Ashish Hota, left, stands beside his PhD advisor, Professor Shreyas Sundaram, in a photo taken in 2016. (Purdue University photo/John Underwood)

An alumnus of Purdue University’s Elmore Family School of Electrical and Computer Engineering has been selected as a 2023 Young Associate of the Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE). Ashish R. Hota earned his Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Purdue in 2017. He was a student of Shreyas Sundaram, Marie Gordon Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, and was the recipient of College of Engineering Outstanding Graduate Researcher Award in 2017.

Dr. Hota is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering at the Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur. His research interests include Control of Network Systems, Game Theory, Cyber-Physical Systems Security, and Stochastic Optimization.

The INAE comprises India’s most eminent Engineers, Engineer- Scientists, and Technologists. The Young Associate award is given annually to no more than 15 researchers from India, with only two from Electrical Engineering. The recognition is given to identify, recognize, and encourage young and promising talents in India who will likely continue to make outstanding contributions impacting engineering research and design, technology development, and transfer.

The selected INAE Young Associates will be presented with their certificates at the INAE Annual Convention, which is held in December each year.