Dr. Anirudh Devgan
Distinguished Alumni Award in recognition of his Corporate Leadership
Award Year: 2022 | Degree Year: 1990
Dr. Anirudh Devgan received a Bachelor of Technology degree in electrical engineering from IIT Delhi in 1990, and MS and Ph.D. degrees in electrical and computer engineering from Carnegie Mellon University in 1991 and 1993, respectively.
Dr. Anirudh Devgan is the President and CEO of Cadence Design Systems, Inc., and is a member of the Board of Directors. Prior to joining Cadence in 2012, Dr. Devgan was Corporate VP and member of the executive staff at Magma Design Automation and earlier held management and technical roles at IBM.
Dr. Devgan is widely recognized as one of the leading authorities in electronic design automation (EDA), and successfully pioneered the application of massively parallel and distributed architectures to create several industry firsts and most impactful products in the areas of SPICE simulation, library characterization, place and route, static timing, power and electromagnetics, among several others. He also drove the first common compiler architecture for emulation and prototyping platforms.
Dr. Devgan is an IEEE Fellow, has written numerous research papers, and holds 27 US patents. He has won several awards, including the prestigious Phil Kaufman Award for his extensive contributions to EDA as well as the IBM Corporate Award and IEEE McCalla Award. Dr. Devgan serves on the boards of the Global Semiconductor Alliance and the Electronic System Design Alliance.
In honouring Dr. Anirudh Devgan, IIT Delhi recognizes the outstanding contributions made by him to the field of Corporate Leadership. Through his achievements, Dr. Devgan has brought glory to the name of the Institute.
