We would like to congratulate Mr. Nickhil Jakatdar, founding member of Bhau Institute and a proud Alumnus of COEP, for receiving the Distinguished Alumnus Award of UC Berkeley. He holds an M.S. and Ph.D. from UC Berkeley in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. Hw has also received several awards like the IEEE Best Paper Award, the UC Berkeley Innovator Award, and the College of Engineering Pune’s Lifetime Achievement Award for his exemplary work.