Field Record · Honours & Laureates
Awards & Memorial Lectures
Documented Honours
The Society's Recognitions
Recognitions recorded on the Society's own printed pages and brochures. Each entry below is backed by an archived Society publication; unverified details are left out rather than assumed.
Journal Award
Sir C.V. Raman Award
For the best paper published in the Journal of the Acoustical Society of India. The Society's archived awards page prints the roll of honoured papers from the 1978–79 selection through the 2015 selection, covering ultrasonics, speech, underwater sound, instrumentation and musical acoustics.
Documented Record
1978–79 → 2015 · archived roll
Lifetime Achievement
Prof. S. Bhagavantam Award
For outstanding contribution and leadership provided in the field of acoustics. The Society's archived awards page lists recipients across two-year terms from 1981–82 through 2013–14, named for the Society's founder President Prof. S. Bhagavantam.
Documented Record
1981–82 → 2013–14 · archived roll
Orations
NSA Memorial Lectures
The programme's two standing orations: the M.S. Narayanan Memorial Lecture, honouring a renowned acoustician in transducers and electro-acoustics who served as ASI Vice-President (1990–92), and the Prof. Rais Ahmed Memorial Lecture, honouring a reputed speech scientist who served as ASI President (1979–80).
Documented Record
Recorded · NSA-2024 brochure
About these records: Recipient rolls are transcribed from the Society's archived awards pages (Internet Archive captures of acousticsindia.org, April 2017) and the printed NSA-2024 brochure. Medal, honorarium or conferment-cycle details are not published in those records, and rolls after 2015 are not yet available on-line — write to the Secretariat for the current arrangements.
Archive Register
Recipient Rolls of Record
Names and papers as printed on the Society's archived awards pages. Where several papers shared a selection, the Society's roll lists them together.
| Term | Recipient |
|---|---|
| 1981–82 | Prof. B. Ramachandra Rao |
| 1983–84 | Prof. B. S. Ramakrishna |
| 1985–86 | Dr. M. Pancholy |
| 1987–88 | Prof. S. K. Kor |
| 1989–90 | Dr. D. Srinivasan |
| 1991–92 | Prof. S. Kameswaran |
| 1993–94 | Prof. E. S. Raja Gopal |
| 1995–96 | Dr. V. K. Aatre |
| 1997–98 | Dr. S. P. Singal |
| 1999–2000 | Prof. B. V. A. Rao |
| 2001–02 | Prof. S. Narayanan |
| 2003–04 | Dr. Baldev Raj |
| 2005–06 | Dr. M. L. Munjal |
| 2007–08 | Mr. S. Raju |
| 2009–10 | Prof. (Dr.) S. S. Agrawal |
| 2011–12 | Dr. V. Bhujanga Rao |
| 2013–14 | Prof. Naresh Tandon |
| Selection | Authors (affiliation) | Paper |
|---|---|---|
| 1978–79 | V. C. Padaki, M. S. Shaila, A. Sivaraman, H. Sharat Chandra, M. A. Viswamitra & E. S. R. Gopal (I.I.Sc., Bangalore) | Ultrasonic study of chromatin and DNA solution at high pressure up to 3 kbar · JASI 7(2), 47–51, 1979 |
| 1980–81 | V. B. Paniker & M. L. Munjal (I.I.Sc., Bangalore) | Acoustic dissipation in a uniform tube with moving medium · JASI 9(3), 95–101, 1981 |
| 1982–83 | B. M. Banerjee, S. Sengupta, R. Sengupta & Dipali Nag (SRA, Calcutta); A. K. Dutta, N. R. Ganguli, B. Mukherjee & D. Dutta Majumdar (ISI, Calcutta) | Spectral characteristics of vowels sung in Hindustani shastriya sangeet · JASI 11(4), 47–55, 1983 |
