IITians in Focus
Narayana Murthy Selected in Forbes’ 12 Greatest Entrepreneurs List
Infosys Co-founder Narayana Murthy (IIT-K) has been chosen by Fortune Magazine as one of the 12 Greatest Entrepreneurs of all times. Ranking him 10th, the publication has referred to Murthy as the “visionary founder” of Infosys who built “one of the largest companies in India, helping to transform that economy and put it on the world stage”. The article says that Murthy, who is at presen
Awards Galore for IIT Madras Faculty
AN Rajagopalan (IIT Bombay-1998), Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering, IIT Madras has been selected for the DAE-SRC Outstanding Investigator Award by the DAE-SRC, an Apex body of the DAE. The award provides a fellowship of Rs 20,000 per month to the awardee within the overall ceiling of Rs1 crore spread over a period of five years. Rajagopalan joined IIT Madras in October 2000. His res
IIT-M Alumnus is Ethiopia’s Honorary Consulate
The Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia that opened its first honorary consulate in Chennai on 30th January, 2012 has appointed the 58-year-old Manikam Ramaswami (IIT-M), as an Honorary Consul in Chennai. The appointment was announced by Gennet Zewide, Ambassador, Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia with due acceptance from External Affairs Ministry of India. Ramaswami is Chairman and Man
New MD of Delhi Metro Rail Corporation is IIT-R Alumnus
Mangu Singh, the New Managing Director of Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC), is an alumnus of IIT Roorkee. The 57-year-old Singh took over the reins from Dr E Sreedharan. Born in Bijnor, Singh graduated in civil engineering from IIT Roorkee in 1979 with an outstanding academic performance. An Indian Railways Service of Engineers (IRSE) officer of the 1981 batch, Singh has contributed greatly
SN Zindal Takes Over as Executive Director, IUCEE-India
SN Zindal, Advisor, PIAI has taken charge as the Executive Director of the Indo-US Collaboration for Engineering Education (IUCEE), India, from January, this year. The IUCEE program was conceptualized by over 150 leaders of engineering education and businesses from the US and India in 2007 to help create good quality engineering talent to find solutions for the global challenges facing humanity in
IIT-B Alumnus and Kinetic Group Chairman Conferred with Padma Shri
Kinetic Group Chairman Arun Hastimal Firodia (IIT-Bombay 1965) would soon be honored by the President of India with the Padma Shri award in the trade and industry category. The award, announced on the eve of the 63rd Republic Day, will conferred by the President at Rashtrapati Bhawan in March or April. Firodia, who started the flagship company-Kinetic Engineering Ltd- is at present the Chairm
Dr Rakesh Jain Receives 2012 Science of Oncology Award and Lecture
A pioneer in the domains of bioengineering, tumor biology, drug delivery, in vivo imaging and bench-to-bedside translation, Dr Rakesh Jain (IIT-K, 1972) is the recipient of the 2012 Science of Oncology Award and Lecture. A Werk Cook Professor of Radiation Oncology (Tumor Biology) at Harvard Medical School and Director of EL Steele Laboratory of Tumor Biology at the Massachusetts General Hospital
IIT Alumnus Manohar Parrikar Sworn in as CM of Goa
A metallurgical engineer from IIT-Bombay (1978), Manohar Parrikar was recently sworn in as the Chief Minister of Goa. The first IIT graduate to become the Chief Minister of any Indian state, he was awarded by IIT Bombay with the Distinguished Alumnus Award in 2001. First elected to the Goa legislative assembly in 1994 from Panjim, he lost power in 2002, but came back in four months and stayed
IIT-M Alumnus and Vice-Chairman, Tata Steel Honored with Padma Bhushan
B Muthuraman (IIT-M,1966), Vice-Chairman, Tata Steel will soon be honored with the Padma Bhushan. On the eve of the 63rd Republic Day, the awards for this year’s Padma awardess were announced. After his BTech in Metallurgical Engineering from IIT Madras, Muthuraman did his MBA from XLRI Jamshedpur in 1975 and Advanced Management Program from CEDEP/INSEAD, France. Muthuraman joined Tata Stee
Mohanraj Pandian Receives National Tourism Award
Mohanraj Pandian (IIT-M, 1981), Managing Director, Hotel Pandian, Chennai, recently received the National Tourism Award for the third time for his hotel. Pandian, who has rich experience in international trade and hospitality industry, received the award from President of India Pratibha Patil at Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi on 29th February 2012, along with his father PS Pandian, who is the Chairman o