Dr. Rajiv Laroia
Award Year: 2007 | Degree Year: 1985
Dr. Rajiv Laroia received his Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering from IIT Delhi in 1985. He obtained his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from University of Maryland, College Park in 1992.
Dr. Laroia is presently Senior Vice President of Technology at Qualcomm, USA.
Dr. Laroia joined Siemens Research Labs in Munich, Germany after graduating from IIT Delhi. In 1992, he joined AT&T Bell Labs after obtaining his Ph.D. In 2000, Dr. Laroia founded Flarion Technologies, a venture backed company to develop and commercialise a novel all-IP mobile wireless broadband technology. He served as the CTO of Flarion and in that role provided the vision and led the development of technology and products for the company. In 2006, Flarion was acquired by the wireless technology giant Qualcomm, where he currently serves as Senior Vice President (Technology).
Dr. Laroia is one of the world’s leading researchers and innovators in the field of communication. He holds more than 50 patents and has more than 100 others pending. His early research focused on wire-line communication. He has significant technology contributions to V.34 and V.90 International Standards for sending data over telephone lines. The technology he invented is used in virtually all dial-up modems in the world.
Since 1997, Dr. Laroia has been working in the field of mobile wireless communication. The technology he and his team developed at Flarion is now incorporated in all three major next generation international wireless standards UMTS LTE, UMB and Wimax. Dr. Laroia has won numerous industry awards. In 2006, he was inducted to the Innovation Hall of Fame at the University of Maryland. He is a fellow of the IEEE.
In honouring Dr. Rajiv Laroia, IIT Delhi recognises the outstanding contributions made by him as an Entrepreneur and Technologist. Through his achievements, Dr. Rajiv Laroia has brought glory to the name of this Institute.
