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Video: Sanjeev Redkar, Distinguished Engineering Alumni award recipient

Sanjeev Redkar

TheÌýCollege of Engineering & Applied Science honorsÌýoutstanding alumni every year at the Distinguished Engineering Alumni Awards Banquet, which took place this year on April 26.

At the banquet,ÌýSanjeev RedkarÌý(PhD ChemEngr’94) was presented with theÌý2024ÌýDistinguished Engineering Alumni award for his strong commitment to giving back to his community and teaching the next generation of leaders and entrepreneurs, promoting innovation along the way.ÌýRedkar continues to be a loyal and engaged alumnus of chemical and biological engineering and the college, and his accomplishments as a scientist, manager and entrepreneur in pharmaceuticals has and will continue to leave major impacts in the industry.

"This recognition from the College of Engineering and Applied Science means a lot," said Redkar, the president, executive director and cofounder ofÌýApollomics Inc.Ìý "My five years at CU have really molded me, gave me the values, the skills that have come steady in my entrepreneurial journey, my pursuit of developing new medicines for cancer. It’s a long journey, indeed, but everything started with the right kind of education and the programs here at CU."

Apollomics Inc. isÌýan oncology-focused company developing therapeutics for difficult-to-treat cancers, harnessing the immune system and targeting specific molecular pathways.