Dr. Chandralekha Singh, Distinguished Professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy, was awarded the Distinguished Alumna award by the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kharagpur, India. Dr. Singh obtained her B.Sc. and M. Sc. Degrees in physics from IIT Kharagpur. Thanking her alma mater for this honor, Dr. Singh said, “IIT Kharagpur has played a central role in my personal and professional growth”.  IIT Kharagpur is the oldest IIT in India founded in 1951 soon after India’s independence and has been the alma mater of many other well-known alumni including the current Google CEO Sundar Pichai.  More information about this year awardees can be found here: http://www.iitkgp.ac.in/files/DAA2022.pdf