| 1984–85 | V. A. Thomas & S. Durvasula (ISRO, Bangalore) | Passive vibration isolation system for Bhaskara spacecraft instrumentation packages · JASI 12(1), 33–48, 1984 |
| 1986 | K. R. G. K. Murthy, G. R. K. Murthy & M. M. Muni (NPOL, Cochin) | Acoustic aspects of sea floor and bottom sediments of the continental shelf off Cochin · JASI 14(2), 21–29, 1986 |
| 1987 | S. P. Singal, S. K. Aggarwal, D. R. Pahwa & B. B. Adiga (NPL, New Delhi) | Monitoring sea breeze circulation at Tarapore using acoustic sounding · JASI 15(1), 175–181, 1987 |
| 1988 | Baldev Raj, P. Kalyanasundaram, T. Jayakumar, P. Bharat & G. Ananthakrishana (IGCAR, Kalpakkam) | Amplification of weak acoustic emission signals · JASI 16(3/4), 232–236, 1988 |
| 1989 | V. N. Bindal, T. K. Saksena, M. Chandra & R. Gupta (NPL, New Delhi) | Development of a parametric acoustic source for underwater applications · JASI 17(1/2), 214–228, 1989 |
| 1990 | T. V. Anandapadmanabha & H. N. Jayasimha (Voice & Speech Systems, Bangalore) | Front end processor for automatic speech recognition · JASI 18(3/4), 156–163, 1990 |
| 1991 | G. V. Anand & S. Sharat Chandra (IISc., Bangalore) | Topographic reconstruction of acoustic source distribution in a shallow ocean · JASI 19(4), 90–103, 1991 |
| 1992 | U. S. P. Shet, K. Ramanath, S. Swarnamani & B. V. A. Rao (IIT, Madras) | Combustion noise of LPG free-jet from a nozzle-mix swirl burner · JASI 20(1–4), 11–15, 1992 |
| 1993 | A. Sada Siva Sarma, P. K. Dhanrajani, R. Chitra, A. K. Dhamija & S. S. Aggarwal (CEERI, Delhi) | Acoustic-phontic analysis of spoken Hindi consonants · JASI 21(2), 144–149, 1993 |
| 1994 | M. K. Murlidharan, N. Tandon & B. C. Nakra (IIT Delhi) | Some investigation on gear noise · JASI 22(2), 113–118, 1994 |
| 1995 | M. Thavasimuthu, C. Rajagopalan, P. Kalyanasundaram & Baldev Raj (IGCAR, Kalpakkam) | A neural network classifier for high sensitivity classification of weak ultrasonic signals · JASI 23(3), 139–145, 1995 |
| 1996 | K. Jayathirtha Rao, G. Krishna Rao, K. Jagadisan & P. Ramachandran (RCI, Hyderabad) | Design and construction of high intensity acoustic facility for testing of guided missiles · JASI 24, I-14.1–14.7, 1996 |
| 1997 | K. P. Ramachandran, A. Ramachander, S. M. Murigendrappa & M. Vasantha Kumar (S. J. C. E., Mysore) | Jointly awarded to three papers by common authors: Condition monitoring of machinery using vibration signature analysis; Expert system in vibration monitoring and analysis; Failure prediction of single point cutting tool for turning operation using vibration technique · JASI 25, 1997 |
| 1998 | A. K. Mukhopadhyaya, S. K. Dalui, M. Raychaudhuri (CGCRI), R. Sengupta, N. Dey, B. M. Banerjee, Deepali Nag (SRA), R. Bhar, D. Ghosh (Jadavpur University) & A. K. Datta (ISI); and T. D. Rossing (Northern Illinois University) & W. J. Hansen (Indiana State University), USA | Jointly awarded to two papers: Characterisation of materials for Indian tanpura · JASI 26(1–4), 372–381, 1998; Modal analysis of musical instruments with electronic TV holography · JASI 26(1–4), 366–375, 1998 |
