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Santokh Badesha appointed Purdue President’s Fellow
Badesha holds a Ph.D. in chemistry from Punjab Agricultural University.
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Jeffin T. Kaleekal - Fri, 29, May 2026
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Santokh Badesha / Santokh Badesha via LinkedIn
Indian American professor Santokh Badesha has been appointed as a President’s Fellow by Purdue University, recognizing decades of contribution to the university’s digital technologies program.
A distinguished professor of the Elmore Family School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Badesha was honored in recognition of his "numerous and continued professional accomplishments in idea generation, management and protection of intellectual property," the university noted.
A resident of Pittsford, New York, Badesha holds a Ph.D. in chemistry from Punjab Agricultural University. He also holds a second Ph.D. from the University of East Anglia in the United Kingdom.
“As a prolific inventor, Santokh has amassed extensive knowledge that can benefit our innovation ecosystem seeded by Purdue researchers and advanced by Purdue Innovates,” said Purdue President Mung Chiang.
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Chiang continued, “I am eager to see the positive impact he can make on our faculty colleagues and the university’s already stellar history of fostering innovation.”
As President’s Fellow, Badesha will collaborate with Brooke Beier, senior vice president of Purdue Innovates, and Dan DeLaurentis, Purdue’s executive vice president for research, to advance Purdue Innovates’ commercialization strategy by enhancing licensing, expanding market impact and driving new revenue streams.
Badesha’s distinguished record has been recognized through his election to the National Academy of Engineering, the National Academy of Inventors and the Indian National Science Academy.
His work has garnered numerous additional honors, including the Institution of Engineering and Technology’s Mountbatten Medal, the American Ceramic Society’s Rishi Raj Medal for Innovation and Commercialization, a Clarkson University honorary doctorate and the Rochester Intellectual Property Law Association’s Distinguished Inventor of the Year Award.
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