NEW DELHI: The technology leader and author Justin Rajakumar Maria Thason has received an Honorary Doctorate (Honoris Causa) in Computer Science – Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning and Enterprise Technology (AIMLET) from the Socrates Social Research University Trust at a ceremony held at the Constitution Club of India, New Delhi, on Saturday.
Bollywood actor Vindu Dara Singh was present at the function and presented the honorary doctorates to the awardees. He also launched Thason’s book, NextGen DevOps: Enterprise AI Features & Autonomous Operations, which was launched at the same event and has been authored solely by him.
The award followed an Expert Evaluation and Technical Review that took place on 1 September 2026 before the Expert Evaluation Panel of the Trust. The panel recommended the award to the Award Selection Committee after review of his professional contributions, publications and answers during the evaluation session, and it was approved the same day.
About the book
“NextGen DevOps: Enterprise AI Features & Autonomous Operations” (2026) is published by Wissira Press Imprint Name of Wissira Research Lab LLC, USA (ISBN 979-8-952358-03-4; DOI: 10.63345/WP-979-8-952358-03-4). It presents a framework that links conventional enterprise IT practice to AI-driven intelligent and autonomous operations, capturing the journey of enterprise technology from conventional infrastructure and DevOps through cloud-native infrastructure, AI engineering and intelligent automation.
The chapters of the book include Introduction to DevOps & enterprise transformation, Cloud native infrastructure & infrastructure automation, Site reliability engineering & observability, AI-powered DevOps & intelligent release management, Generative AI & AI engineering for enterprise technology, Agentic AI & autonomous enterprise operations, and Governance, security and responsible autonomous operations.
The Expert Evaluation Panel identified this publication as a contribution to the convergence of DevOps, cloud computing, artificial intelligence, machine learning, platform engineering, site reliability engineering and agentic AI. The book is available via several international distribution and publishing platforms.
A career in enterprise and federal healthcare technology
The Expert Evaluation Panel appreciated Mr. Thason’s professional experience with organizations such as CareFirst Blue Cross Blue Shield, Freddie Mac, Hughes Systique and Indecomm Global Services, covering cloud computing, DevOps, enterprise architecture, AI engineering, automation and intelligent operations.
In particular, the panel focused on his contribution and leadership in the release management systems of the Federal Employee Program Operations Center (FEPOC), which supports federal healthcare technology programs for the benefit of federal employees and their families in the US. His work has been regarded as an illustration of how enterprise technology leadership may contribute to the reliability and continuity of systems of significance to society.
The panel highly appreciated his technical achievements in predictive risk scoring, AI-augmented release controls, intelligent deployment automation, autonomous operations and agentic AI workflow as an innovative way of tackling challenges in modern enterprise engineering.
“This recognition is owed as much to the teams I have worked with over the years as to me. Enterprise technology is never a one-person effort – every system I have helped create has always been the result of collaboration between several engineers who tackle difficult tasks.”
— Justin Rajakumar Maria Thason
The Socrates Social Research University Trust is registered by the Govt. of NCT Delhi and holds NITI Aayog, Government of India registration No. DL/2020/0269969.
