ACM India Outstanding Contributions in Computing by a Woman Award

ACM India Outstanding Contributions in Computing by a Woman (OCCW) Award

The ACM India Outstanding Contributions in Computing by a Woman Award honors women professionals who have made significant, innovative, and impactful contributions to the field of computing while primarily working in India. This prestigious award, supported by Google includes a prize of ₹7 lakhs.

Award Recipients:

OCCW 2024: Hemangee Kapoor of IIT Guwahati

Past Award Recipients:

OCCW 2023: Nutan Limaye of IT University of Copenhagen, Denmark
OCCW 2022: Shweta Agrawal of Indian Institute of Technology, Madras

OCCW 2021: Gargi Dasgupta of IBM Research India

ACM India OCCW 2024 Award

Prof. Hemangee Kapoor from IIT Guwahati is the recipient of the ACM India Outstanding Contributions in Computing by a Woman (OCCW) award for 2024. She is being recognized “for her contributions to emerging nonvolatile memory technologies and her active leadership and involvement in the mentoring of women in the field.” Kapoor is a full Professor in the Dept. of Computer Science and Engineering at IIT Guwahati. She received her Masters degree from IIT Bombay in 2000 and her PhD from the London South Bank University, UK in 2004.