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news 2005
This award has been instituted by IIT Kanpur in memory of its alumnus Satyendra K Dubey (BT/CE/1994) who gave his life to uphold the integrity and dignity of his profession. The award is to be conferred every year along with IIT Kanpur's Distinguished Alumnus Award Ceremony (usually held in late December or early January).
An alumnus of any IIT who has distinguished himself by displaying the highest professional integrity in upholding human values.
Nominations can be made by any alumnus, faculty, or staff of any IIT.
Nominations can be sent by post to:
Secretary, Alumni Association,
210 SAC Building,
IIT Kanpur, Kanpur - 208 016
OR
by email to:
alumni
iitk.ac.in
Nominations are to reach on or before October 15, 2005.
Former Deputy General Manager/Project Director, Koderma Project Implementation Unit, National Highway Authorities of India (NHAI).
Born in a small village in Sewan (Bihar), Satyendra Kumar Dubey
studied in a village school before successfully
competing in the IIT joint entrance exam.
He graduated from IIT Kanpur with a B.Tech degree in
Civil Engineering in 1994 and secured second position in his class.
Fueled by his desire of contributing to public welfare,
Mr Dubey chose to join the Indian Engineering Services as opposed
to pursuing a glittering corporate career or greener pastures abroad.
In July 2002, he was posted as an Assistant Project Manager at the
National Highway Authority of India (NHAI).
Honest and dedicated, Mr Dubey made his mark on the
Rs 450 crore highway stretch.
He used to ride his bicycle to the quarry to inspect the quality of stone and other equipment to enforce commitment to contracts. He never compromised on quality and once forced a contractor to reconstruct a 6 km stretch of highway after discovering inferior work. Mr Dubey invariably visited work sites several times a week, instead of the usual practice of once in some months. While posted at Gaya on a project, he once got three engineers suspended for mishandling of funds.
Mr Dubey was selected as the Deputy General Manager/Project Director of the Koderma Project Implementation Unit to handle the 5,200 km stretch in the Golden Quadrilateral Corridor Project. A dreadful fate however awaited the courageous and upright young man. While traveling by rickshaw to his house from railway station on the morning of November 27, 2003, Mr Dubey was murdered and was found lying near A P colony in Gaya, shot dead by a highly sophisticated weapon. It appears that some people who found it inconvenient to have Mr Dubey as the Project Director eliminated him.
Mr Dubey did what he did despite of personal consequences, obstacles, dangers and pressures. In recognition of his honesty, integrity, dedicated service and upright behavior in public life, the Satyendra K Dubey Memorial Award has been instituted by IIT Kanpur.
This report was contributed by K.N Satyanrayana (1984 BT CE). Picture of SK Dubey is courtesy of SK Dubey Foundation.