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
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SASTRA Deemed University
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VIT Chennai
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Tribhuvan University
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Shree L R Tiwari College of Engineering
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Sandip University
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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.
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Dr. Naren P RSASTRA Deemed University
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Dr. Subbulakshmi TVIT Chennai
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Dr. Hussain Jeeva KhanNational Institute of Technical Teachers' Training and Research Institute (NITTTR), Bhopal
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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.
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Mr. Sai Charan LankaIndependent contributor
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Mr. Jayanth TateneniGITAM Deemed University
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Mr. Pranav Prakash RanjanNIT Rourkela
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Mr. Abinash SinghCochin University of Science and Technology
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Mr. Chandra PratapSardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology
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Mr. Dharun APShri Ishwar College of Engineering
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Mr. Griffin AnnshualShri Ishwar College of Engineering
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Mr. Prasaanth KYShri Ishwar College of Engineering
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Mr. Harsh RajShri Mata Vaishno Devi University
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Mr. UtkarshAmity University
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Mr. Ishar Singh SainiAmity University Mumbai
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Mr. Nandagopal VSTKM College of Engineering
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Mr. Aaranyak GhoshNEXT School
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Mr. Harish JayarajNovacast India Pvt. Ltd
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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
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Mr. Karthik ChandrasekharVellore Institute of Technology, Chennai
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Ms. Nivedita PadoleYeshwantrao Chavan College of Engineering
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Mr. Akshay KaduYeshwantrao Chavan College of Engineering
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Mr. Ladi Sandeep KumarGITAM University
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Mr. Rahul PaknikarIIT Bombay
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Prof. Kimberly Morais
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Ms. Dibyani MohantySomaiya Vidyavihar University
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Mr. Harikrishnan NairSt. Xavier's Catholic College of Engineering, Anna University
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Ms. Naini DiwanIndian Institute of Science Education and Research, Bhopal
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Ms. Josiga SVellore Institute of Technology, Chennai
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Mr. Arun Santhosh R AVellore Institute of Technology, Chennai
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Mr. Anandajit TSHindu College, University of Delhi
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Mr. K. SaktivelSASTRA University
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Mr. Debatosh ChakrabortyNIT Agartala
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Prof. HarikrishnanCUSAT
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Prof. Sandeep JuluruInst. of Aeronautical Engg., Hyderabad
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Prof. Dhiraj GargShiv Nadar University
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Mr. Divyesh VariyaEcozen Solutions
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Mr. Mehendi HasanKirori Mal College
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Mr. Danish Ansari
This award will be given to the FOSSEE Faculty partners who dedicated their time in mentoring the most FOSSEE interns/fellows.
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Dr. S. M. GudheShri Guru Gobind Singhji Institute of Engineering And Technology
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Dr. R.M BommiChennai Institute of Technology
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Prof. Sanghamitra V. AroraDronacharya Group of Institutions
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Dr. Ritu PahwaDronacharya College of Engineering
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Dr. Jain B MarshelSt. Xavier's Catholic College of Engineering
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Mrs. Swapna PatilShree L R Tiwari College of Engineering
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Prof. Shaikh Saima Mohammed ShamimMaharashtra College of Arts Science and Commerce
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Dr. Radha RVIT Chennai
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Dr. Anita XVIT Chennai
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Dr. N. Sathiya NarayananSASTRA Deemed University
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Dr. R. Jayendra BharathiSASTRA Deemed University
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Prof. Tushar ChaurushiMIT-ADT University
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Prof. Manimaran RVIT Chennai
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Mr. Nikhil BhamareCFD Baba
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Mr. Pushkar ShethWabtech Corporation
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Dr. Manabendra DeCSIR-NAL
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Mr. Inderjit Singh DhanjalK J Somaiya College of Engineering
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Dr. Pankaj BiswasShri Mata Vaishno Devi University
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.
This award is given to the outstanding student contributor(s) who was associated with FOSSEE as a fellow / intern during the fellowship/ internship.
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
This award will be given to the FOSSEE Faculty partners who dedicated their time in mentoring the most FOSSEE interns/fellows.