| 1999 | Y. V. Shiva Prasad, C. Padmanabhan & N. Ganesan (IIT, Chennai) | Acoustic, structural and coupled frequencies of a refrigerator compressor · JASI 27, 141–144, 1999 |
| 2000 | S. R. Savithri (AIISH, Mysore) | Acoustics of laughter · JASI 28, 233–238, 2000 |
| 2001 | A. P. Singh, M. R. Bhatia, Neeru Kapoor & W. Selvamurthy (DIPAS, Delhi) | Effect of chronic exposure to hand transmitted vibration in man · JASI 29(1), 463–470, 2001 |
| 2002 | K. Samudravijaya & Anshu Gupta (TIFR, Mumbai); and T. K. Mani & P. R. Saseendran Pillai (CUSAT, Kochi) | Jointly awarded to two papers: Text prompted speaker verification · JASI 30(2–4), 388–392, 2002; The acoustics of raindrop impact on water surface · JASI 30(1–2), 214–217, 2002 |
| 2003 | D. J. Kalsule, S. D. Wagh & S. Raju (ARAI, Pune) | Performance evaluation of hemi-anechoic test facility of ARAI and its utility in NVH refinement programme · JASI 31, 226–235, 2003 |
| 2004 | V. Mohanan, Omkar Sharma & M. Singh (NPL, India) | Absolute calibration of standard condenser microphones · JASI 32, 97–104, 2004 |
| 2007 | T. S. S. Narayana & M. L. Munjal (IISc., Bangalore) | A novel method for measurement of acoustic four pole parameters: theory & experiment · JASI 34, 2007 |
| 2008 | P. V. S. Ganesh Kumar, V. Ramamohana Rao, R. Rama Rao & V. Ramesh Babu (NSTL, Visakhapatnam) | Prediction of underwater radiated noise from a floating barge with flexibly mounted air compressor · JASI 35(3), 121–125, 2008 |
| 2009 | S. Sadasivan (ADE, Bangalore); Tom Basten & Hans-Elias de Bree (TNO & Microflown, Netherlands) | Acoustic vector sensor based intensity measurements for passive localisation of small aircraft · JASI 36(1), 14–19, 2009 |
| 2010 | Aravind Kumar Pathak (RCI, Hyderabad) | Design of a single cell of captive micro-machined ultrasonic transducer (CMUT) · JASI 37(4), 153–160, 2010 |
| 2011 | Bhanuprakash Ila & Chandramouli Padmanabhan (IIT, Chennai); and Paresh Shravage, Manasi Joshi, S. K. Jain & N. V. Karanth (ARAI, Pune) | Jointly awarded to two papers: Vibro-acoustic analysis of enclosure with louvers · JASI 38(2), 72–76, 2011; Simulation and validation of sound absorption coefficient measured in a reverberation room · JASI 38(2), 53–58, 2011 |
| 2012 | Dr. K. Trinath (NSTL, Visakhapatnam) | Acoustic sensor technology for torpedo application · JASI 39(2), 96–102, 2012 |
| 2013 | Y. Kagawa, T. Fukuda, T. Yamazaki, L. Chai & M. Singh | Continuous wave Doppler SODAR for mid-range wind velocity profiling · JASI 40(1), 3–19, 2013 |
| 2014 | Y. Tijs, B. Makwana, O. Peksel, M. Singh, D. Bekke & S. Amarnath; and P. Anup Kumar, R. Vidhyalakshmi, O. Thirumalai, S. Chandramouli & V. Prakash | Jointly awarded to two papers: Operational modal analysis of a tire using a PU probe based scanning technique · JASI 41(1), 3–8, 2014; Development of sonar device for fuel subassembly vibration measurement in PFBR · JASI 41(3), 137–143, 2014 |
| 2015 | Rahna K. Shamsudeen, V. G. Jayakumari, S. Kusumakumari, R. Rajeshwari, Subhash Subramaniam, K. K. Nissar & T. Mukundan | Polymer embedded novel flexible acoustic sensor arrays for underwater surveillance · JASI 42(3), 126–131, 2015 |