After Bhanu Athaiya, Satyajit Ray, Resul Pookutty, A.R.
Rahman and Gulzar, another person of Indian origin has joined the list
of Academy Award winners. Rahul Thakkar, a computer engineering graduate
from Mumbai University, has won an Oscar that honours scientific and
technical achievement.
Mr. Thakkar shares the honour with Richard Chuang for “groundbreaking design” of the DreamWorks Animation Media Review System.
Earlier
this month, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced
the ten scientific and technical achievements represented by 33
individuals who will be honoured at its annual scientific and technical
awards presentation on February 13, at the Beverly Wilshire in Beverly
Hills.
“With their outstanding, innovative work,
these technologists, engineers and inventors have further expanded
filmmakers’ creative opportunities on the big screen,” said Richard
Edlund, Academy Award-winning visual effects artist and chair of the
Scientific and Technical Awards Committee.
Unlike
other Academy Awards, achievements receiving Scientific and Technical
Awards need not have been developed and introduced during 2015. Rather,
the achievements must demonstrate a proven record of contributing
significant value to the process of making motion pictures.
Mr.
Thakkar, who took his Master’s degree in computer science from Utah
State University has over 20 years of experience in product design and
research and is presently the vice-president at Brivo Systems.
The
Academy Award citation says of the DreamWorks media review system:
“Over its nearly two decades of development, this pioneering system
enabled desktop and digital theater review. It continues to provide
artist-driven, integrated, consistent and highly scalable studio-wide
playback and interactive reviews.”
Source:- The Hindu, 21-Jan-2016
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