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{{Short description|Indian academic and engineer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2026}}
{{Use Indian English|date=May 2025}}
{{Infobox person
| honorific_prefix = Dr.
| name = Dilip Shahani
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| education = [[Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur]]<br>[[Indian Institute of Technology Delhi]]
| occupation = Engineer, Academician, Technocrat
| known_for = Contributions to India's EVM and VVPAT technology
| awards = [[Padma Shri]] (2022)<br>National Award for Best Electoral Practices (2017)
}}
'''Dilip T. Shahani''' is an Indian academician, engineer, and technocrat, known for his contributions to the field of education and the development of electronic systems, particularly the [[Electronic voting machine|Electronic Voting Machine]] (EVM) and [[Voter-verified paper audit trail|Voter-verified Paper Audit Trail]] (VVPAT) technology platforms in India. He was awarded the [[Padma Shri]], the fourth highest civilian award in India, in 2022 in the field of Literature and Education.<ref name=":0">{{cite web |title=IIT Delhi Professor Dr. Dilip T Shahani to be conferred with Padma Shri Award 2022 |url=https://alumni.iitd.ac.in/news/135 |access-date=2024-05-16 |publisher=IIT Delhi Alumni Association}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{cite web |title=Padma Awards 2022 announced |url=https://www.pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=1792640 |access-date=2024-05-16 |publisher=Press Information Bureau, Government of India}}</ref>

== Career ==
Shahani is an Honorary Professor at the [[Indian Institute of Technology Delhi]] (IIT Delhi), where he served as a faculty member for over four decades.<ref name=":0" /> He holds a PhD from IIT Delhi and was a silver medalist (1973) from [[Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur]] where he did his [[B.Tech]] in [[Electronics and communications engineering|ECE]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=IIT Delhi's Honorary Professor Conferred With Padma Shri Award 2022 |url=https://www.news18.com/news/education-career/iit-delhis-honorary-professor-conferred-with-padma-shri-award-2022-4703753.html |access-date=2025-05-17 |website=News18 |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{Cite web |title=Dr. Dilip Shahani ('73) conferred with Padma Shri Award 2022 |url=https://www.iitkgpfoundation.org/article.html?aid=1506&nl= |access-date=2025-05-17 |website=www.iitkgpfoundation.org |language=en}}</ref>

Sahani served as the head of department twice during his tenure at IIT Delhi.<ref name=":1">{{cite web |title=IIT Delhi Professor Dr. Dilip T Shahani to be conferred with Padma Shri Award 2022 |url=https://home.iitd.ac.in/show.php?id=143&in_sections=News |access-date=2024-05-16 |publisher=IIT Delhi}}</ref> He has received recognition for his work in teaching and technology development, including awards for 'Excellence in Teaching' and 'Technology Development and Transfer in Electromagnetic Systems'.<ref name=":1" />

Shahani has also worked as a technical expert for the [[Election Commission of India]] for several years,<ref name=":3" /> assisting with the design and development of India's EVM and VVPAT systems.<ref name=":3" /> For his contributions in this area, he was awarded the National Award for Best Electoral Practices in 2017.<ref name=":1" /> Since 2016, he has been involved in the latest EVM design for the Election Commission.<ref name=":1" />

== References ==
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== External links ==

* {{YouTube|id=0GNqPQTHlE0|title=Padma Shri 2022: Prof. Dilip T. Shahani}}
{{Padma Shri Award Recipients in Literature & Education}}
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