Claremont Graduate University Professor Samir Chatterjee has been selected for the Mahatma Gandhi Pravasi Samman award, which is given to non-resident Indians for “outstanding services, achievements and contributions for keeping the ‘Flag of India high.'”
“Pravasi Samman” translates to ‘Non-resident Honor,'” Chatterjee explained. “This prestigious recognition for global achievement is given to only about 30 people per year among over 16 million Indians living outside India. It is a tremendous honor to receive this prodigious recognition on a global stage.”
The award is given by the NRI Welfare Society of India, an organization established to strengthen bonds between India and non-resident Indians. The award will be presented on September 27 at the Global Indian Summit at the House of Lords in London.
Prof. Samir Chatterjee is an internationally recognized computer scientist, a thought leader in the field of design science and highly regarded researcher/scholar in the field of healthcare information technology. He is the Fletcher Jones Chair of Technology, Management & Design at Claremont Graduate University, a part of the prestigious Claremont Colleges Consortium in Southern California. He is also adjunct Professor of Innovation and Design at the Lovine & Young Academy at University of Southern California (USC).
Earlier this June, he was announced the winner of the prestigious Schöller Senior Fellowship by the Dr. Theo and Friedl Schöller Research Center for Business and Society at the Friedrich Alexander University of Erlangen-Nuremberg in Germany. In 2015, Chatterjee was the recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award by Association of Information Systems (AIS) for his contributions to the field of design science.
Chatterjee is also the Founder & CEO of DCL Health LLC, a wireless healthcare technology startup in Los Angeles.
Besides an academic career, Chatterjee is a highly regarded musician. He accompanied on the guitar legendary ghazal singer Jagjit Singh in 1991. He has composed music for a commercial Bengali film, given music in a Hollywood cross-over film and recently composed and recorded two duets with legendary Bollywood singer Kumar Sanu.
His wife Madhumita Chatterjee is a well-known vocalist and playback singer. He lives with his wife and son in Rancho Cucamonga, CA.
Dilip Butani
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