The IEEE Hyderabad Section has won several recognitions from IEEE HQ and R10. 2005 IAS Distinguished Service Award to Mr. C. Satish. It was given to him during the IAS Annual Meeting held at Hong Kong in October 2005. This was in recognition of dedicated and distinguished service to IEEE Industry Application Society. This is ther first time in its last 17 years of Awards history that a member from outside USA is chosen to get this award. The 2004 R10 Outstanding Volunteer Award was persented to Mr. S Raghunathan for his outstanding contribution to the Hyderabad Section activities for last two decades. The 2002 R10 Outstanding Volunteer Award was persented to Dr. S C Bhargava for his outstanding contribution to the Hyderabad Section activities over last two decades. Mr C.Satish  was awarded following IEEE Awards: 2002 Electrical Safety Excellence Award given by IEEE Industry Applications Society Petroleum and Chemical Industry Committee (PCIC) at PCIC 2002 technical conference at New Orleans on 23 Sept 2002. The citation reads - for "outstanding dedication and contribution made to advance and accelerate the dispersion of information and knowledge impacting electrical safety through activities within and outside Petroleum and Chemical Industry Committee". He was nominated for this Award by Ms Kim Eastwood, Texas. 2002 IEEE Meritorious Achievement Award in Continuing Education given by IEEE Educational Activities Board on 15 Nov 2002 at IEEE Board of Directors meeting at Chicago. The citation reads "for dedicated service and sustained leadership for over 20 years in the planning and delivery of a large number and variety of industrially-oriented continuing education programs in an IEEE Section".He was nominated to this Award by Dr V Prasad Kodali, Hyderabad,India. IEEE Third Millennium Award was presented to Prof. B L Deekshatulu (Fellow IEEE), Mr. DVS Raju (Life Senior Member), Mr. C Satish (Senior Member),  Dr. S C Bhargava (Senior Member), Mr. NSS Prasad, Dr. S Parthasarathy (Senior Member) and Dr. A K Jampala (Senior Member) 1999 RAB Sustained Section Membership Growth Award Goes to Hyderabad Section The IEEE Regional Activities Board has recognized the IEEE Hyderabad Section as a recipient of the 1999 RAB Sustained Section Membership Growth Award for their success for Outstanding Leadership and Results in IEEE Membership Development Activities for Region 10. INDUSTRY APPLICATIONS SOCIETY OUTSTANDING SMALL JOINT CHAPTER AWARD The 1999-2000 IAS Industry Applications society Outstanding Small Joint Chapter Award is won by the IAS / PES Hyderabad Chapter. This award was presented in the IAS Annual Conference at Rome in the second week of October 2000. RAB ACHIEVEMENT AWARD FOR 1999 has been awarded to S. Parthasarathy , for:"Outstanding achievement by providing excellent websites for the IEEE India Council and other Indian Sections, for sharing views on technical, education and professional areas of interest of IEEE, thereby promoting IEEE membership." The IEEE Region 10 OUTSTANDING VOLUNTEER AWARD for 1999 was presented to Kalavendi J Sarma, for: "15 years of outstanding service in Hyderabad section, and for contribution to the success of ia&c-95." IEEE Spectrum's Quilt Block Design Contest 1998 Kiran L. Pannala , an IEEE student member from O U College of Engineering, Hyderabad, has been declared as the second place winner in the subject category-Electric Vehicles. His entry-"Reluctant to Align" depicted switched reluctance motor, and can be seen in the Dec 98 issue of IEEE Spectrum. The IEEE Region 10 OUTSTANDING VOLUNTEER AWARD for 1997 was presented to N. V. Rao, Scientist, D.M.R.L., Hyderabad. for his outstanding contributin to the Hyderabad Section activities. He was nominated by Hyderabad Section. 1996 PES Outstanding Chapter Award was presented to Hyderabad, India, PES Chapter for: "excellence in chapter performance, the Hyderabad,India Chapter, under the leadership of Chapter Chair C.Satish, is awarded the 1996 PES Outstanding Chapter Award. In winning this award, the Hyderabad,India Chapter also garners the distinction of becoming the first chapter outside of North America to do so." Outstanding Branch Counsellor and Advisor 1993-94 was presented to P. V. D. Somasekara Rao of J.N.T.U. College of Engineering, Hyderabad. 2nd Prize of the 1992 IEEE Asia Pacific Region Student Paper Contest was won by D. Viswa Sai Kumar, Vinay Kumar, and K. Shravan Kumar of Osmania University College of Engineering, Hyderabad The IEEE Regional Activities Board INNOVATION AWARD for 1991 was presented to C. Satish for: "extraordinary efforts in successfully creating and developing a continuing education and meeting center for the Hyderabad Section" LARRY WILSON AWARD 1989 for Outstanding Student Branch Chairman was presented to Babu C Reddy of College of Engineering, S. V. University, Tirupathi. VINCENT BENDIX AWARD 1988-89 was presented to S. I. Reddy and Ch. V. Narasimha Rao of College of Engg., S.V. University, Tirupathi, for their project: Microprocessor based, portable, 3 kV surge comparison tester. VINCENT BENDIX AWARD 1987-88 was presented to K. V. Subba Rao, C. Anantha Ram, and B. Srinath Babu of R.E.C. Warangal, for their project: Electronic tri-vector meter.