KYShri Ishwar College of Engineering
Mr. Harsh RajShri Mata Vaishno Devi University
Mr. UtkarshAmity University
Mr. Ishar Singh SainiAmity University Mumbai
Mr. Nandagopal VSTKM College of Engineering
Mr. Aaranyak GhoshNEXT School
Mr. Harish JayarajNovacast India Pvt. Ltd
Mr. Pranay PandeyAmity University Mumbai

This award is given to a contributor who has contributed in 3 or more contributions to FOSSEE activities. The contributor can be a student or a faculty. Institute with more than 3 contributions were also considered.

Institutions:

  • Dronacharya College of Engineering, Gurugram
  • Dronacharya Group of Institutions, Greater Noida
  • Shri Guru Gobind Singhji Institute of Engineering and Technology
Mr. Karthik ChandrasekharVellore Institute of Technology, Chennai
Ms. Nivedita PadoleYeshwantrao Chavan College of Engineering
Mr. Akshay KaduYeshwantrao Chavan College of Engineering
Mr. Ladi Sandeep KumarGITAM University
Mr. Rahul PaknikarIIT Bombay
Prof. Kimberly Morais
Ms. Dibyani MohantySomaiya Vidyavihar University
Mr. Harikrishnan NairSt. Xavier's Catholic College of Engineering, Anna University
Ms. Naini DiwanIndian Institute of Science Education and Research, Bhopal
Ms. Josiga SVellore Institute of Technology, Chennai
Mr. Arun Santhosh R AVellore Institute of Technology, Chennai
Mr. Anandajit TSHindu College, University of Delhi
Mr. K. SaktivelSASTRA University
Mr. Debatosh ChakrabortyNIT Agartala
Prof. HarikrishnanCUSAT
Prof. Sandeep JuluruInst. of Aeronautical Engg., Hyderabad
Prof. Dhiraj GargShiv Nadar University
Mr. Divyesh VariyaEcozen Solutions
Mr. Mehendi HasanKirori Mal College
Mr. Danish Ansari

This award will be given to the FOSSEE Faculty partners who dedicated their time in mentoring the most FOSSEE interns/fellows.

Dr. S. M. GudheShri Guru Gobind Singhji Institute of Engineering And Technology
Dr. R.M BommiChennai Institute of Technology
Prof. Sanghamitra V. AroraDronacharya Group of Institutions
Dr. Ritu PahwaDronacharya College of Engineering
Dr. Jain B MarshelSt. Xavier's Catholic College of Engineering
Mrs. Swapna PatilShree L R Tiwari College of Engineering
Prof. Shaikh Saima Mohammed ShamimMaharashtra College of Arts Science and Commerce
Dr. Radha RVIT Chennai
Dr. Anita XVIT Chennai
Dr. N. Sathiya NarayananSASTRA Deemed University
Dr. R. Jayendra BharathiSASTRA Deemed University
Prof. Tushar ChaurushiMIT-ADT University
Prof. Manimaran RVIT Chennai
Mr. Nikhil BhamareCFD Baba
Mr. Pushkar ShethWabtech Corporation
Dr. Manabendra DeCSIR-NAL
Mr. Inderjit Singh DhanjalK J Somaiya College of Engineering
Dr. Pankaj BiswasShri Mata Vaishno Devi University