Prof Anirudha Joshi, IDC School of Design won the 2019 IFIP TC13 Pioneer Award.

The International Federation for Information Processing Technical Committee on Human–Computer Interaction (IFIP TC13)
IFIP TC13 appoints pioneers to honour the greatest contributors to the development and growth of the field of human‐computer interaction (HCI). An IFIP TC13 Pioneer is someone who, through active participation in IFIP Technical Committees or related IFIP groups, has made outstanding contributions to the educational, theoretical, technical, commercial or professional aspects of analysis, design, construction, evaluation and use of interactive systems.

An IFIP TC13 Pioneer has contributed in one or several of the four main elements below:

1. IFIP involvement through TC13, working groups or SIGs or in the organization of the INTERACT conference.
2. Publications (multiple full papers) at INTERACT and attending numerous INTERACT conferences.
3. Significant research contribution (possibly with specific (new) application domains).
4. A pioneer in the original meaning of the word, either in the area of HCI or in a local area (region or country) in the world.