About the ACM India Outstanding Contributions in Computing by a Woman Award

The ACM India Outstanding Contributions in Computing by a Woman (OCCW) Award recognizes women professionals who have made fundamental, innovative, impactful contributions to the computing field primarily working in India. The award carries a prize of  ₹7 lakhs (approximately USD $10,000). Financial support for this award is provided by Google.

Nominations were due 14 September 2020. The winner was announced 4 November 2020.

Selection Committee:

• Neelam Dhawan (Chair) Head, IBM India Advisory Board
• Sandhya Dwarkadas Professor and Chair, Department of Computer Science, University of Rochester
• Niloy Ganguly Professor, IIT Kharagpur
• Geetha Kannan Founder and CEO, Wequity
• Shwetak Patel, Washington Research Foundation Entrepreneurship Endowed Professor, University of Washington
• Balaraman Ravindran, Professor, IIT Madras
• Barbara Ryder, Professor Emerita, Department of Computer Science, Virginia Tech
• Gaurav Sharma, Vice President, IBM Cloud and Cognitive Software