V Kamakoti, Director, IIT Madras
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BIJOY GHOSH
IIT-Madras director V Kamakoti has been conferred with the Padma Shri award.
“The award means only one thing to me. That I will put all my best efforts towards ‘Viksit Bharat @ 2047’. Whatever I have achieved is all because of collective effort and I dedicate this award to everyone who has been a part of this journey,” V Kamakoti said in a statement..
Kamakoti joined IIT Madras as a faculty in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering and took over as the institute’s director in 2022.
He specialises in Computer Architecture, Information Security, and VLSI Design, and notably led the development of India’s first indigenous microprocessor, ‘Shakti’. He is also a member of the National Security Advisory Board.
He has previously been awarded the Abdul Kalam Technology Innovation National Fellowship in 2020 and the IESA Techno Visionary Award in 2018.
Published on January 25, 2026
